The first six heads of that beast mean Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. During that war, Gods people declared that according to the prophecy in Revelation, the image of the wild beast would ascend again. The wild beast mentioned at Revelation 13:1, its image, and the two-horned wild beast will be destroyed. Upon awakening from sleep Nebuchadnezzar could not remember his most unusual dream and it disturbed him a great deal. In their present form, political parties originated in Europe and North America during the 19thcentury. . 2 In the previous article, we learned about Johns vision of the wild beast of Revelation chapter13. 11 Does the number of toes of the image have special meaning? 20. Appropriately, the number ten as used in the Bible signifies completeness as to earthly things. Population reduction Rev.6:8 2. Jehovah Reveals What Must Shortly Take Place. (b)What can we conclude about the number of toes? Consider the facts. (Rev. Everyone will have a comfortable home. Daniel does specifically mention that the toes would be made of iron and clay. Fast forward to the feet and it is now an uncanny mixture of iron and clay. Gods Kingdom will soon crush the feet of the giant image. The unavoidable conclusion of any detached analysis of global trends is that social turmoil, political unrest, economic crisis, and international friction are likely to become more widespread during the remainder of this century.. . The next day, Daniel went to the kings servant and said: Dont kill any of the wise men. Like iron and moist clay, the entire global political mixture since 1914 has been fragile. Paul Kennedy, professor of history at Yale University, explains: The most striking change in Europe, measured in territorial-juridical terms, was the emergence of a cluster of nation-statesPoland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuaniain place of lands which were formerly part of the Habsburg, Romanov, and Hohenzollern empires.. May2011. Human feet have a quarter of all muscles, ligaments and bones that are found in the human body. (Daniel 2:31-33), where the prophet interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue with a head of gold and feet of iron clay. The visions in Revelation were prophecies about the Lords day. (Revelation 1:10) It was during World WarI that Britain and the United States began to work together as one world power. What, then, should we expect?Daniel 2:41, 42; 12:4. Many even believe that religion is the cause of the problems in the world. By the 1760s, this island nation had become the mighty British Empire. During the time of this final world empire, the "rock" will smash them all to bits, a prediction that "God . The Feet of Iron and Clay 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. (Revelation 11:3, 7-11) Just as Jehovah had said, those of the seed of the woman who were still on earth started preaching zealously again. (Dan. Those numbers are significant. (2Timothy 3:1-5) Have all these things occurred? How will it disappear from the world scene? 19. Nationalism exploded with full force. What about all other human governments? you yourself are the head of gold. The latter end of the iron legs are the feet and toes where a mixture of clay is introduced, but it will not mix with the iron. And when a leader wins an election by only a few votes, he does not have enough authority to do what he promised to do. . 2:31-33. ANGLO-AMERICA AND THE TWO-HORNED WILD BEAST. Daniel 2:41 shows that the feet made of iron mixed with clay are one "kingdom," not many. One was of a metallic image with a gold head, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron and feet of iron and clay. May2011, Audio download options It remained strong for hundreds of years after that. People have different political ideas. Spain, the Netherlands, and France had also been part of the Roman Empire. The religions of Christendom are surely part of Babylon the Great. These nations are classed by the Bible as world powers because they had dealings with Gods people and opposed the divine rule these servants of God advocated. 8 Sometimes the Anglo-American World Power has proved to be strong like iron. Now this is starting to change. After World WarII, this trend accelerated. 2:40 we see that the nature of "iron" is to grind into powder, "as iron beats to powder and subdues all things.". So we can understand that the clay means that something in the Anglo-American World Power makes it weaker than the Roman Empire, which was described as legs made of solid iron. What does it do? If so, Jehovahs Witnesses encourage you to look further into the Bible. | For example, it proved how powerful it was by winning World WarI and World WarII, and it has acted with strength like iron many times since then.c (See footnote.) What does this strange beast represent? Which part of the giant image means the same thing as the seventh head of the wild beast? What will happen as a result? What did this empire prove to be? A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.REV. 4 Because the empires mentioned in the Bible were usually ruled by a king, the empires themselves are often referred to as kings, kingdoms, or both.Daniel 8:20-22. This is your dream: You saw a huge statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, stomach and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet of iron mixed with clay. 3. 4 pp. What can we be sure of? If we do not safeguard our heart, we might compromise our neutrality. Does secular history agree with the Bibles description of ancient Assyria? THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY, Before giving the interpretation, Daniel recalled the dream to Nebuchadnezzars mind: Its head was of good gold, its breasts and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs were of copper, its legs were of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of molded clay. (Dan. 13 The beast with two horns tells people to make an image of the wild beast with seven heads. However, from the time the Anglo-American World Power came into existence, that iron has been mixed with clay. 5 Though Britain gained dominance, colonies in North America broke away. The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom (Study)2022, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1962, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1978, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom2012. What is happening to religion today? pages240, 241, 253. And after you there will rise another kingdom inferior to you; and another kingdom, a third one, of copper, that will rule over the whole earth. So, obviously, the image had to do with human government.Daniel 2:37-39. (a)What can we understand when we compare the prophecies of Daniel and John? There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth; on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.Psalm 72:16. Indeed, they will see with their own eyes the fulfillment of Christs model prayer, sometimes called the Lords Prayer, which states, in part: Thy kingdom come. The prophecy at Daniel 2:44 states that Gods Kingdom will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms. That prophecy refers only to the kingdoms pictured by the various parts of the image. PRIVACY POLICY Such an event may have seemed unlikely just decades ago. 14-19 - The Watchtower (Simplified)2012, go chap. | a The Watchtower dealt at some length with each of these world powers of Bible history individually in its issues of February1 through June1, 1988. b For Biblical proof, see chapters16 and 18 of the book You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth, published in 1982 by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Every kingdom divided against itself comes to desolation.Matthew 12:25, The nations became boisterous, the kingdoms tottered.Psalm 46:6, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1978, Our Incoming World GovernmentGods Kingdom, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1985, Part 8A Political Mixture of Iron and Moist Clay. Eventually, the seventh head would take the place of Rome. The Year of the People is how Time magazine described last years political upheavals in Eastern Europe. Dan 2:34 As you looked on, a stone was hewn out, not by hands, and struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. It almost stopped, or killed, their preaching work. 9 For a long time, Jehovahs servants have wanted to understand what the feet of the image mean. 35 To learn more about the Bible, feel free to contact Jehovahs Witnesses locally, write to the appropriate address listed on page5, or visit our Web site www.watchtower.org. Yes, you may say, pointing to the end of the Cold War, to the greater cooperation between East and West, and to the substantial progress being made in world disarmament. How would you describe the prophetic dream that God sent Nebuchadnezzar in the second year of his reign as world ruler? False religions have publicly supported the image of the beast, that is, the League of Nations and the United Nations, and they have tried to direct these organizations. And when the Berlin wall finally fell, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel emblazoned its front cover with the words Das Volk siegtthe people win! The statue has feet made of iron/clay, which tells us that the Roman beast would mingle with other people groups, to battle against the kingdom of Christ. (Galatians 3:16) Satans seed includes all humans who adopt his wicked ways and who promote human self-determination as opposed to rule by God and Christ.Psalm 2:7-12. This beast also means the Anglo-American World Power, but now it does something special.Read Revelation 13:11-15. (b)What does the clay in the feet of the image mean? 2:45. But it was not yet the seventh head of the wild beast. When the United States and the United Kingdom stand together, our peopleand people around the worldare more secure and they are more prosperous. In the prophecy about the wild beast, the seventh head is the last head. The Bible promises that genuine peace will prevail under the rule of Gods Kingdom. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. There will be genuine peace, not just the absence of war. Why will this happen? The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. Just as an iron structure mixed with clay is weaker than solid iron, so too the Anglo-American World Power is weaker than the power from which it emerged. Page 1 of 1. (Acts 1:8; 10:34,35) As members of all nations, citizens of every type of human government, they zealously announce that the time of the end has begun and that human rule has had its daysoon to be replaced by divine rule.b Thus, the bold message they proclaim confronts all existing political powers. 313-316 - The Watchtower1959, bi22 Daniel 1:1-12:13 - American Standard Version (bi22), sl chap. Britain had been a small part of the Roman Empire, but it later became a kingdom. Daniel 2:41-43 "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. Predicted World Changes up till Gods Kingdom, Crushing All Nations in Our Day by Gods Kingdom, Awaiting the New Heavens and a New Earth, Jehovah Reveals What Must Shortly Take Place, Human Governments Crushed by Gods Kingdom, How Gods Kingdom Becomes a World Government, Part 8A Political Mixture of Iron and Moist Clay, The Creating of New Heavens and a New Earth, Pay Attention to Gods Prophetic Word for Our Day, From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible Prophecy. It indicates that during the reign of the seventh world power of Bible history, a contemporaneous eighth power would be specifically set up for the purpose of uniting the nations. Daniel discloses that in the feet and toes of the image, there was a noteworthy change of materials. Just as something made of iron mixed with clay is weaker than something made of solid iron, the Anglo-American World Power is weaker than the power from which it came. 40 In that chapter Daniel interprets the prophetic dream that the God of the heavens sent to Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of the Babylonian World Power, in the second year after he had destroyed the city of Jerusalem and the temple built by Davids son, King Solomon. Learn how Greece became the fifth world power in Bible history. The Bible makes clear that this war involves the kings of the entire inhabited earth.Revelation 16:13, 14,16. The prophecies of Daniel and John have come true exactly as they were written. This organization was called the League of Nations. 283-313 - Mans Salvation (sl), ws12 6/15 pp. (Revelation 16:13-16; 17:12-14) Daniel told us something about that final battle. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) The breasts and arms of silver depicted Medo-Persia. All these will refuse to relinquish power and will face off against God in a final great war at a figurative place called HarMagedon, or Armageddon. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. In short, the United States has no closer ally and no stronger partner than Great Britain., However, the first world war (1914-1918) moved Britain to embark on a special relationship with the United States, a previous colony. For example, it proved its power by winning World WarI. Do those promises appeal to you? But it had not yet become the seventh head of the wild beast. (Rev. And what will happen thereafter? (Revelation 13:3,7) During World WarI, it persecuted them, banned some of their publications, and put in prison some of those taking the lead in their work. The Seed of the woman, Jesus Christ, would crush the symbolic serpent, Satan, and his seed. No resident will say: I am sick.Isaiah 33:24. Any power it has comes from its member nations, especially from its key backer, the Anglo-American World Power. 14. That is exactly what happened to an organization promoted by Britain and the United States, one that was intended to unite and represent the worlds kingdoms.d This organization appeared after World WarI and was known as the League of Nations. 6. Do secular history and archaeology agree with what the Bible says about this ancient land? It has two horns, so it is a dual power. (a)What did the small horn do? Sorry, there was an error loading the video. 1,2. Literal Standard Version its legs of iron, its feet, part of them of iron, and part of them of clay. (Daniel 8:24) For example, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on an enemy of the Anglo-American World Power. What does the wild beast with two horns mean? In fact, many people believe that religion contributes to or causes conflict. When giving the sign of the end, Jesus Christ stated: This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14) How has this prophecy unfolded? 4 pp. 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Finally, the feet are partly iron and clay representing a future global alliance or empire where clay may represent our human flesh as God formed us from clay (see Job 33:6). The wild beast mentioned at Revelation 13:1, its image, and the wild beast with two horns will be destroyed. 15John also described a harlot, or prostitute, who rides upon a scarlet-colored wild beast. But Britain fought against them one by one and became more important than they were. BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES BECOME VERY POWERFUL. But the vision John saw shows that at the beginning of the Lords day, they would be one world power. 3:26-29) The Anglo-American World Power waged war with those holy ones. 35 But there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.. We celebrate a common heritage. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. . That is exactly what happened, and now the organization is called the United Nations.Revelation 17:8. 17 pp. 2:42; 2Tim. . Even so, the United States was allowed to grow mighty, protected by British naval power. TERMS OF USE (a)What did the small horn do? Five centuries of European expansion was ending in the rubble of collapsed colonial empires. The prophet Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter two of the Book of Daniel. What was the political situation at the beginning of this foretold period of time? Jesus said no. Britain continued to grow in wealth and power, and in the 19thcentury, it was the richest and most powerful nation on earth. What does this strange beast mean? 19 We are living during the time of the seventh head of the beast of Revelation chapter13. What can we learn from Johns vision of the wild beast with seven heads, from Daniels vision of the beast with ten horns, and from what Daniel said about the giant image in Nebuchadnezzars dream? ), Nebuchadnezzar is agitated by a dream. (a)How did the seventh world power show that it was strong like iron? will partly prove to be strong and will partly prove to be fragile . AWAKE! In particular, they believe that the feet of iron and clay symbolize the Anglo-American World Power (Britain and the United States). (b)What do we understand about the toes? 3 We can identify the seventh head of the wild beast of Revelation chapter13 by comparing Johns vision with Daniels vision of the frightening ten-horned beast.a (Read Daniel 7:7, 8, 23,24.) 2 Let us address Johns vision of the wild beast. 65 In his dream the king of Babylon saw the representation of a continuous series of political world powers, from the Babylonian World Power of Nebuchadnezzars dynasty down to and including the Biblically Seventh World Power, the Anglo-American World Power of our twentieth century. The prophecy about the immense image is also closely linked to several other prophesies in the Bible. So it seems that the number of toes is not important, just as the number of arms, hands, fingers, legs, or feet the image had is not important. . God has told us exactly what will happen. 23. This world power was the seventh head of the beast. Feet of IRON and CLAY EUROPE - The Roman Empire as a one world power disintegrated due to the attacks from the barbarian tribes. Only his feet must be washed. 6. You will also see that the Bible is deserving of your full trust, that it truly is inspired by God.2Timothy 3:16. Also, opposing ideologies and close election results that do not end up in a clear majority have weakened the power base of even popular leaders, so that they have no clear mandate to implement their policies. The expression one is referred to Rome. 2:32,33). What does feet of clay expression mean? What made the Anglo-American World Power weaker? 18 After false religion is destroyed, the wild beast, Satans governments on earth, will attack Gods Kingdom. 6, 7. The newspaper The Globe and Mail stated: Some of the most respected thinkers about science and society are issuing alarming prognostications about humanity coming to an end.. The sign of the end includes global war, great earthquakes, pestilences, and major food shortages. (Luke 21:10, 11; Matthew 24:7,8; Mark 13:8) Also marking the last days would be a serious moral and spiritual breakdown in society. John is again seeing the Anglo-American World Power but in a special role.Read Revelation 13:11-15. An entity with feet of clay may appear powerful and unstoppable, but they cannot support their splendor, and will easily be knocked over. What can we learn by comparing Johns vision of the wild beast, Daniels account of the fearsome beast that had ten horns, and Daniels interpretation of the immense image? What will soon happen to false religion, and why? (Dan. a certain immense image. Instead of uniting, it tended to disunite. God also told John that the secondary part of the seed would be revived to increased spiritual activity. What were the legs of iron and feet of clay? 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