The
ancient Hebrew prophecies have “near”…
“far” and “near" again
fulfillment. Take for example
Nebuchadnezzar’s STATUE of metals in
Daniel 2. Daniel interpreted the king’s
dream by focusing on the current (near) and
future (far) persecuting powers against
God’s chosen people—the Jews, and the
STONE (Messiah) who would conquer all
NATIONS at the end of time (near again). The
king was the head of gold—Babylon of
Daniel's day. Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom
would be conquered by the chest and arms and
silver—the Persians. As the centuries
progressed, Persia in turn would collapse to
Alexander the Great and the Grecian
empire—the belly and thighs of bronze.
Rome's power--the religious and political legs of iron
eventually acquiesce to the modern global
powers of the world. For centuries, the
statue lay dormant. The final part of the
prophecy would be placed on hold until the
last days brings it to life! So, the STATUE represented a
“near” prophecy in Daniel's day that
would reach “far” into the future, but
would come to life again and begin to crumble and ultimately fall
into a heap of ruins in the "near"
again prophecies of the appointed time of
the end.
How do we know Jesus is coming soon? The
Daniel 2 prophecy of the IMAGE has come back to life; and, as prophesied the STATUE
is beginning again to collapse!
The head of gold
is modern-day IRAQ. IRAQ was conquered by
the West and fell in the Gulf War of
2003-2011.
Next will be the
Persians—modern-day IRAN. IRAN is the
chest and arms that will soon be shattered
by the West.
To follow will be the sudden downfall of modern-day
GREECE (including other nations of EUROPE)--the
belly and thighs of bronze--by Russian
aggression.
ROMES
two iron legs--religious (Vatican) and
political (European Union) are also bound to
collapse during the appointed time of the
end, giving way to the TEN TOES of global
power at the very edge of eternity who will
rule one hour with the Antichrist
BEAST.
The
prophecies tell us he will certainly rule for three and a half
years until his demise and the crashing down
of the STATUE of nations. "The Beast
was given a mouth to utter proud words and
blasphemies and to exercise its authority
for forty-two months [3.5 years]. It opened
its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander
His name and His dwelling place and those
who live in heaven. It was given power to
wage war against God’s holy people and to
conquer them. And it was given authority
over every tribe, people, language and
nation. All inhabitants of the earth [who do
not stand firm in faith] will
worship the Beast," Revelation 13:5-8.
Revelation 17:12-14 provides proof of the
demise of Daniel's IMAGE: “The TEN HORNS
(or, TOES) you saw are ten kings who have
not yet received a kingdom, but who for one
hour will receive authority as kings along
with the Beast. They have one purpose and
will give their power and authority to the
Beast. They will wage war against the LAMB,
but the LAMB (STONE that the builders
rejected) will triumph over them because He
is LORD of lords and KING of kings.”
Watch world events and consider Daniel's
image. As IRAQ fell, so IRAN will fall next.
Then GREECE and other EUROPEAN
nations. ROME/ITALY will also be in the
cross-hairs as the appointed time unfolds.
Once the majority of the statue crumbles, we can expect the UNITED
NATIONS and BEAST to create a world-wide TEN
REGION GLOBAL ALLIANCE at the very edge of
eternity that will only cling together a
short moment in time to confront the
conquering KING with HIS ARMY, which approaching
with speed and distance may be interpreted
by some as a meteor or alien invasion. However, if they knew the
Bible and listened to His servants the
prophets, they would know Who they are
fighting against--the Conquering King
of kings, Yeshua our Messiah!
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