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To: Heart-Rest
No, it does not. To say that "brass" = "the Roman Empire" because "brass" = "the Roman Empire" obviously employs the logical fallacy of circular reasoning.

Heart....

Daniel 2:38
"...Thou art this ahead of gold."

So Babylon was gold...

39 And after thee shall rise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

Which kingdom, which came after Babylon, ruled the whole world...?

Brass = Roman Empire


47 posted on 03/08/2013 6:55:49 PM PST by MeOnTheBeach
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To: MeOnTheBeach; NYer
In that earlier post relating to this one, you said:

"By Daniel's description the Catholic Church cannot be the kingdom of God because it was created during the time of the Brass kingdom.

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Well, lets take a closer look at your interpretation and assertion.

Jesus began His earthly ministry during the reign of the Roman Empire (as did John the Baptizer):

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;    Luke 3:1-3
Jesus proclaims that the "Kingdom of Heaven is at hand" during the reign of the Roman Empire:
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."   Matthew 4:17

And Jesus declares He is going to begin to build His Church on Peter, the rock, this also being during the reign of the Roman Empire:
"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."   Matthew 16:18
Now, which of those Bible texts and quotes from Jesus Christ is inaccurate?
53 posted on 03/08/2013 8:56:59 PM PST by Heart-Rest ("Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!" Psalm 96:1)
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