The Future Roman Empire

One of the more intriguing prophecies in the book of Daniel concerns the final of the four Gentile kingdoms that will rule the world. It is represented in Scripture by legs of iron (Dan. 2:33, 40) and a “dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong” beast (7:7, cf. vv. 23–24) that becomes Satan’s powerful and merciless instrument to make humanity serve him. Both first-century Jews and Chr