“That is actually more Roman than Rome, and more Prussian than Prussia.”
I explored modern considerations about the book of Daniel with the machine this morning.
Thought it was worth sharing.
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“No longer legions marching under banners, but systems enforcing compliance.”
2/17
“In Daniel, Iron is about enforcement, not flags.”
3/17
Ancient Terror vs. Systemic Terror
Who is the invisible enemy?
4/17
“It does not cohere… It cannot last.”
This made me giggle. It always does when God says something like “soon” because He is not time-bound and “soon” can mean centuries.
5/17
“…if coercive power migrated into military-financial systems backed by the U.S. order, that would not weaken Daniel’s prophecy. It would explain why the final kingdom is described as more terrifying…because it governs without appearing to rule.”
6/17
Revelation’s Babylon is a system, not a nation.
7/17
“Terror increases when power becomes ambient, not visible.”
8/17
“You are not killed for resisting.
You’re excluded.”
9/17
“Rome killed you if you resisted. Revelation’s system lets you live—but cuts you off… Terror by normalization, not fear.”
10/17
The kings of the earth “benefit from the system but do not control it.”
(In the micro, this sounds like US Congress.)
11/17
Likewise, “the system needs states but cannot unify them and never fully controls them.”
12/17
“This fits Daniel exactly.”
13/17
“They cannot cleave. Daniel says this is permanent until divine intervention.”
14/17
“Daniel tells you what the system is made of. Revelation tells you how it operates.”
“…a way of ordering reality.”
15/17
Revelation supports a reading of Daniel where the final empire is terrifying not because it conquers nations, but because it governs participation itself—through systems that transcend borders.
The LAST human order (not the strongest).
16/17
What do you think?
17/17
BONUS: “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo…of slaves and SOULS OF MEN.”
— Rev 18:11, 13(b)
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