Well, folks, my subject tonight I have announced as the rise, the ruler, and the ruin of Europe. Over the past number of weeks, our nation has been taken up with great debate. That debate has centered over whether our nation, the United Kingdom, should remain within the European Union or whether it should leave that union of nations. Largely, the debate has centred upon the economy. And I think there has been a very specific and definite reason why there are those who want to focus on the economy, whether we would be richer or poorer staying in or leaving the European Union. And I think the reason it has centered on those things is very clearly because the Remain campaign feel that that is the best way they can win the debate and win the argument and indeed win the referendum. They feel the average man wants to be better off and therefore if they tell him he will be richer, staying within the union, they will ultimately win the referendum. Other aspects of the debate have centred upon immigration and also on national sovereignty. And on Thursday, each one of us, if we're over 18, we have the opportunity to register what we feel when we go to the polls to vote on whether the United Kingdom should remain as part of the European Union or whether we feel that the nation should leave. During the election campaign, I have not heard any politician, I have not heard any media commentator ask the question, or the questions, does the Bible have anything to say on the subject at hand? Does the Bible have anything to say on the subject of Europe and its place within the scheme of biblical prophecy and the end times? I have not heard anyone ask the question from those sources. Either the political rulers of the day or the media commentators. Can we be guided? Can we learn anything about what is taking place right now from the scriptures? It is not surprising that largely speaking the ungodly rulers in the nation at large, and what I would term a wicked and biased media, have overlooked this aspect and have no interest in it at all. That does not surprise us. That men do not want to ask the question, does the Bible have anything to say to lead or guide us in these matters? But I put it to you as a Christian, And for the church, we should be interested. We should be asking the question, does the Word of God have anything to reveal to us on what is taking place in this age and in the nations at large, but particularly in the union of the European nations. Does the Bible have anything to say? We believe most certainly that it does. And Daniel chapter 2. is one of those places within the Scriptures where I believe the Lord has given to us a view, a vision of what is to take place in the latter times among those nations that surround the Mediterranean Sea. And I want to look at this vision that was given. It was not given, I suppose, primarily to Daniel. It was Nebuchadnezzar's dream. But the interpretation was given to Daniel. And while I'm intending to look at various scriptures, and I trust you'll be able to follow along tonight, we're going to take our main thoughts. from Daniel chapter 2. What does this chapter have to say about the rise of Europe in these latter days? Well, on various occasions, the book of Daniel presents us with visions relating to the political course of the nations surrounding Israel and surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. That is important. That's the focus of Daniel's visions. If you come to Matthew 13, you read how the Lord gives a series of parables. Now in that chapter, those parables center upon the visible kingdom of God on earth from the first coming to the second coming. And their focus is on the visible church and its course from the first coming to the second coming of Christ. But in Daniel, The visions of Daniel center upon the political course of the nations that surround the land of Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. The first of those visions, as I have said, was given to King Nebuchadnezzar. He, at this point when he received the vision, was an ungodly man. He was not a Christian. And yet he had this dream. And I have said he could not remember what the dream was. And when Daniel eventually was called, and after he had prayed, Daniel was able to tell the king what he saw in his dream. And we read about it in verses 31 to 33. He saw in his dream a statue, or an image, a great image we would say in common language, a massive or a huge image. The head was made of gold. The shoulders and the breasts were made of silver. The belly and the thighs were made of brass. The legs were made of iron. And the feet and the toes were made of iron mixed with mary clay. When Daniel prayed about the matter, the Lord not only revealed to him what the dream was, but the Lord gave to Daniel. the interpretation of that dream. I want you to look first of all at verse 38, the final phrase of that verse. Daniel says to Nebuchadnezzar, This head of gold. So the head of gold symbolized the king, and more importantly, the kingdom of Babylon. The empire of Babylon. It was the first empire to dominate the prophetic earth. It rose in the days of Nebuchadnezzar. And the territory of the Babylonian Empire, it centered mostly in Iraq. It included a small part of modern day Iran, South Turkey. It stretched as far west as Israel in the Mediterranean Sea. It included part of Egypt and part of the Arabian Desert. But if you look at verse 39, you will see that this world empire, this empire that dominated the then known world, the territory around the Mediterranean Sea, it was to give way, it was to cease to be. It would give way to another kingdom, verse 39, and after thee shall arise another kingdom. So the breast of silver and the arms of silver, it represents another kingdom. The second world empire that would dominate that area. And it tells us that other kingdom would be inferior to the kingdom of Babylon. What was that second world empire? If we turn, and you'll excuse me for the sake of time for not turning to all the references, but in Daniel chapter 5 and verse 31, we read that Daniel saw this kingdom rise in his day. It was the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians. You remember, the king of Babylon was partying. He was blaspheming God. And the finger wrote on the wall, Mene, Mene, tekel yufarsin. The kingdom has been weighed in the balances and found wanting. The kingdom was taken from the Babylonians and given to another, and it was the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians. That is confirmed in Daniel chapter 8 and verse 20. Where we read, the ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. So the second world empire symbolized by the silver of the breast and the arms of Nebuchadnezzar's image represented the kingdom of Media and Persia. But then back in Daniel chapter 2 and verse 39 again, we find that kingdom was to, as it were, be overthrown. It would cease to be and it would be replaced by another. Verse 39, another third kingdom of brass which shall bear rule over all the earth. A third kingdom was to arise. And in Daniel chapter 8 and verse 21, we are left in no doubt. We don't have to guess. We don't have to come up with our own ideas. What was this third kingdom? For Daniel chapter 8 verse 21 tells us, And the rough goat is the king of Grecia, and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. The first king of Greece was Alexander the Great. He conquered the then known world. And we're told in history that he sat down and wept for there were no more kingdoms for him to conquer. The Medes and the Persians, they were overthrown by the Grecian empire. The empire of Median Persia, Esther 1 verse 1 tells us. It had 127 provinces. It stretched from India in the east to Ethiopia in the south. It was replaced. Replaced by Alexander and the Grecian Empire. And at that point, men and women, and here's the first key thought I want you to keep in mind and remember. When Alexander and Greece took the kingdom, and the Grecian Empire ruled that part of the world, at that point, it began to touch Europe. The Grecian Empire touched Europe by grace, but it also was largely centered in the Middle East. Still in that Middle Eastern part of the world. But you'll notice again in Daniel chapter 2, it says in verse 40, "...and the fourth kingdom." The third kingdom would pass away. And it would be succeeded by a fourth kingdom. Keep this in mind. The Babylonian empire would be succeeded by another. The Medes and the Persians. The Medes and the Persians would be succeeded by Greece. Greece would be succeeded by another empire. Another kingdom. The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron. Luke chapter 2 and verse 1 will tell you exactly who that What that fourth kingdom was. For in Luke chapter 2 verse 1 again, we don't have to guess. We don't have to be in any doubt. The Bible tells us the identity of the fourth world empire to rule this area of the world. It tells us in Luke 2 verse 1, And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. It's the Roman Empire. The Caesars. And so the fourth world empire prophesied by Daniel, symbolized by the legs of iron in Nebuchadnezzar's image. The head of gold was Babylon. The kingdom of Babylon. The silver shoulders and breast was the kingdom of the Medes and the Persians. The belly and the thighs of brass was the Grecian Empire. The legs of iron symbolized the Roman Empire. And the Roman Empire was centered right in the heart of Europe. Oh, it came from east to west. part of its kingdom in the Middle East. Yes, there was part of Babylon. Yes, Israel was under its heel. Parts of North Africa. But the main part of its empire was where? It was Europe. Stretched from Greece right through to England's green and pleasant shore. And Rome dominated the entire continent of this world that we know as Europe. That's the symbol of the iron, the legs of iron. But something very, very striking. The vision didn't end with the legs of iron. No, it came on to say in verse 42, and as the toes and the feet were part of iron and part of clay, there was to be no successor after the Roman Empire. Do you see that? And I want to underline that tonight, and I want you to get it into your mind. The Babylonians had a successor. The Medes and the Persians had a successor. Another empire arose. But when the Roman Empire ended, and historians tell us, that it came to a conclusion between 4 and 500 AD, it had no successor. The nations of Europe became independent nations, separate the one from the other. So in the prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel, we see very clearly that this fourth empire would not have a successor And yet, there would be only four empires. There would not be a fifth world empire that would dominate that area around the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East. Only four! That's one reason why Hitler failed. Because there was not to be a fifth empire in the European and Middle East areas. Only four empires. And the fourth was the Roman Empire. But Daniel's vision didn't end there. He speaks about the feet and the toes. And I ask and I pose the question tonight, what material What substance was the feet and the toes made of? The Bible tells us. The vision gives us the answer. The dream tells us in verse 42, the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay. So the kingdom shall be strong and partly broken. The feet of Nebuchadnezzar's great image was partly made of iron and part of clay. And the vision still didn't end there, because in verse 34, till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image on the feet that were of iron and clay, and break them in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away. Daniel saw a vision of a stone. cut without hands in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, and the stone smote the image on the fate, and it collapsed, and it was turned into chaff for the threshing floor, and the wind carried it away. What was the stone a symbol of? Again, you'll excuse me for the sake of time, for not going to the specific references, but if you're taking a note either mentally or written, then mark it down. Psalm 118 verse 22, without hands is Jesus Christ. He is the chief cornerstone, made without hands. In Acts chapter 4 and verse 11, Peter was speaking to the Sanhedrin. He said, neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved. And he said, the stone, this is the stone. Who is the stone that the builders rejected? It's Jesus Christ. And there's coming a day when that stone will smash the political empires that have dominated and surrounded the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, and they will come crashing down, and they'll be judged of God, and made as the chaff, and they'll be driven away, and His kingdom will fill the earth. Now I want to put it to you. falls upon the feet of iron. That can only mean that there has to be A reviving again in what was the kingdom of Arn. The kingdom of Arn was the kingdom of the Roman Empire. And though it fell sometime between 400 and 500 AD, there must again be a reviving of the Roman Empire that was centered in and dominated by Europe before the Lord Jesus returns to this earth again. That's the only conclusion that we can come from biblical prophecy, from this vision, that Rome, the kingdom of Rome and the Roman Empire, would rise again, albeit in a different form. It would rise again and will rise again before the Lord's return. I believe with all my heart that that rising again of the old Roman Empire began, the reviving again of that Roman Empire. And the coming together of those nations commenced in 1957 with what was then the Common Market and the old EEC. It was birthed out of the Treaty of Rome. It began simply as a free trade agreement. It began, I think, with eight nations. Just a handful of nations. And from that time, it has developed. When it began with just a handful of nations, it now has brought in virtually all of Europe. It will continue to develop. until it not only brings in virtually all of Europe, but part of the Middle East as well. And I tell you what the EEC and the Common Market and now the European Union has achieved. It has achieved something that wars over decades and centuries could not do. It is bringing together a union, a confederacy of the old nations of the Roman Empire. And it is seeing a rising again of them in the midst that will once again dominate. the area around the Mediterranean Sea, the land of Israel, the Middle East, and will dominate the world. We are seeing in our generation the rise and the development of the old Roman Empire, and it will continue to develop. It will continue to rise until it has a place of world prominence and dominance. And we will see that as we move to our next thought. I have sought to show you from Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's vision how Europe will rise again before the end of the world into a confederacy of nations. prophesied in the feet and the ten toes of Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's vision. I want to move on tonight. I want to come to the second thought and it is this, not only the rise of Europe, But let me say a word about a ruler for Europe. I want you to notice two phrases in Daniel 2. The first is in verse 42. It tells us, Just mark that little statement. The toes of the feet. That's the toes of Daniel's or it's really Nebuchadnezzar's image. I keep referring it to Daniel's vision because it's Daniel's book and Daniel had a very similar vision in chapter 7. We're going to turn to in a moment. This is Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's interpretation and it's the toes of the feet. Then look at verse 44 and note this statement. and in the days of these kings." Do you note that? In the days of these kings. The ten toes represent ten kings. We may want to refer to them as ten rulers. Maybe they'll be called presidents. The thought is that they are rulers They have authority over men. They are ten kings, rulers, presidents, call them what you desire. The ten toes in the revived Roman Empire that will dominate this world before the Lord returns. And that teaches us that what Daniel is saying here is yet future. There are not ten rulers in this particular area. Whether we talk of Europe or we talk about the Middle East. That kingdom has not sufficiently come together to be divided into ten sections and of ten rulers or kings over them. And so this is yet to be. People, I suppose, Got distracted. Meaning people, sincere people, and they've wondered, well, if there are so many nations now in the European Union, how can it be that there will be only ten? Listen, the EU is still to develop. And as I have said, more nations will come in, but you mark it. If God's Word says there will be ten rulers or ten kings, there will come a day when that area of the earth will be divided into ten sections and there will be ten rulers appointed over those ten regions. And Daniel is saying something to us in verse 44. In the days of those kings, when those ten rulers or kings appear, something is going to happen. Now in Daniel chapter 2, it tells us that the God of heaven will set up His kingdom on this earth in those days. And we will come to that a little later. But you know, Daniel had a very similar vision. I want you to turn over to Daniel chapter 7. If you are reading Daniel 2, you should read Daniel chapter 7 along with it. Because it is a vision that Daniel was given that teaches the very same truths that were given in Daniel chapter 2. And in Daniel chapter 7, Daniel tells us something else that will happen in the days of those kings or those rulers that will arise out of the old Roman Empire and that will be on this earth when the Lord Jesus returns. If you look, and I want to go down some of these verses to show you the context, and to show you its connection with chapter 2. Look at verse 2 and verse 3. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heavens strove upon the great sea. The great sea in the Bible is the Mediterranean Sea. Daniel is identifying the place where this vision occurs and where it is to be fulfilled as the Mediterranean Sea. Notice what he says in verse 3. The four beasts and four beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. So four beasts rise out of this area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Now I want you to look at verse 7. It tells us, And I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth, and it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it and I want you to notice the end of verse 7 and it had 10 horns note the ten horns. Verse 8, it says, I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn. I want you to notice that. Coming up from among the ten horns, another little horn. Let's put this together before we get the meaning and the interpretation. Daniel sees a vision. It's in relation to the nations around the Mediterranean Sea. There are four beasts that come up. from the sea. And then there are ten kings, or sorry, ten horns. The fourth beast has ten horns, and from among those ten horns there comes another little horn. Now turn over to verse 23 to 25, and Daniel gives us the interpretation again. We don't have to be in any doubt. Verse 23 says, Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon the earth. So where Nebuchadnezzar saw an image of gold, silver, brass and iron, Daniel saw four beasts. The gold of head was Babylon. The breast of silver was the Medes and the Persians. The belly of brass was Greece. The legs were of iron. It was Rome and Rome would rise again in the ten toes. Daniel sees four beasts and each one of those four beasts is the four kingdoms that Nebuchadnezzar witnessed in his dream. The fourth baste shall be the fourth kingdom. The fourth baste is Rome. The Roman Empire that dominated Europe and was baste and centered in Europe. Notice verse 24, and the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings. Do you see that? The ten horns are ten kings. That means that the horns in chapter 7 are the very same thing. They have the same meaning. They have the same symbolism. The same interpretation as the ten toes. They are ten kings. It tells us those ten kings shall rise. That's yet future. The Roman Empire is rising again. And will rise before the Lord's return. And it will be divided into ten sections. And there will be ten kings or rulers, presidents, call them what you like. But notice verse 24, another shall rise after them. That's the little horn. Another horn, another king. So out of those ten kings, another horn or king shall arise. A little horn, a little king. He shall be diverse from the first. and shall subdue three kings." Now, I want you to follow this. I want you to see the identity of this little horn, this king that arises at the end time from the fourth revived empire and from the ten kings or rulers that will dominate the old Roman earth. tells us He shall speak great words, verse 25, against the Most High. He will be a blasphemer. He will blaspheme God. That's the first characteristic about Him. We've been told something about Him. He will be a blasphemer. He will blaspheme God. Verse 25, He shall wear out the saints of the Most High. He will persecute the people of God. That's the second trait or characteristic about him. He'll blaspheme God. He will persecute God's people. Verse 25 says, "...and they shall be given..." That's the saints. "...shall be given into his hand until a time..." Time is in the dividing of time. That's Hebrew language for a period of time. The Jews looked upon time as a year. It's an expression. It's a figure of speech for one year. Time, that's one year. Times, that's plural, that's two years. And half of a time is half a year. So they'll be given into His hand for three and a half years. Verse 26, But the judgment shall set, and they shall take away His dominion. to consume and to destroy it unto the end. He will be judged of the Lord. Put those four things together. There's his characteristics. This ruler that arises in the end time, revive Roman empire out of the ten kings that will dominate that empire. This little horn, this ruler will arise. He'll be a blasphemer. He will persecute the saints. Domination over them for three and a half years, but he will be judged by the Lord. Who is this little horn? Turn over in your Bible to Revelation chapter 13. Revelation chapter 13. Let me point you to verse 1. John says, I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, What sea is John talking about? John was imprisoned on the Isle of Patmos. It's in the Mediterranean Sea. He's standing on the seashore and he sees this beast rise out of the sea. Biblical prophecy deals with that niche or that area known as the prophetic earth that surrounds the Mediterranean. It does not have in view North America or Australia or places like that. No, we're talking about a kingdom that is centered around the Mediterranean Sea. And John sees the beast rise up. I want you to notice he had seven heads. How many horns? He had ten horns. And you will notice that this beast He had a throne. I'm drawing your attention to verse 2, right at the end of Revelation 13. The dragon, that's the devil, gave him his power and his seat. Do you see the word seat? It's the Greek word thronos, it means throne. He will be a king or a ruler over men. The devil will give him his power and his throne and great authority. He will rule over nations. Look at verse 7, the end of verse 7. And power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations. I'll not be dogmatic tonight, but I believe it's talking about the tongues and the nations and the kindreds in the prophetic Roman earth. And He will have a throne, a seat of authority. He will rule over those nations and over those peoples. And John gives us His characteristics. What are they? Verse 5 and 6. There was given unto Him a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies. Verse 6. And He opened His mouth. By the way, He is a man. Do you see the personal pronoun used? I was listening to a preacher recently, he was speaking about Antichrist. He says, you know, Antichrist is just a spirit, he's not a man. Well, you look at the personal pronouns that are used. Verse 5, there was given unto him, A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies. Verse 6. He opened his mouth. He's a man. And we'll show you that and emphasize it as we go on. But I'm saying the first characteristic about John's beast, he is a blasphemer. He opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle. And them that dwell in heaven, John's beast, is a blasphemer against God. Verse 7, He persecutes the saints of God. Christians, it was given unto him to make war with the saints and overcome them. He persecutes the saints. If you look at verse 5, He has power over them for three and a half years. Power was given unto Him to continue forty and two months. It's three and a half years. I put it to you tonight, men and women, when you look at the characteristics of Daniel's little horn, and you look at the characteristics of John's beast, I put it to you that John's beast is Daniel's little horn, and Daniel's little horn is John's beast. He is the final ruler of the revived Roman Empire that will arise out of the ten rulers or kings from that area of the earth that will have come together in a union and a confederacy. If you turn over to 2 Thessalonians 2, I believe we can say that Daniel's little horn and John's beast are Paul's man of sin, or is Paul's man of sin. For you'll see in 2 Thessalonians 2, And Paul is speaking about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, verse 1, and our gathering unto him. And he says in verse 2, sorry, verse 3, that that day will not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed. He's a man. Antichrist is not a principle or a spirit or an influence, he's a man. And look at the characteristics that Paul sets forth, he will be a blasphemer. Verse 4, He opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God. showing himself that he is God. Oh, Paul goes further than Daniel or John. He says that in his blasphemy, he will take the place of God. He will claim that he is God incarnate, and he will sit in the temple of God, claiming that he is God, desiring the worship of men. He is a blasphemer. He will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God. Blasphemy against God! Look at verse 9. He will be inspired by Satan, just as John said the beast would be. Even him, there's the personal pronoun used again. It's a man, it's an individual whose coming is after the working of Satan. He's inspired by the devil, just as John said in Revelation 13. And verse 8, he will be judged. By the Lord at His coming, then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth." Men and women, I put it to you that among the nations of the European Union, it will continue to develop And while now it may not be the kingdom of Antichrist, for Antichrist has not yet, the final Antichrist has not yet appeared on this earth. Yet it is moving toward that union that will bring in those nations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea that will be divided into ten sections, ruled by ten men. They will give their power to another ruler who will arise from their midst. It is Paul's man of sin. It is John's beast. It is Daniel's little horn. It is the final Antichrist. Jesus said that many will come in My name saying, I am Christ. He said that there would be many Antichrists arise. And there have been. And there yet will be. But there will be a final manifestation. of the power of Satan and one who will be the final revelation of the man of sin. And he will rule and he will dominate that area and those nations. Time does not permit me tonight to go into all that he will do, but let me give you just in passing a number of references. In Daniel chapter 9 we read that he will make a covenant with Israel for one of Daniel's weeks. the 70th week, and halfway through, He will break that covenant. Daniel 9 and Daniel 11 tell us that He will enter into the promised land. He will set up His image in the temple in Jerusalem. He will seek to be worshipped as God. And at that point, as he sets up the image that makes desolate, the abomination of desolation, it will be the onset of what Jesus called in Matthew 24, the Great Tribulation. We could go into great detail in Revelation 13 and speak about his mark, speak about his persecution of the saints, as well as his great tribulation against Israel. We could turn to Zechariah 14 and Revelation 19 and show how he will bring his armies there will be a united army from those nations. And I noted this week that one of the generals in the British army has changed sides in this whole EU debate, because he recognizes that it is moving toward one army. And in Zechariah 14 and Revelation 19, we could turn you to show how this ruler, the final Antichrist, will bring his armies against Jerusalem and against Israel. and seek to overthrow that nation so that it will be blotted out as it were under heaven. This is the ruler that will eventually rise from what will become the United States of Europe encompassing certain nations in the Middle East as well. This is where Europe is headed to. But men and women, I want to close tonight for my time is almost gone and I appreciate your patience. We've taken a little longer tonight, but it is a special subject and we want to do it justice. We've spoken about the rise of Europe and we've spoken about the final ruler for Europe. I want you tonight to consider the ruin of Europe. Would you turn back to Daniel chapter 2, and I'm drawing your attention again to verse 34 and verse 35. Thysos, Nebuchadnezzar, saw this image dominate the landscape till, and only until, that a stone was cut out without hands. I've already referred you to Psalm 118 and Acts chapter 4 and verse 11, how that stone is Jesus Christ's. Psalm 118 verse 22. And it tells us that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were of iron and clay. That final union of nations, Within that geographical area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, there's coming a day the stone, the Lord Jesus Christ, will fall upon its feet. And the whole political empire that has dominated and will yet dominate until Jesus comes, it will fall to the ground. It will be judged. And that time is the time when Jesus returns. It is then and only then that the times of the Gentiles will come to an end. Jesus said Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot until the times of the Gentiles cease. And it's at the coming of the Lord Jesus. When the times of the Gentile world domination will cease. And that image will come crashing down. Can I turn you quickly in closing to a number of references. Let me just show you some things that will take place when the Lord returns. And that image, those political institutions will fall. Notice Revelation chapter 19 and the verse 19 and 20. It says, "...and I saw the beast." That's the final Antichrist. "...and the kings of the earth." Yes, he's in, as it were, union with those kings of that area. "...and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse and against his army." And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, that is, before the beast, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that had worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire. burning with brimstone as Jesus descends. Paul spoke about it as well in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, how he would destroy that wicked one, the man of sin, with the brightness of his coming. And he would take him and the false prophet and cast him into the lake of fire. What will he do with his armies that have assembled against Jerusalem, against the Lord, and against his anointed? Well, in Zechariah 14 and verse 12, we are told that their faces will consume away in the heat as the Lord descends and as the fire falls. Let me read that verse to you. Zechariah chapter 14 and the verse 12. Listen to these words, and this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord shall smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem. Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet. Their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. Oh, the Lord's descending! The beast and the false prophet are cast into the lake of fire. Their armies that have surrounded Jerusalem, they will consume away as they see the brightness of His coming. And the Lord, we're told in 2 Thessalonians 1, 7 and 9, He'll take vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the gospel. What will happen to the Christian? The Christian will rise. The Christian will be with the Lord. The Christian will be secure with Christ. And oh, not only will the Lord destroy the beast and the false prophet, and the armies that have come against him and his people, and take vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the gospel, and have his saints to rise with him in the air as he descends to the Mount of Olives. But in Revelation chapter 11 and verse 15, we are told that the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ. He shall reign forever and ever, the kingdoms or the sovereignties, the nations of this world. will become the kingdoms and the sovereignties of our God and His Christ. Psalm 47, 7 and 8 will be fulfilled. God is the King of all the earth. God reigneth over the heathen. Psalm 67 and 4. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon the earth. The Lord will establish, just as Daniel said, that stone will become a mountain that will fill the earth. When the stone falls upon the feet in Europe, and those nations are doomed, those that have rejected God, and their armies are consumed, and Antichrist is cast into the lake of fire, his kingdom will stretch from shore to shore, and he will set up his everlasting kingdom on this earth. that will begin, I believe, with his millennial kingdom. When we see, ladies and gentlemen, where, and I'm concluding now, when we see where Europe has come from and where it is headed, we can see that it's an ungodly confederacy. that will oppose all that is called God. And given the opportunity to cast my vote on Thursday, I think you can judge from what I have said tonight how I will be voting. But I will be voting to leave. And I pray and trust our nation does. I don't know what it will do. And it may well vote to remain. What a tragedy that will be. But I trust that God tonight has given us a little insight into where Europe has come from, where it is headed, and what will be its ultimate judgment. The Bible says, make your calling and election sure. And I ask you tonight, will you be part of that confederacy that is against God, and against His Word, and against His people? Or will you be for the Lord? Will you trust in Him, so that in that day of judgment, You'll be taken to heaven to be with Christ and to reign with Him on this earth rather than face the lake of fire and judgment where the devil and the beast and the false prophet and all the enemies of God will be. Where will you be?