Apostolic endtime

Read one verse further where it says he had a name that only he knew. The next verse says his name is the Word of God. Who is the Word? Jesus! In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And the Word river itself in flesh and dwelt among us. There is no God other than Jesus and there won't be another after him

The iron mixed with clay is the Holy Roman Empire, a combination of politics and religion. Which is exactly what the Antichrist and the false prophet will have. The Holy Roman Empire was reborn as the European Union.

I don't believe the clay can be Israel because the qualifying aspect for the iterations on the statue (the empires) was that they would be world dominating empires. Israel has never been that. Also during the time of the prophecy Israel was not even a nation. When the last head (empire) is in control Israel will still not qualify as a world dominating empire which would disqualify Israel from being the clay. Daniel 2:39 But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your place. After that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, will rise to rule the world.

Dhchristian I am pretty certain the 7th head is representative of the Holy Roman Empire. When we look at the statue from Nebuchadnezzar's dream the head of gold is Babylon, the arms of chest of silver was Medio-Persia, the belly and thighs of brass was Greece, the legs of iron was Rome. Now the feet of iron mingled with clay, you keep the iron aspect but add in clay or a religious element to it signifying the Holy Roman Empire. Now the 7 heads are as follows the Egyptian Empire, the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Medio-Persian Empire, the Greecian Empire, the Roman Empire, then last the Holy Roman Empire. Now it tells us that the 8th is of the 7 so that tells us that one of those empires will be reborn. That empire will be the Holy Roman Empire reborn which has already happened, we call it the European Union.