walsh@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (10/03/90)
In article <Sep.30.21.19.50.1990.16689@athos.rutgers.edu>, PMOLONEY@vax1.tcd.ie (Boycott Sal's !!) writes: > > The devil is very clever. I believe Satan is stirring up strife in the > middle east to take the attention away from his dirty work in Europe. The > ten toes of Daniel's vision is forming now, and remember that the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Antichrist will come from the revived Roman Empire. > Alan > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Is this "ten toes" thing still thought to apply to the European Conferacy? Isn't there more than ten countries now involved? ando.
kamphau@oktext.sbc.com (Mark Kamphaus) (10/07/90)
In article <Oct.3.03.26.19.1990.13372@athos.rutgers.edu> walsh@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes: >In article <Sep.30.21.19.50.1990.16689@athos.rutgers.edu>, PMOLONEY@vax1.tcd.ie (Boycott Sal's !!) writes: >> >> The devil is very clever. I believe Satan is stirring up strife in the >> middle east to take the attention away from his dirty work in Europe. The >> ten toes of Daniel's vision is forming now, and remember that the > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> Antichrist will come from the revived Roman Empire. >> Alan >> ______________________________________________________________________________ >> > >Is this "ten toes" thing still thought to apply to the European Conferacy? >Isn't there more than ten countries now involved? > > ando. I think this is a good example of where there may be some confusion regarding the study of prophecy (which I advocate) and the assertions of what it means. Both seem to be lumped together and brought under fire, and the assertions that are disproven usually leave both parties with a bad perspective of continued study of prophecy. The "ten toes" can be shown pretty well to be a ten nation confederacy. What cannot be shown is that it has anything to do with the current European nations. Looking at prophecy, one concludes that there is to be a ten nation group and then tries to cause *his* expectaions to fulfil or validate the the prophecy by saying -look this could be the "ten toes" and then makes the jump of knowledge to proclaim it *is* the ten toes. Proclamations about how the prophecy is to be fulfilled lead one down a very dangerous path. To answer the above question directly -yes. I have recently heard some commentary that just as Germany has become one nation, other nations in the confederacy will likewise divide and consolodate so that when things are supposed to happen, there will be ten nations. I haven't heard, though I suspect it very soon for the newly formed alliance in the middle east to be touted as the *real* ten toes. What I believe is that there will be ten nations. Anything else is opinion. Besides answering the direct question, I hope I have also demonstrated there is a difference between prophetic scripture and prophetic opinion based on the scripture. It is the latter that usually draws the most attention and biggest flames.