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Lay it to HeartRome Means RomeRome has often been interpreted by readers of Daniel chapter 9 to mean Europe or a greater area. The Bible makes a distinction between actual Romans and other subjects of the Roman Empire.Here are other countries mentioned in the Bible that were part of the Roman Empire but not called by the name of Rome:Chanaan (Canaan)Charran (Haran) Egypt Ethiopia Greece Libya Madian (Midian) Mesopotamia Phenicia Spain Syria Here are regions or districts that are mentioned:AbileneAchaia Asher Asia Bithynia Cappadocia Cilicia Decapolis Gadarenes Galilaea Italy Ituraea Judaea Lycaonia Lycia Macedonia Mysia Nephthalim Pamphylia Phrygia Pisidia Pontus Samaria The fair havens Trachonitis Here is a list of people of a country, city or of a group:ChaldaeansAlexandrians Arabians Areopagite Barbarians Corinthians Cretians Cyrenians Egyptians Elamites Ephesians Ethiopians Galatians Galilaeans Gentiles Greeks Hebrews Italians Jews Laodiceans Macedonian Medes Nazarenes Parthians Philippians Samaritans Syrian Thessalonians Here is a list of islands that had their own identity:CoosCrete Cyprus Melita Patmos Rhodes Samos Samothracia Chios Clauda Here is a list of cities:AccoAdramyttium Alexandria Amphipolis Antioch Antipatris Apollonia Arimathaea Assos Athens Azotus Babylon Berea Bethany Bethesda Bethlehem Bethpage Bethsaida Caesarea Cana Capernuam Chorazin Cnidus Corinth Damascus Ephesus Galatia Gomorrha Iconium Joppa Laodicea Lasea Lydda Lystra Miletus Mitylene Myra Nazareth Neapolis Nineveh Paphos Patara Perga Pergamos Phenice Philadelphia Philippi Ptolemais Puteoli Rhegium Salamis Sardis Seleucia Sidon Smyrna Sodom Sychem Syracuse Tarsus Thessalonica Thyatira Troas Trogyllium Tyre Derbe Jerusalem The Bible also mentioned places such as mountains, valleys, seas, rivers or springs:AkeldamaAntonia Appii forum Areopagus Sina Salmone Armageddon Zabulon Jordan Adria Aenon When it came to places and names it was not a two country world; Rome and Israel. It may be hard to understand but Roman does not mean English. In the Roman Empire, the English were not called Roman. Neither were the French, Germans, Macedonians, Alexandrians or all the rest. The Jews were not called Romans, either. Just because the people of a country were conquered by Romans didn't make them Romans. You had to be born a Roman, be adopted as a Roman or pay a large sum of money. To have full rights, you had to be a Roman. Being from Gaul did not count. Romans spoke Latin, had citizenship as Romans, were recognized as Romans, and were, for the most part, born in Rome. Being ruled by Romans did not make you a Roman. The antichrist will be of the people who destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70. The word "people" in Daniel 9:26 refers to the Roman people who destroyed Jerusalem. It would be useless to identify a people if the clue or indication of the "people" was not specific and could mean just about anything. God's hint at where the antichrist comes from would be useless if Rome spanned from England to Babylon. God does not give us meaningless help. To be meaningful the antichrist would have to be Roman and Roman proper, period. As far as the "people" are concerned, if "people" is taken to mean the whole Roman empire then the use in Daniel would make the whole empire responsible for destroying the temple. If I told you the Jews destroyed the temple would you disagree? If I said the Egyptians destroyed the temple would you disagree? What if I laid it off on the Greeks? No, you wouldn't buy that either. It was the Romans who destroyed the temple and the anti-Christ will be Roman. Does it surprise you? It shouldn't. Revelation 17:9 says, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth." The chapter tells us who "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" is. Revelation 17:18 is undeniable. "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." Rome sat on seven hills and was the only country which ruled over the earth when Revelation was written. This is speaking of Rome. For "Mystery Babylon" to be a mystery it could not be the literal Babylon in what is now Iraq. It would have to be something with a spiritual meaning and not a literal one. Do not be misled. The antichrist will not come from a place outside of Italy. He will be Italian or as the Bible says "Roman". Home The Future Copyright ©2007-2009 Lay it to Heart |