In the prophecy of Daniel we read of a statue that represents all the kingdoms that will come against G-d’s plans and will eventually fail;
“Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. “ (Daniel 2:31-45).The head of Gold represented Babylon and the 'chest and arms of silver' Persia. The 'thighs of bronze' represented Greece and the 'legs of Iron' represented the final kingdom of Edom or Rome.
Clearly the message is that in the End of Days both Ishmael and Edom/Rome will not be recognized by their physical or geographic linkage. Their identification will be made clear by their spiritual passions and desires.
“And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two kingdoms will separate from your innards, and one kingdom will become mightier than the other kingdom, and the elder will serve the younger. (Genesis 25:23)Rashi points out that in fact though these two will be at odds , their common experience in the womb of Rebecca will leave a lasting impression on at least a minority of Esau.
The Meshech Chochma writes that Rashi saw these two as prototypes and declared that though Esau will be a deadly foe of the Jewish people, there would be a segment that would break away from the hatred. That small segment will stand together with the descendants of Jacob as is symbolized by the midrashic story of Esau’s head rolling into the tomb of the patriarchs to rest eternally.
Yet the overall spiritual force represented by Esau will be in eternal battle with G-d’s plan of destiny.
All this will continue until Hashem, represented by “a stone” in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, destroys these enemies:
”until one stone was hewn without hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and crumbled them”.
Full article here: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/16015
Today we literally see Rome/Esau/Edom (US) merged together with Ishmael waging war against....Damascus....which borders Israel....
The USA is in prophesy.
Jewish Nevi'im and Jewish K'tuvim are too much for some, however there's a "coincidence" that makes it easy to see: both "USA" and "EU" which represent the Christian nations of the world, are formed from the letters "Esau."
Thanks.