Showing posts with label Daniel 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel 2. Show all posts
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Jesus the Messiah alone is the Chief Cornerstone
Early Christians fully understood the symbolism of the demolished Temple, because Jehovah alone is referred to as a STONE hundreds of times in the Holy Bible. That is why they did not build stone churches until after the year 1000 AD.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: an Elohim of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he (Deuteronomy 32:4).
For who is Elohim save Jehovah? or who is a rock save Elohim? (Psalm 18:31).
Daniel the Prophet told King Nebuchadnezzar that the Stone cut out of the mountain was indeed Jehovah himself:
You (Nebuchadnezzar) watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away.so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:34-35).
Saint Paul—a Hebrew of the Hebrews—reiterated that Truth when he wrote that Christ was the Rock:
And they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ (I Corinthians 10:4).
The Exodus from Egypt is an end of the world scenario; Pharaoh and his followers are the inhabitants of Vanity Fair at the end of time.
 Pharaoh Ramses II, died by drowning in 1533 BC. |
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 Pharaoh and his chariots were drowned in the Red Sea. |
The Jewish Rock promised to continue doing heart surgery until the end of time:
And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26).
St. Peter was very explicit about who was the real Rock of Ages:
Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him, shall not be confounded (I St. Peter 2:6, Douay-Rheims Version). Reformation
Friday, December 18, 2015
The Prophecy of Daniel 2
... Also, look deeper into the detail of the FEET OF IRON AND CLAY (further below) and you will see even more, how amazing and
accurate this prophecy was.
We have added the picture opposite to give you a good
visual of this prophecy and below we will give the details of each metal
part of the image
and the kingdom it represents. But pay special attention to the feet of iron and clay, as this applies to the time we are living in.
Daniel 2:31-35 ...'Thou, O king,
sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was
excellent, stood before
thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image's
head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his
feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.'
Head of GOLD
BABYLON - We know the first kingdom of this image is Babylon, because Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar that he (king of Babylon) was the head of gold ... Daniel 2:38-40 ...'And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.' ... So we know that Babylon is the head of gold and Nebuchadnezzar ruled as king in Babylon from 605 BC.
Babylon was the most glorious kingdom of all. Which is why it was represented as GOLD.
Then Daniel reveals to Nebuchadnezzar what would happen ... Daniel 2:39-41 ...'And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee,
and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as
iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as
iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And
whereas thou
sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of
the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry
clay.'
Breast and Arms of SILVER
MEDO PERSIA - So the next kingdom which God allowed to conquer Babylon is represented by the chest and arms of silver. And history tells us that the kingdom which conquered Babylon in 539 BC was the Medo Persian empire. As the name suggests, this kingdom had two parts. The Medes and the Persians, with Persia being the stronger nation. This matches the fact that it is represented by the part of the body of the image that has TWO arms.
Just as SILVER is 'inferior' to GOLD, Medo Persia did not have the glory which was upon Babylon. Also, it is
known that taxes were paid in SILVER in Medo Persia.
Is it a coincidence that the DUAL kingdom of Medo
Persia matches the two arms of the image? Well, take a look at the iron
of legs below and you
will see that maybe God chose the image of a man
perfectly to match the future kingdoms of the world.
Thighs of BRASS
GREECE - The next nation after Medo Persia which conquered and took control was the kingdom of Alexander the Great - GREECE. The kingdom of Greece began to reign in 331 BC after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the battle of Arbela in 331 BC.
The soldiers of the Grecian empire wore armor made out of BRONZE.
An interesting note concerning the kingdom of Greece,
as mentioned above, is that their soldiers wore armor made of BRONZE.
And this obviously matches the brass
thighs of the image. So we can see that the future
kingdoms not only matched the figure of a man, but the metals used also.
Legs of IRON
ROME - Rome was the kingdom which ruled the world after it conquered Greece in 168 BC. And it was the dominant kingdom that ruled during the time of Jesus Christ.
IRON was widely
used in the armor and weapons of the Roman Empire. And what about the
TWO legs? History
confirms that Rome split into TWO political areas. The
Western Empire ruled from Rome and the Eastern Empire ruled from
Constantinople (Turkey).
Now something to notice with these metals in the image
is that they begin with GOLD, the most glorious metal, matching
the kingdom of Babylon. Then as we progress down the
image, the metals become less 'glorious', but STRONGER. And we end up
with the 'IRON'
kingdom of Rome. Probably the least 'glorious' kingdom,
but certainly the strongest, as Rome was known for it's so called 'iron
grip' during
it's reign.
Feet of IRON and CLAY
EUROPE - The Roman Empire as a one world power disintegrated due to the attacks from the barbarian tribes. By 476 AD Rome had lost it's power and the tribes that sacked the Roman Empire became the 10 nations of Europe. These tribes were the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Alemannians, Sueves, Anglo-Saxons, Heruli, Lombards, and Burgundians. Three of these tribes were uprooted by Papal Rome (THE LITTLE HORN POWER) and the other seven evolved into the nations of Europe today, like Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, etc.
Daniel 2:41-43 ...'And whereas thou
sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the
kingdom shall be
divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of
the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as
the toes of the
feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken?. And whereas thou
sawest iron mixed with
miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed
of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay.'
So we know from this that the Roman Empire was the last
single world kingdom to rule the earth. And even though the strength of
the iron (civil power)
is still amongst the nations of the earth. They will
remain partly broken, never to fully cleave one to another again.
But look deeper. There is another important factor regarding the feet ...
What is the Biblical meaning of iron and clay? If you
read Psalm 2:9 and Revelation 2:27, you will see that iron is a symbol
of a ruling power.
So in terms of the world, iron would denote a civil
ruling world power. And what about the clay? If you read Isaiah 64:8 and
Jeremiah 18:1-6, you
will see that clay in the Bible represents the people
of God, with the Lord Himself being the 'Potter'.
So IRON = Civil ruling power and CLAY = God's professed church. So God is telling us through this image that
there would be a mingling of church and civil power AFTER the fall of the Roman Empire.
And here is the important fact regarding the 'clay' (professed church). IT IS 'MIRY' CLAY (Dirty clay). Which means this professed
church that 'mingles' with the civil powers is an APOSTATE CHURCH.
And does history confirm any such thing happening AFTER the fall of the
Roman Empire? Yes! The PAPAL CHURCH of Rome took
control after Pagan Rome fell and the Bishop(s) of Rome took the place
of the Caesars. And from
their 'seat of authority' which Satan gave to them,
they persecuted and killed millions of God's people throughout her 1260 year reign of terror.
The FEET represents the union of Church and State - THE PAPACY! But what about there being TWO feet. If you
read Revelation 13, you will see that AMERICA
makes an IMAGE OF THE PAPACY. A church-state union in America - In other words, A COPY!
What about the toes on the feet? Do the ten toes represent anything? Yes. Take a look at the following Bible verse ... Revelation 17:12-13 ...'And
the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one
hour with the beast. These have
one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto
the beast.' ... The ten toes represent the 'ten kingdoms' in the last days which
unite with the Papal beast and give their power to the beast so that she can enforce her mark upon the world.
The Destroying STONE
KINGDOM OF JESUS AND GOD - We reach an end of this prophecy and the end of this world as we know it, when Jesus Christ returns at the second coming and destroys once and for all the kingdoms of this world. Then, after the 1000 year millennium and the earth renewed, God will establish His kingdom on the new earth, which will be an everlasting kingdom. A kingdom of glory and righteousness, where there will be no more wicked men to rule over us, but a just and righteous God.
Friends, the prophecy of Daniel 2 is a truly amazing
prophecy, given way back in 603 BC, and yet every detail of it was
accurately fulfilled. In
Daniel 7, we have a parallel prophecy with four beasts
and a little horn, which God gave to Daniel to strengthen the prophecy
of Daniel 2 and
give us even further detail concerning the coming
kingdoms of the world. We will be adding a study page for the prophecy
of Daniel 7 soon Source
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