REVELATION - ESSAY #1

Revelation - Essay #1

Revelation - Essay #1

1) The Identification of the Four Kingdoms (Dan. 7)

A consensus exists today in evangelical circles concerning the identity of the four kingdoms introduced in Daniel 2 and elaborated in Daniel 7. Indeed, the only alternative that has received any degree of scholarly defence is the position that marks the four kingdoms as Babylonian, Median, Persian and Greek. While this view has gained a consensus in non-evangelical circles, it is patently not an evangelical option because it suggests that in lining up these four kingdoms the assumed second-century author of Daniel simply made ...