The Roaring Lion: Prophetic Decision on the Bohemian War

has raged. Afterward, the Beast was certainly not eradicated to its root, as is written in the seventh chapter of Daniel original: "Danielis am Siebenden"; much less has the Last Judgment been held, to say nothing of the claim that the Kingdom of Christ has already arrived and begun. Indeed, quite the opposite has occurred—namely, it has been such a sorrowful time compared to the final days that even Christ could not prophesy enough about it. This is something that the devilishly stubborn Papists A term used by reformers to describe Roman Catholics loyal to the Pope. and the contemporary Erroneous Lutherans original: "Jrluteraner"; likely referring to mainstream Lutherans whom the author considers to have strayed from the true path. neither wish to see nor believe.

Finally, if this end of the Fourth Kingdom and the Beast were already fulfilled, then the Judgment must also have been held, and the Son of Man must have come in the clouds of heaven, as is stated clearly enough in Daniel—to say nothing of other testimonies for now, until we proceed further. We see that the Saints do not take possession of the Kingdom before the Judgment has been held; but the Judgment has not been held, nor has an Eternal Kingdom begun. Instead, it has been a time such as Christ’s prophecies testify. Let this be a proof against the Papists; it remains a fact that the Roman Empire, in the person of its Emperor, is the Beast—and he has always been more powerful than the Turk Referring to the Ottoman Empire..

And so that no one might mistakenly apply the description of this Beast to the Turk, the Turkish Empire is also described quite clearly in Daniel 8. There, he is named in express words as the "King of Greece" In Daniel 8:21, the "goat" is identified as the King of Greece; the author interprets this as the Ottoman Sultan because the Turks had conquered the Greek (Byzantine) Empire., who truly is and can be no other potentate than the Turkish Emperor. He also blasphemes GOD with the false Muhammad original: "Mahometh" and scatters His saints; he also desolates the dwelling of the sanctuary, namely Jerusalem, which he currently possesses. Thus, both the Turk and the Persian have their own specific descriptions in Daniel from beginning to end. However, the Turk has never practiced such terrifying tyranny against Christians as the Pope, the Spaniard Likely referring to the Catholic Habsburg dynasty., and the Emperor. It should also be noted that this vision of the Ram and the [Goat] The original German repeats "Widder vnd Widder" (Ram and Ram), but this is likely a scribal error for the "Ram and Goat" described in Daniel 8. specifically belongs to the time of the end, as is certainly stated there. Now we will also consider the Roman Empire from the Fourth Book of Ezra original: "Vierdten Buch Esdræ"; an apocalyptic book common in 16th-century Bibles, containing the famous "Eagle Vision" of Rome., which the Papists have in their Bible as well as we do.

Just as GOD showed Ezra many wonders, He also specifically testified to the wonders of the final time, as we read clearly in the Fourth Book—especially at the end of the 10th chapter of this book—where the angel says to Ezra that GOD would and wished to show him such...