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Much easier to just quietly die in my sleep.

***ALL  MY  WORDS  ARE  IN  RIGHTEOUSNESS***    PROVERBS 5:7   HEAR  ME  now therefore 0 you children and ---depart not from the words of  MY  mouth--- PROVERBS 19:27  cease  MY  son to  --HEAR  the instruction that causeth to err--from the words of knowledge--   JOHN 7:17  --IF  ANY  MAN--  will do  HIS  will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of  GOD  or whether I speak of myself  --7:18-- HE  THAT  SPEAKETH  OF  HIMSELF  SEEKETH  HIS  OWN  GLORY --  but he that seeketh  HIS  glory that sent him the same is true  --and  NO  UNRIGHTEOUSNESS  is in him--   ROMANS 6:13  neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin --but yield yourselves unto  GOD -- as those that  --  are alive from the dead-- and your members as instruments of righteousness unto  GOD   JEREMIAH 7:24  but they hearkened not nor inclined their ear but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart and went backward and not forward    PROVERBS 25:14  whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain PROVERBS 1:16  for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood  PSALM 119:59  I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies PSALM 119:38  thy testimonies that thou hast commanded --are righteous and very faithful--   EZEKIEL 3:18  when I say unto the wicked thou shalt surely die and thou givest him not warning nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity --but his blood will I require at thine hand  EZEKIEL3:20  --AGAIN--  when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness and commit iniquity and I lay a stumblingblock before him --HE  SHALL  DIE-- because thou hast not given him warning he shall die in his sin and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered  --but his blood will I require at thine hand--   ACTS 20:26  wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the --blood of all men-- --20:27--  for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of  GOD   PSALM 94:8  understand you brutish among the people and you fools --when will you be wise-- PROVERBS 10:8  THE  WISE  IN  HEART  WILL  RECEIVE  COMMANDMENTS  BUT  A  PRATING  FOOL  SHALL  FALL DANIEL 12:3  --and they that be wise--  shall shine as the brightness of the firmament  ---and they that turn many unto righteousness--- as the stars forever and ever                   ********************************                 LUKE 4:4   AND  JESUS  answered him saying  it is written that man shall not live by bread alone but by --EVERY  WORD-- of  GOD                     ********************************   ROMANS 10:13  for whosoever shall call upon the name of  THE  LORD  shall be saved  2 TIMOTHY 2:19  nevertheless the foundation of  GOD  standeth sure having this seal  --THE  LORD  KNOWETH  THEM  THAT  ARE  HIS--and let every one  --THAT  NAMETH-- the name of  --CHRIST--  DEPART FROM INIQUITY  ACTS 3:26   unto you first  GOD  having raised up  HIS  SON  JESUS  --sent  him--  to bless you  --in turning away everyone of you from his iniquities   LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

Interesting concluding statement of conditions. Perhaps one of God's mercy even in the harshest of times and situations; as the master of the fields is to leave the corners for the gleaners perhaps so does God the master of all things and all matters. 'Course as I have loved to say when people get to worrying some and expressing a sense of impending loss; "It's all going to burn".  And then  there will be a new Heaven and a New Earth. Be fun to be on the shuttle bus  to there eh?

Nothing New.   Americas past, having to fight wars for freedom,  is mostly forgotten by today's generations.                                                                                                  .       .                              .                       .                               .        

To try to be fair, I propose that we use a short history of Roman government from a source that most probably has no agenda - like the following link from National Geographic; https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/romes-transition-republic-empire/ Now, GOLD is defined by the extent of Nebuchadnezzar's reign and his sovereign autocracy. We know from history AND the Bible, that Persia had a king who was, in part, subject to the nobility. SILVER designates this type of government. Rome's government is, at first, dsignated by IRON. If "miry clay" is added and the iron is not removed, the IRON type of Government is shown to have NOT CHANGED. It further says that the clay was weak, and that the clay and iron did not mate well at all. By the rules of exposition, if the IRON is a type of government, the CLAY must be an additional aspect of government, or a modification of the type of government. This understanding is well supported by the article in the above link. Rome, initially a REPUBLIC, was interfered with by two political forces, namely DEMOCRACY and PLUTOCRACY. The constitution of a Republic is there to preserve and protect the rights of the weak and poor. Democracy demand the will of the majority and Plutocracy recognizes only the demands of the wealthy. That is, as history has shown, Republicanism can never reconcile with the other two. Notice also that a REPUBLIC is a type of government INDEPENDENT of the will of man while DEMOCRACY and PLUTOCRACY need the will of men. I judge that Daniel 2:41 shows what happens to a kingdom when these opposing forms of government are applied concurrently. But there is an additional consideration. It is this; Rome existed from between 500 and 700 years before Christ. It came to power about 170 BCE. In 313 AD it changed type of government to OCCULT THEOCRACY, but again men mixed in. The Roman Empire changed to "Holy Roman Empire". The High Priest of Roma donned a priest's robe but his title, Pontifex Maximus was not changed. My point with all this is that Rome went through changes from 500 BCE to today. Daniel does not try to show details. Just as Nebuchadnezzar was simply "GOLD", Rome was a constant Conqueror and Ruler of an Empire, but with men (clay) always mixing in and weakening an otherwise working government - that is, "partly strong, partly broken". Note that this condition existed at the time the "Little Stone" arrived. That is, the mixture and its consequences was a fact long before Christ destroys Rome. Let me conclude with a very simple observation. If Christ returned today with an army from heaven the prophecies of Daniel 2 would be fulfilled to the last detail - today.