...We are in the last age of the last metal/empire (the Roman Empire) ... people think the Roman Empire is dead.
Ummmmmmm, Scripture says the Roman Empire is DEAD, and History agrees. So is there some vestige of that historical structure which still exists?
Well, -- Scripture provides that the Empire of Clay, the FIFTH "divided" empire (Ref. Daniel 2:41) would have the residue of Iron in it. And History tells us that where the Roman Empire was never conquered, the disparate kingdoms, fifedoms, communities, and villages, ALL retained the Roman Representative Republic model. Were they still Roman? -- NO. However, there was no model to replace their previous empire influence.
And so today we in the United States still follows the Representative Republic model:
... and to the Republic for which it stands ...
-- and so too, virtually every nation on earth.
But as to any Revived Roman Empire, if this were true then Daniel 2:45 would provide a 4a/4b sequence, but it doesn't. It's the Iron, Bronze, Clay, Silver, Gold, -- 4,3,5,2,1 = FIVE, and this FIFTH empire of Clay is indeed "divided" between three superpowers: Lion/Eagle, U.K./U.S.; Bear, Russia; and Leopard, China. And of course the "dreadful" is the United Nations -- having FIVE current Security Council Permanent Members, and FIVE nominated Security Council Permanent Members, = 10.
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