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RULER - a:. the Supremc One who
GOVER 'S - as the hcad of OOVERN–
MENT. Thc Eterna] was revea ling
Himself through Dan ie l to Nebu–
chad nezza r - and th rough the Bible
ro
J'OU
and lo 111e
rODAY - as a
SOVEREION. ALL POWERFUL,
GO
V–
ERNING
Goo who
is ro be obeyed!
"Thou.'· continucd Dan iel to this
human emperor. "a rt thi s head of
gold . And after thcc !> hall ari e an–
o th er KTNODOM inferior to thee. and
another third KINODOM of brass.
which sha ll bca r rul e over a ll the
carth" (verse 37-39).
What
IS
a
Kingdom?
ot ice ! This is spca king of KTNO–
DOMS.
lt
is referring to kingdoms
thar bear rule over rhe people on
eanh.
lt
is speaki ng of oovER:--J–
MENTS! lt is not speaking of et herea l
se nt iments ·•se t up in the hea rts of
men.''
lt
is not spcaking of churches.
lt is speaking of thc kind of oov–
ER •
ME TS tha t bear RULE and AU-
1
HORITY over nations of PEOPLE
here on ea rth . l t i literal. lt i spe–
cific. There is no mi su ndersta nding.
hcre. a to wha t is mea nt by thc
word ' 'KINODOM.''
Th ere is no misunderstan ding thc
intcrpretation. Goo gives His own
inte rpreta t ion through thc prophet
Daniel. The great metall ic image
rcprcsented national a nd inter–
nat ional OOVERNMI:.NTS - rea l. li t–
era l KINODOMS.
lt rep rese nteu a
succession
of
wo rld-ruling govc rnments. First was
the head
or
gold. Th at rcpresented
Ncbuchadnezzar and his ki ngdom
- the Chaldean Empire.
After
him
- la ter. in time sequencc - was to
come a second. then a third KINO–
DOM ·'which shall bea r RULE over all
th c ca rth " -
1vorld e111pire!
Then. verse 40. th c legs of iro n
represent a
founh
wo rld empire. l t
was to be
srrong.
even as iron is
trong - stronger mili tarily than its
predecessors. Yet. as silver is less
valuable than gold, brass than si l–
ve r. iron than brass. though each
metal was ha rder and stronger. the
succcssion would ucteriorate mor–
all y and spi ritually. The two legs
meant the fourth empire wou ld be
di vided.
After the Chaldcan Empire came
the sti ll large r Persian Empi re. then
the Greco-Macedonian. and fourth.
40
Jesus' gospel message was
about government! Few
people today realize that
this is not the time God is
trying to save spiritually the
world.
the Roma n Empire. It wa. u ividcd.
with ca pita ls at Romc and Con–
sta ntin ople.
1 ow - verse 44! Read it! Get
yo ur Bible. See it with your own
eyes in your own Bible. Here, in
PLAI
LA:-JOüAOE, is God's ex–
pl anation of what the KI NODOM OF
Goo
1s:
" And in th e d ays of thc s e
kings ..." it is hcre spcaking of the
ten toes. pan of iron and part or
brittle clay. This, by con nec ting thc
prophcey with Dan ie l 7. and Reve–
la tion 13 and 17. is referring Lo the
new UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
whi ch i
no1r j'orming.
out of th e
European Common Market . befa re
yo ur very eyes ! Reve lation 17: 12
makes plain the ue tail that it sha ll
be a un ion of ·¡ EN KtNOS OR KINO–
DOMS which (Rev. 17:8) shall res ur–
rect the old ROMANEMPIRE.
So. mark carefully th e
time e/e–
menr!
·'I n thc days of the e kings·· –
in th e days of thcsc ten nat io ns or
groups of na ti ons that shall ,
JN
OUR TIME.
resurrcct briefly the
Roman Empire - notice what sha ll
happen:
'· ... hall the God of heaven se t
up a kingdom. which hall never be
dcstroyed ... bu t it sha ll break in
pieces and consume all these king–
uo ms. and it shall stanu forever" !
Ves, in
OUR TIME!
ow here wc have described FOUR
uni versa l empires - th e
on~v
four
that ever existed ! Revcla tion 13 and
17 show th at, a f'ter the fall of the
or ig in al Ro ma n Empire . thcre
would be ten revi va ls - SEVEN of
wh ich would be rulcd over by a
GenLi le CHURCH - the ' 'daughter"
or
ancient BAllYLON - a church
claimi ng Lo be Christi an. but ac–
tually named by God '·MvsTERY
BABYLON the G reat ''
or. more
plainly. BABYLON IAN MYS'IERIES!
Six of those have come and gone.
Thc !>C\'Cnth i now forming - the
la
t.
final .
briej'
resurrec ti on or the
Roman Empire by ten European
groups or nations. These are the ten
toes ofi ron a nd clay mixcd .
In thei r days- and thcy shalllas t
but a
l'ef l'
short space. possibly no
mo re than 1\\'0
to
th ree-and-a-hal f
y
ca rs - shall the G
oo
OF HEA VEK
SET UP
A K!NGDOM.
Th is. then. shall be -lil EKl NGDOM
OF Goo!
Compa re wi th Revela ti o n 17.
Hcrc is pictured a church. Not a
sma ll church- a OREAT church. She
rul es over "many wa ters" (verse 1)
which are described in verse 15 as
diffcrcnt nations spea king difl'crent
languages. She poscd as thc Church
of GoD - whieh Scripture says
(Eph . 5:23: Rev. 19 :7: Matt. 25 :1-
10. etc.) is the aftlanced "bride" of
CIIRIST.
lO
be spi ritually MARRIED to
Him a t His !>econd COMINO.
But she has committcú forni ca–
tion. Ho,v? By havi ng dircct
política/
un ion wit h HUMAN OOVLRNMENTS of
1
HIS WORLD! She '·sat on" (Rev.
17:3 ) all seven of thesc resu rrec tions
of the Roman Empire
ca lled the
" Holy Roman Empirc." She RULED
OVER thc human kingdoms - as a
common-law a nd unmarried "wif'e''
ru ling her ·paramour ·' hu band" - a
tota lly unnatural and ungod ly rela–
ti onship.
She is. therelore. to ·'sit on" this
las t " hcad of thc Bea t" - this ñnal
rcsurrcct ion of' the Roma n Empire.
It
will be a
union
of ch urch and
sta tc. l t is
to
endu re but a
l'en·
short
time. lt is
to
FIGHr AGAI ST CHRIST
a t HISSECONDCOMINO! Tha t will be
it s l:.ND.
Wc sce it in proccss of rising. now.
T hcrcfore we are CLOSE
to
the com–
ing of Christ! Wc are now
ve1y near
th c END of thiS \VOrld!
When Ch rist comes. He is coming
as KJ :-10 of kings, ruling the
whol~
ea rth (Rev. 19: 11-1 6); and H1 s
KINODOM -
rhe KJNGDOJ'v/ OF
GOD-
said Daniel. is to CONSUME
all these worldly kingdom!).
Rcvc lation 11 :15 sta tes it in these
words: "The kingdoms or thi s world
are become
THE KINODOMS OF OUR
LORD. A ·n OF H1s CHRIST: and He
sha ll rc ign for ever and evc r! "
This is THE
KtNO DO~J
OF Gon.
lt
is thc END of prescnt go\'ernments -
The
PLAIN TRUTH July 1976