2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 130
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36 Then I heard a voice,
which said unto me, Look
before you, and consider the
thing that you see.
37 And I beheld, and lo, as it
were a roaring Lion, chased
Messianic
Prophecy. out of the wood: and I saw
This is the
Lion of that he sent out a man’s voice
Yahudah.
unto the Eagle, and said,
38 Hear you, I will talk with
you, and the Highest shall say
unto you,
39 Are you not it that remains
Cf. Dan. 7.
of the four beasts, whom I
This is the
continuation made to reign in my world,
of Daniel’s
vision. This that the end of their times
is the fourth
and terrible might come through them?
beast. 40 And the fourth came and
overcame all the beasts that
were past, and had power
over the world with great
fearfulness, and over the whole
compass of the earth with
much wicked oppression, and
so long time dwelt he upon the
earth with deceit.
41 For the earth have you not
judged with truth.
42 For you have afflicted
Habakkuk 1:8-9 Fragment
from Dead Sea Scrolls
“Their horses are swifter
than leopards and fleeter than
evening wolves. Their horses
step forward proudly and
spread their wings; they fly
from afar like an eagle avid
to devour. All of them come
for violence; the look on their
faces is like the east wind
(i, 8~9a).”
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the meek, you have hurt the
peaceable, you have loved liars,
and destroyed the dwellings of
them that brought forth fruit,
and have cast down the walls
of such, as did you no harm.
43 Therefore is your wrongful
dealing come up unto the
Highest, and your pride unto
the Mighty.
44 The Highest also has
looked upon the proud times,
and behold, they are ended,
and his abominations are
fulfilled.
45 And therefore appear no
more you Eagle, nor your
horrible wings, nor your
wicked feathers, nor your
malicious heads, nor your
hurtful claws, nor all your vain
body:
46 That all the earth may be
refreshed, and may return,
being delivered from your
violence, and that she may
hope for the judgment, and
mercy of him that made her.
LION OF YAHUDAH SPEAKS.
EAGLE DISAPPEARS! (12:31-33)
Prophetic Commentary in Qumran, 0-100 A.D.
“[Interpreted, this] concerns the Kittim who trample
the earth with their horses and beasts. They come
from afar, from the islands of the sea, to devour all
the peoples like an eagle which cannot be satisfied,
and they address [all the peoples] with anger and
[wrath and fury] and indignation.” [53]
Kittim = Roman Empire = Eagle
As this is the continuation of Daniel’s fourth Beast in
more detail, this is the new Roman Empire called the
Holy Roman Empire which moves it’s capitals even
as evidenced in Ezra’s vision. There is only one final
empire and it is a mixture with the Roman Empire as
it superceded it and must still remain until the end.
Esdras even notes it is presumed to have disappeared
and it’s true power hidden. Qumran was reading
2nd Esdras!
