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Discourse on Eschatology

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Section 14

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XIV.

Now, since these things which are thus spoken mystically by

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the

prophet

seem

to

all

to

be

hard

to

understand

,

we

shall

conceal

none

of

them

from

those

who

are

possessed

of

sound

mind

.

By

mentioning

the

first

beast

,

namely

the

lioness

that

comes

up

out

of

the

sea

,

Daniel

means

the

kingdom

of

the

Babylonians

which

was

set

up

in

the

world

;

and

that

same

is

also

the

“

golden

head

”

of

this

image

.

And

by

speaking

of

its

“

wings

like

an

eagle

,

”

he

shows

that

king

Nabuchodonosor

was

elevated

and

exalted

himself

against

God

.

Then

he

says

that

its

“

wings

were

plucked

out

,

”

and

means

by

this

that

his

glory

was

subverted

:

for

he

was

driven

from

his

kingdom

.

And

in

stating

that

a

“

man’s

heart

was

given

it

,

and

it

was

made

stand

upon

the

feet

like

a

man

,

”

he

means

that

he

repented

,

and

acknowledged

that

he

was

himself

but

a

man

,

and

gave

the

glory

to

God

.

Lo

,

I

have

thus

unfolded

the

similitude

of

the

first

beast

.