27. The Roman Empire and Nebuchadnezzar's Vision

The dream of a statue described in Daniel 2 provides an insight into the nature of the great Gentile empires that would span the time from Daniel to the coming of Messiah. Most prominent among the empires was the last of them, described as iron mixed with clay, an apt representation of the Roman world into which the Messiah was born, and during which the Christian movement began.