Topic: The Final Kingdom Part 1: The Fourth Kingdom
Greetings Sons of God:
Our message will primarily focus on Daniel 2 so please turn
there and we will break the passage down throughout the message to get a great
impartation and understanding.
Daniel 2:40-43: And
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in
pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it
break in pieces and bruise. And whereas
thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter’s 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. 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. 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.
Now when we look at this Daniel is giving an interpretation
to the dream that king Nebuchadnezzar had about four kingdoms. In verse 39 he spoke of three other
kingdoms. One made of gold, silver and
bronze but there was much focus on this fourth kingdom because of its
uniqueness in that you see a mixture of iron and clay. The fourth kingdom is an emerging kingdom
today. Many of you have heard of
it: The One World Government System. This kingdom is actually coming together in
this age. Now it spoke of the power of the iron to break but notice that in the
interpretation that the kingdom shall be divided. Well what do we know about divided kingdoms?
Matthew 12:25: And
Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them, every kingdom divided against
itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself
shall not stand.
So we know that this fourth kingdom will not stand because
the Scripture says the kingdom is divided and it says the iron cannot mix with
the clay. Well what the symbolism of the
iron and clay? The iron represents the
seed of Satan. The clay represents the
seed of man. This is confirmed in verse
43. Now notice in verse 43 it says that
the seed of satan (iron) shall mingle with the seed of men. Now we have heard this before?
Genesis 6:4: There
were giants in the earth in those days and also after that, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same
became mighty men which were of old, men of renown
Now come on, you did not think that these spirits simply
died in the flood did you? Well as
spoken in Daniel this is happening so the question obviously is who are these
men of renown? They are the prominent
leaders, rulers, men of power, wealth and influence that are in control, mostly
behind the scenes. Much of our spiritual
warfare is with these spirits as they move through the sons of darkness. Their job is to manipulate and control the
affairs of man in this day. You will
find these men in government, banking, media..etc. All of these are used to manipulate and
control the minds of people. Ultimately
their end game is to destroy humanity.
Think about it for a minute:
When something tragic happens in an area away from our
immediate vicinity who do we turn to?
The media! Now understand this
the media can skew and thing they see because they are telling the story from a
viewpoint and in many cases it is to suck you in for ratings which equals
money. The most obvious is as it
pertains to the political arena! You
have CNN and MSNBC mostly represent the liberal or the democratic side and Fox
News mostly representing the Republican.
But what do all of them profess?
To tell the truth, fair and balanced….yeah right. All is meant to manipulate the mind and
control people.
The enemy is using these various systems and outlets to
control and ultimately destroy humanity in frustrating the purposes of
God. But we know that there is change
coming and it is an eternal change:
Revelation 11:15: And
the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ;
and He shall reign for ever and ever.
Now to understand how this becomes go back to Daniel
2:43. It says the iron and mixture of
clay will not cleave meaning the ultimate downfall of this fourth kingdom is
the fact that it is divided and the seed of Satan will not be able to cleave to
the seed of man. They may mingle for a
time but will not be able to cleave. In
the earlier verse it speaks of the strength of the iron meaning the power to
support this kingdom will come from the seed of Satan whom we are at war with
(Ephesians 6:10-12). Because of this division and incompatibility this kingdom
will fall. And here is why!
As iniquity fills in the earth, the sons of God are maturing
for their manifestation and as sons are manifested this is a direct threat to
the fourth kingdom because the sons of God are coming to shift the power and
control of the kingdoms of this world from Satan to Christ. There is nothing he will be able to do to
stop this. He will make war with the
saints through persecution and accusations but the saints will overcome and
transfer the rule of the kingdoms of this world over to Christ and ultimately
to the Father (1 Corinthians 15:28).
This prophecy of the fourth kingdom has not been fulfilled
yet but I believe we are in a time where we are advancing to see the
fulfillment of this. In the next message
we will talk about the Final Kingdom which will rule after the fourth kingdom
has fallen.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
