The kings and kingdoms of Daniel 2 were of the Mediterranean world. We live in a much different world today, so how far reaching the antichrist economic system will reach probably goes beyond the Mediterranean world, but I don't think in 3 1/2 years (the "Great Tribulation" period) it will get completely implemented. However, the handling of Covid and the vaccine does reveal that the beast economic system could get implemented in many countries in a relatively short period. The beast will have a lot of opposition near the end, if the last part of Daniel 11 speaks of that opposition (see Daniel 11:40-45). Believing the rapture happens at the end of the great tribulation, there must be a lot of people (See Isaiah 66:18-21) who are not saved and yet did not take the Mark of the beast, and they will believe in Christ when he comes, just like many Jews will, and these will enter the kingdom in flesh and blood bodies.
Daniel 11:40-45 reveals opposition towards the beast:
40 "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. 42 He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 43 He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. 44 But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him."
Isaiah 66:18-21 reveals that some will believe in Christ after He comes:
"For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites," says the LORD."
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