Daniel 2:41-43 New Living Translation (NLT) 41 The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron. 42 But while some parts of it will be as strong as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay. 43 This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix. New Living Translation (NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. These are my thoughts, please share yours. 41 Iron is symbolic of Rome. Iron is strong as was Rome at its high point. Clay can be tough bit can also be smashed, clay would weaken the iron. Rome was divided and soon after it fell, it became the western and eastern parts of the Roman Empire. Even when Rome became divided it was still strong until it fell from within. 42 When Rome became divided the western part was stronger than the eastern part. Rome was very weak morally; they were very corrupt and sinful. 43 Things from Rome remain today. Two churches were founded during Roman times that are still around today, the Roman Catholic which after the divide became the church of the west and the Eastern Orthodox which after Rome divided became the church of the east. Empires after Rome wanted to be an empire like Rome, such as the Byzantines who referred to their rulers as Czars which came from the term Caesar. This empire also had its own church which is also still around today it is the Russian Orthodox Church. Every Empire since Rome has followed after Rome, including the U.K. and the U.S. Everyone of these could be considering the toes of clay as well as such empires as Napoleon’s and Hitler’s.
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