Reasons To Study Church History

Reasons To Study Church History

? Helps Us Learn From The Mistakes Of The Past And Avoid Them

? To Build Upon Their Successes, So We Can Grow From Them

? Helps Us Appreciate The Lord's Church

Overview Of Course

Before We Study The Restoration Movement, We Should Study:

? The Church/Kingdom In Prophecy ? The Church/Kingdom Established ? The Church/Kingdom Apostate ? The Church/Kingdom Restored

The Church/Kingdom In Prophecy

Daniel 2:32-35 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

# Gentile Kingdom

Image Symbol

Reign over Israel

1

Babylon (a)

Head of GOLD

625 B.C. TO 539 B.C.

2 Medo-Persia (b)

Chest and Arms of SILVER

539 B.C. TO 331 B.C.

3

Greece

Waist and Thighs of BRONZE

331 B.C. TO 164 B.C. (c)

4

Rome

Legs of IRON

164 B.C. - 70 A.D.

44"And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45"Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold--the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure." - Daniel 2:44,45 NKJV

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