The Future According to the Book of Daniel   253 

{2:32} The head of this statue was of the finest gold, but the breast and the 

arms were of silver, and further on, the belly and the thighs were of brass; 

{2:33} but the shins were of iron, a certain part of the feet were of iron and 

another part were of clay. 

{2:34} And so you looked until a stone was broken off without hands from a 

mountain, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were of iron and clay, 

and it shattered them. 

{2:35} Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were 

crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and 

they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for 

them; but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled 

the whole earth. 

Here is my interpretation of the dream. The four kingdoms are four very 

different groups of nations which will occur at four different periods of time. 

The first kingdom is the kingdom of the great monarch. He will reign over 

Europe and the Middle East and parts of Africa after the sufferings of the 

lesser tribulation are complete. He will reign for many years, beginning in 

A.D. 2040, until he willingly retires, laying down his crown in Jerusalem. 

His kingdom is full of faith and reason. He does not separate Church from 

State. His kingdom is pleasing to God and is represented by gold, because it 

is pure in faith, and by the head of the statue, because it is reasonable. Faith 

and reason are the foundation of his kingdom. 

The second kingdom is actually one set of four groups of nations. The statue 

has one head, but two arms plus two breasts; one is followed by four. These 

four are created when the great monarch retires. He is not replaced by any 

one leader, but his kingdom is divided into four, so that now four leaders 

rule instead of one. This kingdom is not like the monarch s kingdom. In all 

four areas, it is no longer a government guided by the values and teachings 

of the Catholic Church. The Church s influence remains, only to some 

extent, and so it is only represented by silver, not by gold. And the one 

kingdom which once was  reasonable is now replaced by four kingdoms 

which are led more by emotion than by reason, (emotion pulls one in every 

direction, in all four directions). These four kingdoms of emotion over 

reason are represented by the arms and breasts, not by the head, for emotion 

is centered in the chest. These four groups of nations attempt to keep 

religion and faith away from government and politics. 

A man is the head of the Church; the husband is the head of the family; the 

kingdom of the great monarch, represented by the head, is led by a man. But 

the four groups of nations (which come after the kingdom of the great