Rood goes on to say the "little horn" is the Roman Catholic Church replacing three (the ancient empires of the: Vandals, Heruli, Ostrogoths) of the original ten, these nations described as being "plucked up". Given the state of Europe - and the decline of Christianity and Catholicism in the West - unless Catholics begin breeding like rabbits, Muslims will outnumber the native populations of most of Europe within the next decade or two.
What would happen if Islam 'discovers' the lost ark or some other artifact that gives them a platform to declare Jesus was a Muslim and the Vatican and major leaders in Christianity buy into that?
If you do not think that is possible, Google "Chrislam". If one thinks the Vatican would not give it's blessing to an Islamic interpretation of Jesus: 
If we are near the end of the Age - I am having to rethink much of my understanding which was similar to Rood's interpretation for many years.
I do not know how it is all going to shake out.
What I do know is that we are not ready to endure the kind of persecution much of our Brothers and Sisters in the rest of the world face on a daily basis, despite what Peter-like insistences we would make at this time.
Hunger, misery and watching people you love suffer - really forces everything you understand into question. I had a small taste of that - and I learned that despite my head knowledge - I would not endure because I am a spoiled-rotten American with an Americanized view of Jesus Christ that is not biblically accurate.
Well said. I think we in the west must first survive the destruction of mystery Babylon. That alone will be unimaginable and millions will die. The Almighty has left words of warning to "come out of her" (i.e., mystery Babylon). He has left it up to us to figure out who mystery Babylon is, and what actions to take, based on a few prophetic clues.
All of this is just the first of it (i.e., the beginning of sorrows)...
I would not endure because I am a spoiled-rotten American with an Americanized view of Jesus Christ that is not biblically accurate.
I'm afraid we in the west have indeed inherited lies. It fits pretty well with what Paul warned about in his writings:
2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
You will endure, because you and others like you who are of the "real Yeshua" Paul spoke of above, will receive the strength and wisdom needed to overcome all that is placed in your path.