Bronco73idi wrote: ↑September 25th, 2022, 10:15 am What does this king renew that causes oppression? I don’t know, just wondering.
I’m not sure what the answer is, but I think it has something to do with FDR, or the second and longest feather. The New English Bible translation makes more sense I think:
17-18 As for the voice which you heard speaking from the middle of the eagle’s body, and not from its heads, this is what it means: After this second king’s reign, great conflicts will arise, which will bring the empire into danger of falling; and yet it will not fall then, but will be restored to its original strength.
22-25 As for the three heads which you saw sleeping, this is what they mean: In the last years of the empire, the Most High will bring to the throne three kings, who will restore much of its strength, and rule over the earth and its inhabitants more oppresively than anyone before. They are called the eagle’s heads, because they will complete and bring to a head its long series of wicked deeds.
I’m not a US historian, but it appears that there was something FDR did that gave the eagle (secret combination) great strength, but that power was lost after he died. The eagle heads restore that power that the second king had. And creepily enough, our current president is advised by a group of descendants of FDR’s cabinet called “The Descendants”, and he replaced George Washington’s portrait with one of FDR. So anybody with more knowledge on what FDR did to give strength to the empire, please chime in.