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The Ten Toes
in
Daniel's Prophecy
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Scarlet Beast
(Persia Revived)
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Revelation

                      The highly regarded Jewish prophet, Daniel, was exiled in Babylon around the age of fifteen (15).  At some point thereafter, he began to gain supernatural insight into the future.  Examples of this first began when a request for interpretation of a dream arrived on his “door step”, not necessarily by his own choice.  In other words, it was not something he had particularly asked for, as far as scripture reveals.  It just seemed to fall into his lap by circumstance, by virtue of a troubling dream the King of Babylon had. 

            Without going into lengthy details regarding Nebuchadnezzar’s statue dream, for many have already done that, the short version of his dream is this.  YHVH revealed to Daniel information on present and future empires that would rise and fall as it related to Babylon and beyond.  The head of the statue represented the Babylonian Empire, the chest area with two arms represented the Medes and the Persian Empires, the waist area represented the Greek Empire, the two legs represented the Roman Empire and the two feet represented the Ottoman/Caliphate Empire (more details on the Ottoman/Caliphate to follow) and possibly followed by the ten (10) toes representing the OIC.  Some could argue that the ten toes represent the ten (10) caliphs of the Ottoman/Caliphate Empire, but there are reasons why this idea is less plausible.  More details and discussions on the two feet and ten toes will follow later in this chapter and throughout this book. 

            It cannot be stressed enough that although traditional eschatology links the feet and ten toes to Rome, John clearly eliminated Rome from consideration (Revelation 17:9-11).  So, no matter how hard scholars try to make Rome (EU, etc.) fit, John excluded it.  Therefore, the researcher must look elsewhere for the answer.  This is addressed more fully later in this book aided with charts are available in the Appendices to help substantiate the veracity of this point. 

            Daniel began to have his own visions after he had interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and they were also eschatological in nature.  Said dreams came after Nebuchadnezzar had died, at the close of the Babylonian Empire and some during the Persian rule over Babylon.  He began to see events and details of the future not previously disclosed at the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue dream.  Daniel began to see Empires symbolized as Beasts (animals) which identified specific Empires some of which were also identified in Nebuchadnezzar’s statue dream, but with greater detail.  Earlier, Daniel had only identified Babylon, as the head of the statue, apparently the only empire identity known to Daniel at the time he disclosed the interpretation of the dream to Nebuchadnezzar, or not.  Either way, it matters little in the whole scheme of things.   

Daniel’s dreams identified the Medes and the Persian Empire and the Greek Empire symbolized in two different dreams by four different animal symbols.  The two-winged lion that lost its two wings and stood up like a man and the two-horned ram represent Medo-Persia.  The Bear and the shaggy goat represent Greece.  History can easily verify the rise and fall of these empires as it relates to Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, even though Daniel did not specifically identify each section of the statue in his writings and Daniel’s visions of beastly images. 

            The one Empire that requires special focus is Persia since it is one of the only three Empires that had a symbol held in common between Daniel and John.  And it is one of only two Empires in the Bible disclosed to have a “Prince” (some kind of evil/resisting spirit being, perhaps a fallen angel).  Two of the three Empires with symbols held in common are excluded from having end-time relevance for reasons that will be shown below in subsequent chapters.   

            Persia has a very long history that reaches back into the dawn of human history through the Median Empire.  Media (Medes) was the Empire that preceded Persia.  Anshan conquered Media merging the two divided Iranian kingdoms into one which came to be known as Persia lifting it to Empire status.  It was Cyrus the Great who rebelled against his grandfather (the Media Empire) in 550 B.C.  From that victorious starting point, the Persian Empire, forged ahead to its glory days and experienced massive growth ruling over lands from Bulgaria to Afghanistan, from Armenia to Egypt and the northern parts of Arabia. 

            Ancient Persia’s capital was Persepolis (The City of the Persians), which was the richest city ever known during the Ancient Empire days.  On some archaeological structural remains found in Persepolis this inscription is found, “The Gate to All Nations”.  However, this great city was eventually destroyed by Alexander the Great who carried away this great city’s wealth back to his homeland leaving behind only the remains of this once great city.         

            The Persian Empire during its Empire days lasted from 550 B.C. to 330 B.C. until the Greek Empire conquered Persia led by Alexander the Great.  Even though the Persians became subjects of the Greek Empire, they did not disappear altogether as a people and self rule was restored quite quickly.  In fact, the Seleucid Dynasty would emerge as early as 312 B.C.  And the name “Persia” was used in the Iranian region right up until 1935 A.D.  When Persian public opinion thought that the name Persia was not western enough, Persia changed its name to Iran.  Furthermore, the name Persia was also used in Turkey (and other regions under the control of the Ottoman Empire) until 1922 A.D.   

Historically and Biblically speaking, it would be more accurate to say that Iran is both Media (since they stayed in Iran) and Persia since Persia’s early boundaries were that of the Medes.  Turkey, however, is more singularly Persia from a modern perspective and more in name than from an ancient imperial perspective.  The eventual migration of a large segment of Iranians, led by Ottoman, post Ancient Persian Empire, placed their new governmental capital in Istanbul, but this was much later in history during the Ottoman Empire.  Throughout the long history of the Medes and the Persians, they came to embrace Moon-god worship, and Morning Star-god worship among other polytheistic beliefs.  The basic beliefs of Moon-god and Star-god worship were and/or developed into this, the Moon-god (Sin) had sex with the Sun-god (Ra) and had children, the stars—with the “morning star” (Venus) being the most prominent of their offspring.   

According to Herodotus (i.101), the “Magi” were the sixth tribe of the Medians. Until the unification of the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great, all Iranians were referred to as Medes or Mada by the peoples of the Ancient World.  Apparently the Magi were the priestly cast of the Mesopotamia-influenced branch of “Zoroastrianism”, embraced by the Medes, who wielded significant influence in the courts of the Median emperors.  The Magi obviously were star gazers for when the Magi came seeking Yahushua, they proclaimed that they had “seen his star in the East” (Matthew 2:2).    

Cyrus acknowledged his devotion to Ahura Mazda, the god of Zurvanism (modern day term for Ancient Zoroastrianism).  Although Zurvanism was once the predominant religion of Iran it underwent persecutions and given the fact that it does not proselytize, its classical following has been reduced to nearly 200,000 adherents, world-wide.  Some noted Zoroastrians in modern times are the former Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Yasmin Patel, former advisor to the IMF Executive Director, Alexander Bard and Dr. Farhang Mehr, former deputy prime minister of Iran and Boston University professor emeritus. 

Following the unification of the Median and Persian Empires Cyrus the Great, Cyrus II and later his son Cambyses II summoned the powers of the “Magi”.  It is also interesting to note that much later during the Caliphate, Zoroastrians were not forced into conversion being said that they were the “People of the Book” and were allowed to practice their religion.  Zurvanism was said to be monotheistic, but that, too, is a deception similar to the deception of Islam.  The god of Zurvanism was not the same God as that of the Jews, YHVH. 

Manichaeism and other variations or off shoots of Zurvanism have left their evidence scattered through out the earth as well.  Eventually the worship of images would fall out of favor, replaced by iconoclastic fire temples, but the lasting legacy of the Achaemenids’ complex hierarchy of Yazatas (modern Zoroastrianism’s Angels) was transfixed by placing the divinities in the Zoroastrian calendar, thus ensuring that they would be frequently invoked, much like the Islamic calendar that includes many Arabic pagan practices, etc., or much like the Gregorian calendar that includes Greek and Roman gods.  The Achaemenids also popularized shrines and temples paving the road to multiple forms of pagan worship. 

In modern times, Iran came to embrace Islam as a result of the conquests of the Ottoman Empire (tenth caliph) and moved away from Zurvanism proper.  However, a remnant of Zurvanism still exists in its classical form in Iran to this day. 

           The OIC is a new existing entity that emerged from the Ottoman/Caliphate, and it is already on its ninth (9^th) toe (leader).  The OIC (or potentially reformed OIC) is or may well produce the Eleventh Horn seen by Daniel.  It is remotely possible that the OIC will accept and endorse someone like Osama Ben Laden—a possible caliph—or an Ayatollah.  Ben Laden’s family was in charge of maintaining and expanding the palaces and mosques of Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem, until 1967, which means he probably worked for the Wakf (see Appendices), as will the eighth head (John’s).  He is not as far removed from Islam (and the OIC) has perceived publicly and is certainly gaining military strength as well as followers as the days and months go by.  To find out more, read the book.

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         This feature book (Eschatological Epistemology) challenges the traditional points of view of Christian eschatology (prophecy).  More often than not, answers to mysteries are solved by first asking the right questions.  And more often than not, the information that answers said questions is available.  Therefore, asking the right questions coupled with diligent research will unveil the secrets of a mystery, especially as it relates to Bible prophecy.  This is the essence of wisdom—knowing how to apply existing knowledge (information).     

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