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[1] {but there shall be}
From the "head of gold" (v. 38) to the "iron" of the "fourth kingdom"
(Rome) there is deterioration in fineness, but increase of strength (v.
40). Then comes the deterioration of the "fourth kingdom" in that very
quality, strength. (1) Deterioration by division: The kingdom is
divided into two, the legs (Eastern and Western empires), and these are
again divided into kingdoms, the number of which when the Stone smites
the image will be ten (toes, v.42; cf.
# Da 7:23,24
(2) Deterioration by admixture; the iron of the Roman \\imperium\\
mixed with the clay of the popular will, fickle and easily moulded.
This is precisely what has come to pass in the constitutional
monarchies which, the Republic of France and the despotism of
Turkey, cover the sphere of ancient Roman rule.
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[1] {and in the days}
The passage fixes authoritatively the \\time\\ relative to other
predicted events, when the kingdom of the heavens will be set up. It
will be "in the days of those kings," i.e. the days of the ten kings (cf.
# Da 7:24-27
symbolized by the toes of the image. That condition did not
exist at the advent of Messiah, nor was it even possible until the
dissolution of the Roman empire, and the rise of the present national
world system. See "Kingdom (O.T.)"
# Ge 1:26 Zec 12:8
"Kingdom (N.T.)"
# Lu 1:31-33 1Co 15:28
» See Note "Mt 3:2"
note (defining "kingdom of heaven"). Verse 45 repeats the \\method\\
by which the kingdom will be set up. (Cf)
» See Note "Da 2:31"
# Ps 2:5 2:6 Zec 14:1-8 14:9
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[2] {an image of gold}
The attempt of this great king of Babylon to unify the religions of his
empire by self-deification will be repeated by the beast, the last head
of the Gentile world-dominion
# Re 13:11-15
See note on "Beast, the" "Da 7:8"
See note "Re 19:20"
It has repeatedly characterized Gentile authority in the
earth, e.g.
# Da 6:7 Ac 12:22
and the later Roman emperors.
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[1] {and he will deliver us}
The three Jews, faithful to God while the nation of Israel far from their
land bear no testimony, are a fit type of the Jewish remnant in the last
days
# Isa 1:9 Ro 11:5
who will be faithful in the furnace of the great tribulation
# Ps 2:5 Re 7:14
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[1] {dwell}
Nebuchadnezzar, first of the Gentile world-kings in whom the times of the
Gentiles
# Lu 21:24 Re 16:14
began, perfectly comprehended the universality of the sway committed
to him
# Da 2:37,38
as also did Cyrus
# Ezr 1:2
That they did not actually subject the known earth to
their sway is true, but they might have done so. The earth lay in their
power.