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Saturday, January 21, 2012

The Statue of Daniel


The Statue of Daniel

Statue of End Times Events
There are several players in the end times events. One such list is found in the famous study of Daniel Chapters 2 and 9.
The Statue is found in Daniel 2.
Mountains in eastern/Hebrew thought Always equal kingdoms and the kings of those kingdoms. Daniel is specific that the Gold is Babylon and king Nebuchadnezzar. Therefore we can start from him and look forward to the others listed that would and did follow.
These kingdoms are also depicted in the very artwork they use. Natural historians know the kingdoms by the metals they used in bulk. “The Bronze Age” for example.
  1. Babylon Empire was a kingdom that used Gold.
  2. Medo-Persian Empire, the next world power, used Silver.
  3. Greek Empire the next world power was known for Bronze.
  4. Roman Empire the next world power used Iron.
  1. Rome also ushered in Jesus the Mountain without hands. 
  • Byzantine Empire -  “New Rome” “Romania”
  1. New Capitol located in Constantinople. 
  2. Divided Kingdom
  3. So Famous that there was a song and a cartoon from the song about the fall of Constantinople.
The Roman Empire crumbled into two pieces. The Eastern Roman Empire continued long after the fall of Rome itself and latter became known as the Ottoman Empire. The people of Turkey are the descendants of that empire as are the Muslim communities. It is becoming clear that the Anti Christ will arise not from Italy but from Turkey. He will not be atheist westerner but a supposedly peace loving Muslim with a secret intention of wiping all who do not worship him from the planet, starting with Israelis and Christians.
The people of the false prince to come will destroy the temple and then he’ll come around eventually to set up a covenant with the many… “Peace Talks”…
Daniel 2&9 as well as several new testament scriptures make it clear that the Anti Christ will come talking peace between Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israeli’s but will not bring peace but a knife in the back.
Antichrist will be from Turkey and Muslim and be known for a Peace Message…
Background Data_________________________________________________
31 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 . 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms ofsilver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 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 . 35 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.
...Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40 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 . 41 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. 42 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 . 43 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. 44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter : and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure .

Daniel 9:24-27 (King James Version)

Daniel 9:24-27

King James Version (KJV)
24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Wiki Histories:
Babylon (Greek Βαβυλών, from AkkadianBabili, Babilla) was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which are found in present-day Al HillahBabil ProvinceIraq, about 85 kilometers (55 mi) south of Baghdad. All that remains of the original ancient famed city of Babylon today is a mound, or tell, of broken mud-brick buildings and debris in the fertile Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Although it has been reconstructed, historical resources inform us that Babylon was at first a small town, that had sprung up by the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. The town flourished and attained prominence and political repute with the rise of the First Babylonian Dynasty. Claiming to be the successor of the ancient Eridu, Babylon eclipsed Nippur as the “holy city” of Mesopotamia around the time Hammurabi first unified the Babylonian Empire, and also became the seat of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 612 to 539 BC. The Hanging Gardens of Babylonwere one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The Achaemenid Empire (Persian: امپراتوری هخامنشی) (ca. 550–330 BCE), also known as the Persian Empire, was the successor state of the Median Empire, ruling over significant portions of what would become Greater Iran. The Persian and the Median Empire taken together are also known as the Medo-Persian Empire, which encompassed the combined territories of several earlier empires.
At the height of its power, the empire encompassed approximately 8 million km2.[1][2] The empire was forged byCyrus the Great, and spanned three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. At its greatest extent, the empire included the territories of IranAfghanistanPakistan and the territories of northern India, parts of Central AsiaAsia Minor,Thrace and Macedonia, much of the Black Sea coastal regions, Iraq, northern Saudi ArabiaJordanPalestine,IsraelLebanonSyria, and all significant population centers of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya. It is noted in western history as the foe of the Greek city states during the Greco-Persian Wars, for emancipation of slaves including the Jews from their Babylonian captivity, and for instituting the usage of official languages throughout its territories. In universal history the role of the Persian empire founded by Cyrus the Great lies in their very successful model for centralized administration and a government working to the advantage and profit of all.[3]
The Achaemenid Persian empire was invaded by Alexander III of Macedon, after which it collapsed and disintegrated in 330 BCE into what later became the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Seleucid Empire, in addition to other minor territories which gained independence after its collapse. Iranian rule was re-established in the region starting from the rise of Arsacids in middle of 3rd century BCE.
Greece (English: /ˈɡriːs/  ( listen); Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda, IPA: /eˈlaða/  ( listen); Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellás, IPA: /helːás/), also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía, IPA: /eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia/),[5] is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. The country has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, andTurkey to the east. The Aegean SeaIonian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has thetenth longest coastline in the world at 14,880 km (9,246 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islandsCrete, theDodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft). lies to the east of mainland Greece, the (approximately 1400, of which 227 are inhabited), including
Modern Greece traces its roots to the civilization of ancient Greece, generally considered the cradle of Western civilization. As such, it is the birthplace of democracy,[6] Western philosophy,[7] the Olympic GamesWestern literature and historiographypolitical science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama,[8]including both tragedy and comedy. This legacy is partly reflected in the 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Greece. The modern Greek state was established in 1830, following a victorious uprising against Ottoman rule.
developed country with a very high Human Development Index and standard of living,[9][10][11][12][13] Greece has been a member of what is now the European Union since 1981 and its Economic and Monetary Union since 2001,[14] NATO[15] and the European Space Agency since 2005.[16] It is also a founding member of the United Nations, the OECD,[17] and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation OrganizationAthens is the capital and the largest city in the country; other major cities include ThessalonikiPatrasHeraklionLarissa and Volos. since 1952,
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by anautocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.[5] The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor, Augustus.
The 500-year-old Roman Republic, which preceded it, had been weakened and subverted through several civil wars.[nb 2] Several events are commonly proposed to mark the transition from Republic to Empire, including Julius Caesar‘s appointment as perpetual dictator (44 BC), the Battle of Actium (2 September 31 BC), and the Roman Senate’s granting to Octavian the honorific Augustus (4 January 27 BC).[nb 3] Roman expansion began in the days of the Republic, but reached its zenith under Emperor Trajan. At this territorial peak, the Roman Empire controlled approximately 6.5 million km²[6] of land surface. Because of the Empire’s vast extent and long endurance, Roman influence upon the language, religion, architecture, philosophy, law, and government of nations around the world lasts to this day.
In the late 3rd century AD, Diocletian established the practice of dividing authority between four co-emperors, in order to better secure the vast territory, putting an end to the Crisis of the Third Century. During the following decades the empire was often divided along an East/West axis. After the death of Theodosius I in 395 it was divided for the last time.[7]
The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 as Romulus Augustus was forced to abdicate by Odoacer.[8] The Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire ended in 1453 with the death of Constantine XI and the capture of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks led by Mehmed II.[9]
Rome 2 Eastern Rome
There were actually FIVE kingdoms mentioned here. The fifth was a divided kingdom broken off of what was left of the Roman Geographic locations. This greek speaking, eastern roman empire was still the world power of it’s area, but never had the same total domination that the early roman empire did. It was eventually taken over by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
The Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) was the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered around its capital of Constantinople, and ruled by emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman emperors. It was called the Roman Empire and also Romania (Greek: Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía) by its inhabitants and neighbours. As the distinction between “Roman Empire” and “Byzantine Empire” is purely a modern convention, it is not possible to assign a date of separation, but an important point is Emperor Constantine I’s transfer in 324 of the capital from Nicomedia (in Anatolia) to Byzantium on the Bosphorus, which became Constantinople (alternatively “New Rome“).[n 1]
During its existence of more than a thousand years the Empire remained one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe, despite setbacks and territorial losses, especially during the Roman–Persian and Byzantine–Arab Wars. The Empire recovered during the Macedonian dynasty, rising again to become a pre-eminent power in the Eastern Mediterranean by the late tenth century, rivaling the Fatimid Caliphate. After 1071, however, much of Asia Minor, the Empire’s heartland, was lost to the Seljuk Turks. The Komnenian restorationregained some ground and briefly re-established dominance in the twelfth century, but following the death ofAndronikos I Komnenos and the end of the Komnenos dynasty in the late twelfth century the Empire declined again. The Empire received a mortal blow in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade, when it was dissolved and divided into competing Byzantine Greek and Latin realms. Despite the eventual recovery of Constantinople and re-establishment of the Empire in 1261, under the Palaiologan emperors, successive civil wars in the fourteenth century further sapped the Empire’s strength. Most of its remaining territory was lost in the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople and its remaining territories to the Muslim Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century.

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