“King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made, sixty cubits tall and six cubits wide, which he erected on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon, then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, men of law, and all the provincial authorities to assemble and attend the dedication of the statue…” (Daniel 3:1, 2, the Jerusalem Bible).

“And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation….and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.” – Daniel 12:1.