Centuries later the apostle John also referred to those ten kingdoms in Rev. 13:1 and Rev. 17:12.
The Antichrist will emerge from one of those kingdoms/regions. More specifically, he will come out of one of the nations that was a part of the original Roman Empire that destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem (Dan. 9:27) in 70 A.D. The old Roman Empire at that time covered a huge geographic area and included many nations.
A New World Order (NWO), which in part is a confederated ten-kingdom empire covering all nations of the earth, is being developed today and is referenced in the media daily.
The following link is a world map showing the ten world regions established by the EU. It's been revised recently with minor border changes, but is now reasonably accurate. Note that Israel is a part of the "Mediterrean and Middle-East Union", and the United States of America is a part of the "North America Union". Nations have little or no control/input as to their Union identification.
http://ec.europa.eu/world/where/index_en.htm
This next link is an excellent detailed article concerning the EU and the 10 kings/kingdoms.
http://prophecyupdate.blogspot.com/2009/12/eu-expansion-and-10-kings.html
The point I want to make is that we are much farther along in God's end-time plan than most people realize. Prophecy is being fulfilled almost daily. In my opinion we are on the very threshold of the rapture, the AC confirming a covenant with many, Daniel's 70th week, and the "time of Jacob's trouble".
So...are these the ten world kingdoms spoken of by Daniel? I believe they could be. We are truly living in exciting times!
Don
