This image’s head was of fine gold. His breast and arms of silver. His body and thighs of brass. His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
“Thou, O Nebuchadnezzar, art the head of gold. After thee shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee, and another third kingdom, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, and whereas, thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of clay and part of iron—the kingdom shall be divided, and shall be partly strong and partly broken. God hath made known to the King what shall come to pass hereafter.”
In our study of the fulfilment of prophecy, we have seen how it was revealed to Jeremiah that God, as the Divine Potter, was moulding the Nations of the world.
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Author: Euston J. Nurse
Keywords: Nebuchadnezzar's dream, dream of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar's image, Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezar, Greek empire, Bronze kingdom, Brass kingdom, Greek kingdom, Persian empire, Persian kingdom, Greecian empire, Babylonians, Western Roman Empire, Roman Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, Greek Roman, Legs of iron, Iron, Legs iron feet clay, Toes iron clay, Toes of miry clay, Feet of iron and clay, Iron and clay, Head of gold, Belly of brass, Arms of silver, Chest of silver, breast and arms of silver, Belly and thighs of bronze, breast of silver, Belly and thighs of brass
Bible reference(s): Daniel 2
Source: Prophecy and the War, (London: Skeffington & Son, 1915), pp. 35-47.
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