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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: Ateo Prophecy is difficult to understand but we have an advantage in that it was played out for us. Secondly Daniel's prophecy was not world history but rather prophecy that would effect Israel. History records the Babylonian empire, the image’s head of Gold, the next Empire that effects Israel is the Medo-Persian, the image’s shoulders of silver, the next Greece, the image’s waist of brass and Rome the loins of iron with the split of Rome seen in the legs. The Medes were never much more than a foe the Persians could not completely conquer so they finally made peace with them. The Medes coexisted during the later part of Babylonian empire but were never a factor to Babylon or Israel. In fact the Persian were not much but when they joined forces with the Medes things changed. Now go back to Daniel and see how this plugs into his prophecy. The first empire is represented as golden the most precious or strongest, that again describes a dictatorship of Nebuchadnezzar, the second was something less and since we are talking government it must mean the government was something less, not a dictatorship but rather a coalition loosely held together, this was the Medo-Persian empire. History records many times more time was spent infighting than in conquering. The next empire was Alexander’s it's swiftness of movement overpowered it opponents. It is said Alexander’s 75,000 men overcame the Medo-Persian army of 320,000 by its swiftness of movement. Again historical fact. Alexander’s four Generals were interesting particularly Seleucius and Ptolemy they spent more time fighting among themselves than anything else. They were never a world empire they were not much more than rivals that spent their time fighting. Rome comes on the scene, it conquerors everything that stands in it's way. It is merciless in it's war, crushing every foe under foot. Surely you have heard of the Roman turtle. an infantry formation that basically had no defense against it. When Rome's army faced an enemy blood was going to flow. Cities would be burned, land salted to make it worthless, and people killed or sent into slavery. When Rome conquered Jerusalem in 70 AD it is said the Romans were frustrated that there was not enough wood to make crosses on which to hang their victims. Doesn’t that sound like the description of the fourth empire of Daniel? History gives an validation to Daniel, as Daniel predicted that is how it turned out. I have no idea why Daniel never named Rome, I guess that is question we will have to ask when we get to heaven. EdB |