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inferior to you, and yet a third king–
dom of bronze, which shall rule over
a ll the earth."
Here was NEWS of the future. It
was news reported in advance. And it
happened! After the Chaldean Em–
pire, the Persian Empire arose. [t was
inferior as a world empire intellec–
tually, morally, and in honor of
splendor and glory-as silver is LESS
VALUABLE than gold. But, as silver is
harder than gold, so was the Persian
Empire stronger in mi litary might.
Humani ty was deteriorating. The
Persian Empire fell before the swift
conquering flight of young Alexan–
der the Great, with his Greek and
Macedonian army. Alexander ex–
panded his empire farther east and
west and south-greater in military
strength, more in quantity-greater
in area and population ruled-but
inferior in qual ity, as bronze is of less
value than silver, yet a harder
metal.
Alexander wept, it is said, because he
had no more worlds toconqúer. Hedied
young. His empire wasdivided into four
divisions, each ruled by one of his four
top-ranking generals.
Now continue this most unusual
form of NEWS REPORT.
The Roman Empire Carne
"And," continued Daniel , "there
shall be a fourth kingdom, st rong as
iron ... " T his was the Roman
Empire, which swallowed up all four
surviving divisions of Alexander's
Greco-Macedonian Empire, and
spread out farther besides. It was the
strongest military power in world
history up to that time. And the two
legs symbolized the
two divisions
of
the mighty Roman Empire- with
the eastern capital at Constantinople
(today called Istanbul, Turkey), and
the western capital at Rome.
But Daniel continued: "Andas the
toes of the feet were partly iron and
partly clay, so the kingdom shall be
partly strong a nd partly brittle, but
they wi\1 not hold together, just as
iron does not mix with clay."
There are three other specific
prophecies- FUTURE NEWS RE–
PORTS-<>ne in the seventh chapter of
Daniel, one in the 13th and one in th,e
17th of Revelation, which a lso depict
the future NEWS of this same succes–
sion of world empires. Putting all
four prophecies together, it becomes
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plain that the toes of this image
represent a last, final resurrection–
or rebirth-of the Roman Empire in
our time!
Soon Coming United States
of Europa
T here is not space for details in this
article. (Request our free booklet,
The Book of Revelation Unveiled at
Last.)
But the two prophecies in the
book of Revelation report clearly–
/ong in advance- the
fall of the
original Roman Empire in A.D. 476,
its restoration by J ustinian in 554
and its history up to the fall of
Napoleon in 1814.
Then Revelation 17:8 shows the
partía) reviva! of this empire under
Mussolini-after he took Ethiopia,
adding it to Italian Somaliland, Eri–
trea, Libya and Italy- officially
naming it "the Roman Empi re."
These prophecies depict detailed
ADVANCE NEWS of one more, last
reviva! of this empire, yet to occur,
by a union of 1
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nations in Europe.
This coming "United States ·of
Europe" is the dream of many lead–
ers-nOt only within Europe, but in
Britain and America. The Common
Market is only its beginning.
Every indication is that this AD–
vANCE NEWS will be
current
news.
And it will completely STUN THE
WORLD! Yet
The Plain Truth
has
reported this news in advance for the
past 46 years!
Can you envision what that will
mean in the world's balance of
power?
But these nations will not cling
long or loyally together. T he 1
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toes
of Nebuchadnezzar's image pictured
this United Europe millennia in
advance. They will not cleave to–
gether for long, even as iron and miry
clay will not.
Then what shall happen?
This prophecy-and others- give
you the NEWS long in advance!
Then Finally-WORLD
Government
Continue Daniel's explanation to
King Nebuchadnezzar.
"And in the days of those kings
(these then who are to unite in
Europe!) the God of heaven wi ll set
up a kingdom which shall never be
destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be
left to another people . . . and it shall
stand forever ... a great God has
made known to the king what shall
be hereafter. The dream is certain,
and its interpretation sure" (quoted
from Daniel 2, Revised Standard
Vers ion).
This is just one of severa! AD–
VANCE NEWS REPOtnS that explicitly
affirm there WILL BE a world govern–
ment that shall bring this war-weary
earth PEACE AT LAST.
Not by the help of men or of their
human governments- but in spite of
them. Other prophecies report, cen–
turies and millennia in advance,
almost every detail of today's rapidly
worsening conditions.
Humanity WILL SURVIVE! There
wi/1
be a happy WORLD TOMORROW.
Mortal humans do have a stern les–
son to learn first. Human bungling
will bring accelerated world trouble
before God- ignoring humanity will
be willing to learn. But wE SHALL
LEARN!
Few realize that 90 percent of bibli–
cal prophecy pertai ns to OUR TIME, and
the time immediately ahead. And
approximately a third of the Bible is
prophecy!
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t has been neglected utterly.
l t has been terri bly misunderstood,
misrepresented. It is tremendously
important! Especia
U
y now!
Earl ier in this article
1
said J esus
of Nazareth was the world's greatest
NEWSCASTER. Many, deceiving and
being deceived, have represented H is
teaching as a sentimental religious
teaching having no relation whatever
to this life, this world, its nations, its
governments, its society. TH(\T CON–
CEPT IS FALSE!
J esus' "gospel" (and remember
gospel
means
good news) was actual–
ly His ADVANCE NEWS REPORT of the
KINGDOM-the GovERNMENT- of
Goo, soon now to bring us world
PEACE. T he KINGDOM of Goo is,
simply the world-ruling GovERN–
MENT of God. It is absolutely
not
a
sen timental, ethereal , imagi nary
something "set up in the hearts of
men." It is something REAL!
lt
is
SOON COMING!
And Jesus Christ was born to be
the KING of that WORLD GOYERN–
MENT (Luke 1:30-33; John 18:36-37;
Revelation 11:15; 19:11-16). As Je–
sus so promised H is disciples that He
would return- so, now soon He
wi//
return to RULE THE WHOLE EARTH
and bring us peace at last!
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