In Daniel 2 we read about king Nebuchadnezzar having a dream. In the dream Daniel interpreted it as follows. The king dreamed about a statue with a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, the legs were of iron, and the feet part iron part clay. Daniel prayed that the Lord would show the king the interpretation of the dream, and here is what it meant. King Nebuchadnezzar was the head of gold and an inferior king will come after him. The inferior king, represented by the silver was media and persia according to Daniel chapter 5:31. The next inferior king, represented by the brass was alexander the great and the kingdom of greece. We read about this in chapter 8:20-21. The last kingdom represented by the iron must be proven by history because the book of Daniel did not explain it in those terms, but did in different terms in Daniel 7. History tells of the roman empire which was the iron fist of the world. The legs of iron represented rome and it's civil military power, but when we get to the feet clay is added to the iron, but will never cleave nor be mingle in any way. That is why these two are used. The clay represents the papacy when the emperor justinian removed the caesars and installed the pope on to the throne of the caesars because by that time the catholic church was becoming a force to be reckoned with and justinian saw a way to save rome by doing that. The roman empire became a church (represented by the clay) run state (represented by the civil government). then is when all hell broke lose and the church usurped God's authority and so began the long dark ages with its inquisitions and oppression. Church and state will never really exist this side of heaven. It will seem like the church and state will unite, but like the dark ages there was no substance to the church run state of the catholic church roman empire.
Then a stone is cut out of the mountain without hands and smites the image on the feet and turns it into powder. This is the second coming. There are no other kingdoms represented in this dream, and the stone, or rock cut out of the mountain without hands represents Jesus. A mountain in prophecy always represents the head of Gods people, or church. Mount zion, which there is no actual physical place called mount zion refers to God's true people throughout time.
Daniel 7 and revelation 13 tell the same story about the 4 kingdoms of the world by using beasts to describe each kingdom. There are no other kingdoms left that will be a world power. Too many people are waiting for some mysterious person to take over the world. The world already has been taken over by rome. Rome will be the final government of the world according to Daniel and revelation. There has always only been babylon, media-persia, greece and rome. All these are very well documented throughout God's word. And throughout history. Many historians and practically every denomination agree with this.
Then a stone is cut out of the mountain without hands and smites the image on the feet and turns it into powder. This is the second coming. There are no other kingdoms represented in this dream, and the stone, or rock cut out of the mountain without hands represents Jesus. A mountain in prophecy always represents the head of Gods people, or church. Mount zion, which there is no actual physical place called mount zion refers to God's true people throughout time.
Daniel 7 and revelation 13 tell the same story about the 4 kingdoms of the world by using beasts to describe each kingdom. There are no other kingdoms left that will be a world power. Too many people are waiting for some mysterious person to take over the world. The world already has been taken over by rome. Rome will be the final government of the world according to Daniel and revelation. There has always only been babylon, media-persia, greece and rome. All these are very well documented throughout God's word. And throughout history. Many historians and practically every denomination agree with this.