Expanding on Daniel 2
Expanding on Daniel 2
…”iron is 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.”
With regard to the feet of the image in Daniel 2:40-43 the interpretation is that pagan Rome will mix with the truth. In other words, they will mingle their erroneous pagan belies with religious doctrines. Yet in spite of this, they will not cleave one to another – truth and error can never stand together.
The components of the toes are identical to the components in the feet. Clay representing Christianity and pagan Rome being expressed by the iron. But in the toes, we have the idea that true and pure Christianity has been sacrificed for the sake of unity of church and state. This is known as apostate Christianity.
Verse 42 of Daniel 2 states that “the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken”, which means that part will be self-sufficient instead of realizing ones’ weakness and depending on Christ- and part will be recognizing the weakness of self, and turn to Christ for strength and healing. This concept applies to the world today in the sense that Christianity and the rest of the world are so different, yet they live side by side.
Vers’s 40-42 covers the topic of iron, which is very controlling and destructive- then the kingdom, partly strong and partly broken, which represents Papal Rome and also the feet of the image. The seed of men (verse 43) is singular and so it represents Jesus Christ (Gal 3:16).
1 comment September 29, 2008
Daniel Chapter 2
Daniel Chapter 2
Daniel 2 is about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of an image that symbolized what was to happen in the future (Dan 2: 1-3, 28-29).
This image made of gold, silver, brass, iron, and then iron mixed with clay (Dan 2: 32, 33), showing that the kingdoms through the years would each be inferior to the previous in power and glory.
The metals represent four world empires which are Babylon, Medo-persia, Greece, and Pagan Rome (Dan 2: 38- 40).
I find the last two combined metals to be the most relevant to the present day. Verse 42 of Daniel 2 states that “the kingdom shall partly strong and partly broken”, which means that part will be self-sufficient, instead of realizing their weaknesses and need of depending on Christ. This means the other half is recognizing the weakness of self, and will turn to Christ for strength and healing. This concept applies to the world today in the sense that Christianity and the rest of the world do not agree, yet they live side by side.
An interesting point about the dream is that a stone, cut without hands, smote the image on his feet, thus destroying the entire image (Dan 2: 34, 35). Since one of Jesus’ symbols is the rock or stone, this last event can be viewed as the second coming, and the great mountain it became would be symbolic of God’s kingdom, the New Jerusalem, at the end of time.
1 comment September 17, 2008
