The Four Prophetic Empires And The Kingdom Of Messiah - Being An Exposition Of The First Two Vision Of Daniel (1845) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. ON THE EMPIRE OF DADYLON. i. n. 31, 32. ? " Thou, O King, Sawest, And Rehold A Great Imaoi THIS GREAT IMAGE, WHOSE RRIGHTNESS WAS EXCELLENT, STOOD REFORE THEE; AXli THE FORH THEREOF WAS TEERIRL8. THIS IMAGE'S H1AD WAS Or FINE GOLD." 37, 38. ? " Thou, O King, Aet A King Of Kings; For The God Of Heaven HATH GIVEN THEE A KINGDOM, POWER, AND STRENGTH, AND CLORY. AND WHERESOEVER THE CHILDREN OF MEN DWELL, THE REASTS OF THE FIELD, AND THE FOWLS OF HEAVEN HATH HE GIVEN INTO THINR HAND, AND HATH MADE THEE RULER OVER THEM ALL. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD." VII. 2 ? 4. ? " I SAW IN MY VISION RY NIGHT, AND, REHOLD, THE FOUR WINDS OF THE HEAVEN STROVE UPON THE GREAT SEA. AND FOUR GREAT REASTS CAME UP FROM THE SEA, DIVERSE ONE FROM ANOTHER. THE FIRST WAS LIKE A LION, AND HAD EAGLE'S WINGS: I REHELD TILL THE WINGS THEREOF WERR PLUCKED, AND IT WAS LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH, AND MADE STAND UPON THE FEET AS A MAN, AND A MAN'S HEART WAS GIVEN TO IT." The history of the first prophetic empire, Babylon, is the period where sacred and profane history meet and combine together. Till the reign, however, of Cyrus, and .the Persian kingdom, the materials of direct comparison are few. Yet there are several reasons which make it useful to dwell on the first stage of the prophecy. The sacred writings themselves here supply the thread of history, and interpret their own meaning. The chronology is given in the prophets with peculiar fulness; and being confirmed by the witness of profane authors, forms a clear and firm point of departure for the whole series of the later predictions. The whole period abounds also with typical lessons, which reflect a steady lighton the course and moral nature of Gentile dominion, till it closes in the full redemption of Israel and the king...