Page 91 - 02 The Great Image

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 2-The Great Image
much independent kingdoms as are the

beasts themselves; for the beasts are spoken

of in precisely the same manner; namely, as

“four kings which should arise.” Verse 17.

They do not denote a line of successive kings,

but kings or kingdoms which exist

contemporaneously; for three of them were

plucked up by the little horn. The ten horns,

beyond controversy, represent the ten

kingdoms into which Rome was divided.

2. We have seen that in Daniel’s interpretation

of the image he uses the words king and

kingdom interchangeably, the former

denoting the same as the latter. In verse 44 he

says that “in the days of these kings, the God of

heaven shall set up a kingdom.” This shows

that at the time the kingdom of God is set up,

there will be a plurality of kings existing