Consider the possibility of the United Nations as the seat of the New World Order governing system. It would be the perfect place for 10 world leaders to meet and fulfill prophecy (whether they know it or not) under the pretext of Sustainable Development for the World. Of those 10 leaders, three will disagree and eventually refuse to follow orders. They will be 'removed' so that their chosen World Leader can take his place. Here are a couple of links to the United Nations website for you to research on your own if you don't already know about the world wide reach of their powers:
This modern day information is what inspires me to take a deeper look into the prophecies given in the book of Daniel, the dreams and visions he recorded and their interpretations as per Scriptures and other recorded historical events. These dreams and visions were telling about the time of the end when a final king would arise and attempt to conquer the world.
We'll start with Nebuchadnezzar's dream about a large statue.
We'll start with Nebuchadnezzar's dream about a large statue.
Daniel 2:32
The head of that statue was of fine gold; its chest and arms were of silver; its belly and thighs of bronze; its legs were of iron, and its feet part iron and part clay. A stone was hewn, not by hands, and struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. 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 was left. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
Daniel tells Nebuchadnezzar that YHWH Elohim in heaven reveals mysteries and has made known to the king what is to be at the end of days.
Daniel tells him what the dream means:
The head of gold represents Nebuchadnezzar's current reign as king of Babylon. After his kingdom one represented by the silver, inferior to gold, arises, then yet a third kingdom, of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. But the fourth kingdom, strong as iron, will smash and crush those before it. The feet which were part iron and part clay means it will be a divided kingdom. And the toes which are mixed iron and clay means that kingdom will be part strong and part brittle.
:43 You saw iron mixed with common clay; that means: they shall intermingle with the offspring of men, but shall not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. In the time of those kings, YHWH will establish a kingdom that shall never be destroyed nor transferred to another people. It will crush and wipe out all these kingdoms and itself shall last forever, just as the stone hewn from the mountain, not by hands, crushed the iron, bronze, clay, silver and gold.
Make a note here, verse 43, "they shall intermingle with the offspring of men..." sounds an awful lot like what what was going on in the days of Noah when those divine beings left their station in heaven to defile themselves with the daughters of men. Y'shua warns us that this is similar to one of the signs prior to his return. Nebuchadnezzar was shown this future event in a dream. Who are 'they'? Non-humans? Trans-humans? Demon-spirits posing as extraterrestrials?
The kingdoms represented by the statue are as follows:
- Kingdom #1: Head of Gold Babylon empire's greatest King was Nebuchadnezzar (reigned 605 - 562 B.C.), who conquered the Kingdom of Judah, took the inhabitants as captives to Babylon and, in 586 B.C., burned Jerusalem and destroyed its temple. Babylon's world supremacy lasted 73 years.
- Kingdom #:2 The chest and arms of silver Persian empire is considered the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world. At its height it spanned three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. It was during the reign of Cyrus the Great that captive Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem.
- Kingdom #3: The belly and thighs of bronze was the Greek kingdom of Alexander the Great. After his death in 323 B.C. his kingdom was divided up into four kingdoms by his generals.
- Kingdom #4: the legs of iron and feet mixed with clay Roman empire. Rome is considered the third largest and most powerful of the ancient empires. At the time of Y'shua it is believed Rome controlled a total population of 60 million people. In 395 A.D. the kingdom split into two separate pieces (two legs? or divided like iron and clay): The Eastern (Byzantine) Empire, which lasted until 1453 A.D. and the Western Empire, which lasted until 476 A.D.
Let move along to the time when Belshazzar is king of Babylon (chapter 7). Daniel is the one to have a dream and a vision this time. He sees four mighty beasts emerge from the sea which are different from each other. The fourth beast was fearsome, dreadful and very powerful, with great iron teeth that devoured and crushed and stamped the remains with its feet. It was different from the ones that went before it and had ten horns. A new little horn sprouted up among the ten and three of the older horns were uprooted to make room for it. There were eyes in the horn like a man and it spoke arrogantly. Because of the arrogant words it spoke it was killed, consigned to the flames.
In verse 15 we read that Daniel is disturbed and alarmed by this vision. One of the attendants (an angel) tells him the beasts represent four earthly kings/kingdoms after which the Set Apart Ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever and ever. The fourth beast with its teeth of iron, claws of bronze represents a fourth kingdom on the earth, different from the ones before it and it will devour the whole earth, tread it down and crush it. Ten kings will arise from this fourth kingdom and then another will arise, different from the former ones and will bring low 3 kings. He will speak words against the Most High and will harass the elect of YHWH Elohim. He will think of changing times and laws, and they will be delivered into this power for a time, times and half a time (3-1/2 years). Then the court will sit and dominion will be taken away, to be destroyed and abolished for all time.
Three years later Daniel has another disturbing vision about a ram which no beast could withstand (chapter 8). This ram did as he pleased and grew great. A he-goat came from the west and it had a conspicuous horn on its forehead. He charged the ram and broke its two horns and the ram was powerless to withstand him. Then the he-goat grew very great but at the peak of his power his big horn was broken. Four conspicuous horns sprouted towards the four winds of heaven. From one of them emerged a small horn which extended itself greatly south, east and towards the beautiful land. It grew as high as the host of heaven and it hurled some stars of the heavenly host to the ground and trampled them. It vaunted itself against the very chief of the host on its account the regular offering was suspended and His Set Apart place was abandoned. An army was arrayed iniquitously against the regular offering, it hurled truth to the ground and prospered in what it did.
The angel Gabriel is told to explain this vision to Daniel. He tells him it refers to the time of the end.
Chapter 8 verse 20:
The two horned ram signifies the kings of Media and Persia and the he-goat the king of Greece with the large horn being the first king. The four that came mean four kingdoms arise out of a nation but without its power. When their kingdoms are at an end, when the measure of transgression has been filled, then a king will arise, impudent and versed in intrigue. He will have great strength but not through his own strength. He will be extraordinarily destructive; he will prosper in what he does and destroy the mighty and the people of holy ones. By his cunning he will use deceit successfully. He will make great plans, will destroy many taking them unawares, and will rise up against the chief of chiefs, but will be broken, not by human hands.
Beginning in chapter 10, during the time Cyrus is king of Persia, we read Daniel experiences another vision concerning a time yet to come - the vision of the kings of the north and south. Details are given by an angel in chapter 11 and I have added in parenthesis actual events which fulfilled this vision:
The angel said, "Three more kings will rule over Persia, followed by a fourth, who will be richer than all the others. At the height of his power and wealth he will challenge the kingdom of Greece. :3 Then a heroic king will appear (Alexander the Great). He will rule over a huge empire and do whatever he wants. But at the height of his power his empire will break up and be divided into four parts. Kings not descended from him will rule in his place, but they will not have the power that he had (per Alexander's four generals: Seleucus/Asia; Ptolemy/Egypt; Lysimachus/Thrace; Cassander/Macedonia including Greece). :5 The king of the south will be strong. One of his generals, however, will be even stronger and rule a greater kingdom. After a number of years the king of Egypt will make an alliance with the king of Syria and give him his daughter in marriage. But the alliance will not last, and she, her husband, her child, and the servants who went with her will all be killed. :7 Soon afterward one of her relatives will become king. He will attack the army of the king of Syria, enter their fortress, and defeat them.
He will carry back to Egypt the images of their gods and the articles of gold and silver dedicated to those gods. After several years of peace the king of Syria will invade Egypt, but he will be forced to retreat. :10 The sons of the king of Syria will prepare for war and gather a large army. One of them will sweep on like a flood and attack an enemy fortress. In his anger the king of Egypt will go to war against the king of Syria and capture his huge army. He will be proud of his victory and of the many soldiers he has killed, but he will not continue to be victorious. :13 The king of Syria will go back and gather a larger army than he had before... he will return with a large, well-equipped army. Then many people will rebel against the king of Egypt. And some violent people from your nation, Daniel, will rebel because of a vision they have seen, but they will be defeated. :15 So the king of Syria will lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The soldiers of Egypt will not continue to fight... :16 The Syrian invader will do with them as he pleases, without opposition. He will stand in the Promised Land and have it completely in his power. :17 The king of Syria will plan an expedition, using his whole army. Then, in order to destroy his enemy's kingdom, he will make an alliance with him and offer him his daughter in marriage; but his plan will not succeed. After that he will attack the nations by the sea and conquer many of them. But a foreign leader will defeat him and put an end to his arrogance; indeed he will turn the arrogance of Syria's king back on him. The king will return to the fortresses of his own land, but he will be defeated, and that will be the end of him. :20 He will be followed by another king, who will send an officer to oppress the people with taxes in order to increase the wealth of his kingdom. In a short time that king will be killed, but not publicly and not in battle. :21 The angel went on to explain: "The next king of Syria will be an evil man who has no right to be king, but he will come unexpectedly and seize power by trickery. Anyone who opposes him, even God's High Priest, will be swept away and wiped out. By making treaties, he will deceive other nations, and he will grow stronger and stronger, even though he rules only a small nation. :24 He will invade a wealthy province without warning and will do things that none of his ancestors ever did. Then he will divide among his followers the goods and property he has captured in war. He will make plans to attack fortresses, but his time will soon run out. He will boldly raise a large army to attack the king of Egypt, who will prepare to fight back with a huge and powerful army. But the king of Egypt will be deceived and will not be successful. His closest advisers will ruin him. Many of his soldiers will be killed, and his army will be wiped out. :27 Then the two kings will sit down to eat at the same table, but their motives will be evil, and they will lie to each other. They will not get what they want, because the time for it has not yet come. :28 The king of Syria will return home with all the loot he has captured, determined to destroy the faith of Yahweh's people. He will do as he pleases and then return to his own land. Later on he will invade Egypt again, but this time things will turn out differently. :30 The Romans will come in ships and oppose him, and he will be frightened. Then he will turn back in a rage and try to destroy the religion of God's people. He will follow the advice of those who have abandoned that religion. Some of his soldiers will make the Temple ritually unclean. They will stop the daily sacrifices and set up The Abominations that causes Desolation. By deceit the king will win the support of those who have already abandoned their faith, but those who follow Yahweh will fight back. Wise leaders of the people will share their wisdom with many others. But for a while some of them will be killed in battle or be burned to death, and some will be robbed and made prisoners. While the killing is going on, Yah's people will receive a little help, even though many who join them will do so for selfish reasons. :35 Some of those wise leaders will be killed, but as a result of this the people will be purified. This will continue until the end comes, the time that YHWH Elohim has set. :36 The king of Syria will do as he pleases. He will boast that he is greater than any god, superior even to the Supreme God. He will be able to do this until the time when Yah punishes him - He will do exactly what He has planned. The king will ignore the god his ancestors served, and also the god that women love. In fact, he will ignore every god, because he will think he is greater than any of them. Instead, he will honor the god who protects fortresses. He will offer gold, silver, jewels, and other rich gifts to a god his ancestors never worshiped. To defend his fortresses, he will use people who worship a foreign god. He will give great honor to those who accept him as ruler, put them into high offices, and give them land as a reward. When the king of Syria's final hour has almost come, the king of Egypt will attack him, and the king of Syria will fight back with all his power, using chariots, horses, and many ships. He will invade many countries, like the waters of a flood. He will even invade the Promised Land and kill tens of thousands, but the countries of Edom, Moab, and what is left of Ammon will escape. When he invades all those countries, even Egypt will not be spared. He will take away Egypt's hidden treasures of gold and silver and its other prized possessions. He will conquer Libya and Ethiopia. :44 Then news that comes from the east and the north will frighten him, and he will fight furiously, killing many people. He will even set up his huge royal tents between the sea and the mountain on which the Temple stands. But he will die, with no one there to help him."
Daniel 12
At that time the great angel Michael, who guards your people, will appear. Then there will be a time of troubles, the worst since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, all the people of your nation whose names are written in God's book will be saved. Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace. The wise leaders will shine with all the brightness of the sky. And those who have taught many people to do what is right will shine like the stars forever. :4 He said to me, And now, Daniel, close the book and put a seal on it until the end of the world. Meanwhile, many people will waste their efforts trying to understand what is happening." Then I saw two men standing by a river, one on each bank. One of them asked the angel who was standing further upstream, "How long will it be until these amazing events come to an end?" The angel raised both hands toward the sky and made a solemn promise in the name of the Eternal God. I heard him say, "It will be three and a half years. When the persecution of God's people ends, all these things will have happened." :8 I heard what he said, but I did not understand it. So I asked, "But, sir, how will it all end?" He answered, "You must go now, Daniel, because these words are to be kept secret and hidden until the end comes. Many people will be purified. Those who are wicked will not understand but will go on being wicked; only those who are wise will understand. From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass. Happy are those who remain faithful until 1,335 days are over! And you, Daniel, be faithful to the end. Then you will die, but you will rise to receive your reward at the end of time."
I know this is lengthy but all of these visions are prophecies of the end times and examples of events leading up to the final world government prior to the return of Y'shua Messiah and his kingdom on earth. Yah tells us the end from the beginning so that when these thing occur we will know He is who He says He is.
Lets review but only by the similarities per each vision: The number 4, the metal iron, the king who is different from the ones before, the kingdom smashed by the Rock and his earthly kingdom...
Further reading, study and research:
History of Macedonia
King of the North/South
Lets review but only by the similarities per each vision: The number 4, the metal iron, the king who is different from the ones before, the kingdom smashed by the Rock and his earthly kingdom...
- the fourth kingdom, strong as iron, will smash and crush those before it. The feet which were part iron and part clay means it will be a divided kingdom. And the toes which are mixed iron and clay means that kingdom will be part strong and part brittle.
- The fourth beast was fearsome, dreadful and very powerful, with great iron teeth that devoured and crushed and stamped the remains with its feet. It was different from the ones that went before it and had ten horns. A new little horn sprouted up among the ten and three of the older horns were uprooted to make room for it.
- Ten kings will arise from this fourth kingdom and then another will arise, different from the former ones and will bring low 3 kings. He will speak words against Yahweh the Most High and will harass the Set Apart Ones of the Most High. He will think of changing times and laws, and they will be delivered into this power for a time, times and half a time (3-1/2 years).
- From one of them emerged a small horn which extended itself greatly south, east and towards the beautiful land. It grew as high as the host of heaven and it hurled some stars of the heavenly host to the ground and trampled them. It vaunted itself against the very chief of the host on its account the regular offering was suspended and His Set Apart place was abandoned. An army was arrayed iniquitously against the regular offering, it hurled truth to the ground and prospered in what it did.
- Then a king will arise, impudent and versed in intrigue. He will have great strength but not through his own strength. He will be extraordinarily destructive; he will prosper in what he does and destroy the mighty and the people of holy ones. By his cunning he will use deceit successfully. He will make great plans, will destroy many taking them unawares, and will rise up against the chief of chiefs, but will be broken, not by human hands.
Y'shua refers us back to Daniel, confirming his visions were for a future time.
Matthew 24:15
Matthew 24:15
And when you see the sign of uncleanness and desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which will stand in the Set Apart place, he that reads, let him understand.Daniel 9:27
During one week he will make a firm covenant with many. For half a week he will put a stop to the sacrifice and meal offering. At the corner of the altar (in the Set Apart place) will be an appalling abomination until the decreed destruction will be poured down upon this appalling thing.
Further reading, study and research:
History of Macedonia
King of the North/South
The Roman Empire circa 395
I bring up the Ottoman Empire as an alternative to the common belief that the final world government will be a revived Roman empire. More on this, later. In the meantime this is a video worth watching:
Armageddon News
Armageddon News
