Long ago... And far away.. King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream...
Of a mighty statue standing on the Sands of Time..
Daniel (the prophet) interpreted the dream. Its head was gold -
"the head is you oh King, you are Babylon".
The chest and arms were silver,
a mighty empire would follow Babylon,
the mighty Media-Persia.
The torso and thighs were bronze,
Mighty conquering Greece.
The two legs were iron,
That mighty iron of Rome.
And lastly, the feet,
right down to
the ten toes.
Part iron
and part
clay.
After some time. Daniel had a dream,
of four great and terrible beasts.
The first three creatures,
again, Babylon
Media-Persia
Greece.
Then a fourth creature "more terrible than the others".
And stronger.
It had great iron teeth..
(The 'iron' columns of Rome!)
And its claws were bronze.
"What the iron didn't break,
the bronze trampled and scattered."
And it had seven heads
and ten horns.
This is the beast which opens Revelation chapter 13.
It has iron/bronze roots, a metamorphosis,
with heads seven and horns ten.
The 'big' beast of the chapter.
(Verses 1 to 10.)
Then we are shown a 'little' beast, who brought
a new fire to earth in chapter 6 (lesson two).
Thought of as a man, but an office is more true.
~ One that will give breath/strength (authority) ~
to the 'big' beast, who at one time expired, its head not signing on after all.
But after the fire, brought to earth, in the sight of men (13:13)
man, with lofty goal, rebuilt the 'big' beast.
And gave it an image.
The two beasts (big and little) they will morph into one.
And release 666, before all is done.
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A Riddle ~ "From the time the daily/perpetual sacrifice" (or current place of continual prayers?) "is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up ~ there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches, the end of the 1,335 days." (45 days later) ~~ Daniel 12:11, 12
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