RE: Pray For Greece
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6
History tells us that the kingdom which overcame Greece was the kingdom of Rome. 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.
Daniel emphasized the feet and toes of iron and clay, not another separate kingdom. This mixture is symbolic of smaller nations coming after the collapse of Rome. And, these smaller nations would not cling together, just as iron and clay do not cling together. Over time, barbarians wore down the borders of Rome, and by A.D. 476 Rome was completely broken apart. Western Europe was divided into ten parts within the old boundaries of the Roman Empire. These were the Lombards, the Alemanni, the Anglo-Saxons, the Ostrogoths, the Brugundians, the Franks, the Suevi, the Vandals, the Visigoths, and the Heruli. This was the beginning of the modern nations of Europe; some strong, some weak. Seven of them still exist today in Europe. For example, the Anglo-Saxons became the English, the Franks became the French, the Alemannians became the Germans, and the Lombards became the Italians.
The prophecy said that these nations would not cling together. People have tried for centuries to unite Europe by different means. But, the prophecy says that these nations would not cling together.
Today there are many calls for a united Europe. The European Common Market, the common currency-Euro, all in an effort to unite Europe. But, politically, they will not cling together! Scripture says it, and God's Word always comes true.
However, there is a prophecy for uniting Europe, and the world, spiritually, in a counterfeit world kingdom. There is a church leader who plans to be the head of this New World Order. In the process of forming this New World Order, persecution will again be implemented to force the will of people. And, this will usher in the event of all ages, the second coming of Jesus Christ. This is the fifth kingdom described in Daniel 2. Dan 2:44 "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."
Notice verse 44, where it says "in the days of these kings". In the days of the nations of Europe being partly iron and partly clay, Jesus will come. We are living in those days today! As we continue with Daniel 7 and Revelation 13, this will be made clear.
Scripture says it, and God's Word always comes true.
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