COMPLETE COLOSSUS

Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar II — the head of gold.

Medo-Persia under Cyrus and Darius — chest and arms of silver.

Greece under Alexander — belly and thighs of bronze.

Rome, later split east and west — legs of iron.

Divided kingdoms, partly strong and partly brittle.

Cut without hands, it strikes the image and fills the earth.

Babylon in Daniel 7: eagle’s wings, then a man’s heart.

Medo-Persia raised on one side, three ribs in its mouth.

Greece: four wings of speed, then four heads of the Diadochi.

Iron teeth, ten horns, and the horn that speaks great words.

A time, times, and the dividing of time: the measured reign of the little horn.

Medo-Persia named: two horns, one higher, the higher last.

Greece named: a notable horn from the west, touching not the ground.

Alexander dies. Four horns toward the four winds.

Waxing great toward the pleasant land; the sanctuary war.

An all-gold image. Forced worship, or the furnace.

Hew the tree; leave the stump bound with iron and brass.

Hair like eagles’ feathers, nails like birds’ claws, among the beasts.

Thrones set, books opened, the court sits in heaven.

With the clouds of heaven, dominion is given to Him.

The commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem. Seventy weeks begin.

After the broken horn, two kings war until the time of the end.

The great prince stands up; trouble, then deliverance.

Shut up the words until the time of the end.