Iron and Clay Won’t Mix (Poem)

And in the days of these governments, the God of heaven

will set up a government which shall never be destroyed;

and His government shall not be left to other people.

It shall break in pieces and consume all these governments,

and it shall stand forever.

(Daniel 2:44)

From its beauty and inexhaustible supply,

Out of God’s Eden we were cast, waving goodbye,

Wearing skins of animals that He killed,

The first blood of any kind that was spilled.

Dethroned as lord over our planet,

Now from dirt and clay we must profit.

To sin on Earth we had given birth.

My, my, how we then diminished our worth.

From scratching Earth’s dirt and clay,

We have now come a long way.

Planetary resources we did exploit,

And in every skill, we have become adroit.

As our populations began to swell,

Governing soon became a living hell.

Thus, we tried many governance systems,

And found therein many failing symptoms.

Today, democracy is the most preferred approach,

Transparent accountability beyond reproach.

But problems ensue in the body politic,

Just because iron and clay will simply never mix.

History records struggles between the strong and weak,

A few strong folks ruling over those whose lives are bleak.

As the weak grow in numbers and frustrations,

Societies then face many rebellions.

In days gone by, mighty rulers did thrive.

Governments of the rich learned to connive.

By socialist systems some were replaced,

For dignity of lives that were debased.

Across the world democracy now rules,

Equipped with all modern governing tools.

Add to this - wealth that capitalism fuels,

Now to become well-off, everybody drools.

Though our governance systems project optimistically,

They can only take us to where we were originally --

Seeds of growing inequities of opportunity,

Fruits of the hopeless who resist living obsequiously.

No matter modern governance tricks,

Iron and clay will simply never mix,

Not between nations, or among their cliques.

This is the lesson history depicts.

Remnants of the Roman Empire, are we in ‘the west’,

God’s predicted mix of iron and clay;

to mix we’re stressed!

In the days of our governments, long ago He promised,

His government that, by an evil one, would be prefaced. ¹

Stresses between and within all western nations,

Are ‘sign posts’ to an evil regime; its beacons.

It will be replaced by God’s governing dictations,

Enforced by His true saints with …immortal distinctions. ²

A mighty ruler Jesus Christ shall be,

Head of God’s promised global monarchy.

It, too, shall be a mix of iron and clay, ³

And will also face rebellion one day! ⁴

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¹ See: Revelation 13, Daniel 2, Ezekiel 38, and Zechariah 14

² Jesus’ millennial iron rod rule

³ Immortals, from the first resurrection, ruling over mortals who will survive the tribulation, and those who will be born during The Millennial Reign

⁴ See: Revelation 20 re. the final rebellion of humans against God. See also: The Goshen Effect (Series), especially Part 5