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     As I showed in earlier sections of this work, it will be patterned after the Roman Empire. It will be a revival of that Empire.
     Daniel's prophecies describe the final earthly government as a coalition of ten governments; with the ten "horns" matching the ten "toes", representing ten sub-governments, (Daniel 2:33-43; Daniel 7:7;19-24). Read these prophecies:

Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron -- for iron breaks and smashes everything -- and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
(Daniel 2:40-43)

Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others and most terrifying, with its iron teeth and bronze claws .... I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head .... He gave me this explanation: "The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom ...."
(Daniel 7:19-20;23-24)

These coalition nations join to form a government which will have great strength, but will be divided because they will be a mixture of peoples. As a result, this coalition government will be partly strong and partly brittle.
     The Bible describes nations in relation to this coalition. Persia and Cush (Ezekiel 38:5) will be member nations of this coalition. It is evident that Dedan, Sheba (Ezekiel 38:13), Egypt (Isaiah 19:3), and Israel (Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:1-2) will not be member nations, since they are either enemies of this government or are ignorant of its plans. The leader of this government will come from all of the following places: Gog, Magog, Tubal, Meshech (Ezekiel 38:2-3 and following verses), Assyria (Isaiah 8:7-8; Isaiah 23:13), and the north (Ezekiel 38:14-15; Ezekiel 39:1-2).
     Assyria? Some people falsely believe that the Antichrist will not come from Assyria because they believe that the prophecy in Isaiah 8:7-8 was already fulfilled when the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom of Israel. During Isaiah's time the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. The Assyrians swept through the northern kingdom of Israel and scattered those Tribes of Israel all over the world. But Isaiah 8:7-8 says that the Assyrians will conquer Judah. That never happened! When the Assyrians attempted to conquer the southern Kingdom of Judah, God sent an angel to kill 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and as a result the Assyrians fled away. You can read about that in 2 Kings 19:32-37. So the prophecy in Isaiah 8 has not been fulfilled yet.
     The above names are unusual sounding places, but they are real places! If you go to an encyclopedia you can look them up and find there locations. Over time the people have changed and places were renamed, but the locations spoken of in the Bible do exist. I challenge you to get a credible encyclopedia and look these names up for yourself. If you believe that the Bible is literal truth, then you must accept these names literally also.
     According to The New Encyclopedia Britannica (15 ed., 1978), Persia is in modern day Iran; and Saba, also known as Sheba, is in Yemen. Egypt and Israel still have the same names today.
     People are often confused by the location of Cush. Many people falsely believe that Cush is in modern Ethiopia because an ancient name for Cush was "Ethiopia". However, Harper's Bible Dictionary (1985) says that ancient Ethiopia is not the same place as modern Ethiopia, and that Cush is between Aswan and Khartoum, which is approximately modern Sudan. The New Encyclopedia Britannica (15 ed., 1978) says that Cush, also known as Nubia, is in the area of Sudan. According to Harper's Bible Dictionary (1985), Dedan is in the area of Saudi Arabia. Also, according to Harper's Bible Dictionary, Gog is also known as Lydia, which is where Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia were located. These places inside Lydia are famous places that Paul ministered, and are all in Turkey. Ezekiel 38:2 says that Magog is the same place as Gog, and so is also in Turkey. According to Harper's Bible Dictionary (p.629, 1985), Meshech and Tubal were people, but they are also names for an allied location. The people were nomadic and moved to Sinai. But according to the maps in Harper's Bible Dictionary (1985), the location is in Turkey. Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1989) says that Assyria was a vast region in the Middle East, but mostly covered parts of Iraq and Turkey. Therefore, Gog, Magog, Tubal, Meshech, and Assyria are all located in modern day Turkey. The "north" may refer to any of the many countries that are north of Israel, and since Turkey is north of Israel it fits the prophecy.
     So with this information, we can know that the contemporary regions of Iran, Sudan, and Turkey will be members of that coalition revived Roman Empire. The leader of this government will come from Turkey.

It is important to note that some Muslim countries will be against this revived empire. The above information shows us that Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, and Israel will not be member nations. Notice that all of these nations spoken in the Bible of are in the Middle East, North Africa, or south-eastern Europe.

Many people falsely believe that the revived Empire's leader will come from Russia. Click here to find out why this is impossible.