The Bronze Kingdom: Daniel’s Statue Part 3: a Swift Leopard

Sep 12, 2018

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in Bible prophecy, Book of Daniel, End Times Teaching

The Belly and Thighs were Bronze: The Bronze Kingdom of Greece — The Swift Leopard

In Daniel’s statue, see here, and here, the third kingdom was the bronze kingdom of Greece. Historically it matches the rule of Alexander the Great.

This article continues a series in which we consider two important prophecy passages from the Book of Daniel. In Chapter Two Daniel interprets the meaning of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. The king saw a statue made up of four kingdoms. Each of the four Middle East-centric kingdoms ruled that area and dominated much of the known world at the times of their prominence. At the end of the dream, a huge stone drops out of heaven and crushes the entire statue. All four kingdoms fell to a future stone kingdom which is a symbol of Christ’s kingdom and future reign on earth.

The second significant prophetic passage is found in chapter seven. There, Daniel sees visions of four beasts. Those four beasts compare with the four kingdoms the king saw in his statue. In both the dream and the vision, the end of the story comes to the rule of Christ on earth.

Let’s take a look at the third kingdom which was Greece, and the third beast, a leopard.

Historical and biblical background of the Bronze Kingdom

In the year 332 BC, Alexander the Great of Greece conquered the kingdom of Persia. Persia was the silver kingdom in the statue.

Greece expanded its kingdom as far east as the Indus River on the borders of modern-day Pakistan and India.

Alexander the Great brought with him the Grecian culture. With the culture, came the language, religions, and gods of the southeast region of Europe.

Most of the known civilized world came under Alexander’s rule.

But when Alexander died in 323 BC, the fight for control of his vast kingdom began.

Forty years of infighting ensued from 323 BC to 280 BC. The kingdom was divided into four divisions.

Egypt (Ptolemies)

Syria (Seleucids)

Macedonia (Antigonids),

And Pergamum (Attalids).

For approximately 150 years, the Jewish Nation was fought over by the Ptolemies and the Seleucids.

Antiochus lV Epiphanes, a Seleucid ruler, 175-163 BC, tried to force the Jews to adopt Greek culture and reject their Hebrew traditions. He desecrated the Jewish temple in 167 BC with a sacrifice of a pig on an altar to the Greek god Zeus.

That led to the famous Jewish rebellion in which a Jew named Judas Maccabeus made his indelible mark on history.

The Maccabean rebellion was victorious, and in 164 BC, the temple was cleansed and rededicated. Hanukkah, the celebration of lights is now a yearly tradition that marks this rededication of the temple.

Will a temple be rebuilt?

Will we see a peace deal in Israel?

The Bronze Kingdom of Alexander the Great pounced swiftly upon their prey

Bronze Kingdom made up the belly and thighs of the statue Daniel Two

After the gold head and silver chest, the belly and thighs of the statue were made of bronze.
This represented Alexander the Great’s kingdom of Greece.
Alexander’s kingdom tore through the Middle East and would extend throughout the known world.
Bronze is less valuable than silver or gold. This shows a decrease in the power structure of the government but not the reach or strength of the kingdoms.
The bronze kingdom symbolized the inferior governmental structure of Greece to that of Persia and Babylon.
Eventually, Greece was conquered by another kingdom. It’s metal even less valuable than bronze.

The Bronze Kingdom moved swiftly through the Middle East and beyond

Bronze Kingdom and its type in the vision of the beasts — Leopard Daniel Seven

In Daniel’s vision of the beasts, the third beast was like a leopard.
But of course, it was a very unusual leopard. It had four heads and four wings.
It represented the kingdom of Greece.
The four wings present a symbol of the swift military conquests of Alexander the Great.
But after a swift takeover of the known world, Alexander died. Four generals fought over the kingdom.
The four heads of the leopard depict the division of Alexander’s kingdom after he died.
- Egypt under the Ptolemies
- Syria under the Seleucids,
- Macedonia under the Antigonids,
- And then Pergamum under the Attalids.

So, now that we’ve covered three of the four kingdoms and beasts, next we will cover the important fourth part of the statue and beast visions. The next portion is vital to our understanding of Bible prophecy. As we explore the fourth, we’ll look into the identity of the mysterious beast. It troubled Daniel immensely, making him sick at the repulsive nature of the beast.

What repulsed him so? We’ll explore that in the next article.

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3 responses to “The Bronze Kingdom: Daniel’s Statue Part 3: a Swift Leopard”

Aaron Mullen
November 21, 2020
Daniel 2:37-45 Kingdoms Predicts The Return of Christ in Thessalonians 4:16,17
Head of Gold – Babylon says this in verse 38 Nebuchadnezzar’s is the great kingdom of Babylon
Shoulders of Silver- Persia followed Babylon where they use silver for currency and with the exception of Cyrus the progressively get worse and worse in their love of money. Where Nebuchadnezzar recognizes Daniels Gods might and power, each successive Persian king accumulate more and more money through taxes and turn farther from Daniels God this made them inferior to Babylon even though they where geographically, militarily and monetarily superior.
Greece was nothing but a bunch of city states and one mans conquest Alexander the Great, that fell apart the day he died and never amounted to being a kingdom, but Rome already existed at this time and was beginning to expand the empire of Rome and influence the world more than any other kingdom in history.
Torso of Brass – Rome Used brass for money, made weapons and armor from it and influenced the entire world. To this day inventions from Rome still influence all the earth Rome 753BC – 1453AD. They ruled the world with time. To this day every country in the world uses their Time. 24h days, 7 days a week 365 days a year, We use their law still, Their building practices, Concrete and Books where invented by Rome. https://interestingengineering.com/19-greatest-inventions-of-the-roman-empire-that-helped-shape-the-modern-world and the roman Catholic church spread across the whole world. Rome is the only kingdom in history that spread over the whole world in some way.
Legs of Iron – England wore suits of iron, carried swords from it, then eventually muskets and made cannons and cannon balls of iron and they where the beginning of the industrial revolution with machines of iron, their kingdom was the largest in history covering nearly 13.9% of the globe. They had colonies on every continent of the globe except Antarctica and the even had the Iron Act. They where the men of Iron.
Feet of Iron and Clay – USA started as a colony of England so it had the strength of the iron in it but it was divided both into separate states,, but also divided in beliefs and principles, even in civil war, but its very laws of freedom allow for it to exist divided free to believe both strong and weak but even united they don’t cleave to one another, there is the constant battle between the left and right.
From These kingdoms God would build His.
During these Kingdoms God set up his starting with his promise to Abram during Babylon (The Gold) and the Persian(silver) at which time the law was given(the school master for the King) the requirements for Christ to redeem man, which he finished on the cross(tree) during Rome(Brass) stating “It is finished” before giving up the Ghost. Then his resurrection, Christ the first fruits (1 Corinthians 15:20) Christ at his ascension said “I go to prepare a place” , The Gospel was spread (the ministry of reconciliation) throughout all the earth during the rest of the brass and through the iron into the kingdom of Iron and clay Where we have freedom of religion and separation of church and state. The age of grace where by grace we are saved and are reconciled into the household of God. Where we wait (Galatians 5:5) till his coming 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17 then 1 Corinthians15:23 those that are his at his coming and we shall reign with him (2 timothy 2:11,12) for he must reign (1 Corinthians 15:25) this gathering together to start his reign marks the end of the age of grace(The end of the kingdom of Iron and Clay) and the beginning of the kingdom of the Stone(Christ the chief cornerstone) (Colossians 1:13) cut from the Mountain without hands(God) Kingdom of Christ and God (1 Corinthians 15:26-28) (Rev 20:1-5) (Daniel 713-27) (Rev13:1-18) this is the beginning of the 6th administration, the administration of man for 6 is the number of man and men shall reign Christ in heaven and the AntiChrist on earth for 1000 years ( Matthew 24) then the end (1 Cor 15:24) seals are opened and the Devil is loosed to deceive them on the earth (Rev 5-11) lead them into war with the King and his saints(Rev 17:14) and (Rev 20:7-15) God devours them that fight against the lamb with fire and the devil is cast into the lake of fire with the beast and the profit, then the just and unjust are resurrected and stand before the judgement seat of Christ (Romans 14:10) (2 Cor 5:9) (Rev 20:12-13) Then death and hell where cast into the fire and this is the second death and verse 15 and those names where not found in the book of life. Then Christ presents the Kingdom(Now consists of parts of all 5 kingdoms) unto his Father God (1 Cor15:24-28) and the (Rev 21,22) and we are ever with The Lord God and with Christ the Lamb in a new heaven and earth, the 7th administration like unto the first, Paradise. God is the Alpha and Omega the first and the last , He created all things for His pleasure. He is before all things and by God all things exist and Christ the lamb is the head of the body the church the image of the Invisible God, the first begotten of all creation, the firstborn again from the dead. That in all things Christ might have preeminence. For it pleased God that in Himself should all fullness dwell and reconciled all things unto Himself by the Blood of the lamb.
See the world was mistaken to think that prophecy predicted the resurrection or ascension of Christ or that his kingdom started then, he himself even said he was going to prepare a place because it was still being built. Gods kingdom was built both from Israel and the gentiles (Romans 11:25-28) Israel was blind until the fullness of the gentiles had come in then Israel is saved and at that time is God’s Kingdom complete made up of all that proceeded it. When you take the bias of the world out of it then you see the truth of God’s word and realize Christ Return is coming soon, and will mark the end of the US and the beginning of globalized control on earth by the anti-Christ.
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1. Doug Drake
  November 21, 2020
  I disagree, but I think it’s helpful to hear and read the various opinions and conclusions people arrive at.
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