Hi Jeff,
I am student of prophecy and was wondering if you have any back ground information on Daniel two with regards to the ten toes and how you actually came to the conclusion that they represent the United Nations. I am just trying to understand present truth whilst praying for the Lord for spiritual guidance so is there any way you could assist me as I have been listening to your sermons lately. Anything I study I like to be able to see it in Scripture or Sister White, as it says “Upon the witness of two or three.” I would be grateful if you could help me. God bless. Get back to me when you have time. A.
Response
Brother A,
The end of the world is the toes, not the ten kingdoms of Daniel seven that came about from the division of Rome into ten nations by the year 476.
“Our kingdom is not of this world. We are waiting for our Lord from heaven to come to earth to put down all authority and power, and set up His everlasting kingdom. Earthly powers are shaken. We need not, and cannot, expect union among the nations of the earth. Our position in the image of Nebuchadnezzar is represented by the toes, in a divided state, and of a crumbling material, that will not hold together. Prophecy shows us that the great day of God is right upon us. It hasteth greatly.” Testimonies, volume 1, 360.
There is a confederacy against God and His people at the end of the world, and one of the prophetic symbols of this confederacy is the number ten. In Psalm 83 there is a confederacy that seeks to destroy Israel, and when the tribes that make up the confederacy are mentioned there are ten.
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. Psalm 83:1–8.
Don’t confuse the children of Lot as the eleventh tribe, for the children of Lot have already been mentioned. The children of Lot were Ammon and Moab and they are mentioned in this fashion as a general description of the entire evil ten-fold confederacy.
All the prophets spoke of the end of the world:
“Never are we absent from the mind of God. God is our joy and our salvation. Each of the ancient prophets spoke less for their own time than for ours, so that their prophesying is in force for us. ‘Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come’ (1 Corinthians 10:11). ‘Not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into’ (1 Peter 1:12).” Selected Messages, book 3, 338.
The work of the ten tribes in Psalm 83 is to cut Israel off, thus identifying that they are going to attempt to destroy Israel. Israel at the end of the world is modern Israel.
They are identified as a confederacy, and have consulted together with “one consent.” The one consent parallels the “one mind” of the ten kings of Revelation seventeen. The ten kings of Revelation seventeen are the ten tribes of Psalm 83 and they are the ten toes of Daniel two.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:12–14.
“‘These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful’ (Revelation 17:13, 14). ‘These have one mind.’ There will be a universal bond of union, one great harmony, a confederacy of Satan’s forces. “And shall give their power and strength unto the beast.” Thus is manifested the same arbitrary, oppressive power against religious liberty, freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, as was manifested by the papacy, when in the past it persecuted those who dared to refuse to conform with the religious rites and ceremonies of Romanists. In the warfare to be waged in the last days there will be united, in opposition to God’s people, all the corrupt powers that have apostatized from allegiance to the law of Jehovah. In this warfare the Sabbath of the fourth commandment will be the great point at issue, for in the Sabbath commandment the great Lawgiver identifies Himself as the Creator of the heavens and the earth.” Selected Messages, book 3, 392.
The ten horns have one mind, thus paralleling the ten tribe’s one consent. The ten horns bring warfare against Christ through the persecution of His people, thus paralleling the ten tribes cutting Israel off as a nation. The ten kings’ rule with the beast for one hour and the beast is the papal power. The papal power in Revelation 2:20 is represented by Jezebel. Jezebel was married to Ahab who was the ruler over the ten northern tribes of Israel, thus identifying that Ahab’s ten-fold kingdom also represents the ten tribes of Psalm 83, the ten kings of Revelation 17 and the ten toes of Daniel two.
Daniel 2:44 states:
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.
The kings referenced are the kings represented by the ten toes, for God sets up His kingdom in the latter rain time period:
“The latter rain is coming on those that are pure—all then will receive it as formerly.
“When the four angels let go, Christ will set up His kingdom. None receive the latter rain but those who are doing all they can. Christ would help us. All could be overcomers by the grace of God, through the blood of Jesus. All heaven is interested in the work. Angels are interested.” Spalding and Magan, 3.
The ten toes therefore represent ten kings that are active in history during the end of the world, during the latter rain time period. Hope this helps. Jeff.
Brother A Replies
Hello Jeff,
I have another question. Are the ten countries in Psalm 83 the same literal countries which make up the United Nations or is it symbolic for ten other countries or people. A.
Response
Brother A,
Sister White speaks of an “evil confederacy.” The “evil confederacy” is of end time Bible prophecy is identified many places in the Scriptures. It has many different characteristics. One of those prophetic characteristics is that it is a confederacy, and the confederacy is represented by the number “ten,” so the ten tribes of Psalm 83, the ten toes of Daniel two, the ten tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel, the ten kings of Revelation seventeen, the ten cities of Ezekiel thirty all represent the United Nations at the end of the world that has divided the world into ten districts in order to govern the world when it is put in place as the one-world government in the near future. Jeff.
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