. This last world power may be weaker than that represented by the legs of iron, but it will not disintegrate on its own. [c. 1600] See also: clay, feet, of. The clay, therefore, represents elements within the sphere of influence of the Anglo-American World Power, elements that make it weaker than the solid iron of the Roman Empire. It almost stopped, or killed, their preaching work. 314-326 - Mans Salvation (sl), w57 8/15 pp. The prophecies of Daniel and John have been fulfilled to the smallest detail. What was the political situation at the beginning of this foretold period of time? By the 1760s, this island nation had become the mighty British Empire. The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. The prophecies about the immense image and the wild beast confirm that the Anglo-American World Power will not be replaced by some future world power. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. She will be destroyed suddenly.Revelation 18:7, 8, 15-19. 31. What was the dream that Daniel recalled to the kings mind? (b)What do the first six heads of the wild beast mean? Daniel told the king: 'God has revealed the future to you. How did this happen? What does the harlot in Johns vision mean? 20 You, Oking, happened to be beholding, and, look! And as the toes of the feet were . (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. . 11 Why have the sincere efforts of devoted men failed to bring peace? If we do not safeguard our heart, we might compromise our neutrality. 15,16. But World WarI resulted in a triumph for nationalism. What was the completing part of Nebuchadnezzars dream image, and what interpretation did Daniel place on this final part? The common people make it difficult for this world power to be strong like iron. 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. It tells us that the kings of the entire inhabited earth will be gathered against Jehovah for the war of the great day of God the Almighty. (Revelation 16:14; 19:19-21) So in addition to the kingdoms that are pictured by the parts of the image, all other governments will be destroyed at Armageddon. 16 pp. (Revelation 17:10) Then, in Daniels day, Babylon overthrew Jerusalem, forcing the Israelites into exile. THE IMAGE OF THE WILD BEAST DESTROYS THE HARLOT. Religious organizations have given their blessing to the image of the beast and have tried to exert influence over it. This description coincides with the time when the seventh head the Anglo-American World Power would come to prominence. How do the visions of Daniel and John show that all governments of the world will be destroyed? (Egypt and Assyria had already come and gone.) Consider: In other visions, Daniel mentions specific numbersfor example, the number of horns on the heads of various beasts. Finally, the feet of mixed clay and iron "will be a divided kingdom" (Daniel 2:41). (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. Three other regions of the old Roman EmpireSpain, the Netherlands, and Francewere far more influential. . a certain immense image. But it was not yet the seventh head of the wild beast. 2:31-33. 46-67 - Daniels Prophecy (dp), w59 4/15 pp. A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.REVELATION 1:1. They often cooperate with each other on important matters. There will be genuine peace, not just the absence of war. It was supposed to unite the nations and speak for them.d (See footnote.) Understandably, they have been unable to stick together in a world unity. Daniel 2:41 describes the mixture of iron and clay as one kingdom, not many. How would you describe the prophetic dream that God sent Nebuchadnezzar in the second year of his reign as world ruler? What interpretation did Daniel give to Nebuchadnezzars prophetic dream, and how long has that symbolic image overshadowed world politics? 21 pp. By 476 AD Rome had lost it's power and the tribes that sacked the Roman Empire became the 10 nations of Europe. 8,9. 32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 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.) 1,2. Jehovah told John in a vision that this would happen. There is gold, silver, copper, iron, and a clay and iron mix. With the revolution in Russia in 1917, dictatorship rose up anew. feet of clay phrase. Daniel 2:41 describes the mixture of iron and clay as one kingdom, not many. 4 pp. Since then the 20thcentury has been characterized by coexistence and confrontation between dictatorship and democracy.Italics ours. Britain did not stop the United States from becoming a powerful country and even protected it with the British navy. 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. Which political world power did that prove to be, and how would it treat the seed of the woman? (Rev. AWAKE! However, when describing the image, Daniel does not mention the number of toes. Nevertheless, in the 20thcentury, the trend has been to replace monarchies and autocratic governments with democracies or governments of the people. pages240, 241, 253. The power of this image comes from the nations that are members of the United Nations, especially from the Anglo-American World Power. 8 Sometimes the Anglo-American World Power has proved to be strong like iron. 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. 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. 8 At times, the seventh head of the beast has displayed ironlike characteristics. 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. By the time the Lords day began in 1914, Britain had built the largest empire in history and the United States had become the greatest industrial power on earth.b During World WarI, the United States forged a special partnership with Britain. 1:19) Now is the time to take sides with Jehovah and to support his Kingdom.Rev. The wild beast mentioned at Revelation 13:1, its image, and the two-horned wild beast will be destroyed. (a)How did the seventh world power show that it was strong like iron? 31. After describing the aforementioned image, Daniel wrote: A stone was cut out [of a mountain] not by hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and of molded clay and crushed them. (Daniel 2:34) What did this awesome spectacle portend? One was of a metallic image with a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay. 23 Since Jerusalem is here symbolicof the heavenly Jerusalemso also must the mountain of the olive trees be. The British Empire, states one reference work, was the largest the world had ever seen. It included 372million inhabitants and extended over 11million square miles [28million sqkm]., At a joint press conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, President Barack Obama of the United States affirmed in July2010: We can never say it enough. (a)How did the seventh world power manifest ironlike strength? (Rev. The former things have passed away.Revelation 21:3,4. These feet simply can't take the weight of the top heavy body. During that war, Gods people declared that according to the prophecy in Revelation, the image of the wild beast would ascend again. What does the wild beast with two horns mean? (Revelation 16:13-16; 17:12-14) Daniel told us something about that final battle. Britain continued to grow in wealth and power, and in the 19thcentury, it was the richest and most powerful nation on earth. . 18. A little over 1,900 years ago, when those words were written, five of the seven kings, or political empires, had fallen. They were Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece. The harlot will no longer be able to control these governments, and she will lose all her riches. "The Feet of Iron and Clay" Sunday, 24 October This Sunday we will be continuing our series "Kingdoms in Conflict." When we left last Sunday; God was beginning to show the king- Nebuchadnezzar through a dream; the kingdoms of this world in the form of an image or idol. What does the frightening beast with ten horns mean? But God also told him that those holy ones, who were part of the seed of the woman, would start the preaching work again, or come back to life. But there was to be a seventh head that would replace Rome. Five centuries of European expansion was ending in the rubble of collapsed colonial empires. | According to Revelation 17:10, the seventh world power "must remain a short while." How long will that prove to be? What must we do now? 7 What is the relationship between the seventh head of the wild beast and the immense image? ~Watchtower "The March of World Powers in Prophecy" 6/15/1961 Jehovah Reveals What Must Shortly Take Place. b Although the components of the dual world power have existed since the 18thcentury, John describes it as it would appear at the start of the Lords day. 3 We can identify what the seventh head is if we compare what John said about the wild beast of Revelation chapter13 with what Daniel said about the frightening beast with ten horns.a (See footnote.) For example, many of the beasts had a specific number of horns. Many even believe that religion is the cause of the problems in the world. TERMS OF USE 14. The prophet Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter two of the Book of Daniel. How did this head treat the seed of the woman? But Britain fought against them one by one and became more important than they were. Daniel continued: In the days of those [final] kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. 14-19 - The Watchtower (Simplified)2012, go chap. Jehovah Reveals What Must Shortly Take Place. (See the chart on pages12-13.) Do secular history and archaeology agree with what the Bible says about this ancient land? 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. 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. 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? 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. A Prophetic GiantWhat Will Its Fall Mean? In the prophecy about the wild beast, the seventh head is the last head. What confidence can we have, and it is now time to do what? (b)How is Satans organization described, and what position does the Christian take toward it? (a)The prophecies of Daniel and John allow us to do what? 17 Let us now pick up some prophetic strands in the book of Daniel. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. Do those promises appeal to you? New American Bible its legs iron, its feet partly iron and partly clay. AWAKE! 14. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) We only index and link to content provided on other servers. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 617-623 - The Watchtower1975, w61 6/15 pp. 23. 493-499 - The Watchtower1957, bi10 Daniel 1:1-12:13 - King James Version (bi10), w77 7/1 pp. 10 In our time, Britain and the United States are still special partners. Gone, for example, are the days when people appealed to divine guidance in matters of government. | The final destruction of Gods opposers will be a spectacular fulfillment of the prophecy at Genesis 3:15, mentioned in the first article in this series. What will soon happen to false religion? 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. 13:17 4. May2011. Therefore, the number seems no more significant than the fact that the image had multiple arms, hands, fingers, legs, and feet. (2Timothy 3:1-5) Have all these things occurred? 10,11. Britain plucked those powers out one by one, removing them from their positions of prestige. (Matthew 25:40) From what Jesus said, some of the seed of the woman would still be on earth at the beginning of the Lords day and would be doing the work that Jesus had given to them. How? In the fifth century, the Roman Empire started to be broken into smaller kingdoms. What will happen as a result? How did this head treat the seed of the woman? Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon from 624 to 582B.C.E., was disturbed by a dream. And what should a clear understanding of those prophecies move us to do? Today, they are larger, stronger, and better organized than ever before. 13 This wild beast promotes the making of an image of the wild beast. The two-horned wild beast represents what, and what does it do? During the 1700s, Britain was becoming the most powerful kingdom in the world. . We feel that we are in the final days of the kingdom symbolized by the mixture of clay and iron. Pinpointing this in our day, the German book Unsere WeltGestern, Heute, Morgen; 1800-2000 (Our WorldYesterday, Today, Tomorrow; 1800-2000), says: By the 19thcentury, democratic freedom prevailed in nearly all civilized countries, and by the end of World WarI, freedoms cause seemed to have approached final victory. There are many books and scholars to confirm what these metals represent. The New Encyclopdia Britannica says that this development ran counter to the conceptions that had dominated political thought for the preceding 2,000 years. Whereas hitherto man had commonly stressed the general and the universal and had regarded unity as the desirable goal, nationalism now stressed national differences. ), Nebuchadnezzar is agitated by a dream. Tradues em contexto de "partly of wet clay" en ingls-portugus da Reverso Context : 17 2:41 In that you were seeing feet and toes 18 partly of wet clay 19 and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. What did the seventh head do to Gods people? The Year of the People is how Time magazine described last years political upheavals in Eastern Europe. How so? Satan used all those world powers to fight Gods people because he hated the seed of the woman. . The result is inevitable. 3 pp. 5 Though Britain gained dominance, colonies in North America broke away. 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. Logically, then, the feet and toes would symbolize the final manifestations of human rule that would exist during the time of the end, as Daniel expressed it. After World WarII, decolonization once again produced a number of new democracies. 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. It is only an image of that beast. 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. Daniel 2:41 shows that the feet made of iron mixed with clay are one "kingdom," not many. So if, in fulfillment of the prophecy, the ten toes were to take on real significance, the political situation existing in 1914 would have to change. Daniel 2:44 In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. (1Corinthians 6:9-11) As a result, millions of people worldwide are confident that they will gain Gods protection when his Kingdom intervenes in mankinds affairs. 15 According to John, upon a scarlet-colored wild beastthe image of the wild beastrides a symbolic harlot, dominating it. (b)What does the clay in the feet of the image represent? May2011, Share The Collins Atlas of World History notes that on the eve of the 1914 war, it seemed that the division of the world among a number of great powers was almost complete. In fact, Hugh Brogan, lecturer in history at the University of Essex, England, says it appeared that before long the whole world would be ruled by half a dozen powers.. 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. 3-8 - The Watchtower (Simplified)2012, lfb lesson 60 pp. Why not the Spanish/Portuguese or Ottoman for example? . The clay, therefore, represents elements within the sphere of influence of the Anglo-American World Power, elements that make it weaker than the solid iron of the Roman Empire. 17 False religion will not lose its power gradually and then disappear. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY. ANGLO-AMERICA AND THE TWO-HORNED WILD BEAST. In Daniel's prophecy, the clay in the feet of the immense image symbolizes the common people. It is as if the waters have dried up. (Revelation 16:12; 17:15) For example, when the image of the beast first appeared, the religions of Christendom had a lot of power in most Western countries. . 12 The visions that Jesus gave to John show that even though the Anglo-American World Power is made of iron mixed with clay, it was going to do something important during the last days. Do the historical facts support this prediction?Daniel 2:43. 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. Nebuchadnezzars dream was of an immense image, in human form. its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY. The iron legs represent the Imperialistic-Democratic Alliance of the Roman Empire. . Daniels prophecy says that the clay means the offspring of mankind, or the common people. For example, it proved its power by winning World WarI. (a)What did the small horn do? So the feet have iron in them. It is only an image of that beast. (Rev. Similar to the uneasy mixture of iron and clay in the feet and toes of the image, some governments have been ironlikeauthoritarian or tyrannicaland others have been claylikemore pliable or democratic. Feet of IRON and CLAY EUROPE - The Roman Empire as a one world power disintegrated due to the attacks from the barbarian tribes. 17 pp. She bears the name Babylon the Great. (Rev. BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES RISE TO POWER. What, though, about the feet of the image? (Matt. A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.REV. There is a good reason that feet are made of Feet and Clay. (a)What did the small horn do? (b)What does the clay in the feet of the image mean? 3. 17:8. 35. And what should these prophecies make us want to do? Anglo-American World Power: Britain and the United States of America work together as special partners and often act as one world power, Lords day: A time period that started when Jesus was made King in 1914 and continues until he gives the Kingdom back to his Father, Jehovah. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, however, many former colonies chose more authoritarian forms of government. Note that the Bible describes the feet and toes of the image as being partly of iron and partly of molded clay, adding: The kingdom itself will prove to be divided, . 2:35 All at once, the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were crushed, and became like chaff of the threshing floors of summer; a wind carried them off until no trace of them was left. Will it exercise its dominion indefinitely? Like iron and moist clay, the entire global political mixture since 1914 has been fragile. 4 Four of the horns, or kingdoms, that sprouted from the head of the ferocious beast receive special mention. 8:24) For example, the United States caused terrible ruin on an unprecedented scale when it dropped two atomic devices on an enemy of the dual world power. This blog is for preview purposes only and all music downloaded should be deleted within 24 hours. The ten horns sprouting from the head of that fearsome beast represent kingdoms that grew out of that empire. Moreover, this power is the only one mentioned in the Bible purely as prophecy, for the previous six were woven into the Bibles historical record. Others say publicly that the world should get rid of all religions. 13 A prophecy in the book of Daniel helps us to understand in what period of time we are living. 2:41-43) Could a danger lie there for us? Part 9 of Human Rule Weighed in the Balances will answer. Spiritual crisis Rev. So the ten horns mean all the kingdoms that came from the Roman Empire. What, though, about the feet of the image? They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. But the prophecy in Revelation that is about the same topic tells us more. 17 False religion, however, will not just fade away. 4,5. Does secular history agree with the Bibles description of ancient Assyria? Will we pay attention to the prophetic warnings? Men in Western civilization have thus been thrown back wholly on themselves, and they find themselves wanting, concludes The Columbia History of the World. The harlot will remain a potent force, attempting to bend kings to her will until God plants an idea in the hearts of those in power. It will crush and put an end to all these [earthly] kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite.* (Daniel 2:44,45) Note these important points: The victorious Kingdom, represented by a large stone, is set up by God himself, not by human hands. Hence, it is rightly called Gods Kingdom. If so, Jehovahs Witnesses encourage you to look further into the Bible. But does anyone have the answers? And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. Replace monarchies and autocratic governments with democracies or governments of the world the number of horns on the heads various... 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