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NASB | Daniel 2:31 ¶ "You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Daniel 2:31 ¶ "You, O king, were looking, and behold, [there was] a single great statue; this image, which was large and of unsurpassed splendor, stood before you, and its appearance was awesome and terrifying. |
Subject: From where is the KIngdom Lydia? |
Bible Note: EdB, You said, "Your contention that Lydia..." I wouldn't think of it as a contention but rather as a suggestion. More on that later. Let's take our discussion about the "inferior" empire out of the Biblical context for a moment. By your reasoning our gov't in the US was inferior to the communist gov't of the former Soviet Union, simply b/c our gov't exercises less control over its people than did the USSR's. I don't think anyone of sound mind would agree with that, though. However, I think most people would agree that Iraq, for example, is an inferior nation to us b/c of our military superiority over it. They say it takes a big man to admit when he's wrong, and that's what I'm going to do. Since I posted on Thursday night, I've tried to study more about Daniel and what the image in chapter 2 could have represented. I think I may have stumbled onto a better suggestion. What if the 2nd empire was Media and the 3rd was Persia. Notice that Isaiah 13:17 predicts that God would stir up the Medes against Babylon. Also, Daniel 8:20 refers to "the kings of Media and Persia" and not the kings of Media-Persia. So, is it possible that Daniel was acknowledging them as 2 separate nations? WBS ateo |