To get to the truth about these prophecies of Daniel in chapter 2 and 7, we must pray to God that He will guide us and lead us. We must compare scripture with scripture and compare it with what has happened in world history. So let's begin with these amazing prophecies of Daniel.
The Great Image
In Daniel chapter 2 we find King Nebuchadnezzar having a dream which went from his mind, and this dream troubled him. So he summoned all the great magicians of the kingdom to tell him what the dream was and what it meant ..... Daniel 2:2 .....'Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.' ..... The only problem was, the King couldn't remember this dream, he was troubled by it, but he couldn't remember the contents of it. How many times do you wake up from a dream and it's gone from you in a moment? It certainly happens to me. Now these magicians and sorcerers got their powers from satan, but do you know what satan cannot do? He cannot read minds. He has limited power on this earth, and so the stage was set for God to receive glory by revealing the dream to Daniel.
So King Nebuchadnezzar issued a decree to slay all the magicians and sorcerers, because they could not make known to him his dream..... Then God did something which a lot of the Christian world today do not put faith in - He revealed the secret dream! ..... Daniel 2:19,22 .....'Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. He revealeth the deep and secret things.' ..... There are so many Christians today who don't study bible prophecy, because they think it is too complicated. Well, how about taking a leaf out of Daniel's book and coming before God in prayer and trusting in Him to reveal Bible prophecy to you.
So what was the dream that King Nebuchadnezzar dreamed? ..... Daniel 2:31-35 .....'Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 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. 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. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.' .....
So we have this great image of a man, whose head was Gold, breast and arms of Silver, belly and thighs of Brass, legs of Iron and feet of part Iron and part Clay. So what does this image and it's different parts represent? ..... Daniel 2:38-40 .....'And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.' .... So the different parts of this great statue represent KINGDOMS of this world. We know where to start, because Daniel confirms that King Nebuchadnezzar and his kingdom of Babylon was the head of Gold. So can we tell from history who the other kingdoms were? Yes!
Head of Gold - This was Babylon empire 612 - 539 BC
Chest of Silver - This was the Medo-Persian empire 539 - 331 BC
Thighs of Bronze - This was the empire of Greece 331 - 168 BC
Legs of Iron - This was the Roman empire 168 - 476 AD
This division was accomplished between the years A.D. 351 and A.D. 476. The era of this dissolution thus covered a hundred and twenty-five years, from about the middle of the fourth century to the last quarter of the fifth. No historians of whom we are aware, place the beginning of this work of the dismemberment of the Roman empire earlier than A.D. 351, and there is general agreement in assigning its close in A.D. 476. … The map of the Roman empire during that time underwent many sudden and violent changes, and that the paths of hostile nations charging upon its territory, crossed and recrossed each other in a labyrinth of confusion. But all historians agree in this, that out of the territory of Western Rome, ten separate kingdoms were ultimately established, and we may safely assign them to the time between the dates above named; namely, A.D. 351 and 476.
The ten nations which were most instrumental in breaking up the Roman empire, and which at some time in their history held respectively portions of Roman territory as separate and independent kingdoms, may be enumerated … as follows: The Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Suevi, Burgundians, Heruli, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards.
The One World Government
Many people, including Christians are waiting for a one world government to be set up, that will rule the earth. Yes, there is no doubt that the powers of this earth are trying to set up a one world government that will totally rule the world and they will succeed to a certain extent to be able to enforce the mark of the beast, but the world will never become united under a single world nation again like in the past under Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. You see, God revealed to Daniel that Rome would be the last single one world ruling kingdom. After Rome, on this great image, we have the feet of iron and clay. Now what did Daniel say about the feet? ..... Daniel 42-43 .....'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.' ..... After Rome fell, it split into the kingdoms of Europe. Now we know that people in the past have tried to unite Europe into one nation to rule the world, and they will continue to try like the European Union and United Nations are doing today, but as we can see from the prophecy of Daniel 2 above, they shall not 'cleave one to another' and shall not succeed.
The leaders of this world can try all they like to form a one world united ruling nation, but if God has shown through bible prophecy that it cannot happen again, then it won't. Don't get me wrong, the nations of this world will come together in "agreement" for a short time to force the laws of the beast (Roman Catholic Church) upon the world. As you will see in Revelation 13 that one of the end time beast powers (see America in Prophecy) causes the earth to receive the mark of the beast (mark of Roman Catholic Church), and any who refuse, will be killed. But notice that Daniel says this final world power will be partly strong from the iron of Rome, and it will also be broken and it won't be able to cleave together, therefore this "one world government" will only last a short time. The only completely united single ruling kingdom that is coming, is the Kingdom of Christ Jesus, which will smash the kingdoms of this earth to pieces! Praise God!
