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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 12

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But having now done with this account of the consummation, we shall

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turn

our

exposition

to

those

matters

which

fall

to

be

stated

by

us

next

in

order

.

I

adduce

,

therefore

,

a

witness

altogether

worthy

of

credit

,

—

namely

,

the

prophet

Daniel

,

who

interpreted

the

vision

of

Nabuchodonosor

,

and

from

the

beginning

of

the

kings

down

to

their

end

indicated

the

right

way

to

those

who

seek

to

walk

therein

—

to

wit

,

the

manifestation

of

the

truth

.

For

what

saith

the

prophet

?

He

presignified

the

matter

clearly

to

Nabuchodonosor

in

the

following

terms

:

“

Thou

,

O

king

,

sawest

,

and

behold

a

great

image

standing

before

thee

,

whose

head

was

of

gold

,

its

arms

and

shoulders

of

silver

,

its

belly

and

thighs

of

brass

,

its

legs

of

iron

,

its

feet

part

of

iron

and

part

of

clay

.

Thou

sawest

till

that

a

stone

was

cut

out

without

hand

;

and

it

smote

the

image

upon

its

feet

,

which

were

part

of

iron

and

part

of

clay

,

and

brake

them

to

pieces

.

Then

was

the

clay

,

and

the

iron

,

and

the

brass

,

and

the

silver

,

and

the

gold

broken

to

pieces

together

,

and

became

like

the

chaff

of

the

summer

threshing

-

floor

;

and

the

stone

that

smote

the

image

became

a

great

mountain

,

and

filled

the

whole

earth

.

”

Notes

1
Unchangeable, ἀπαράτροπον.
2
Dan. ii. 31–35.