Double kingdom and the book of daniel's fourth

The book can, in no way, be described as anything other than a thriller. Samuel whitefield the fourth kingdom of daniel 2 and 7 part 2 introduction in the first session, we looked at the specific details that daniel gives in daniel 2 and daniel 7 about a fourth and final world empire. By flattery he won over the kings of pergamus to his cause, and the syrians gave in peaceably p. Daniel 7 speaks of the rise of a tenhorned phase of the fourth kingdom, which represents the antichrists kingdom during the tribulation 7. These 10 toes of the fourth kingdom are a divided kingdom yet united under the same statue with the same iron as the legs before it, which represented the roman empire. In the last post, we looked at how god will judge the beasts that have persecuted and abused israel and the jewish people.

Islam and daniels four kingdoms hope of israel ministries. In that part we only considered what is written in the book of daniel. Unlike the beginning, the middle and end of the book is the rest of the roller coaster ride. The book of daniel part five church of the great god. The fourth chapter of daniel was king nebuchadnezzars official testimony that was entered into the records of babylon. Understanding the timing of events that transpire at the release of the four winds of revelation is extremely critical if we hope to comprehend the final events of this age of flesh. One of the issues we encounter with daniel s prophecies is the phenomenon of double fulfillment. Notice the sequence that is given concerning the four kingdoms. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. Legs of iron the fourth kingdom in the series which we know from history was the roman empire which ultimately split into two parts.

Thighs of bronze the next kingdom in the series which, again, daniel identifies in chapter 8 as greece. S your kingdom has been divided and given over to the medes and persians. Many of daniel s prophecies have a direct historical fulfillment. The doublekingdom system, daniel 10 end time mysteries. Daniel 1012, the fourth vision and the key to the entire book, describes the history of israel from daniels day until the messianic kingdom. The four kingdoms of daniel 2 and 7 the gospel coalition. Do you know how to interpret the four kingdoms of daniel. In the days of these kings book perfectbound paperback 740 pages. The fourth beast represents a kingdom, a corporate political body. The first three kingdoms of babylon, medopersia, and greece followed each other, with each successive kingdom conquering the previous one. You have just seen that the empire that followed the roman empire was the ottoman empire, which would make it the fourth and iron kingdom of daniel 2. The prophet indicates that the iron and clay signify the fact that the fourth empire will be a divided kingdom. Critical biblical scholarship part 4 the historicity of the.

But notice that jesus did not refer to the pergamum altar as the throne of zeus, but rather as the throne of satan. Study 57 terms christian faith part 6 flashcards quizlet. The ram and the goat we discovered the goat of daniel 8 is symbolic for the current global structure in place today. We have only to visit the british museum, london, and examine the colossal stone lions with the wings of an eagle and the head of a man, disinterred from the ruins of babylon and assyria by sir henry layard between the years 1840 and 1850 a. Daniel 4, the madness of nebuchadnezzar the fourth chapter of the bibles book of daniel tells how king nebuchadnezzar learns the lesson of gods sovereignty, who is able to bring low those who walk in pride. Daniel responded to jeremiahs prophecy by setting his attention to pray to god 9. Daniel 7 new international version niv daniels dream of four beasts. He wrote down the substance of his dream 2 daniel said. Throughout the book the author focused upon the fourth kingdom, that of a tyrannical despot. Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great tree that shelters the whole world, but in his dream an angelic watcher appears and decrees that. The book of daniel in preterist perspective and in the days of these kings shall the god of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed.

Who is the 4th kingdom of daniel 2 and the 4th beast of. The book of daniel was well enough accepted to be included in the septuagint the bible of the earliest christians, which was written in greek around 250 b. Islam and daniels four kingdoms while most commentaries claim that the fourth kingdom of daniel 2 and 7 is the roman empire, a close examination of the scriptures involved and secular history itself prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the fourth kingdom is the islamic empire. In gods eyes the roman fourth beast still rules the world. The four winds of revelation world events and the bible. Famous roman republicans beginning to loom as spectral part four.

By karen thompson fourth in a fourpart series outline of daniel chapter ten scripture. Feet of clay and iron the last gentile empire of history. Nebuchadnezzar, babylons greatest king, recognized that the god of israel gives and rules the kingdom of men. What still remains future is the second phase of the fourth kingdom, or the revived roman empire. The four visions of chapters seven to twelve are an early example of apocalyptic literature and, in contrast to the earlier chapters, are introduced in the first person. The four beasts or kingdoms from the book of daniel the prophet daniel records several visions describing four beasts or kingdoms that would rise to power. Daniel interprets the dream 39 but after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours.

The description of the kingdom in chapter two has two prominent details given. Do not try to make the fourth beast of daniels dream, the antichrist and his kingdom, or anything else. The son of man comes in line for the kingdom after the fourth kingdom. The remainder of the visions and dreams in the book are daniels.

This interpretation places the second coming and the arrival of the kingdom of. Daniel 2s fourth kingdom not rome daniel man of visions. Daniel s double chiasm among its many distinctions, the book of daniel was written in two different languages in which half was written in hebrew and the other in aramaic. Daniel, book of holman bible dictionary bible dictionary. Emahisers teaching ministries plus critical notes it is universally recognized that many of the bibles greatest prophesies are found in the book of daniel. The four kingdoms of daniel 2 and 7 are, i believe, to be identified with babylon, media, persia and greece. For example, he prophesied nebuchadnezzar s mental illness daniel 4 and the fall of babylon daniel 5. This is the fifth in a fivepart series on daniels vision of the four beasts. The four kingdoms in nebuchadnezzars and daniels dreams. The kingdom of the fourth beast has been partly strong and partly weak.

The feet of the statue are partly iron and partly baked clay. Daniels vision assures us that the worlds empires have a certain amount of authority for a certain length of time, but they will all pass away, and the holy people of the most high will receive the kingdom and will possess it foreveryes, for ever and ever daniel 7. Originally written in hebrew and aramaic, it is set during the babylonian captivity, a period when jews were deported and exiled to babylon following the siege of jerusalem of 597 bc. Daniels distinction between the fourth beast and the little horn foreshadows and therefore interprets the distinction between the two beasts of revelation ch. In the first part yes, the fourth beast the roman empire reigns in one form or another until the lord returns and no, daniel wasnt shown the church in this vision. The four beasts of daniel 7 represent four kingdoms.

Daniels dream of four beasts in the first year of belshazzar king of babylon, daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. In the strictest sense, daniels 5th kingdom, as he described it in chapter 2, is not the church. What do the toes represent in the final kingdom of. The fourth kingdom is rome, as daniel 2 40, 41 describes. Many of these are phrased in such obscure language that. God had repeatedly promised to establish a kingdomgods own kingdomin this world, and place descendants of king david upon the throne of gods kingdom. God prepared for the arrival of thousands of exiled judahites in 597 and 586 b. The only empire that fulfills these requirements, and the requirements of daniel s vision, is the islamic empire founded by muhammads successor abu bakr who invaded.

Daniels 5th kingdom and the kingdom parables grace thru. Tonight we are going to present and discuss bertrand comparets sermon, daniels fifth kingdom. In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from. The eu and bible prophecydaniels fourth empireroman. The messiah, in ibn ezra s view, would emerge out of the war with this fourth kingdom. This kingdom is eventually defeated by god and the fifth kingdom which is symbolized by a mountain emerges. Persia was defeated by alexander the great and grecian empire reigned. The four beasts or kingdoms from the book of daniel the.

As the ancient heroes remained faithful, so people facing the despot could double their resolve and experience victorious faith. The book of daniel is a book in both the hebrew bible tanakh and the christian old testament. The eu and bible prophecy daniels fourth kingdom report is free, click on each link below for each chapter. Its the messianic kingdom on earth where israel is gods center piece again. In dan 8 and 11, the fourth kingdom is passed over in prophetic silence and the antichrist is depicted as rising out of one of the four divisions of alexanders kingdom. When these double four verses are printed on a horizontal line the hidden structure is revealed. John enlarged upon daniels prophecy but focused mostly upon the events occurring in the time of the fourth beast and its little horn extension. Apparently, according to alfonso, ibn ezra identified the ten hornskingdoms as various doctrinal ismsgroups within ishmaels empire. Here are some major reasons why this fourth empire of daniels vision and in the beast in the revelation to john must be another empire besides rome. Thus he said, the fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down and break it in pieces dan. In my vision at night i looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. The first three kingdoms and the first phase of the fourth kingdom are all past.

Now i, nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works are true and his ways just, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride. In each teaching, the fourth empire is to be replaced by a kingdom set up by the lord of heaven. The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. The four kingdoms of daniel are four kingdoms which, according to the book of daniel, precede. Studies in the book of daniel biblical research studies group. In the second half of the book, in chapter seven through chapter twelve, we read one after another of daniels visions and dreams. Conversely, unsealing the book of daniel helps open the eyes of those seriously interested in obeying the word and entering the eternal kingdom as soon as possible. Daniel responded to jeremiah s prophecy by setting his attention to pray to god 9. However, that would not have achieved daniels purpose expressing two fours. However, during christs time on earth the roman empiredid not have 10 kings at once. There is a fourth empire that the prophet daniel sees in a vision, but it is not clearly named.

Samuel whitefield understanding the fourth kingdom of. Second, daniels prophesy clearly indicates christ will return again in the days of those kings, before defeating them and establishing his kingdom dan 2. There are two prophecies in the book of daniel about the rise and fall of four empires. Mostly, it describes the wars between the main successor states of the greek empire, namely the seleucid king of the north in syria and the ptolemaic king of the south in egypt, culminating in the.

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Unlike the three preceding beasts, this fourth is to be consumed by fire and utterly destroyed. The fourth kingdom of king nebuchadnezzars dream is the seventh kingdom of revelation 17. Peace be multiplied unto you 2 i thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high god hath wrought toward me 3 how great are his signs. Rashi, a medieval rabbi, interpreted the four kingdoms as nebuchadnezzar you are the head of gold, belshazzar another kingdom lower than you, alexander of macedon a third kingdom of copper, and the roman empire and in the days of these kings. The eu and bible prophecydaniels fourth empireroman empire.

Daniel could just as well have written the fourth kingdom shall be diverse from all other kingdoms. Daniel s visions interpreted 22 until the ancient of days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the most high, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom. The beginning really sets the book up to be more of a scifi novel than a thriller, but the key to this book is the turn and the finish. The greek empire is described in special detail because it immediately preceded the kingdom of heaven. This is the same symbolism found in the book of revelation where earth also. The terrifying fourth beast with ten horns and iron teeth is the greek kingdom of syria. Therefore, the book of daniel was sealed to insure a lack of correct understanding by the disobedient multitudes ezekiel 14. Rashi explains that the fifth kingdom that god will establish is the kingdom of the messiah. Fourth, antiochus did not lead a brutal uprising, but he obtained the kingdom by flatteries. One feature of this section is daniels reliance on heavenly figures to interpret and explain his visions. The five visions of daniel daniel 2, 7, 8, 9, 1012 the. Because of this, he reveals many more details about the little horns war with the saints and the final overthrow of the beast nations. The description in the book of daniel seems to require a continuation of that fourth kingdom until the end of this gentile age. The book of daniel as a unified whole clearly and consistently points to a fourth kingdom situated in the mesopotamian area of the middle east in the area of syriairaq today.

Living in the times of the fourth beast servants news. I invite the reader to note carefully that the fourth beast, according to this verse, is a fourth kingdom upon earth. This beast grows a talking horn, which represents antiochus iv, whose persecutions 167164 b. These exact events, prophesied about three and a half centuries before they happened, were fulfilled. Interpreted as a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, but the feet and toes partly of clay and partly of iron show it shall be a divided kingdom.

The fourth kingdom of nebuchadnezzars dream in daniel 2 is as strong as iron, and will crush all the other kingdoms. These 10 toes represent the 10 nations headed by leaders which make up the last kingdom. In later chapters, we understand the thing that was. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth. Well, it seems, just by reading the book of daniel that the critics have to be right the fourth kingdom has to be greece. In the last post, we looked at how god will judge the beasts that have.

Chapter ten opens us with daniel saying he was given a revelation of what would happen to the jewish people in the distant future. The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth. In daniel 2, we have a picture of a stone, that is jesus christ, cut without tools from a mountaina divine kingdom, which thrashes the previous kingdoms into pieces and grows to fill the whole earth. Comparet taken from your heritage prepared into a pdf file by. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of. After daniel prays to the lord recognizing the sinfulness of the nation and the justice of their captivity as a fulfillment of gods word, he asks the lord to be attentive to israel since the time of her captivity is completed 9. After daniel prays to the lord recognizing the sinfulness of the nation and the justice of their captivity as a fulfillment of god s word, he asks the lord to be attentive to israel since the time of her captivity is completed 9.

In about 165 bce, an anonymous jew composed the book of daniel. Christ was born around 6 bc, very soon after the final obliteration of the greek empire in 27 bc, when egypt was made a roman. Regarding the vision of the fourth beast, the text reads. The real 4th kingdom of nebuchadnezzars dream the real. The book revolves around the figure of daniel, an israelite who becomes an adviser to nebuchadnezzar. The popular interpretation that the fourth beast ceased existing and that there will be a revival of this roman fourth beast in the end times really is not supported by anything said in the daniel prophecies. Daniel 2, new international version niv the bible app. Daniels fourth kingdom is the eighth kingdom of revelation 17. Christogenea internet radio, friday december 18th 2015. Mackey the only real difficulty with understanding the 4 th kingdoms of dan. In this report, i teamed up with teamed up with global watch weekly rema marketing to produce it. Daniels vision of the four beasts in daniel 7 has long intrigued commentators. Apr 23, 2018 the book of daniel claims of itself to have been written during the period of the exile of the jews into babylon and into the empire of the medopersians who conquered babylon, which would put its final date of composition at around 530 b.