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This image shows us where we are in the stream of time associated with God's bringing the old system of things ruled by Satan to an end. Daniel wrote that the head of gold = Babylon, and the entire Babylonian line of rulership. The silver breasts and arms picture the line of Persian kings beginning with Cyrus the great. The copper part of the image represents Greece as the new world power, and the Roman Empire is represented by the iron legs. Part of these iron legs represents the England/America world power that was an offshoot of Rome (England being par of the Roman Empire at one time). Then, the feet of mixed iron and clay represents a politically divided world in the time of the end (which is obvious today).

We can see that we are associated with the feet of iron and clay. There are no further world powers after the representation of the feet, where we are now. The stone that comes out of the mountain destroys all the kingdoms of the earth, and it (representing God's own government) will rule forever. We are at the end of this old corrupt system of things, and God's Kingdom will soon rule. What do you think of this prophecy from Daniel?

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I think it is one of the many prophecies that prove the bible is Gods Word. Also I think it is more evidence we are living in "the last days of the last days".
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Response to all,

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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.
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This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
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Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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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.
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And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

As Daniel stated “and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof is sure”. None of the kings soothsayers or wise men could tell the king the dream or the interpretation thereof. All should clearly understand that that it was only by direct revelation from God that Daniel could tell the dream and the interpretation thereof.

Also this latter day kingdom was to be established by God and not man. This therefore would also require “direct revelation to man from God”.

We know also that:

(Amos 3:7) “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”

Therefore it is obvious that this kingdom could not be established except through a latter day prophet. God’s house is a house of order. God is an unchanging God and has always revealed his plans through his divinely called prophets by direct revelation.

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[Replying to Revelations won in post #3]
Your rendering of Amos 3:7 is not quite the best rendering. THIS is what it actually means: "For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets." So it's not that God will not do anything.....he will not do anything UNLESS he tells his matter to his worshippers. He doesn't spring anything unannounced onto his people, and his people warn others.

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Dear Onewithhim,

You claim that the translations in the KJV or NIV and others are incorrect. You have not shown who had the authority to pronounce these translations as false or incorrect.

You have presented your private interpretation giving a different interpretation, Can you show who authored your JW interpretation? Also by what authority did they accomplish the same?

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Revelations won wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:35 pm Dear Onewithhim,

You claim that the translations in the KJV or NIV and others are incorrect. You have not shown who had the authority to pronounce these translations as false or incorrect.

You have presented your private interpretation giving a different interpretation, Can you show who authored your JW interpretation? Also by what authority did they accomplish the same?

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I didn't say that the KJV is incorrect. It says that God doesn't do anything "but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets"......that is clearly saying that he will let his prophets know what he's going to do. We would normally put "that" after "but" to understand the old King's English. This way of understanding it is underscored by other translations.

The New American Standard Bible puts it this way: "Surely the Lord GOD does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets."

The New American Bible says: "Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing WITHOUT revealing his plan to his servants the prophets."

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This Scripture in Daniel lets us know what is going on and why, and gives us the basic time-frame that this old corrupt world will be brought to its end and this beautiful planet will be cleansed and made into a paradise, which was God's original purpose (and that hasn't changed). Look at what Jehovah has to say by accessing the website www.jw.org and type into the search bar "Immense Image of Daniel." You may be very surprised and interested.

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onewithhim wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:52 am This Scripture in Daniel lets us know what is going on and why, and gives us the basic time-frame that this old corrupt world will be brought to its end and this beautiful planet will be cleansed and made into a paradise, which was God's original purpose (and that hasn't changed). Look at what Jehovah has to say by accessing the website www.jw.org and type into the search bar "Immense Image of Daniel." You may be very surprised and interested.

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onewithhim wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:04 pm
onewithhim wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:52 am This Scripture in Daniel lets us know what is going on and why, and gives us the basic time-frame that this old corrupt world will be brought to its end and this beautiful planet will be cleansed and made into a paradise, which was God's original purpose (and that hasn't changed). Look at what Jehovah has to say by accessing the website www.jw.org and type into the search bar "Immense Image of Daniel." You may be very surprised and interested.

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onewithhim wrote: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:12 am This image shows us where we are in the stream of time associated with God's bringing the old system of things ruled by Satan to an end. Daniel wrote that the head of gold = Babylon, and the entire Babylonian line of rulership. The silver breasts and arms picture the line of Persian kings beginning with Cyrus the great. The copper part of the image represents Greece as the new world power, and the Roman Empire is represented by the iron legs. Part of these iron legs represents the England/America world power that was an offshoot of Rome (England being par of the Roman Empire at one time). Then, the feet of mixed iron and clay represents a politically divided world in the time of the end (which is obvious today).

We can see that we are associated with the feet of iron and clay. There are no further world powers after the representation of the feet, where we are now. The stone that comes out of the mountain destroys all the kingdoms of the earth, and it (representing God's own government) will rule forever. We are at the end of this old corrupt system of things, and God's Kingdom will soon rule. What do you think of this prophecy from Daniel?
This shows us where we are in the stream of time, that there are no more kingdoms/governments ruling the world after the feet of the image are shattered by the stone out of the mountain of God's heavenly organization. It is imminent. All other governments have had their chance, and soon---very soon--God's own government will take over, with Christ as our ruler. Don't you want to know how we are involved in the last days' prophecy? Look at the image on the website www.jw.org . Just type in Immense image of Daniel chapter 2 in the search box.

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