Update: I have learned that the chart does not work in the IE browser. If you have Firefox it works in that. I will just have to convert this to an image so it works in all browsers when I find time. Thanks.
Daniel 2: The Colossal Statue
Theme Liberal Critics Amillennial Premillennial
(e.g. Driver) (e.g. Young) (e.g. Gaebelein)
Gold Head Babylon Babylon Babylon
Silver Torso Media Medo-Persia Medo-Persia
Bronze Thighs Persia Greece Greece
Iron Legs, Greece Rome Rome/Revived Rome
Iron Clay Feet
Daniel 7: The Four Beasts
Theme Liberal Critics Amillennial Premillennial
Lion Babylon Babylon Babylon
Bear Media Medo-Persia Medo-Persia
Leopard Persia Greece Greece
Beast w/ Greece Rome Rome/Revived Rome
Iron Teeth
& 10 Horns
Little Horn Antiochus IV Antichrist Antichrist
Epiphanes
Question: Why don’t liberal critics recognize Rome in these two dreams in Daniel? Answer: They reject a sixth century dating of Daniel (Babylonian period) because their anti-supernatural bias forces them to see the visions as interpretations of the past and not revelations of the future. In short, they reject predictive prophecy (i.e., the visions could not predict the coming of the kingdoms of Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome). So they date Daniel to the second century during the days of Antiochus Epiphanes (165/164 BC) and thus they view the fourth kingdom as Greece. There are other reasons why liberal critics will reject a sixth century dating but understand that their deep-seated bias against predictive prophecy is what really drives their argumentation.
(Source for the Chart: Lecture notes from Dr. J.J. Niehaus, Old Testament Prophetical Books)
