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Babylon Kings - Daniel and Revelation
The Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957 by Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Treaty of Rome eventually became the European Union. The treaty was joined with another treaty, the treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty) that was signed in 1992. The Treaty of Nice, the foundation of the European Union, consolidated both treaties into one document, but within this the Treaty of Rome remains a single section with its own article numbering. The Treaty of Nice was agreed by the Heads of State or Government at the Nice European Council on December 11, 2000, signed on February 26, 2001 and came into force on February 1, 2003.
In the prophesy of Daniel, he speaks about the end times and the kings that will arise. In Daniel 2 he speaks about the third king, he says, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. Many people who speak about the prophesy of Daniel think that the third king was Greece, but I think this view is mistaken.
Greece didn’t even come close to bearing rule over all the earth. If you look at the maps below showing the empires of Persia and Greece, you can see that Greece basically took over the empire of Persia, and extended it a small amount. And also if you notice, that kingdom is such a small part of the world, it can’t be considered as bearing rule over all the earth. There is also a third image that shows the Roman Empire, which is almost the same area that Greece and Persia had, the Romans lost some land in the east, and took more land in the north and west.
Persian Empire
Greek Empire
Roman Empire
There is only one kingdom ever in existence that can be said to bear rule over all the earth. It doesn’t rule them officially, but it does in fact rule them and has steered the earth in its direction. And that kingdom is the kingdom of the United States that rules right now.
In the prophesy of Revelations, it explains more about what Daniel spoke in Daniel 2.
I will reason about the kingdoms spoken of in Revelation and show where I think the kingdoms spoken in Daniel 2 relate to Revelation.
Daniel 2
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[31] Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
[32] This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
[33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
[34] 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.
[36] This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
[38] 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.
[39] And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
[40] 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.
[41] 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.
[42] 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.
[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.
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Revelation 17
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[1] And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
[2] With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
[3] So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
[4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
[5] And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
[6] And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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[7] And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
[8] The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
[9] And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
[10] And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
[11] And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
[12] 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.
[14] These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
[15] And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
[16] And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
[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.
[18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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Out of the seven kings, five have already fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (Rev 17:10)
The five that have already fallen are Sumeria(builders of Babel), Egypt, Babylon, Persia and Greece. When Daniel spoke to Nebuchadnezzar he showed that head of gold was Babylon (Dan 2:37-38). After the five that have fallen, there is the one that is(Rev 17:10), which is Rome, with Spain and its conquests an extension of the Roman Empire. Rome is the one that is because Rome is the kingdom that was at the time the prophecy was written and is the one that Haile Selassie I caused to fall by opening the Seven Seals, and is the one that Haile Selassie I will cause to fall again. The breast and arms of silver (Dan 2:32) spoken of by Daniel also speaks of Rome, who first ruled the people with soldiers, and then ruled the people with soldiers and religion to bind them quickly and hold them. The breast of silver is Rome, and the two arms are Persia and Greece. They occupied almost the same land, but the breast was the most powerful and ruler over the arms.
The other that was not yet come, and who will continue for a short space is the United States of America. At the time that the Revelation prophecy was written, it was not yet come because America didn’t exist, but now it exists and since the defeat of Rome, it’s rule is come and is right now.
As Daniel showed, the United States is the belly and thighs of brass (Dan 2:39) which shall bear rule over all the earth. No other nation has ever had the influence and control that the United States has over the world. They may not officially rule the nations yet, but they exercise their power and by their actions and by other country’s reactions, it is obvious that they rule. They will heal from this recent wound and will complete their time until it is done.
They have shown their aspirations in many ways, including through their organization The Project for the New American Century that I spoke about before, the Project for promoting the idea that American leadership is good for America and good for the world.
Out of the seven kings, five have already fallen, one was, and the other was not yet come, but now is and will continue for a short space (Rev 17:10). And then after that short space the next beast comes, the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition(damnation)(Rev 17:11). This speaks about Rome, who is the eighth, and is of the seven, meaning that the beast who is the eight, is the same one as one of the seven that has already ruled. Rome is the king that was, and now is not, but will be again soon until the final fall.
Revelation 17
[12] 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.
With Rome and the European Union at the head, the earth will probably be split into ten regions and ten kings will be ten leaders who will each be set to rule one of ten regions in the world. Daniel Shows Rome to be legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay (Dan 2:40-41). The feet will be part iron and part clay because Babylon is divided against itself. They will join together but always remain separate because clay can't bind iron together. Because of these weak points, they will break in pieces and all the previous kingdoms from the beginning of their kingdom (Babylon) until now, will fall at the same time because the weak feat were holding up what remained of the whole thing.
Haile Selassie I is the Stone that came from Mount Zion who smites wicked Babylon on the feet to break them down (Dan 2:34 & Dan 2:45). Babylon will be broken down as the chaff that the wind driveth away. Haile Selassie I will establish Mount Zion to spread through the whole Earth (Dan 2:35 & Dan 2:44) and all will be RasTafarI.
In Daniel 2, there is a reason that the colours of the metal were similar between the gold and the brass and the silver and the iron. The silver and iron are the same because it is the same Rome before and after the brass (America). The gold and brass are the same because Babylon of old rose again to rule all the earth for a short time, before handing it to its child and father Rome. Rome was as a child to Babylon of old, and Rome was as a father to Babylon of today, and now again, Rome is as a child of Babylon of today. Also, as you look at the digression of the metals, Babylon starts as gold, then becomes silver, then brass, then iron, then iron mixed with clay. This shows how Babylon gets weaker and weaker until they are weak enough to be broken, and because they depended on their weakness as their foundation, it caused the iron, brass, silver and gold to topple down and break into pieces.
Everything is about foundation. A foundation of Righteousness will Rise as a Mountain and a foundation of wickedness will fall and blow away into nothing like the chaff.
I and I must follow the Most High Jah RasTafarI and learn from HIM every word and action.
Matthew 7
[24] Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a Rock:
[25] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
[26] And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
[27] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Ark I
Itinual Praises to the Most High Jah RasTafarI Haile Selassie I Menen I
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