From the Book of Daniel    81 

Notice that this man is both a monarch with a birthright to lead, and also a 

democratically elected leader. 

    The ram has no power to stand against the he goat. Thus, the Arabs will 

be soundly defeated by the attacking nations led by the great monarch. The 

Arab forces will be cast down to the ground and trampled upon. And as for 

the two horns, the two leaders of the Arabs, they will be broken. They will 

lose all power and be killed. 

    To those Arabs who might read this book, I say, God will  first  use the 

Arab nations as a rod to punish the Christian nations. And many Arabs, 

when they have power over other peoples, will do what is evil and offensive 

to God. Their defeat in the war of the great monarch is God's punishment 

for their sins which they committed when they were given power for a time. 

During this time of the Forty Years, some Arabs will do what is evil and will 

exalt themselves. But other Arabs will pray and will seek God; they  will 

avoid doing evil, and will instead choose to do what is right and good. These 

Arabs shall be blessed by God. Again I say, they shall be well blessed. 

After the Forty Years 

     But the he goat among she goats became exceedingly great, and when he 

had prospered, the great horn was shattered, and four horns were rising up 

beneath it by means of the four winds of heaven.  (Dan 8:8). 

    After the war at the end of the Forty Years, the kingdom established by 

the monarch will be great and strong. It will encompass many nations and 

many peoples, including Europe, parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East 

(including Israel), and northern Africa. The monarch will be a great leader 

during this time of peace and rebuilding. But when he loses power, the 

kingdom will be divided into four parts. Then there will be, instead of one 

great leader standing out above the others, four leaders. Each leader will 

have much power over a large area. These will not be the only leaders in the 

world, but they will be among most powerful ones. 

     And since, having been shattered, there grew four in its place, four kings 

will rise up from his people, but not in his strength.  And after their reign, 

when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face 

and understanding negotiations.  (Dan 8:22 23). 

    The four kingdoms which follow after the reign of the great monarch will 

not be as benevolent and holy as in his reign; neither will the reign of any 

kingdom go to the son of the monarch (Dan 11:4). Two of these  leaders, 

unfortunately, will be women. None of the four will rule as the great 

monarch ruled. These four are not devout Catholics; some are even among 

those who rebel against Church teaching. Eventually, after hundreds of 

years, these four areas and the rest of the world become ruled by the ten