One of the greatest deceptions ever pulled was convincing the world that the Roman and British empires fell

Dr. Gore, Thank you for your educational ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the History of God's people. I believe your work is a treasure for God's people and a resource for any person interested in history. I am an early riser and 5 AM usually finds me in your lecture hall. Thanks again and God bless you.Travis BarlowSoperton, Georgia

Dr. Gore I treasure you sooooooooo much. What your teaching really helps me know about God in a really deep level...

Thank You Lord for the Stone that the builders rejected... Thank You for grafting us into that Stone's Quarry... I may now call You Abba Father... Hallelujah...

I'm diggin' this entire series. This is my second go round! Thank you for your time in doing this thing. You are tha man! May the Lord continue to bless you and yours.

Thank you Bruce, I have followed you for many months now, in London, England, and every time I have learnt something new. Bless you and your family for providing all this great content for free.

In regard to the feet, the mixture of iron and clay is a brittle mix because it is a mixture of Rome (the iron) and the rest of the world (the clay). The legs were pure Rome (legs of iron), however, the feet were a mix of kingdoms along with the ten toes (the ten kings/kingdoms).

What a blessing to have been promoted to seek out this vital breakdown for historical context which shines light and understanding of our Saviour.

Absolutely wonderful explication- thank you so much Rev Gore 😇😀

I always Invision the 2 arms( of the torso) as the medo-persian powers merging as 1...

I really enjoy these lectures....thanks for your insight.

I have a slightly different interpretation of the statue, but I focus on who rules the Hebrews, rather than on gentile world powers. To that end the head of gold remains the Babylonian Empire, and the silver arms and chest being the Medes and Persians uniting into and forming the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire the key visual being two becoming one. The brass belly and thighs have as their key visual one dividing into two: so the empire of Alexander the Great is divided into the two Greek kingdoms that would vie for rule over Judea: Ptolemaic Egypt and the Seleucid Empire being the two brass thighs. It is here that my interpretation breaks from the historical consensus. What ended the Seleucid Empire’s control over Judea was not the Roman Empire, but the Maccabean Revolt and with it the creation of the Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea. It is this that is the legs of iron. Incidentally, Rome actually congratulated the Hasmoneans for their successful revolt against Antiochus Epiphanes. The feet of iron and clay is Judea after Herod the Great usurped the throne for himself. Iron and clay don’t bond, and this is clearly evident in the resistance of the Jews to Roman governance and jurisprudence. Here I return to Jesus Christ as the rock that smashes the statue “at its feet,” as Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple, and its builders. I’d add that I imagine the rock is no ordinary rock, but a pure, glittering diamond: a precious gem. I think that’s a much more noble and fitting image than that of an ordinary rock. Not only that, but you can't cut a diamond with iron, you cut iron with a diamond! Just as nothing can cut a diamond, so no human power can prevail against the Lord. Those are my thoughts.

Interesting Lecture.

@BruceGore, has it ever been considered that the four part kingdom statue might have (time implications) in it as well in regards to it’s dress? I’m not sure exactly which kingdoms went from greatest to least (dates) but I just wanted to throw that out there for you to chew on please.

Love this one!!!

Awesome!

Thank you.

Wonderous!

His kingdom had already come.🤗

I have always gone to churches that have a strong dispensational eschatology. I have never seen their view as being very cohesive due to the fact that you would never believe what they do unless you were taught it, or indoctrinated. It doesn't appear to emerge from a plain reading of scripture. In light of that, I am in no hurry to adopt another system of eschatology but I am enjoying the process of entertaining the different viewpoints. Currently I am reading "The last days according to Jesus" by R.C. Sproul and another book by an extreme post tribulation guy concerning the rapture. There is a lot to take in before deciding on a view for yourself.