Daniel 7:41 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.
42 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.
43 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.
44 And 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.
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Laying in bed last nite thinking over this image, i got to wondering why the toes are so “long”. Babylon, the head, didn’t even last 100 years, then the chest lasted around 200, and the thighs not even 200, then the long legs of Rome which lasted all the way down to 1798 when the pope was taken prisoner. I can understand that. But the feet and toes should not last so long, but here we are, over 210 years after they got started.
I know that in one respect we are “in the toes”, as that means we are in the final stages of this earth’s history, but really, are we in a period of time, or have we even seen a period of time since 1798 when there were 10 kings ruling the world?
Revelation 17:12 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.
Who are these 10 kings? Since they are partly iron, we can be safe in believing that part of them will be related somehow to the Roman empire. What is the clay? hmmm The bible mentions Israel as being clay, and also all humans as being clay. I don’t see much help there. Maybe it would be good to find some root definitions for “clay”? I don’t see much help in tracking down “chaff” either, as that is what all these metals are called after the stone hits them. It is interesting to note that the stone doesn’t just destroy the direct metals it strikes – the iron and clay, but it destroys all the metals in the image.
With my current knowledge, the best i can say regarding the ten toes of Nebuccahdnezzar’s image, is that in the near future we will have 10 kings rule the world. That seems to fit exactly with the prophecy in Revelation also. Any comments/advice are appreciated.
I received this email from a friend who saw this post:
“I read your blog, here is something that i’ve learnt about the prophecy in Daniel chapter 2. “God has given our sanitariums an opportunity to set in operation a work that will be as a stone instinct with life, growing as it is rolled by an invisible hand. Let this mystic stone be set in motion.”–Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 59. {ChS 137.6}”
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Interesting.