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Babylon the Great — The Jews Christians do not know how to interpret this vision because they do not know the history of Israel and do not have the spirit of prophecy. They will tell you that the bronze thighs and belly represent Greece, that the iron legs represent Rome, and that the feet of iron and clay represent the revived Roman Empire. This is wrong. They will say this because they don’t want to admit that there is only one Roman occupation of Palestine depicted in the vision, which undermines the Roman, neo-Babylonian religion of Christianity. If this was not the case, or if the Christians weren’t worshiping the Persian Mithras, then Daniel would have written of a fifth metal rather than iron. Rome never ruled over Jerusalem until its demise, and the Greeks did not conquer Palestine before conquering Persia in 332 BC. After butchering the entire male populations of Tyre and Gaza and selling all the women and children into slavery, the Macedonian army under Alexander the Great came to Jerusalem and walked in through the open gates. The Jews showed him the prophecy of Daniel’s vision and claimed he would go on to subdue the Persian Empire. Alexander left Jerusalem in peace, under Greek rule. So it was the Jews who have given Christians the erroneous interpretation of the vision, and history would seem to indicate they were right; however, the Persians had only actually ruled over Palestine for 34 years. The Talmud (‘Ab. Zarah 86) attests to this. There was another civilization in Daniel’s vision between the rule of the Persians and the Greeks, just as Tyre and Gaza were not under Persian rule when Alexander’s army captured them. Unlike the other metals in the vision, bronze is an alloy, a composite of two metals. Israel and Judea were governed by the Pharisees and the Sadducees between the rule of the Persians and the Greeks. The Pharisees and the Sadducees were a Babylonian civilization, just like every other civilization depicted in Daniel’s vision. More than a historical account of which kingdom ruled over Palestine, the vision represents a succession of the Babylonian ideology. The Israelites even mixed their bloodlines with the Babylonians during the captivity (Ezra 9:1-2). This is especially true of the leaders of those who returned, including the sons of the priests of Zerubbabel’s Temple (Ezra 10:11-23). The returning exiles were so ignorant of the Israelite culture that Ezra had to read the Law to them. All they knew was the Babylonian oral tradition which became the Talmud. Ezra’s recitation of the Law only reinforced their legalism; it did not cause them to repent or turn to Yahweh. The Jews were so hostile to the Israelites and the prophets of Yahweh that they convened the Great Assembly to assert their authority over Judea. The Talmud claims that the Assembly convened as early as the return of the exiles, and even claims (Neh. viii) that Ezra himself was their leader. The Talmud (Yoma 9b) claims that the prophetic spirit disappeared from the Jewish people after the later prophets died. Rather than returning to the laws of the Most High and the traditions of their ancestors, the Jews have used this fact to justify the composition of the Talmud in opposition to the Law and the Prophets. Having been so spiritually depraved that they were bereft of their God-appointed leaders, they were forced to rely on their own authority to interpret the laws of God. Rashi (Megillah 3a) even claims that Daniel was not a prophet. However, this amounts to nothing more than the Babylonian rebellion spread to the hardened hearts of the former nation of Israel. Herod the Great even went so far as to appoint a Babylonian as high priest. We all know that there were still prophets during the exile in Babylon (Daniel, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Jeremiah) and that the Jews just refused to listen to them, even as they still refuse. [Matthew 15:1-3] Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? [Matthew 15:7-9] Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” [Isaiah 65:15] And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Sovereign Yahweh shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name [Revelation 2:9] I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Judeans, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Knesset = Assembly Beit Knesset = Synagogue, house of assembly The Jews in Palestine still refer to their parliament as the Great Assembly. [John 15:23] He who hates me hates my Father as well. #Jews #Greece #Persia #AlexandertheGreat #Alexander #prophecy #Rome #Jerusalem #Pharisees #Sadducees #Israelites #Talmud #gold #bronze #silver #iron #Daniel #Babylonian #RomanEmpire #Jewish #BabylontheGreat