Posted: July 9, 2023
From the Bible and history, Daniel’s Fourth Kingdom discusses each of the four [successive] gentile kingdoms [referred to in chapters 2 and 7 of the Book of Daniel. (The fulfillment of these “times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24 NIV) points to the season of the return of Jesus Christ.)]. They [(the four kingdoms)] are described
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Posted: January 26, 2023
The idea that the Roman Empire still exists today is not strange. Ample support exists for it in the Bible and world history. Two historical phases of the single Roman Empire are depicted in Daniel 2, the first phase of iron and the second phase of iron and clay. Interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, Daniel foresaw
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Posted: June 3, 2022
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction An Aerial View Main Ideas in each Chapter God Reveals the End at the Beginning The Sign of Jonah Testifying in the Roman World His Certain Return Chapter 1 Four Gentile Kingdoms: King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation (Four and No More) Chapter 2 Daniel’s Dream of Four Great
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Posted: May 10, 2022
Written from my Christian, dispensational, premillennial viewpoint, this study of Bible prophecy (eschatology) and history: (1) focuses on the continuing existence of the Roman Empire, the fourth kingdom in chapters 2 and 7 of the book of Daniel, which is both a separate gentile kingdom as well as a beastly amalgamation of the three
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Posted: March 21, 2022
Special thanks and appreciation to all my family members, friends, and mentors who encouraged me to write this book, who reviewed and provided helpful feedback on my manuscript, and who provided written reviews, comments, and congratulations that are included in the front section of my book and quoted below with gratitude. Thank you! “Melvin Hawkins
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