The Fall of Greece

2012-02-15T22:21:00.000-08:00

If you've studied scripture very long at all, you've likely come across several teachings about Daniel 2. In Daniel 2, the king of the Babylonian empire has a dream regarding a statue (artist's depiction on the left). As God's chosen servant, God reveals to Daniel what the meaning of the dream is. The statue represents several successive empires that (will) exist throughout the course of history. It appears to me that the order of succession most widely accepted by scholars is:

Head of Gold - Babylonian Empire
Chest and arms of silver - Medo-Persian Empire
Waist and thighs of brass - The Grecian Empire
Legs of Iron - The Roman Empire
Feet and 10 toes of iron mixed with clay - ?

Is the final empire here, already, on earth? Some (a large portion) scholars believe that the final empire will be the one that the Beast of Revelation will preside over. And some (a large portion) scholars believe that final empire to be a "revived Roman empire" of some sort.

Many scholars believe today's European Union is the revived Roman empire (or will move toward it) because the geographic make-up of the European Union is very close to the Roman empire of old. The EU actually encompasses a larger portion of the European continent than did the Roman empire, but the Roman empire also encompassed the northern parts of Lybia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, and Israel.

My (really random) observations...

With NATO's recent interventions in the Middle East (NATO = European Union + United States) under the guise of "ousting dictators" or "Arab springs" or whatever you like, it appears that the old conquest is well on it's way (at least the beginnings of it). Just look at that list of nations: Lybia, Syria, Egypt, etc. If you didn't know it, the destabilization of some of these nations was planned in 2001 with the help of the EU.
Further, the final empire will assert an economic strangle-hold over the entire planet with one system of currency. What strikes me odd is the recent news that Greece (thighs of brass in the dream) is likely to be gobbled up by the EU (legs of iron) economically. No more independent Greece.
What seems even more eerie to me is the revival of a German-dominated Europe. They may leave the Greek name in place, but Germany is calling for the right to control Greece's budget. Germany has also called for the "postponing Greek elections and installing a new government without political parties"! And, as one article puts it, "For better or for worse, the Germans now own Europe."

These are interesting times.

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The Fall of Greece