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Let's delve into the statue of Daniel chapter 2 and see if we can come to an understanding of who the last kingdom represents. The Iron and Clay, who is this in prophecy? The Dream Dan. 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 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(Jesus), 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. 36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. The Interpretation 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold(Babylon/Nebuchadnezzar was the Gold portion of the Statue). 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee(Persia/Silver part of the Statue), and another third kingdom of brass(Alexander the Great and Greece), which shall bear rule over all the earth(NOTE: All the earth is speaking about only the land being spoken about, the Mediterranean Sea Region, hence the Beasts all arose out of the great [Mediterranean] Sea). 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron(Rome): forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 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. So, who is the "10" Iron & the Clay kings whom the end time beast/little horn arises from? That is the great debate isn't it? We have those whom says its a worldwide conglomeration of 10 regions, we have those who insist it is an end time Muslim leader because of the Assyrian angle we are given in Isaiah chapter 10. We have those who insist he must come from Syria because they are the ones Rome got to destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD thus the Dan. 9:27 prophecy can only be about them. So, lets look deeper into this original prophecy about the Statue. This image is good enough, however verse 42 cites only the toes as both iron & clay, so we get the Gold = Babylon, the Silver = Persia, the Brass = Greece, the Iron = Rome and the Iron & Clay = the 10 Toes or End Time Horns/Kings. So who do these 10 represent? That is the 64,000 dollar question. Well, it is "Iron" in the description right? So, the Iron Beast and the Iron and Clay has to be the same Beast [territory], except the Clay means they are Divided !! As we see know, the E.U. are many factions trying to be one, whilst Rome was one faction ruling over many nations. In the old days Rome made a decree and everyone had better heed that decree, today, the E.U. tries to decree something and other "nations" inside the E.U. will give push back, like Hungary and Poland not accepting illegal aliens etc. etc. or England voting to leave the E.U. So, in my opinion, the 10 simply means complete Europe Reunited, but not in the old Roman way, but instead in a political type way where they are together, but are still not a well oiled machine, they have leaks at the seams, they are Rome (Iron) but are seamed together by "Clay" not by welds or rivets that hold tightly. I think that is the image the Angels of God was trying to relay in this statue vision. The 10 toes (complete Rome/E.U. Reunited as "one") are Iron & Clay, partly strong and partly weak. I also think God gives us a three pronged prophecy about the coming end time Little Horn/A.C./Beast, and all three have to mesh together or it is a wrong assumption. So, let me lay those three out. 1.) Isaiah 10, this Beast/Little Horn has to be of Assyrian Blood lineage. 2.) Dan. 7:7-8, this Little Horn has to be from the Roman Empires head or territory via his "political realm". 3.) Dan 8:9, this Little Horn/A.C. must arise from one of the Four Generals empires and the end time King of the North (Dan. 11:40-43) must conquer from the Northwest corridor of this four way inter-kingdom battle. He conquers towards the south (Egypt/Ptolemy) towards the east (Turkey/Seleucus) and towards Israel, which leave him conquering from Cassander or Greece. Putting it all together, because all three prophesies must be true, we can see that this man has to have Assyrian blood (Iraqi/Turk or Syrian) in his lineage, but he also has to be born in Greece, so his family somewhere down the road migrated to Greece. Now, being born in Greece gives this man the birthright to become the E.U. President(fulfilling Dan. 7:7-8), thus he can fulfill all three prophesies only by the scenario I laid out above. Thus, this end time Beast has to also have Iron in his mix, because the 10 toes have iron in the mix, meaning its the Old Rome territory reconstituted under another Beast, a man, who will never pass his kingdom on, thus he is the 7th Head of Rev. 13. In the end, these two maps below establish why the Iron moniker is used for the 10 toes. Old Rome circa 117 AD. The current European Union and the Nations in treaty with her in the European Neighborhood Policy(ENP) Agreements. There is no difference once the Little Horn conquers Israel and the MANY Countries in Dan. 11:40-43. The only difference is in the way these kingdoms were put together. One Conquered all the nations, pretty much and ruled in such a manner, and the other is a defacto political organization of a group of nations being held together by shoe polish.