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From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible ProphecyThe Watchtower—1977 | July 1
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(3) a leopard with four wings (adding to its great speed) and four heads;
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From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible ProphecyThe Watchtower—1977 | July 1
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The four-headed leopard with wings depicts the Grecian Empire. As for the leopard’s four heads, after Alexander the Great’s death, his generals struggled for control of the empire, four of them eventually gaining the rulership of different sections.
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From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible ProphecyThe Watchtower—1977 | July 1
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Similar in meaning is a prophetic dream had by Nebuchadnezzar. This Babylonian king envisioned a colossal metallic image in human form. Daniel explains that the image’s “head was of good gold, its breasts and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs were of copper, its legs were of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of molded clay.”—Dan. 2:31-33.
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From Ancient Babylon to the Twentieth Century in Bible ProphecyThe Watchtower—1977 | July 1
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The copper belly and thighs depicted “another kingdom, a third one [counting from Babylon].” (Dan. 2:39) This was the Grecian World Power.
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