![]() ![]() Our purpose then is to see "all people, nations, and languages serve and obey him" (Daniel 7:14,27). Christ's dominion is "given to the people of the saints of the most High" (Daniel 7:22). Daniel tells us that Messiah's kingdom will advance in the whole world from "generation to generation" (Daniel 4:4,34). The message of Daniel is that Jesus the Messiah is now ruling over the nations. "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" (Daniel 2:44). ![]() ĭownload » In The Days of These Kings The Book of Daniel in Preterist Perspective You may be interested in a more detailed study of Daniel which discusses many of the details of the future.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. The United States could have a role in the end times and yet not be part of the ten nations that will finally rule the world. Because the United States supports Israel there is a growing conflict between the Muslims and Christians that is spreading throughout the world. It also has significant political interest. It is economically important to the world. The Middle East supplies oil to the entire world. Ultimately, scripture seems to indicate that the world will have great economic and political interest in the Middle East. Since the Roman empire was primarily of European nations, and since most of the United States has been of European descent, it is possible that the United States could be part of the revived Roman empire. Scripture is usually more interested in a lineage rather than the borders of a nation. It is possible that we are connected to the revived Roman empire in some way since scripture tends to focus more on a group of people rather than on geographical location. ![]() Does this mean that the United States has no role? The answer is unknown. Scripture is also silent about the future role of the United States. Unfortunately, we do not know the precise identity of these ten nations. As for the ten horns, out of these kingdom ten kings will arise and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.” (NASB) Dan. Thus he said: “The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. These ten kings or ten nations are the restored Roman empire. The fourth beast is the Roman empire, and sometime later ten kings will come to power. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. The last animal is a beast.Īfter this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong and it had large iron teeth. In Daniel 7 the empires of Babylon, Medo-Perisa, Greece, and Rome are now described as four animals. We can find this description in Daniel 7:7-8 and 7:17-24. Later in the book of Daniel the restored or future version of the Roman empire is described in greater detail. The stone represented God’s eternal kingdom as described in Daniel 2:37-45. Iron was the Roman empire, and iron and clay is a future version of the old Roman empire. Silver represented the Medo-Perisan empire. ![]() The metals stood for five different nations. Then a stone which was made without hands smashes the statue and completely destroys it. In this dream, Nebuchadnezzar sees a statue which has a head made of gold, a chest made of silver, a waist made of bronze, legs made of iron, and feet mixed with iron and clay. Who are the ten nations that are mentioned in Daniel 2? Where does the USA fit into prophecy? Bible Answer:ĭaniel 2 is about a dream that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar. ![]()
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