is Daniel 7:7 prophesying the military industrial complex?

No.
much much stronger, much much more evil, and much much worse.
Daniel 7:7 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

friend of said:

sort of unclear as to what John Gill was alluding to.

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That's okay.
It is not required, and likely for the best as Scripture says,
"for those who have not known the deep things of satan, .... "
Revelation 2:24 Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets, 'I will not impose any other burden on you,
To the Church in Thyatira
…23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. 24But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you. 25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.…
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friend of said:

I mean, I read the exposition, but I fail to see how the "military industrial complex" doesn't fit here.

Ah, in your view what would these "so-called deep secrets" be?

Or is this going to be one of those "2deep4u" things?

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My view means nothing unless it is what God's Word says.
Same with anyone's view.
The military industrial complex
is merely a pawn of , a small part of, the devastating and
wicked evil on earth.
Whenever a whistleblower exposes wikileaks/ government secrets/ enron secrets,
etc etc etc the whole system is set up to cover it up,
to "spin" everything to cover up the truth.

Are you really interested in Eschatology ?
When Daniel was taken to Babylon he dreamed of 4 Beast that will arise, which means these 4 beasts were the kingdoms that will affected the Jews from the time of Daniel till the end of times.
the 4th Beast was Roman Empire which invaded into Europe and even into England.

The 4th Beast : The Little Horn of Daniel

friend of said:

I find it rather fascinating, yes.

Are we in the Iron and Clay stage then?

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I guess so

Don't think so, personally

Mesopotamian literature bears out that " horns " are ancient measurements for eclipses, which the Bible calls " signs in the sky "

In turn, " being clothed by the sun and the moon ", being clothed by a rainbow " and being " crowned by stars " are also terms found in Mesopotamian literature regarding astronomical " omen " ( " signs in the sky " )

There is far more evidence that it refers to something pertaining to astronomy, but I always enjoy reading what people come up with

friend of said:

Daniel 7:7

"After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns."


Sounds like it to me

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Verse 7 is the Roman Empire. The Little Horn is a MAN he is the end time Beast. He arises out of Europe via Greece.

Another Lazarus said:

When Daniel was taken to Babylon he dreamed of 4 Beast that will arise, which means these 4 beasts were the kingdoms that will affected the Jews from the time of Daniel till the end of times.
the 4th Beast was Roman Empire which invaded into Europe and even into England.

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And many what are now muslim nations , it always amazes me how people like to forget that.

Brian45 said:

And many what are now muslim nations , it always amazes me how people like to forget that.

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yet muslim is only a distraction from truth.....

Jesus!

I tend to subscribe to Joel Richardson's view that the 4th beast kingdom is the islamic empires culminating in the ottoman empire and that this beast will be revived in the latter days.

The empires described in the statue have held all held power over the same region.

Turkish president Erdogan has publicly said that he wishes to revive the ottoman empire.

yeshuaslavejeff said:

yet muslim is only a distraction from truth.....

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I found this video this morning. It discusses this very topic. You might find it interesting. It goes through verses 4-8 in detail and who is whom and the ultimate plan.

Interesting, he also thinks it's not about Islam. They are just being used to bring down the other beasts. He ends it with their real plan...

Lisa_C said:

I found this video this morning. It discusses this very topic. You might find it interesting. It goes through verses 4-8 in detail and who is whom and the ultimate plan.

Interesting, he also thinks it's not about Islam. They are just being used to bring down the other beasts. He ends it with their real plan...

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YEA.....That stuff is not scriptural at all. We are told who the Beasts are.