[37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. [38] And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold (Babylon). [39] And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee (Medo-Persia - see Dan. 5 & 8), and another third kingdom of brass (Greece - see Dan. 8), which shall bear rule over all the earth. [40] And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron (Rome - see Dan. 9): forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. [41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. [44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom (Christ's Second Coming - Rev. 20), which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Daniel 5 [30] In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. [31] And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Daniel 8 [20] The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
[21] And the rough goat is the king of Grecia (Alexander the Great): and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. [22] Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it (Alexander's four generals took over at his death; Cassander, Thrace, Seleucus, and Ptolemy), four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Daniel 9 [24] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. [25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. [26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off (Christ's First Coming), but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come ( the prince will be the Antichrist) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary (Rome in A.D. 70); and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. [27] And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (the seven-year Tribulation -Mt. 24 & Rev. 6 - 18): and in the midst of the week (after 3 1/2 years; 42 months, 1260 days, a time, times, and half a time) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The Book of Daniel is the foundation for understanding Biblical Prophecy!
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