_The Period of Supremacy._--The prophecy allotted 1260 years to the full
supremacy of this power. History responds that from the beginning of the
papal supremacy, in the days of Justinian, a period of 1260 years brings
us into the stirring events of the last decade of the eighteenth
century, that gave to the Papacy a deadly wound.
[Illustration: THE LOVE OF POWER
"He shall speak great words against the Most High." Dan. 7:25.
THE POWER OF LOVE]
One further set of specifications remains for study:
_The Work._--Of the nature and work of the power represented by the
little horn, the prophecy declares:
"He shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out
the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the
dividing of time." Dan. 7:25.
Do we find in the record that the Church of Rome has fulfilled these
specifications also? The Scripture prophecy is absolutely a
word-photograph of the workings of the papal church. Look at the main
features:
1. Speaking great words against the Most High.
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