I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him,"-- Ezekiel 21:25-27.
[357]It follows that at some future time there would come a mighty one who would establish a kingdom of righteousness, having full authority and right thus to do.
[358]At the overthrow of Zedekiah God permitted the gentiles to establish a universal dominion in the earth.

The Lord through the prophet Daniel pictured the development of four world empires or kingdoms, which would exist for a certain period of time, and which would continue until he should come whose right it is and then he, the Righteous One, should take possession of earth's affairs and rule.

It is to be expected, of course, that the unrighteous governments would hold on to their power in earth as long as possible, and that they would still be thus doing at the coming of the great King, and that he would oust these earthly kingdoms of unrighteousness and establish a righteous government.

Thus says the Lord through the prophet Daniel: "In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever".

(Daniel 2:44) It follows, then, that this righteous King must be present before he breaks to pieces and consumes the other kingdoms.