| Show I THE PROPHETIC AGES 1 n The IM Prophet Danle who Iha rondo medo known knowlI to king of ot Babylon the I ot ut tho Iho vision or ot the metallic Image e Informs tin us that It must t bP lo inks nt to 10 a represent ret the thc existence n or order fl der d r of ot uc A etc lc of r tho four Br great tu monarchies of It RaJ Per ln end nn Home Remo The principles ot or Interpretation tation thus Ihl outlined mil must fit he b accepted is u true trite outs ones by b nil never nevertheless nevertheless R wo 10 lied not nul concludes from this tact fuel f ct that Illat t no r to others of tar a are ever eer to U be c brought to hour boar upon this particular thlen J provided P rot of nt course coat sc tl m t they lh the do pI I not lend ltd 1111 outstrip uI limits pt pf Intel were I r fixed for fOI our by b Inspiration 4 havo fern generally wo we V 3 believe have not nol tI 1114 lo to explain why tho Re w was as sel of Instead cI of ot otter other sut II is t kinds of wood wOOlI or varying It values for lOl nor IH Is It U clear Cr tintIn tint the a n of or t the order the sliver the Iho brass brans hr 5 In s which tho Ih 1 gold sold the Iron and the clay chi c 1 appear f Is 15 fully filI l v I IA Id whoa when It Is 15 stored Hinted d that the decrease In aluc alue of those me R arranged from the tho head he d to 10 the foot not of or the Ihl symbolizes es moral noral der Ie i In the human racy race Uon however It Is I prIS o for rol forthe the purpose of or there them Ih 11 la I to show 1 HIM III t other ud very rely Important truths II A r C re C hl i hy by the t Ii r order ord rr In Iii whIch the occur In I the linn e c 1 1 n 10 s Irv 11 iv these particular one He who tutu hi does doe nil All things welt well have bier hn trill hud some special specialS al S po e In iii view whon He Ho til tb vi lI lonNI linage Image of f metals Instead In i ii e i I i i nd or I of Mime Atone mid It Is I alife to tit roil con cons Oll s dude Hint purpose not lot be lie t by b tIC the u use o e of Pf nap any an other noel nc we U furl find also that thai bv I the u tae IIse e of metals and liy b presenting th ti t in II 11 Hi in a rt certain u mite 1110 He lip has hai III 1110 Ills His purpose C Ils dis In ht order to 10 suI uh there theve state statements rooms ments a rL i C T T of or Interpretation tation trust that Ihal in I common use 11 P be 1 employed ell and In fI w O II li lithe IIII the II time tim d from tic the of to In I the close hini nt or the th Roman do dominion domInion m minion will trill 11 he into periods or ornee nee us Ms follow 1 the ho ago of gold 2 Z the ilic 1110 of silvery silver 3 9 the I hi age J oC or bronz i il I I l brall rai I the St of or trail Iron In latter laller Is ls I Included the of or clay It will he hC observed tint Hint the Hie m of or these thep different agar ngen Is IB exactly the l ama in is th the order m In lu which ihn t various r In the imago They will also al o h be found 1 of o chirp nud thus correspond with the Hie unequal lIn periods ot of of or ih four great monarchies Hi 11 or fiT noun hOLI 1 The fh n Il n of r KOld od The rh of tens MI n tl R C 2231 reseed to tp exist j If t ns ns nn nil Independent power Pawn Jt fl C 0 53 The ago age a of or sold gold old CorresPOnds correspond wry VIt los IY with tills ils same period of It may mu ma be b thus Justly Is I attested rI by h b the thc accounts account Unit that hove H to 10 ns us of r the Ilse Immense t hoards h Wd of gold KOld and nit othe riches aiso also that those ond people fonie Sane of IhFe Me we t would err crr certainly t dismiss s from our minds as mi of serious F were acre thenet they the not net In 11 it 1 great liy h writers whose 1 veracity no on resumes to 10 call All In hi 1 tin thO of lIt profane writers w w that thit H n le temple In ht the Ihl city II IIII II vt if that elected to lIlus urns ina n with of or gold 1 and dirt i gold g o 1 ornaments tents to 10 the value of n t rounds pounds or about IOn When H or nr As A s the tile last lall king of Assyria I J 2 H C 74 burned himself elf together ther with u a I large Iu e part pirt of hH ids Measures Ilea the gold inane 1100 d to 10 J pounds h money or about The 1 I D 1 of both HU Hav un be found In Rollins Ancient His lIs torn tors lo According to Anttn hok bok ok chap l hal ill III the doors of nr Solo Solomon olo mon 1011 H a temple t at II were laid with wilh plates plate of or gold guld Plates of gold oh uvero oleo Ills glued clued to tp the tho doors std thero them was no tart vart of or tho II cither Int Internal or external bull 1111 W tray vai nil overlaid With KOI golt 1 Among tho ho furnishings for rOl the temple there avers wern viols of or gold Roll golden dishes large basins of ot yoM roll rol nil mAil of ot gold Fold golden censers een Dud and thousands of other gold utensils Incredible as us II these thelle statements tiny nil appear to lie ue wo wn must their truth In grant groat part for the Bible Itself speaks of ot this supers hun dance l nc of ot gold In hr those thOAt carly times From Armm Tl TI Citron Chron I 15 5 we WI learn that l Solomon made mIldo both gold and end silver ns nil naIn plenteous In Jerusalem as ns stones This was wa III a i out 0 n C G 1015 06 t Ix I I a 3 says 6 that Tnt Tyne or Tyrus had heaped 1 up gold ns RII the of I the ihn Ih streets and ali silver ns as a thin tho dust duet Tare Tyre will founded about z o years bars allI before the Iho building of or the at nt Jerusalem n 1111 and was 1111 besieged rind rim captured by b B R C AS S Croesus rocsus king kin of wee to common re mt r the th r chest t l nI nn th world ever clr know Ills His dominion ss na token taken i from him hy 1 b Cyrus six pix y al be before belore tore lore the Ihl fall of These rhe 1 references must NU ml lre they the show UM us very ter EI clearly lII Hutt nil the accounts nc of or Immon e treasures of ot gold ole ns n handed down to UP f nr in hi 11 point of time to 10 tho the dens day of the Iho kingdom of As AFI gold uld IH ti If generally BO so much easier eit front from baser hn er than other metals are arc or It would naturally come came into use II first 11 t and when the assigns the ape agrO II I of oC gold to 10 the first DIM period nUN the tho deluge it II li is I scientifically correct and I in harmony harmon with n hh the rite de dc development vier of rol knowledge knowle The ancients reckoned the Ih Ith value of gold lold and ns na 10 tj i ione one and In JIW of o all the facts ell them there cnn can he be little or no doubt In to the tho mind of any one inn that tint the Iho period of or w ware we weare I are speaking TUIS as truly inn im in age of gold arm and hence was waR properly proper I M MY hy by bythe the golden heart head of or the Image AFTER IrTI n GOLD nOLD SILVER SILl rt Tin Till Ag A Ago of silver r Vc e have hoI area s en IU enthat that an age nI of 0 gold where gold abound abounded ed Orl fl would world vil alit precedence of nn an 1110 of ut silver direr will rill willI now nos first bo ho 1 to 10 sonic ponce of f tin Ih I easily discernible III causes rant es that led to III h the sliver ago ao next In old order r I AS R acre y stated IOta led gold sold In general is h quite ulIO easily lI t separated from the sands or r I In which It II Is found abundantly and for tills 1111 reason It would be he b sought after first and ns OR H n consequence the supply All 11 1 sooner become be p vr yr nt St leant loRt diminished to 10 such an extent that silver would largely large inke Its place Hut But these facts nia 11 or little weight In III visas view In of others which caused auRed tho I ho hoards of o ancient n gold 1011 to tn mir almost magically The Tha fIll lead leading ie tt ing illg In enUF that the t produced this thip stale Male of or affairs In III ono one word ord was 01 war wr A list Ilet of ot the tho wars that Iha I oe during the ear e 1 centuries of ol the tile golden follows and It wl be he observed Unit hint they ur nr are hut but In comparison with time the huge mid and deadly that were Ire fought out nut later Inter and In theRo minor war comparatively wealth was WR destroyed The list 1151 Is II not complete hut lint It U will bf hI found fa so to 10 safe safeguard safeguard guard the statement Just made Among n the Ihl very yeT early enrI years Cat all It we WO n 11 find J 1 The conquest of nr fannan by b tho tiro Is IF Israelites B 11 C 1150 This Thill his was tuns II ih lu great greatest greatest est war of history up lip to that time lime limeS S 2 Troy Tiny Tro taken Ill B 13 3 C 1154 1151 S 3 conquered by b B n C r 4 First 11 1 1 Assyrian 1 A a 1 overthrown n H n l C t Till Thi a war ar was Willi s confined to tn u It Ii comparatively thI small territory Ci i Two or three little wars tears between tin the Assyrian and the tho Jews J front U n C to 10 ilO With the tho accession of or or III 1 H n C CC to tin till throne pf if Babylon the great ITeal deluge ot of war began and nud In about 00 oars lrA or orB B it C Cyrus C IUs entered Babylon Boh lon with I bin bla hi conquering armies name was n nI founded R n C and all her great I wars war belong to nn age ngn subsequent i to i the conflicts Just enumerated Th i I Inter I mid awful 1111 of ot the th eastern kings swept nw from sight tho the gold 01 1 that hart been beau amassed ell In III time there of oC general tl co 1 during the preceding centuries tho mho most motel metal people naturally hid hll It U than their sil vet ver 01 in tn the th earth In cuves ceven or m 0 sunk it II In III the rivers to tu 0 it from the Ih of or the tho who doubtless I Molt this tiuI course were killed others r were e banished b r tram from rom their lr coun colln try tr and lint dying In exile e never divulged tin the of their theil hidden wealth h Much gold was wan Rill also elan In nt titers time of pore pence burled burll with wi the Jena MONETARY I TARY I I It H run fan not 1101 b bt be questioned fU thAt a R greA change c r In It t mon matters I occurred o A the time lime of o the fall roll of Babylon tot for we ire lf rn that when hell the tho Jews Jows re rr I turned ushel l l to r J r n n under und I th 1 fix edict of or Crux CIUK they Iho took with them 60 talents t of o silver morel money l rl viii Ji 20 26 They also hud had some seine gold money but tin Ih Is III not but stated This money II t the of the Ih and of f the Jews wn w ns Riven to 10 uld In lu rebinding th limo temple nt of ami nud wu sus ui cot col ati 11 H the th Instance of tyrus C fu o nn Oil amount woe wun donated dona led in hl sil 1111 silver ll ver 01 u H 1 Is III a evident that the nF e of or silver sl I hail then dawned upon lIpon the Ihl world imposition In t II emphatically by IJ the lire of tIC the I he king to mci his hf treasurers who ho lived along the route of the Jew tail lull to 10 t that whatsoever I th the Jurist the scribe of the time law taw of ot lite Ihl Go 01 I of heat en shall i re uhe of I you Oll let It ItI be h done speedily Two n a 1 hundred 1111 til eels ints of silver lIvel etc Ezra r M 21 1 22 2 I In this royal lOa order gold Rold Is III not men mett mentioned te I Nothing A HI aR h t l U d In I h I labs i M In h thul metal end Use the n Is I logical I tint luil gold Fuld an na It ti medium of exchange hu hil I very 1 In ly passed I ed out of ut use liRe These later inter remarks hac nut not teen been offered In to thaw how shy that I hn t tin an age agre ng of ot has realty occupied n a I place In the history of fJ thin Ihl l lodd world odd Ve Alb t art are 01 all nil aw arc of that fuel fact since Ainee Its III shadow hlo is III still oust cant over II every VIT people who ho have hIYI sprung frail hI hIns nation ns t lun In the Ih metallic nu ge Whether r nitre nations also did 1111 or 01 did not through nn An age uge of gold Roh and another of CI Is hi a It lion ilan wholly outside the 1110 present range ranst of or view Daniel th the prophet of certain limits of application foi rot them tumid and we 1 would he be taking unwarranted liberties with ills hit work stork cl were ore we WP to tn DUSK pasa f beyond those hound bounds Jt It Ic le Important tn t shrew how nt lit hOlt about what lime In the file world old History time Hie of sliver silver superceded tine the age UC of gold And nd that thai HS liS already all d point pointed ed cd I out omit corresponds very er err clo chisel ely with the I of t f resin to over JI or III B n C ras The pres present Irl not ent of or the tho image by h t ages ag Is thus In hl hand with the Ihn theone one ono In Iii common use UH which proceeds Along the Ihl lines 1111 C of nf A point has hns hit thaw now been reached In tn tills thU work well trell known truths that hns has to vi view must very I largely be hI taken for our guide THE Tuv AUK Aub n 3 The Th r bronze c age 1 It Is t I B generally admitted th that l the bia of nf oft Scripture t amid bronze 1011 are one am and I the same name substance or alleged Brass Ura as fill we WI know kin It II did not hot roil tutu into us II use until about the Mm tint tho th Roman empire H 13 C t 31 at Tilt The bronze age ige If ns its all lire are aware precedes the thO lion iron age ngo nl with no period Intervening Daniel Daniell l l h Uy y his ii of He 1111 metals of If thin the linage image li Is thus to III hu he amid corrent II Ir I and is its a there th rc r Is no i t 11 I II representations and well nil 1111 that remains r is for fill i us its 10 w do doIs dois Is III to Mime 1 when the tho transition from the tilE bronze to 10 the tho Iron HB ago occurred Time Colossus of Pile one lIe of the th wonders wonder of tin 1110 world worle was made d of or bronze and mooted shout 11 53 C p and was 0 n II I by 1 an earthquake R P I C 22 2 No 11 al il it tempt ws made iliad to t e rt it and It ItI urns WOR afterward ward sold side to tn t it a 1 funk dra dealer dillI r I Thos f ma 11 Iben Ihen b 11 tiki i 11 y I the 11 lIi df Of the mho bronzy bronze age III fron roil thai time I onward It II made w was II j for fo the t r of r P the tho Iron Iroll nee nl Iron beIng u U I I by b the Boman In la the tho first century before Christ During tho time nu there toro tore that elapsed clapped ed between B Il C t 2 0 1111 A t D I 1 It may mil safely ute for hE sold sell that Roam Homo gore gave to tho Iho world the th of nf Iron The he use UIO of ot lion Iron Ion before this peri perl od nd N sear Willi rn not r i to I ins Ju un the naming of ot the lIe time tn lit HH Its It lion or et It has hilI certainly been so ii xh re Ad Al A I I mitt Inc us ls i WI we r must Inu that nil alt Ill tho nn on dohs that sprang front from flout m I t ow oae their to tD her hei ltd did 11 1 nut ii I pans pane from the tha th bronze bronie to llo th ln Iran n ag 1 with list t hl t i stance does not nol niter the tho fat fact tact tl time RIo ape of Iron had dawned fl upon thu Ihl worM world Tnt TRL nUL OK ON IKuN I 4 t Th The of Iron and anI Mu lit uh it n I of or tIa Thc ee two o ages 1 I i I separated rated from elch I other In Iu point 1 1111 o II oi i time rut Put Daniel shows us III v nr i leuly I that during tin it a Whole Ih ti latter hitter must tun Itin IY a tut I i the fiRe age of o iron and nn will cairn to lu tin tut I end at the tho time Hut the lIlt I I BRO ago does doe Th rhO period lI In fn Ihl h I I I live ft i Is III emphatically tit the aF IK of f lento him il The Tho whole race 1 ft re 1 j l I I sited this truth with n united V noire IH k Home II It I In Is true distinguish filet g Ih t it s I 1 r i ij j times n a the th one of f I but since enter steel lit eel IB le nn nothing tiling hut hilt turn iron I more mort highly tempered th the trot lion h ig iI j I necessarily Includes the lh steel star nur Tv Tt II y i run their course OUr nt RI the mme mime pa me II m the two legs of oC tin the IlIIn HH I I fact foci Quilt d Icarus III tin also alsor il oI i oI s II 1 l r tw of t f the ill fi ll l h i II III t i i meat mem of nt thin metal Into Inu Its fly |
