Some here aren't familiar with the seminary doctrines of men called Preterism and Historicism. Those seminary views treat the final "one week" of Dan.9:27 in the 70 weeks prophecy as already having been fulfilled. I think it fair to warn those who understand the coming of a false messiah just prior to our Lord Jesus' second coming about some of the modified ideas of those two views being pushed today, just so you'll know what it's about, and why I see those views as danger for anyone who understands we are to make a stand for Christ Jesus during the coming great tribulation.
Look at the following prophecy from Daniel concerning the dream of the beast image Nebuchadnezzar was given, and God gave Daniel to interpret...
Dan 2:41-45
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
(KJV)
Notice that "in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed", and "it shall stand forever." Has that happened yet? Lot of Preterists and Historicists will say yes, which is why they don't recognize the final week of the Daniel 9 prophecy as being yet future to us. That prophecy is declaring that in the days of those kings of the ten toes, God will establish a Kingdom that will never be destroyed and will be everlasting.
The previous beast kingdoms of that image were historical Babylon (head of gold), Medo-Persia (breast and arms of silver), Macedonia under Alexander (belly and thighs of brass), and the Roman empire (legs of iron). The beast kingdom of the feet of part iron and part clay is still yet to manifest today. And it is to be existing when Christ comes to smite the image upon its feet, and the whole image together comes tumbling down. Then Christ is to setup His everlasting Kingdom instead. The Historicist often treat that last beast of the feet with ten toes as the old Roman system of history. They will try to use the idea of ten kings being ten kingdoms established in western Europe of nations that ended the Roman empire's reign around the 4th-5th century A.D. But note what God's Word declares about that beast image and the establishing of His Kingdom...
Dan 2:32-35
32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
(KJV)
That "stone" cut out without hands which is to smite the beast image on its feet, and the whole together comes falling down, is a symbol for our Lord Jesus Christ. He is The Stone which the builders rejected (Matt.21:42 our Lord quoting from Ps.118). Notice especially, that when that Stone smites the image upon its feet of ten toes, all those separate pieces of the gold, the silver, the brass, the iron, and the clay, TOGETHER come falling down like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors. Thus the kingdom of the feet of ten toes made up of part iron and part clay is to be existing at the time of Christ's return to this earth upon the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14; Acts 1).
What is that "chaff" a symbol for? It's a symbol for the chaff being burned up by God's consuming fire at the end of this world, at Christ's coming (Luke 3:17; Zeph.2:2; Isa.33:11). The "chaff" is a symbol like the "tares" in our Lord's parable of the tares of the field. That "no place was found for them" is about the end of all the kingdoms of this world. And then Christ's Kingdom is that "great mountain" that fills the whole earth. It's quite obvious today on earth we do not see that, for note that great mountain is to fill the whole earth, this earth. And per Zechariah 14, all peoples are to go up to Jerusalem to worship The KING (Christ Jesus) when that "great mountain" is established at Jerusalem on earth. As written there also, there will only be one LORD over all the earth, not the many religious factions of today with their various gods.
What is happening in the world today that poses a danger to those who have accepted the false doctrines of men that Christ's second coming was past history? Why would hardline Preterists want to deny a literal bodily second coming of our Lord Jesus as written? Why would they want to believe that Christ's future "thousand years" reign of Rev.20 has already begun?
It shouldn't be difficult at all to see how globalist movements towards a one world government system exist as definite signs today that a final world beast kingdom is busy forming up over all nations. Yet with believing doctrines of men that Christ's second coming was history, and only a spiritual coming, what kind of ideas about today's forming up of a one world government system is being taught them? They will be deceived into thinking that this present world can become Christ's Kingdom. Per the Georgetown history professor Carrol Quigley's 1960's book, Tragedy and Hope, he revealed how some high leaders in the West that are also Christians, believe it is their duty to create a one world kingdom for all nations, now, without our Lord Jesus' bodily presence here on earth. That is the work of the Global Church movement today. That movement is using the principles of Socialism, trying to replace descriptions of our Lord's future Kingdom on earth with the idea of the present movement towards a one world government. In reality, those Christian high leaders are being duped into believing they can do that in place of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are being deceived into helping the enemies of Christ by trying to do that, and many of them have no clue of how they and Christianity is being used.
Moreover, The LORD revealed this very joining of nations idea as a time marker for the end of this world, just prior to our Lord Jesus' second coming. It is specifically what the final "one week" (7 years) of Dan.9:27 through Dan.12 is about. It is specifically about the beast kingdom of Rev.13, and the endtime Babylon harlot city of Rev.17, and "...the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of Almighty God" (Rev.16).
Thus we should beware of men's doctrines that try to treat this present world as being a replacement for what God's Word declares about His future Kingdom that will manifest upon this earth after Christ Jesus returns on the 7th trumpet. The beast image part of the feet of toes of part iron and part clay is being setup on the earth today. Per the Daniel 2 prophecy, it is to include ALL the previous beast kingdom types of history within it, and they all "together" fall when Christ comes to smite it upon its feet. It represents a joining of all nations and religions on earth today under one banner, their declaring the lie that there are many paths to Salvation by the same God.
Look at the following prophecy from Daniel concerning the dream of the beast image Nebuchadnezzar was given, and God gave Daniel to interpret...
Dan 2:41-45
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
(KJV)
Notice that "in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed", and "it shall stand forever." Has that happened yet? Lot of Preterists and Historicists will say yes, which is why they don't recognize the final week of the Daniel 9 prophecy as being yet future to us. That prophecy is declaring that in the days of those kings of the ten toes, God will establish a Kingdom that will never be destroyed and will be everlasting.
The previous beast kingdoms of that image were historical Babylon (head of gold), Medo-Persia (breast and arms of silver), Macedonia under Alexander (belly and thighs of brass), and the Roman empire (legs of iron). The beast kingdom of the feet of part iron and part clay is still yet to manifest today. And it is to be existing when Christ comes to smite the image upon its feet, and the whole image together comes tumbling down. Then Christ is to setup His everlasting Kingdom instead. The Historicist often treat that last beast of the feet with ten toes as the old Roman system of history. They will try to use the idea of ten kings being ten kingdoms established in western Europe of nations that ended the Roman empire's reign around the 4th-5th century A.D. But note what God's Word declares about that beast image and the establishing of His Kingdom...
Dan 2:32-35
32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
(KJV)
That "stone" cut out without hands which is to smite the beast image on its feet, and the whole together comes falling down, is a symbol for our Lord Jesus Christ. He is The Stone which the builders rejected (Matt.21:42 our Lord quoting from Ps.118). Notice especially, that when that Stone smites the image upon its feet of ten toes, all those separate pieces of the gold, the silver, the brass, the iron, and the clay, TOGETHER come falling down like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors. Thus the kingdom of the feet of ten toes made up of part iron and part clay is to be existing at the time of Christ's return to this earth upon the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14; Acts 1).
What is that "chaff" a symbol for? It's a symbol for the chaff being burned up by God's consuming fire at the end of this world, at Christ's coming (Luke 3:17; Zeph.2:2; Isa.33:11). The "chaff" is a symbol like the "tares" in our Lord's parable of the tares of the field. That "no place was found for them" is about the end of all the kingdoms of this world. And then Christ's Kingdom is that "great mountain" that fills the whole earth. It's quite obvious today on earth we do not see that, for note that great mountain is to fill the whole earth, this earth. And per Zechariah 14, all peoples are to go up to Jerusalem to worship The KING (Christ Jesus) when that "great mountain" is established at Jerusalem on earth. As written there also, there will only be one LORD over all the earth, not the many religious factions of today with their various gods.
What is happening in the world today that poses a danger to those who have accepted the false doctrines of men that Christ's second coming was past history? Why would hardline Preterists want to deny a literal bodily second coming of our Lord Jesus as written? Why would they want to believe that Christ's future "thousand years" reign of Rev.20 has already begun?
It shouldn't be difficult at all to see how globalist movements towards a one world government system exist as definite signs today that a final world beast kingdom is busy forming up over all nations. Yet with believing doctrines of men that Christ's second coming was history, and only a spiritual coming, what kind of ideas about today's forming up of a one world government system is being taught them? They will be deceived into thinking that this present world can become Christ's Kingdom. Per the Georgetown history professor Carrol Quigley's 1960's book, Tragedy and Hope, he revealed how some high leaders in the West that are also Christians, believe it is their duty to create a one world kingdom for all nations, now, without our Lord Jesus' bodily presence here on earth. That is the work of the Global Church movement today. That movement is using the principles of Socialism, trying to replace descriptions of our Lord's future Kingdom on earth with the idea of the present movement towards a one world government. In reality, those Christian high leaders are being duped into believing they can do that in place of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are being deceived into helping the enemies of Christ by trying to do that, and many of them have no clue of how they and Christianity is being used.
Moreover, The LORD revealed this very joining of nations idea as a time marker for the end of this world, just prior to our Lord Jesus' second coming. It is specifically what the final "one week" (7 years) of Dan.9:27 through Dan.12 is about. It is specifically about the beast kingdom of Rev.13, and the endtime Babylon harlot city of Rev.17, and "...the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of Almighty God" (Rev.16).
Thus we should beware of men's doctrines that try to treat this present world as being a replacement for what God's Word declares about His future Kingdom that will manifest upon this earth after Christ Jesus returns on the 7th trumpet. The beast image part of the feet of toes of part iron and part clay is being setup on the earth today. Per the Daniel 2 prophecy, it is to include ALL the previous beast kingdom types of history within it, and they all "together" fall when Christ comes to smite it upon its feet. It represents a joining of all nations and religions on earth today under one banner, their declaring the lie that there are many paths to Salvation by the same God.