Iron and Clay

We need to be watchful of events that unfold in the world. Regardless of the Nay Sayers, the time we live in is radically different than any time in the history of mankind. All you need to do is think about the past 5000+ years and look how far mankind has gone. Actually just look at the past couple hundred years and you can see the vast difference between the past and nowadays. With technology ranging from computers to space exploration and even genetic manipulation, I feel that the scriptures of Matthew 24:22 and Mark 13:20 point to our time. If these days are not cut short this world would come to an end either by our own extinction at our own hands or that it would become so corrupt and wicked that there would be no one alive that could be saved (found worthy to enter heaven).

I would like to share with you all something I had learned some fourteen years ago concerning a prophecy in Daniel. I have waited all that time to see it begin and just a couple years ago I can say that the wait is finally over. In Daniel 2:31-45 tells us of a dream that King Nebuchadnezzar had and which God revealed to him of what would come after Nebuchadnezzar’s Kingdom as well as what would be here when the Kingdom of Heaven is established here on earth. Before we get right into it I will refresh you all about the Image and what is meant by the different sections of it. From all the prophecies of end-time events this is definitely one of the easiest to follow and to point us to where we are in the grand scheme of things.

We are told through the interpretation given that the Head of Gold stood for Nebuchadnezzar’s Kingdom and from that point on historically we know now the following kingdoms that would follow his own. The Chest and Arms of Silver we know was the Kingdom of the Medes and the Persians that arose after the fall of Babylon and we also know from the Kingdom of the Medes and the Persians that it was a Kingdom that was ran by to parts. The Arms of Silver represented the two parts of that kingdom, the Medes and the Persians. Then we know historically that next the Grecian Empire lead by Alexander the Great, represented by the Belly and Thighs of Brass. Before Alexander the Greek area was divided into two parts, the Tribal Lands and the City-State Lands. Then years after Alexander’s death it would again we divided back into two areas, this is not taking into account all the land that was gained by Alexander’s wars and acquired lands, but the original territories. These can be shown by the thighs of the Image. After the decline of the Grecian Empire the next World power that came into existence was the Roman Empire, though the Roman Empire was one empire in the beginning it to would become two. Eventually the Roman Empire became the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. These two can be seen in the Image as the Two Legs of Iron.

I believe most people, Christian or not, know the order of these world powers. It is the feet which will be around when God’s Kingdom is established. The feet are what I am going to focus on for I feel they are the most misunderstood part of the Image and I think it has become that way because the misconception started in the legs of the Image. We have always looked at the Legs of Iron as the Roman Empire while it was in its singular state, but the Roman Empire was divided into two separate Empires, one was the Western Roman Empire and the other the Eastern Roman Empire. Though historically we know that this happened we have failed to apply that to the TWO LEGS of the image. Twelve years ago when my wife and I were studying Daniel 2 that we were revealed that we had overlooked such a small, but very important part of the dream which would affect the meaning of the Feet of Iron and Clay. If the Legs of Iron were the Western and Eastern Empires, then that would mean the Feet of Iron and Clay would represent those two empires again, they just won’t be as solid and unified as those back in the day.

While everyone had been focusing on the Western Empire of Rome today, that would be Europe. I had been waiting for the emergence of the Eastern Empire for twelve years up until something major occurred. I believe the wait came to an end in 2012; in that year we got to witness the beginning of the rise of the Eastern Empire to power. The Arab Spring that we had seen on the news is what I had waited for all those years to see come about. There is much still to be done, but the actions for its rise had been set in motion back then and we continue to see things change rapidly in that region. These two would be Kingdoms that will not be as solidified as all those before them are the Two Feet of Iron and Clay, but they do give us a time frame as to how far along we are in the time line of when the Kingdom of God will be established.

For me it is exciting to see things begin to unfold in our own time and not just read about in history or see it as some off into the future event. We are living in a time that is both scary and hopeful. Horrible things will take place on the World scene, but we all know that they must and will happen. It is our job to be aware of events that are to unfold; to be watchmen keeping our eyes open, so let us continue to stay awake and keep watch as Jesus commanded us to do in Mark 13:34-37.

These two kingdoms will play another prophetic role after their formation, but that is for another time.