'Appreciating God's Love'
A) Image with Golden Head
Dan 2:32-34 "This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces."
Since God told us that Daniel was given the ability to understand end time mysteries and the interpretations of all dreams and visions, we must study this dream carefully.
Concerning this image, today we can clearly see that it was about the various Empires in the middle-East starting from the Babylonian Empire as the head of gold. These Empires were also the conquerors and occupiers of the Promised Land of Israel.
Empires in Middle-East
Head of gold - Babylonian
Chest of Silver - Mede-Persian
Belly of Bronze - Grecian
Legs of Steel - Roman
Feet of Steel and Clay - Muslim or Mohammedian
Note In 1948, Israel was once again a nation after being conquered and occupied by the various Empires for more than two millenniums. Britain with the sanction of the League of Nations took part of the Promised Land, which was earlier under the Ottoman Empire to form the nation of Israel
Dan 2:37, 38b "You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;.. — you are this head of gold...
B) Image and the Seven Kingdoms
Rev 17:10-11 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The Egyptian and Assyrian Empires were before the Babylonian Empire the middle-East. The Assyrian Empire annihilated the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Many years later, the Babylonian Empire annihilated the Southern Kingdom of Judah and Jerusalem.
When John wrote the book of Revelation, Israel was under the rule of the Roman Empire, here referred to as the 6th Empire. This powerful Roman Empire corresponds to the 4th Kingdom of the image - 2 legs of steel represented the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.
The 7th Empire was the 5th Kingdom of steel and clay. Since metal (strong) represented the military might, then clay would be the religious power (fragile). This resulted to the Mohammedian Empire being run on their religious Sharia law. The Mohammedian (Arabs and Turks), ruled the Promised land of Israel (renamed as Palestine by the Romans) until the rebirth of Israel as a nation in 1948.
Dan 2:39-42 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile."
C) The Antichrist Empire
Rev 17:11-12 "The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast."
God will allow the Antichrist to conquer Jerusalem and Israel during World War 3 to establish the 8th Empire, which is of the 7th (Mohammedian - feet of steel and clay).
After World War 3, the Antichrist will form the new 'One World Order' to replace the ineffective and abominable UN. He will then appoint ten kings to rule with him. The 10 toes also of steel and clay (Mohammedian) represent the 10 kings of the 8th Empire of the Antichrist.
Dan 2:41-42 "Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile."
Fall of Jerusalem and Israel
Luke 21:20,22 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near... For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled."
Our Lord Jesus will allow Jerusalem to be conquered as vengeance, because of Israel's faithlessness in giving away Jericho, Gaza Strip and the West bank in the PLO-Israel Peace Treaty in 1993 and the abominable practices in Jerusalem.
Note For God loves His children that He will not allow anyone including Satan and his demonic forces, to touch, harm nor hurt us without His approval.
