TWO HONOURABLE KINGS: THE FIRST MEDO- PERSIAN KINGS OF ‘THE WRITINGS OF DANIEL’
Last week, in our study of selected scriptures in ‘The Writings of Daniel’, we examined The Babylonian Kingdom – ‘The Head of Gold’ (Daniel 2:38b) in King Nebuchadnezzar’s Image. This week, we are focusing on ‘The Breast and Arms of Silver’ of Nebuchadnezzar’s Image (Daniel 2:32). This subsequent kingdom was The conqueror of The Babylonian Kingdom (539 B,C,E.), The Kingdom of The Medes and The Persians. The Medo-Persian Empire was ruled initially for two years by Darius The Mede, Cyaxares II, and then by Cyrus The Persian and his descendants. The mighty Median kingdom’s last king was Cyaxares II, Darius…