Daniel starts by describing a huge image with a head of gold, breasts and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay. No resident will say: I am sick.Isaiah 33:24. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY. 3 pp. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. Why did John call the image of the wild beast an eighth king? Sorry, there was an error loading the video. Babylon , Medo-Persia, Greece , and Rome. Nationalism exploded with full force. 35 But there was a final or completing part of the symbolic image, namely, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.. Since the middle of the 20thcentury, they have spread throughout the world. . WHEN we compare the prophecies of Daniel and John, we understand many things that are happening in the world today and that will happen in the future. If so, Jehovahs Witnesses encourage you to look further into the Bible. In short, the United States has no closer ally and no stronger partner than Great Britain., However, the first world war (1914-1918) moved Britain to embark on a special relationship with the United States, a previous colony. (Gen. 3:15) Rome, the sixth head, remained a dominant political force for centuries after John wrote down his vision. What was the dream that Daniel recalled to the kings mind? And even though it is weaker than Rome, the legs of iron, it will not come to an end on its own. 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. God has revealed these details in advance. There will be no more world powers after this. 14:6,7. a In the Bible, the number ten often symbolizes a complete groupin this case, all the kingdoms that grew from the Roman Empire. It is only an image of that beast. 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. 8 At times, the seventh head of the beast has displayed ironlike characteristics. The prophecies of Daniel and John have come true exactly as they were written. If we do not safeguard our heart, we might compromise our neutrality. and he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. What, though, about the feet of the image? 14-19 - The Watchtower (Simplified)2012, go chap. (Matt. What does feet of clay expression mean? Jehovah will cause the governments of Satans system, as represented by the United Nations, to attack false religion. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) Esau and Ishmael: Feet of Iron and Clay As we painfully experienced this week with murder of four innocent civilians in prayer and a young Druze policeman who attempted to save them, Israel. Understandably, they have been unable to stick together in a world unity. In the prophecy about the wild beast, the seventh head is the last head. Satan used all those world powers to fight Gods people because he hated the seed of the woman. Three other regions of the old Roman EmpireSpain, the Netherlands, and Francewere far more influential. What must we do now? A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.REV. 31You, O king, happened to be beholding, and, look! In it, Daniel interprets a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Sorry, there was an error loading the video. 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, . 7 The feet of the giant image mean the same thing as the seventh head of the wild beast, that is, the Anglo-American World Power. 23. What will happen as a result? The parallel prophecy in Revelation reveals the larger picture. (Rev. 21 pp. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. (Isa. And after you there will rise another kingdom inferior to you; and another kingdom, a third one, of copper, that will rule over the whole earth. So, obviously, the image had to do with human government.Daniel 2:37-39. 17 False religion, however, will not just fade away. What role did ancient Rome play in the fulfillment of Bible prophecy? Note also that during the rule of the ten toes, the common people, the offspring of mankind, would become increasingly involved in government. This is the final article in a series of seven in consecutive issues of Awake! But Daniel does not mention how many toes the image has. 11 Does the number of toes of the image have special meaning? By the mid-18thcentury, Britain was on its way to become the dominant power on the world scene. The prophet Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter two of the Book of Daniel. It does not appear as an eighth head on the wild beast. In their present form, political parties originated in Europe and North America during the 19thcentury. I've never understood why the different empire's depicted in the prophesy (Babylonian, Persian, Anglo-American etc) were agreed upon as those specific empires. God granted Daniel the ability to interpret a dream that baffled Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. Soon Jehovah will cause the political elements of Satans system, as represented by the United Nations, to attack false religion. In the fifth century C.E., the Roman Empire began to fragment. 18. Daniel does specifically mention that the toes would be made of iron and clay. We can be confident that the destruction of false religion and the battle of Armageddon will soon come. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) Appropriately, the number ten as used in the Bible signifies completeness as to earthly things. 46-67 - Daniels Prophecy (dp), w59 4/15 pp. 6 Shortly after the beginning of the Lords day, the seventh head began to attack Gods people, that is, those of Christs brothers who were still on earth. When? And because the United States came from Britain, we can say that, indirectly, the United States too came from Rome. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. What did the seventh head do to Gods people? However, from early on, that iron has been mixed with clay. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. 35. The British Empire gave way to the Anglo-American alliance, in many respects a dual English-speaking world power that has lasted until the present.See the box A Noteworthy Alliance.. 1,2. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. Daniel 2:41 describes the mixture of iron and clay as one kingdom, not many. Daniel explained, "Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron . (a)What can we understand when we compare the prophecies of Daniel and John? 18. 3-8 - The Watchtower (Simplified)2012, lfb lesson 60 pp. 4,5. They will destroy her influence and devastate her riches. (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) (Genesis 3:15) When John wrote about his vision, Rome was the world power. A Prophetic GiantWhat Will Its Fall Mean? This is what happened to an organization that appeared after World WarI. Britain and the United States urged other nations to join this organization. Do those promises appeal to you? Why? Today, they are larger, stronger, and better organized than ever before. 144-145 - Learn From the Bible (lfb). 8,9. Therefore, the number seems no more significant than the fact that the image had multiple arms, hands, fingers, legs, and feet. 15John also described a harlot, or prostitute, who rides upon a scarlet-colored wild beast. The feet were not clay plus gold, nor clay and silver, nor clay and brass, but clay with iron. In fact, the intervention by Gods Kingdom guarantees it! A Book You Can TrustPart 7, Publication download options The common people undermine the ability of the Anglo-American World Power to act with ironlike strength. The possible significance of this then becomes clearly apparent. 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. The legs of iron pictured the Roman Empire. 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. Which parts of the immense image symbolize the Anglo-American World Power? Why will this happen? The prophecy at Daniel 2:44 states that Gods Kingdom will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms. That prophecy refers only to the kingdoms that are part of the image. What was the dream that Daniel recalled to the king? And when the Berlin wall finally fell, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel emblazoned its front cover with the words Das Volk siegtthe people win! In one very important respect, however, those prognostications are wronghumanity itself will not end. 17:10,11) But it does receive authority to act as a king to carry out a specific task, one that triggers a chain of events that will change history. During that war, Gods people declared that according to the prophecy in Revelation, the image of the wild beast would ascend again. Learn how God used Medo-Persia to fulfill Bible prophecy. Instead of uniting, it tended to disunite. (Galatians 3:16) Satans seed includes all humans who adopt his wicked ways and who promote human self-determination as opposed to rule by God and Christ.Psalm 2:7-12. 13. The result? 2:41-43) Could a danger lie there for us? will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed" (Daniel 2:44). John wrote that the image of the beast would appear, disappear, and then rise again. . Then a stone was cut from a mountain, and it struck the feet of the statue. Britain continued to grow in wealth and power, and in the 19thcentury, it was the richest and most powerful nation on earth. The expression one is referred to Rome. The religions of Christendom are surely part of Babylon the Great. Which world power does the seventh head mean, and how did it treat the seed of the woman? The clay is referred to as the offspring of mankind, or the common people. Today, the harlot teeters on the back of the scarlet-colored beast. . Hi everyone, I'm sure almost all of you will remember the prophecy in Daniel that we used to learn about, with the statue of different metals and how they represented different world powers- Babylon- Persia- Greece- Rome- Anglo-America. These bombs caused ruin in a new and terrible way. Feet of clay means a fatal flaw, a negative characteristic or attribute that is hidden in an otherwise admirable human being. 2:31-33. [c. 1600] See also: clay, feet, of. 3:1-3. You kept on looking until a stone was cut out not by hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and of molded clay and crushed them. 17:1-6) This harlot fittingly stands for all false religion, foremost of which are the churches of Christendom. An increasingly vocal and militant group of Western intellectuals is calling for the end of religions influence on society. 2 In the previous article, we learned about Johns vision of the wild beast of Revelation chapter13. (Acts 1:8; 10:34,35) As members of all nations, citizens of every type of human government, they zealously announce that the time of the end has begun and that human rule has had its daysoon to be replaced by divine rule.b Thus, the bold message they proclaim confronts all existing political powers. . This description of the feet is talking about the same event as when the seventh head of the wild beast appears. Britain had been a small part of the Roman Empire, but it later became a kingdom. The Toes of Clay and Iron. The Bible promises that genuine peace will prevail under the rule of Gods Kingdom. In the year 1800, European nations controlled 35percent of the earths surface, but by 1914 the figure had risen to over 84percent! . John saw a vision of a two-horned wild beast that spoke like a dragon. Thus the ten toes picture all the coexisting political powers and governments during the time of the end of this symbolic image. There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth; on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.Psalm 72:16. you yourself are the head of gold. The prophecy at Revelation 17:10 complements another prophecy found in the book of Daniel. Why should all these distinct but related developments have come together in the second half of the 20thcentury? This results in a final battle with God. We cherish common values. And as the toes of the feet were . (Daniel 2:31-33), where the prophet interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a statue with a head of gold and feet of iron clay. PRIVACY SETTINGS, https://assetsnffrgf-a.akamaihd.net/assets/m/102011166/univ/art/102011166_univ_sqr_xl.jpg, https://assetsnffrgf-a.akamaihd.net/assets/a/g/E/201105/wpub/g_E_201105_lg.jpg, Share | 12,13. Yes! How do the visions of Daniel and John show that all governments of the world will be destroyed? What does this strange beast represent? By the 1760s, this island nation had become the mighty British Empire. Now this is starting to change. published by Jehovahs Witnesses. Why not the Spanish/Portuguese or Ottoman for example? In the second year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon as the dominator of the ancient world Jehovah God foretold the march of world powers, which is the subject of Chapter 4 of our Bible study aid, Your Will Be Done on Earth.. Fast forward to the feet and it is now an uncanny mixture of iron and clay. 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. All previous earthly kingdoms will be brought to an end. It remained strong for hundreds of years after that. John said that this image of the wild beast would appear, then disappear, and then appear again. 17 Let us now pick up some prophetic strands in the book of Daniel. 7 What is the relationship between the seventh head of the wild beast and the immense image? (a)What will happen to the feet of the image? What about all other human governments? Then Peter wanted Jesus to wash his head, hands, and feet. 4 Four of the horns, or kingdoms, that sprouted from the head of the ferocious beast receive special mention. For example, it proved how powerful it was by winning World WarI and World WarII, and it has acted with strength like iron many times since then.c (See footnote.) Finally, the feet are partly iron and clay representing a future global alliance or empire where clay may represent our human flesh as God formed us from clay (see Job 33:6). (a)What will the wild beast do? It shows that the kings of the entire inhabited earth will be gathered against Jehovah on the great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES RISE TO POWER. 16:14; 19:19-21) Hence, not only the kingdoms of the image but also all other human governments will be destroyed at Armageddon. Part 9 of Human Rule Weighed in the Balances will answer. How has the seventh head treated Gods people? What is happening to religion today? Iron and Moist Clay 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, . Predicted World Changes up till Gods Kingdom, Crushing All Nations in Our Day by Gods Kingdom, Awaiting the New Heavens and a New Earth, Jehovah Reveals What Must Shortly Take Place, Human Governments Crushed by Gods Kingdom, How Gods Kingdom Becomes a World Government, Part 8A Political Mixture of Iron and Moist Clay, The Creating of New Heavens and a New Earth, Pay Attention to Gods Prophetic Word for Our Day, From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible Prophecy. What, then, should we expect?Daniel 2:41, 42; 12:4. (a)How did the seventh world power manifest ironlike strength? 6. The harlot is called Babylon the Great. (Revelation 17:1-6) This harlot means all false religions. . Daniel explains that the images head was of good gold, its breasts and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs were of copper, its legs were of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of molded clay.Dan. 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. 15 According to John, upon a scarlet-colored wild beastthe image of the wild beastrides a symbolic harlot, dominating it. 6 Shortly after the start of the Lords day, the seventh head launched an attack on Gods peoplethe remaining ones of Christs brothers on earth. (b)How is Satans organization described, and what position does the Christian take toward it? 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. Nothing will be left of the world powers that the image represents, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1985, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom1978, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom (Study)2022, The Watchtower Announcing Jehovahs Kingdom (Simplified)2012. And what should a clear understanding of those prophecies move us to do? The first six heads of that beast mean Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. 45CT. Will we pay attention to the prophetic warnings? Unable to reach into heaven, the kings of the earth will vent their rage on those on earth who support Gods Kingdom. Feet of IRON and CLAY EUROPE - The Roman Empire as a one world power disintegrated due to the attacks from the barbarian tribes. 13 The beast with two horns tells people to make an image of the wild beast with seven heads. Perfect health will prevail. 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? So the ten horns mean all the kingdoms that came from the Roman Empire. 357-360 - The Watchtower1961, pm chap. The body parts were of metal; from top to bottom, they were made of progressively less valuable but harder metals, beginning with gold and terminating with iron; the feet and toes, however, had clay mixed with the iron. From his description, we can conclude that the Anglo-American World Power is the one that will be dominating when the stone representing Gods Kingdom hits the feet of the image.Dan. 3. Gods Kingdom will soon crush the feet of the giant image. Only his feet must be washed. ( Daniel 2:33, NASB1995)) (Read Daniel 2:41-43.) Learn how Greece became the fifth world power in Bible history. Like iron and moist clay, the entire global political mixture since 1914 has been fragile. 8 Sometimes the Anglo-American World Power has proved to be strong like iron. 8,9. Until the 1600s, they were much more important kingdoms than Britain was. The former things have passed away.Revelation 21:3,4. (Rev. 20. We can be sure that soon false religion will be destroyed and that the battle of Armageddon will come. (Lloyd's Voicemails #30) David is no longer a Jehovah's Witness but notes the political instability globally and wonders whether the interpretation of the Bi. 18. We know from history this is a prophecy of the last four major empires on earth. THE IMAGE OF THE WILD BEAST DESTROYS THE HARLOT. 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 Year of the People is how Time magazine described last years political upheavals in Eastern Europe. The number of nations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East grew dramatically. (b)Daniel 2:44 refers to Gods Kingdom as destroying which kingdoms? (Revelation 17:10,11) So John calls this image a king because it receives authority to do something that will affect the whole world. (b)What do we understand about the toes? Yes! 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. But the harlot will not lose her power gradually. Brzezinski, along with other world leaders, was interviewed by journalist Georgie Anne Geyer while she was preparing an article published in 1985 entitled Our Disintegrating World. In it she quoted Brzezinski as having said: The factors that make for international instability are gaining the historical upper hand over the forces that work for more organized cooperation. In it he had seen an immense image with a head of gold, breasts and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet and toes of iron mixed with clay. 14John described the image of the beast as an eighth king. In what sense? Democracy, government by the people, was extremely popular right after World WarI, even though during the 1920s and 1930s, democratic regimes in different parts of the world were replaced by dictatorships. After World WarII, decolonization once again produced a number of new democracies. 13) As we saw in the preceding article, the first six heads of the beast represent Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. It has two horns, so it is a dual power. . a certain immense image. In 1914, when the Lords day began, Britain was the largest empire that ever existed and the United States had the strongest industries in the world.b (See footnote.) . The power of this image comes from the nations that are members of the United Nations, especially from the Anglo-American World Power. What can we be sure of? Men in Western civilization have thus been thrown back wholly on themselves, and they find themselves wanting, concludes The Columbia History of the World. . (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. 1,2. 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. Above all, our alliance thrives because it advances our common interests. (Egypt and Assyria had already come and gone.) Particularly after the mid-1950s, the trend was irreversible. (Daniel 2:43) People have weakened the Anglo-American World Power when they have fought to have civil rights, to have more rights at their workplace, and even to become independent nations. But there was to be a seventh head that would replace Rome. Gods prophet Daniel explained to Nebuchadnezzar the significance of the image, telling him: You, Oking, . So political human rule in its entirety, unitedly opposed to divine sovereignty during the time of the end, is what the ten toes of the image would logically represent. What was the dream that Daniel recalled for the king? (Daniel 8:24) For example, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on an enemy of the Anglo-American World Power. 392-395 - The Watchtower1977, w64 12/15 pp. AWAKE! Which political world power did that prove to be, and how would it treat the seed of the woman? During the 1700s, Britain was becoming the most powerful kingdom in the world. Britainand by extension, the United Statesgrew out of the Roman Empire. This beast also means the Anglo-American World Power, but now it does something special.Read Revelation 13:11-15. These Jews knew from Isaiahs and Jeremiahs prophecies that Babylon would be overthrown. There is gold, silver, copper, iron, and a clay and iron mix. They are described as an amalgam of iron and clay. This description coincides with the time when the seventh head the Anglo-American World Power would come to prominence. (a)How did the seventh world power show that it was strong like iron? . How will it disappear from the world scene? In Daniel's prophecy, the clay in the feet of the immense image symbolizes the common people. They often cooperate with each other on important matters. ), Nebuchadnezzar is agitated by a dream. 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. Sorry, there was an error loading the video. The Anglo-American World Power will be the world power when false religion is destroyed. 3. Which part of the giant image means the same thing as the seventh head of the wild beast? In the second year of his kingship (probably dating from Jerusalems destruction in 607B.C.E. Majority Standard Bible its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay. Even so, the United States was allowed to grow mighty, protected by British naval power. 5 Although Britain became the most powerful kingdom, its colonies in North America rebelled and became the United States. But the vision John saw shows that at the beginning of the Lords day, they would be one world power. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD POWER AND THE FEET OF IRON AND CLAY. 47:1-3; Jer. 3:26-29) The Anglo-American World Power waged war with those holy ones. 283-313 - Mans Salvation (sl), ws12 6/15 pp. 19 We are living during the time of the seventh head of the beast of Revelation chapter13. 31. This beast is the same as the image of the wild beast with seven heads. Finally, the feet of mixed clay and iron "will be a divided kingdom" (Daniel 2:41). According to Revelation 17:10, the seventh world power "must remain a short while." How long will that prove to be? Copyright 2023 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. But it had not yet become the seventh head of the wild beast. The Bible answers that question by way of a sign that would identify the last days.Matthew 24:3. After World WarII, this trend accelerated. (a)How did the seventh world power manifest ironlike strength? The League of Nations disappeared when World WarII started. What part of Johns vision shows that the United Nations gets its power from the Anglo-American World Power? . 248-253 - The Watchtower1959, go chap. The United States and the United Kingdom enjoy a truly special relationship. . "And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile," (Daniel 2:42). 8 At times, the seventh head of the beast has displayed ironlike characteristics. 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. During World WarII, the ironlike power of the seventh head was also evident.c After that war, the seventh head at times still displayed ironlike characteristics. 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. 2:45. ANGLO-AMERICA AND THE TWO-HORNED WILD BEAST. 144-145 - learn from the head of the feet of the wild beast would ascend again world... 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