Questions about Daniel 2:31-45
- What is the approximate time span of this prophecy?
- 490 years.
- 70 'weeks' of years.
- 40 times 40 years.
- 2600 years.
- Is there a pattern to the progression of kingdoms?
- Yes, each kingdom becomes harder and less noble than the one before
it.
- Yes, the first is from God, and is on top, near heaven, and then each
becomes more and more like Satan, lower and lower, on to the Abyss.
- No, they just are what they are.
- No, there is no pattern, but we can still determine which kingdom is
which by looking at history.
- We are not told specifically, but what gender is the statue?
- It is male.
- It is female.
- It is gender neutral.
- How many kingdoms are represented in the statue of this prophecy?
- Four, gold, silver, bronze, iron.
- Five, gold, silver, bronze, iron, iron/clay mixture.
- Six., gold, silver, bronze, iron, iron/clay mixture, rock.
- What is best represented by the head of gold?
- Satan.
- Jesus.
- King Nebuchadnezzar.
- The kingdom of Babylon.
- How many significant parts are there to this statue?
- Four, head, chest and arms, belly and thighs, legs.
- Five, head, chest and arms, belly and thighs, legs, feet and toes.
- Six, head, chest and arms, belly and thighs, legs, feet, and lastly
ten toes.
- Which kingdoms would eventually fulfill the kingdoms of this
prophecy?
- Babylon, Media and Persia, Greece, and the Roman.
- Babylon, Media and Persia, Greece, Roman, and the Ottoman.
- Babylon, Media and Persia, Greece, Roman, Ottoman, and the British.
- Who is the spiritual power behind these kingdoms?
- Man.
- Satan.
- The Lord God.
- The angels.
- Who is the rock that is cut out, but not by human hands?
- Jesus the Rock of Ages.
- The rock is symbolic of hard hearted Israel.
- Satan is the hard one that wants to destroy man's empires so that he
can rule.
- The beast who gets his power from Satan.
- What is the significance of the rock hitting the statue in the
feet and toes?
- A rolling stone would naturally hit the part on the ground.
- It is symbolic for the fact that none will get away, the feet are broken
first so that the statue can't run away.
- This statue represents the kingdoms that would rule Jerusalem over
time, the feet represent the time that the Lord will come and smash the
kingdoms.
- It is significant because Mercury, the revered Roman false god of war,
has wings on his feet.
- What does "In the time of those kings..." mean in verse
44?
- They are the "Kings of the East."
- It means that during the time that the four kingdoms are ruling God
will be establishing his kingdom in the background, to be revealed at
the appointed time.
- The kings are represented by the ten toes of the statue and will rule
together at the very end of the statues, thus the kingdoms, existence.
- The means that during the time kings rule, that is, as long as people
live on the earth, but at the end of that time, God will establish a heavenly
rule and do away with the earthly.
- Which Coming of the Lord is shown in the "rock, cut out,
but not by human hands", image?
- First.
- Second.
- Third.
- In the time of those kings, when the Lord comes to establish
his kingdom, who will be its king?
- The prince of Israel.
- The leader of the newly unified Church.
- Jesus Christ.
- Satan, the god of this world.
- Now, since this prophecy says that there will be four kingdoms,
is the iron mixed with clay image really part of the iron legs portion?
- Yes.
- No.
- Where was the power base of the fourth kingdom?
- Mostly Europe.
- Mostly Egypt.
- Mostly the middle east.
- The whole world.