. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . oncerned,including, however, that portion ofthe second chapter interpreting the visionaryimage of the king of Babylon, The proph-ecy is written part in Hebrew, and part in Chaldea. IMAGE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. The interpretation of this dream was giv-en 603 years before Christ, while Danielwas yet a youth, having been in Babylon butthree years, being about 67 years before hewas cast into the Lions den. This image made a magnificent appear-ance before the mind and imaginatio
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . oncerned,including, however, that portion ofthe second chapter interpreting the visionaryimage of the king of Babylon, The proph-ecy is written part in Hebrew, and part in Chaldea. IMAGE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. The interpretation of this dream was giv-en 603 years before Christ, while Danielwas yet a youth, having been in Babylon butthree years, being about 67 years before hewas cast into the Lions den. This image made a magnificent appear-ance before the mind and imagination of aheathen prince, while to Daniel, the sameevents are afterwards represented under theappearance of fierce and devouring wildbeasts. And, indeed, the monarchies, de-noted by these emblems, were the great sup-porters of idolatry, tyranny, and persecutionin the world, down to the destruction ofthe* man of sin, by the stone cut outwithout hands,^and the perfect establish-ment of Christs kingdom which will fillthe whole earth;—superceding all otherkingdoms. 4* 42 ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPHFXV BabyEm MedesandEm GreEm Ro Em. Ionianpi re. Persianpire. cian pire. manpire. 4a Chap. II, 31. Thou, 0 king, sawest, and behold a greatimage. This great image, whose brightness was excel-lent, stood before thee, and the form thereof was terrible. 32 This images head was of fine gold, his breastand his arms of silv^er, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part ofclay. 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out withouthands, which smote the image upon his feet that wereof iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silverand the gold, broken to pieces together, and became likethe chaff of the summer threshing floors ; and the windcarried them away, that no place was found for them :and the stone that smote the image became a greatmountain, and filled the whole earth. 36 This IS the dream; and we will tell
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