Daniel: Completion of the statue. Feet of Iron and Clay - Europe (476 to the end) In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potters clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, just as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. (Daniel 2: 41-42) » Ten Toes. The ten toes are the ten European nations that formed the ten divisions of the Western Roman Empire (476AD to the end of time). The Middle East is the divided nations of the rest of the foot. The Roman empire was divided in the eastern (Byzantine) empire and the western empire. The divided kingdom includes all the nations of Eastern and Western Roman empire. The western empire was plagued by the Barbarians and a Roman army had to help to secure the throne of the Pope by removing three of the most violent tribes. The emperor moved to a new capital in Constantinople and left the western empire and the old capital city of Rome to the church. So in the beginning, at a critical phase of its fall there were ten divisions. Bulb The Final Ten. In the end, the divided kingdom will again have ten distinct sections which are divided internally. » Iron. The brutal fractured pieces of iron are the remnants of the monarchies. » Common Clay. These are the Barbarian hordes that overran Rome. Strong and Weak Kingdoms Many nations of Europe eventually built their own empires. Like the Romans, they built it through slavery. Here is a map of the colonial empires. » Strong. Britain, Spain, France and Portugal were some of the strongest political and economic empires in the West, while the Ottoman Turks ruled the east. Germany became a strong military nation under Adolph Hitler. » Strong and Small. Italy became a strong religious power because of the presence of the Vatican. Switzerland remained a small nation, but is now a financial giant. Many smaller, less powerful European nations broke away from these major countries. » Weak. The North African countries and Egypt became weaker nations and never rose to empire status again.
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