The beast (antichrist) is described in Revelation 17 as having seven heads and ten horns. The ten horns are clearly described: “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.” (Revelation 17:12-13). These ten are undoubtedly the same ones mentioned in Daniel: “The ten horns are ten kings who shall arise from this kingdom.“(antichrist’s). (Daniel 7:24). The ten kings are also likely the toes of iron and clay on Nebuchadnezzar’s image that are destroyed at Jesus’ second coming: “You watched while a stone was cut without hands (Jesus), which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces.” (Daniel 2:34). The ten kings are crushed by Jesus at Armageddon when he returns. This is confirmed by Ezekiel in chapters 38 and 39. There we see the kings of the earth gathered together with the antichrist (Gog) completely destroyed by Jesus. That Ezekiel is speaking here of Armageddon I have addressed in a previous post; Ezekiel’s GOG-Magog War is Armageddon – Jim’s Eschatological Info (eschatontrails.com)
Assuming the above is correct, we can look to Ezekiel to help identify the ten kings allied with the antichrist. “Behold I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal….Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya….Gomer and Togarmah from the far north.” (Ezekiel 38:3,5,6). Ezekiel denotes seven kingdoms originating from Asia Minor (descendants of Japeth) and northern Africa (descendants of Ham). The listed northern kingdoms (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Togarmah) are all placed by the most trusted scholars in modern day Turkey. The north African nations mentioned (Ethiopia and Libya) are in Hebrew Cush and Put –Sudan and Libya. Persia stands out clearly as modern-day Iran. Therefore, with reasonable certainty, we can list at least four of the ten Kings to come: Turkey, Iran, Sudan, and Libya. Note that these are all Islamic countries encircling Israel. That gives us clues to speculate about who the other six may be. Allow me to propose some likely candidates: Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Algeria. They are all candidates as they are Islamic republics also encircling Israel. Of course, there are many other potential candidates.
As we approach these last days, we need to keep our eyes open for a ten-nation confederacy forming against Israel that likely includes Turkey, Iran, Libya, and Sudan. These ten nations will become a mighty tool in the hands of the antichrist.
Maranatha, Jim