A Hope You Can Trust

Yet another prophecy is having a remarkable fulfillment in our day.  The prophecy involves King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and a dream that he had about an immense image. The body was divided up into five parts-the head, the breasts, and arms, the belly and thighs, the legs and feet-each one with a different composition. (Daniel 2:31-33) These metal parts stood for a succession of governments or kingdoms, that started with Babylon and continues down to the Anglo-American World Power, the seventh of Bible history. - DANIEL 2:36-41.

Daniel discloses that in the feet and toes of the image, there was a noteworthy change of materials.  How so? Pure metal was replaced with a mixture of iron and moist clay. By way of explanation, Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar: "Whereas you beheld iron mixed with moist clay, they will come to be mixed with the offspring of mankind; but they will not prove to be sticking together, this one to that one, just as iron is not mixing with clay." (Daniel 2:43) Yes, mixing iron and clay results in a fragile union; there is no "sticking together." How accurately this describes the political divided world in which we live today!

Daniel also reveals another significant development.  In his dream, King Nebuchadnezzar saw a stone that was cut out of a large mountain.  This stone was lifted up, and "it struck the image on its feet of iron and of molded clay and crushed them." (Daniel 2:34) What does that mean? Daniel himself answers: " In the days of those kings [during the time of the final world power] the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed to any other people. It will crus and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite." (Daniel 2:44) That prophecy pointed forward to a Kingdom unlike any other government known to mankind. Its King is Jesus Christ, the Messiah. As mentioned in the previous articles of this series, Jesus will crush Satan and all his followers, human and spirit, thus bringing about universal peace and harmony. -1 Corinthians 15:25. 

Next time: BABYLON THE GREAT

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