Moist Clay is attached to Iron as the Ten Come Together for One Hour!
May 9, 2006
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Virtually all prophetic expositors agree that the ten toes of Daniel 2 are the ten horns of Revelation 17. What they do not all agree on is where they arise.
Most believe they will arise out of the territory occupied out of Daniel’s fourth prophetic kingdom, which was the old Roman Empire. A few, like myself, do not adhere to the popular view they will be ten European Union nations, which indeed did make up the northern part of the ancient Roman Empire. I have believed for more than 32 years the ten nations would come out of the southern part of the old empire, which occupied, at its maximum extent, either by conquest or treaty, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, northern Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. It covered more Arab countries than these, but these are the best candidates to eventually be the ten toes of Daniel’s great statue of Daniel 2. Clay will not adhere to Iron unless it is moist. The word “miry” in Daniel 2:43 come from a Hebrew root that means “sticky.” Moist or wet clay is sticky, and can temporarily be attached to iron
or any most other metals.
But as soon as it is taken from its source region where it has been receiving its moisture, it eventually will lose its “stickiness,” and break its bond with the iron.
The clay and iron will hold together for “one hour,” meaning a short time. I believe that time will be less than seven years, but greater than three and one-half years.
Just as God put into the heart of the Egyptian King to do his will, so will he put into Islamic hearts to hold together for “one hour,” which will be the last “hour” of the fullness of the Gentiles.
Daniel 2:42,43 – 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. [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.
Revelation 17:12,13 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
[13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Revelation 17:17 – For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
Romans 11:25 – For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
The article which follows from the Lebanon Daily Star complements the movie we sent on our last Blog notification as an attachment. If you did not receive it, please let me know and I will be happy to send it
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Begin Lebanon Daily Star Article
Fatal Attraction: The Hamas-Iran Alliance
By Anna Mahjar-Barducci
The Iranian regime and Hamas are currently upgrading their alliance, which is over a decade long, across
the great Islamic divide, between a Sunni group and a Shiite regional power.
After the 1979 revolution in Iran, the huge surge of pride in, and support for, the revolution in the Muslim world threatened Sunni religious hegemony. Two great victories restored Sunni predominance in the Islamic world: a 10-year effort, where Saudi Arabia used a great deal of its resources to support the jihad in Afghanistan, leading to the defeat of the Soviet empire; and an equally substantial effort by the kingdom to spread Sunni, albeit Wahhabi, Islam through its funding of Islamic centers and mosques worldwide.
The election of Iranian President Ahmadinejad marked the start of a second Islamic Revolution, and with it a revival of radical aspirations dating back to the days of Ayatollah Khomeini.
Hamas is the Palestinian branch of
the Muslim Brotherhood. During the second intifada it was assisted by the Iranian-supported Lebanese Shiite group Hizballah with significant military support and funding.
The Hamas-Iran alliance is a fatal attraction. The Hamas leadership identifies more with Ahmadinejad, the popular leader who wears second-hand jackets like they do, than with the Muslim Brotherhood sheikhs who wear expensive robes and own shares in American chain-stores, like Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradhawi. (Daily Star-Lebanon)
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