Lots going on so my editing has been in fits and starts the past couple weeks.  The following passage concerns Daniel’s interpretation of the statue/image which was seen by Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel chapter 2. His interpretation is of great interest because he interprets the iron legs of the statue to be the Romans who were ruling during his lifetime.  Next week I will post Hippolytus’ rather intriguing interpretation of the feet of the statue, in which he predicts what the coming kingdom or kingdoms will look like.

And so how can we not consider the ancient things which were prophesied by Daniel in Babylon and are now still being fulfilled in the world? For the image which was portrayed according to that time, encompassed the type of the kingdom of all the world. In which time the Babylonians then reigned, as being the golden head of the image. Then after them the Persians ruled for two hundred forty-five years as they are shown to be silver. After them the Greeks ruled, beginning from Alexander of Macedon, for three hundred years, as they are bronze. After them the Romans, who are the iron legs of the image, being strong as iron.