Wesley Corpus

A fourth beast - The Roman empire. Another little horn - Probably either the Turk or the Romish antichrist. The thrones - The kingdoms of this world were destroyed by God the king, and judge of all, called the Ancient of days, because of his eternal deity. Destroyed - This cannot but be meant of the ruin and judgment of antichrist. A son of man - That is, the Messiah, he came with the clouds of heaven, gloriously, swiftly and terribly. And came - This relates to his ascension, at which time, he received his royal investiture, for the protection of his church, and curbing of their enemies. Unto one - That is, to an angel, that ministered. The truth - The true meaning of this vision. But the saints - Jesus Christ being their king, they shall reign with him, and possess the kingdom for ever. And another - This seems to mean the Romish antichrist. Until a time and times - The numbers of Daniel and John seem to agree. Daniel was certainly prophetical in these things, and his prophecy reacheth to the end of times, even of antichrist's reign. Of the matter - Of the vision, and the angel's interpretation.