King is Kingdom

Study:

In the Hebrew mindset, a king is equivalent to a kingdom. How do we know this? Both Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 make this clear. First Daniel 7!

"These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." Daniel 7:17

"Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,..." Daniel 7:23

From these two verses we can see that,

king = beast = kingdom

Now Daniel 2!

"Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. ... Thou art this head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom..." Daniel 2:37-39

This verse needs a little more explaining. If Nebuchadnezzar the king is the head of gold and after him comes another kingdom, symbolized by the breasts and arms of silver, yet he was succeeded by two more Babylonian kings, then it must be that he symbolizes his kingdom also. It is noteworthy that Nebuchadnezzar was not just any ordinary Babylonian king but the greatest monarch of that kingdom and thus a logical choice for its symbol. Thus, from this verse we can see that,

the greatest king of a kingdom = his kingdom

There is not much else to say other than to say that these two equivalences will be used in following studies. Once again the two equivalences:

(1)

king = beast = kingdom

(2)

the greatest king of a kingdom = his kingdom

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