Lessons for Bible Students.
Nebuchadnezzar's Great Image—Dan. ii.
(PROPHECY OF DANIEL, PP. 3-7.) 1. Is the word of God to be understood? 2. What must we do to understand it? 3. What kind of a spirit must we possess? 4. For what aid must we pray? 5. From whom has the Lord hid these things, and to whom has he revealed them? 7. May a man say in truth that he does not understand the prophecies? 8. What is it to assert that they cannot be understood? 9. What must such a person be in principle? 10. Why is he who says the prophecies cannot be understood, infidel in his principles? 11. In calling attention to the prophecies, what are we sometimes accused of doing? 12. Who vindicates us from this charge? 13. In what scripture is this vindication found? 14. To what portion of the Bible does prophecy belong? 16. In the dream of king Nebuchadnezzar, what did he behold? 17. Of what material was the head of this image? 18. Of what the breast and arms? 19. What material composed the third division? 20. Of what were the legs composed? 21. What was the material of the feet? 22. What became of this image? 23. What did the stone that smote the image then become? 24. In the interpretation of this dream, what do we learn was represented by the head of gold? 26. By whom was it founded? 28. How long did it last? 29. By what names was it called? 30. Who was its last king? 31. As this kingdom dates so far back as the days of Nimrod, why was it not introduced into prophecy before? [Ans. Because kingdoms are not introduced into prophecy until they become in some way connected with the people of God.] 32. When did Babylon become connected with the people of God? [Ans. On the capture of Manasseh, king of Judah, by Esarhaddon, B. C. 677. The kingdom soon after reached the hight of its power and splendor, under Nebuchadnezzar, who had the inspired dream of the great image which forms the subject of this lesson.] 33. What was symbolized by the breast and arms of silver? 34. What kingdom did succeed the Babylonian? 35. At what date? [Ans. At the capture of Babylon, by Cyrus, B. C. 538.] 36. How long did it continue? [Ans. Two hundred and seven years.] 37. What was symbolized by the brass of the image? 38. What kingdom was this? 39. By whom was this Grecian empire established? 40. At what date? [Ans. At the battle of Arbela, B. C. 331.] 41. How long did it continue? [Ans. One hundred and seventy years.] 42. What was to be the nature of the fourth kingdom? 43. What kingdom was this? 44. What scripture shows that Rome had universal dominion? 45. By what part of the image was this kingdom symbolized? 46. What was signified by the feet and toes being part of potter's clay and part of iron? 47. What kingdom was it that was to be divided? 48. Into how many parts was Rome divided? 49. Between what years did this division take place? 50. Name the ten kingdoms that arose out of the Roman empire. 51. Of what is the language in verses 41-43 descriptive? 52. Iron cannot be welded to clay. What would this signify when applied to nations? 53. Have all these particulars been fulfilled?