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Let us now pick up some prophetic strands in the book of Daniel. During the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign as world ruler of Bible prophecy (606/605 B.C.E.), God sent him a terrifying dream. According to Daniel chapter 2, the dream involved an immense image with a head of gold, breasts, and arms of silver, belly and thighs of copper, legs of iron, and feet of iron mixed with clay. What did the various parts of the image represent? 

God's prophet told Nebuchadnezzar:  "You, O king, . . .you yourself  are the head of gold." (Daniel 2:37, 38)  Nebuchadnezzar headed a dynasty that ruled over the Babylonian Empire. It was overthrown by Medo-Persia, represented by the image's breasts and arms of silver. Next came the Grecian Empire, signified by the belly and thighs of copper. How died that world power get its start?

In the fourth century B.C.E., a young man played a significant role in the fulfillment of  Daniel's prophecy. He was born in 356 B.C.E., and the world has come to call him Alexander the Great. Upon the Assassination of his father, Philip, in 336 B.C.E., 20-year-old Alexander inherited the throne of Macedonia. 

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From the Watchtower magazine, 2000