Previously the cover of Breakthrough Analysis of Daniel’s Prophecies was to have been the statue depicting the ‘Four World Empires’. This was changed because the discussion of those prophecies is only focused on through the seventh chapter and there are twenty chapters. The concentration then goes beyond those ‘Four World Empires’ prophecies to focus on the effects of the stone that falls on the clay feet of the image.
Someone had seen this previous cover and had commented on my professional Facebook page “Looks like he’s wearing a dress.”
The statue in the story of Daniel was envisioned in Babylon 2500 years ago. Back then, and for centuries thereafter, men wore either skirts (tunics) or robes for ease of movement and, if necessary, for fighting.
Over the millennia, pants gradually replaced these ancient men’s wear in various places on the planet, beginning when men needed to fight on horseback.
This process of the evolution of men’s wear continued through the Middle Ages even up until a couple of hundred years ago.
Today some men still wear robes as part of their religious heritage. Skirts have evolved as kilts in Ireland and Scotland, usually worn for family clans or special activities such as weddings, clan games, or marching with bagpipes.