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MIGHTY ROME
by Bill Kochman
02-03-2018
Oh how mighty was that Rome,
Her empire across the world,
People feared and trembled,
Wherever her flag unfurled.
With sharp teeth like a lion,
She devoured her every foe,
Tho armies fought against her,
She always dealt a deadly blow.
No one could seem to stop her,
But many nevertheless tried,
Their soldiers fought bravely,
On the battlefield they died.
But moral decay soon set in,
For power corrupts the mind,
Thus many citizens of Rome,
Became both haughty and blind.
Many gods they all worshiped,
Some were animals, others men,
Hedonism was quite rampant,
It was a city so full of sin.
The war expense was great,
So inflation began to rise,
Her senators became vultures,
Dealing in treacheries and lies.
But her biggest mistake of all,
Was to attack God's own Church,
Is it really any wonder then,
He knocked her off her perch?
And so Rome began to crumble,
Her glory slowly faded away,
While God's Kingdom lives on,
It is still with us here today.
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"After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things . . . Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And 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. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."
Daniel 7:7-8, 19-26, KJV
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