Iron and Clay Pt 6: THE COLLAPSE; Economic Division
THE COLLAPSE: Economic Division
The “Iron and Clay” of Daniel 2, the final kingdom portrayed in the vision, testifies to numerous divisions, Societal is the primary division which we see evident in the world today, but the KEY division is ECONOMIC. Revelation 6 and 13 both highlight an ECONOMIC division that can only come about AFTER a complete and total destruction of the current economic order. One that shall separate the people for an Oligarchical rule of a corporate, technocratic order. THE COLLAPSE is well overdue, this sermon does into an aspect of how it can come about.
Daniel 2:41–42
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.
We began this series identifying that there is before us the final kingdom of this world is a DIVIDED Kingdom and yet under one rule, one governing authority, a single world government system
Everything we see occurring in the world today has this as its final goal.
We came to understand that the ONLY way you can have a one world government is to divide nation states, you cannot have individual nations give up their sovereignty unless you have have them give up their nation. Communist/Socialist nations are already under authoritarian rule, bust Western, democratic countries need to be moved toward hating their countries and move subtly toward a socialist governing structure.
Yesterday, we spoke of division as the primary means.
We spoke of what we see both here in Daniel and in Revelation 13 respecting the division of both people and the world, but also in Revelation 6:4, that society is going to be increasingly divided until the Second seal in the Tribulation period is broken, where the Red Horseman comes “to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:”
In the final segment of this series today, we will be giving consideration to the second aspect of this divided kingdom that we see noted both in Daniel respecting the Iron and the Clay, together with Revelation 13 and the Mark of the Beast, that is, ECONOMIC DEVISION.
Those wo shall not take the mark of the beast during the tribulation period, shall be divided from the priveleges of those who will take the mark, economically, for
“… he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Rev 13:16-17)
And beloved, let me share with you that this is far from being an exhaustive study on the matter.
Lets pray.
Exposition of Iron and Clay
Who are the “Iron and Clay of Daniel 2”?
Daniel 2:40
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
We note first of all that each of these Kingdoms are GENTILE dominions, none of them are are God ruling. His is the final kingdom described in the “stone that was cut without hands which smote the image upon his feet” (v34), and interpreted as God setting up his “kingdom, which shall never be destroyed” (v44).
Therefore the Iron is not God’s rule, but the gentiles rule over this world.
The Iron portion of the Kingdom is that which has dominion, it is “Strong”, it “breaks in pieces and subdues all things”, in other words it places ALL things under its dominion and control (that is going to come up again later in our study as we consider Revelation 6).
Then it states that , just ‘as iron breaks all these, so shall it break in pieces and bruise’.
Turn to Daniel 7 as we look at the Angel’s interpretation to Daniel of this fourth kingdom.
In this passage Daniel himself is given the vision, but to him it is not given in the form of a single image, but in the form of four beasts.
Daniel 7:4–7
4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Verse 4 clearly seems to identify itself as Babylon and most clearly, the King Nebuchadnezzar who was greatly humbled by God in Daniel 4, and so “a mans heart was given to it”.
Again we see, as the image in the Kings dream, the quality of this kingdom exceeds that of those which follow. IE: Lion, then Bear, then leopard and the fourth beast remains unidentified.
This is just what we see when the scripture expounds the first as Babylon, the second as Media/Persia and the third as Grecia in Daniel 8, Daniel 10 and Daniel 11. And in like manner, the fourth kingdom remains unidentified directly as these are.
Therefore, the fourth beast Daniel speaks to is equated with the fourth kingdom in King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream
But consider how he describes it;
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
The horns references KINGS, and again is equated to the ten toes of King Nebuchadnezzar’s, dream which we are told are ten kingdoms in Daniels interpretation to the king.
Now the angel that comes to Daniel in verse 16 of Dan 7, begins his interpretation of Daniels vision in verse 17, but Daniel was more urgent with respect again to this fourth beast;
Daniel 7:19–20
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, ….etc
And so the angel obliges him from verse 23;
Daniel 7:23–25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
So what can we gather from these descriptions respecting the nature of the “Iron” in the “Iron and Clay” aspect of the Image?
The “Iron” is that which clearly has dominion, strength and rule, it subdues, it devours, it treads down and it breaks in pieces.
It is that world government of ten kings, but it culminates in the rule of a single man, Antichrist.
What of the clay then? What of that which is broken, divided etc?
The clay is simply that which is divided against the Iron.
It is the subject of the fierceness of the fourth beast, it is the “pieces” which the Iron is levelled against, which the Iron breaks and subdues.
In short, the Clay is THE PEOPLE who stand divided against the Iron.
When we consider what we read in Revelation, this would equate to the saints, most likely both of Israel who stand against antichrist after the covenant he makes with the many is broken, and the tribulation saints who will not worship the image or take his mark.
This is the exposition of the Iron and the Clay.
Economic Division
Daniel 2:41–42
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;
Last time we had seen one of the means of divison, that is, a societal division.
Revelation 13:17 goes into a greater detail, testifying to an ECONOMIC DIVISION;
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here we find where it all ends, a division economically and a single method by which transactions can be made.
The entire world must move toward a single global currency system.
This fits well with a single global government.
The experiment of the Euro, introduced 26 years ago, not unsimbolically on the FIRST DAY of the 21st century 1st January, 1999, was indeed a cooperative experiment.
The result is a simple one, you cannot have a centralised currency WITHOUT a centralised political power.
A Global Government must have a Global Currency, and Revelation 13:17 identifies it culminating in The Mark of The Beast.
But just as NATIONALISM must be destroyed for the world to accept a one world government, SO TOO does the present monetary system need to be destroyed to move the world to a global currency system.
Enter Pippa
Video re the New Way we handle money by Pippa …. 15min – 16:45min
But HOW?
The aspect of Pippa’s claim relates to a purely digital system which includes national sovereignty, but we KNOW that Nation States must be willing to GIVE UP sovereignty to accept Global Rule.
We heard it through the mouth of Arab man sitting on that very panel. She cant now claim one thing when the desire has already been expressed against it.
Again, pure gaslighting.
- We destroy national sovereignty by undermining the people who hold the nations people together.
- We destroy national currencies by undermining the currency which holds nations economy together.
The Question is, HOW?
Video of 20c Pie
Answer, Inflation!
Revelation 6 gives to us an indication of inflation, but it also tells much more than this which I will touch on in the next point.
Nevertheless, it is worth our consideration for this point.
It is the well known passage of the 3rd seal related to the Black Horseman.
Revelation 6:5–6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Now, we have been taught down the line, that this is a reference to an economic disaster known as Inflation.
“A measure of wheat…” and “three measures of barley” being the minimum required food goods to sustain one person for a single day.
“A penny” was the fullness of a days wage historically, and as we see referred to in Matthew 20:2 with Jesus parable of heaven,
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Matthew 20:2
So far, so good, and I do not have a problem with what is presented.
Clearly we are looking at a form of subsistence living at the very least, a form of virtual slave labour.
In fact, many people in diverse parts of the world live like this each and every day.
While it is unusual for us in the prosperous Western World, it is not unusual for those working the sweat shops of China or the Cobalt Mines of the Congo.
Nevertheless, like the primary Goal of the UN in its Agenda 2030, that no person should live in Poverty, the Bible here predicts that ALL shall be living hand to mouth.
Friedrich Von Hayek wrote of this in his classic book, THE ROAD TO SERFDOM; speaking of the promise of Socialism;
“There can be no doubt that the promise of greater freedom has become one of the most effective weapons of socialist propaganda and that the belief that socialism would bring freedom is genuine and sincere. But this would only heighten the tragedy if it should prove that what was promised to us as the Road to Freedom was in fact the High Road to Servitude.” (Pg 78)
Inflation is REAL However
The problem that I had was that even though this is a reference to INFLATION, the inflation level is certainly not worse than has been seen in the past.
For example, with a monthly inflation rate of 50%, what you by for $1 today would cost $130 a year from now. That is HUGE!
YET
Between 1922 and 1923, Germany had a monthly inflation rate of 322 percent,[1]the price of an Egg went from the equivalent of 5c in 1918 to $25 billion dollars by November 1923.
In other words, in 1918 you could have purchased 500 billion eggs for the price of one egg in November 1923.[2]
Even though Revelation 6 does speak to inflation, the example given is not as severe as people have lived through.
NEVERTHELESS, the one way to DESTROY a nations Economy, is to undermine its currency through Inflation, through printing money for nothing.
Practical Example of $50
Silver Coin
$50 Monopoly Money
$50 Bank Note.
Video Currency.
Video on How Currency is Created
While we think this to be bad enough, wall street created something that is called Derivatives.
These are essentially…..NOTHING.
They are mostly bets on the direction of the value of stocks.
Groups of stocks might be invented, say Apple, Microsoft and Google, and placed into a pool which they might call an “Index Fund”. Bets are then done on the direction of that fund.
There is a lot of money that can be made this way, but it is PURE inflation that MUST Collapse eventually.
Now, just when you think that its not a big deal….
Visual Capitalist: Share Screen
Total Value of all real estate in the world is about $500 Trillion Dollars.
The Total amount of both Personal, Corporate and Government debt in the world currency EXCEEDS the total value of Real Estate.
Therefore, all the real estate in the world is already spoken for. It is already the collateral for all the debt in the world.
With the total value of Debt cancelling out the total value of Real Estate, what is left?
Derivatives.
The Total Value of Derivatives is now estimated to be $2 Quadrillion in 2025.
Four times that which is already spoken of.
Warren Buffet Warned in 2002, that “Derivatives are Financial Weapons of Mass Destruction”
He is right.
Control Of The Means.
So, what we see in Revelation 6 is not necessarily the frightening level of inflation referred to.
Something else is at play.
Nevertheless, even in this interpretation, there is still the presumption of freedom to buy and sell.
What I see here as the main problem is a controlled allocation of goods, and this can also fit the interpretation.
What bothered me was what was actually being affected, and it was not the currency. Look again at verse 6.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Again;
6…. A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
The text does not indicate that the currency is affect, but the commodity.
Again;
6…. A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
The “pennies” seem ill affected, what seems to be negatively affected is the wheat and the barely, while there is a direct charge to “Hurt not the Oil and the Wine”.
Why would there be a charge not to HURT the Oil and the Wine, if the wheat and the barely are equally unaffected???
In January 2018 it suddenly all made sense to me.
In 2017 I discovered Crypto Currency and became both a student and an avid investor.
The technology intrigued me and I needed to look into it more deeply. I looked at it in 2013 when Bitcoin was only about $130, but I could not work out how to buy in. I finally bought in in 2017, and deeply wished in held onto everything I purchased….
In January 2018 I flew to Miami Florida and attended the Bitcoin Conference being held there. Lots of nice cars parked out front.
It was a five day conference and I attended almost every session, and had opportunity to speak to and learn from some of the developers.
I had already read a number of books on the subject of Crypto Currency and the Blockchain technology that underpins it.
One of the main questions I kept asking came after one of the sessions where an individual spoke of EVERYTHING going onto the Blockchain. All commodities digitised and forever having their record digitally identified on the Blockchain Cryptographic record permanantly.
Today, this is referred to as “The Tokenisation of Everything”.
More specifically, “Tokenization refers to the process of converting real-world assets or rights into digital tokens on a blockchain or distributed ledger.”
That includes EVERYTHING from Real Estate to Washing Cars and cutting grass.
They presented stated that what you spent money on could be digitally controlled. Clearly they only spoke of the benefits to this, such as.
If you purchased a can of soft drink it would be directly linked to your personal wallet. If you disposed of the empty can correctly into a bin connected on the blockchain, it could send a Micro Payment directly to your wallet. No more collecting bottles or cans.
But they also gave another example that wasn’t so encouraging.
If you went to put fuel on your car and picked up a can of coke from the fridge as you went to pay, but you were a diabetic that your doctor placed dietary limitations, your could pay for your fuel but you could not purchase the soft drink…..
Suddenly as I sat listening in, these words came to mind…
6…. A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Crypto was being first promoted by passionate people who desired freedom. A decentralised system outside of the control of the banking system was its aim and goal.
Embedded on the very first Mined Bitcoin block, known as The Genesis Block, was this phrase written by the Pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto;
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”.
It referred to the headline in The Times newspaper on the 3rd January as a critique on the entire monetary banking system.
But while a Decentralised Crypto Currency has the potential for freedom from inflation and retains privacy, a CENTRALISED Issued Crypto Currency can lead to the exact opposite.
Full and perfect and absolute control of EVERYTHING.
That was the question I asked several of the Crypto Developers in 2018. Only one of the five people I spoke to suddenly realised the danger of what they were helping to create.
A Just Weight
Originally, Gold and Silver were the only just means of exchange between people. It was never controlled by Government, it was determined by the market.
The value of the Gold and Silver was also determined by people through negotiation, it was never a fixed price but always settled on that which the market determined.
Negotiation is STILL the basic form by which many people settle on price in different parts of the world.
Not long after Gold and Silver began to be deposited in Banks, banks provided certificates to the depositor with their balance.
Together with those certificates were certificates of exhange that can authorise someone else to take the gold or silver from one persons bank to put it into their own bank.
All this worked well….until.
People began to exchange the certificates when they were made out to cash WITHOUT transferring the bullion from one bank to another.
The banks saw this and created certificates of their own with values printed on them.
Soon enough, the Banks created more certificates than they had stored in the bank for their own profit. This was counterfeiting.
Up until 1972, the money we had in our bank accounts was backed by the Gold held in the United States treasury called Fort Knox, under what was called the Bretton Woods agreement.
The United States became the reserve currency of the world at that time.
Having a US Bank note was like having Gold in your hands.
The US however began to do what individual Banks did before, and began to print more NOTES than they had in their treasury.
The world took notice and began to take their Gold back from the US.
But in 1972, Richard Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard, and just like that the entire worlds money lost all its backing…and inflation began with not real controls.
Leviticus 19:35–36
35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 25:13–15
13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 11:1
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
11 A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
How Shall We Then Live?
Romans 12:1–2
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
[1] https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Hyperinflation.html
[2] https://mises.org/mises-daily/100-years-ago-today-end-german-hyperinflation
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