"And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile." Daniel 2:42
I think that I have found America and the modern western nations in Bible prophecy. It is too much to go into here, but it has to do with the vision of the nations which is revealed in Daniel chapter 2. The revised Roman empire is a union of dissimilar states all joined together seen in the feet and the toes. It is the end of Earthly kingdoms since the only thing left is for all of these kingdoms to be destroyed.
"And in the days of these kings the God of Heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." Daniel 2:44
America is not mentioned in the Bible. But I believe that we are a part of the feet and toes of mixed iron and clay. Partly strong and partly weak. And destined to be destroyed at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the rock cut out without hands who destroys the kingdoms of men and set up his eternal kingdom.
One other idea is the mixed iron and clay could also mean that in the end times some nations will be strong and some nations will be fragile and any union between those nations will not be strong or permanent.
It is a shock to our nationalistic pride to realize that from an eternal perspective we are not that prominent or important. And that tiny Israel looms large in God's perspective and will be the seat of His eternal reign.
In the Bible the world is simply divided up as Jew, Gentile, and the Church. Our job is not nation building but earth filling and church building.
"So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them; be fruitful and multiply, and fill the Earth." Genesis 9:1
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