The kingdoms of the feet and toes of the image of Nebuchadnezzar

Ezra Celestin 09-09-2016

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.

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Daniel 2:41-43

The legs of the image was of Iron representing the Roman Empire. So also was the fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: Daniel 7:7

The word said in Daniel 2:41: And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;

Many theologians and church doctrine want you to believe in the theory of Pagan Rome and Papal Rome. That is to say, after the disintegration of Pagan Rome, the Roman Empire, Papal Rome took over and rule the world. Is that what the Bible teaches? The Bible says after the Roman Empire, the Kingdom will be divided. The Papacy is not part of the Roman Empire as many theologian and church doctrine would want you to believe.

When the Roman Empire disintegrated about September 4, 476 what came out of the Roman Empire was the European Nations, the feet and toes of the Image of Nebuchadnezzar. The Roman Empire broke up, and divided into ten countries namely the Saxons, today is known as the English nation, the Franks, as the French nation. The Germans were known as the Alamannies and the Spanish nations were known as the Visigoths. The Lombards are known today as the Italians, the Suevi as the Portuguese nation and the Burgundians as the Swiss nation. The following three nations were conquered and integrated, therefore they no longer exist. The Heruli were subjugated and disappeared from history about 512 A.D.; the Vandals about 534 and the Ostrogoths about 539 when Belisarius conquers Ravenna and captures the Ostrogoth king Witigis.

The Bible says in Daniel 7:24, And the ten horns out of this kingdom (the Roman Empire) are ten kings that shall arise (the European Nations): and another shall rise after them (the Papacy); and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. Daniel said, I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Daniel 7:8

Concerning the little horn that came up among the ten horns, the European Nations, the Bible says in Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

The Papacy is not part of the Roman Empire; but rather part of the European Nations. It is the abomination that maketh desolate in Daniel 12:11. From the time the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. In prophecy a day is equal to one year. Therefore, from the setting up of the Papal political power to the time it reach its end will be 1290 years.

The Papacy started its political assent in 508 and ended in 1798. That is exactly 1290 years just as the Bible says. From the time the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Nowhere in scripture is the Papacy depicted as a beast. Church doctrine can lead to that strong conviction; however it is not found in scripture. In Daniel the Papacy is depicted as the horn with eyes and mouth Daniel 7:8 which came up after the ten primary European Nations were established, the ten horns of Daniel 7:7.

There is no beast in Daniel to correspond to the feet and toes of the image of Nebuchadnezzar. However, Daniel gave a clue as to what the beast would look like. Concerning the dreadful and terrible beast, the forth beast he said, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. So we see the Roman Empire, the legs of Iron, the dreadful and terrible beast is totally destroyed when it disintegrated in September 476. The beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. The theory of Rome in its two stages, Pagan Rome and Papal Rome is not supported in scripture. Though it has been taught for over 100 years and strongly held in belief by christian denominations it is not scriptural. The beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.

Daniel 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, (the lion, the bear and the leopard) they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

The beast of the Kingdom of the feet and toes of the image of Nebuchadnezzar is not found in Daniel but rather in Revelation 13. Daniel said, as concerning the rest of the beasts, (the lion, the bear and the leopard) they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. John said, And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: Revelation 13:1,2.

This beast of Revelation 13:1,2 correspond to the feet and toes of the image of Nebuchadnezzar, which is collaborated by both Daniel and John. This beast that John saw rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which he saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion is the beast of the kingdom corresponding to the feet and toes of the image.

Contrary to popular doctrine and long held, deep sited beliefs, this beast of Revelation 13:1, 2 is the European Nations which came out of the Roman Empire after it disintegrated in 476. Doctrines will point to this beast as it were Papal Rome. However that is not scriptural, it is only a long held interpretation and religious doctrine, but not biblical.

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