3. Nebuchadnezzar’s Vision
In 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar has a dream, but forgets what it was.
His Chaldean magicians couldn’t interpret it, but Daniel can.
Daniel 2:3145, NAS (Daniel speaks) “Thou, O king, sawest, and
behold a great image . . . This image's head was of fine gold,
his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of
brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay,
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote the image upon his feet . . . and brake them to
pieces.
And in the days of those kings (Plural) shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, 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.”
4. Daniel 2:3644 “This is the dream; and we will tell the
interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a
king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a
kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 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. (1) Thou art this head of
gold.
And after thee shall arise (2) another kingdom inferior to
thee, and another (3) third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.
And the (4) fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in
pieces and bruise.
5. Daniel 2:36‐44 continued . . .
And whereas thou sawest (5) 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. 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. 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.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set
up a kingdom, 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.”
9. Daniel 7:3‐24 Continued . . .
“These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall
arise out of the earth . . . The fourth beast shall be the fourth
kingdom** upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms,
and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
break it in pieces.
“And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.” (KJV)
Since the fourth beast is identified as a fourth kingdom,
the other three “kings”are also kingdoms.**
** Babylon, Medo‐Persia and Greece were each ruled by sovereign monarchs. Rome had a
different form of government, a Caesar with a Senate. The Lord addresses this difference by
calling the first three world empires “kings” and the Rome empire a “kingdom.”
12. “A Season and a Time”
These verses in Daniel prove from the Old Testament
that prophetic “time” is 1000 years.
Daniel 7:1112 (KJV) Then I kept looking because of the sound of
the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking
until the beast (Rome) was slain, and its body was destroyed
and given to the burning fire. As concerning the rest of the
beasts, (the Lion, Bear, Leopard) they had their dominion taken
away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season (Chaldee: !znz,
zeman, a season) and time (Chaldee: !R[, iddawn’, a time).**
** Some versions translate “season and time” as a “period of time,” but this prophecy
cannot be correctly interpreted unless “season and time” are accurately translated.
When prophetic time is understood to be a 1000 years, this prophecy fits (to the year)
events that will take place in Daniel’s future, in the Holy Land, over a prophetic “time
and a 1/4 of a time.”
13. It was a “season and a time,” i.e., 1260 years, from the construction
of the Dome of the Rock (688AD) to the new nation of Israel
(1948AD)!
“The rest of the beasts,” (Lion, Bear, Leopard) had no world dominion
during the Christian Era, but they continued to have dominion over
the Holy Land . . . “for a season and time.”
Bible prophecy is ethnographic: The visions in Daniel foretell events
that would take place forward from his time . . . in the Holy Land and
the surrounding countries and here is how you prove it . . .
Romans 1:8 “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith
is spoken of throughout the whole world.”
In Paul’s time, the Church was only in the Roman Empire
so Bible prophecy is not about the whole planet!
It is only about the world as known to the prophet.