![]() ![]() Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. ' You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue - an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than other living men, but so that you, O king, may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind. This dream would see the end of man's rule and the establishment of God's rule on the earth!ĭan 2:29-35 'As you were lying there, O king, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen. This time frame pertains to the latter days of man's kingdom's ruling on earth. The latter days of what? The latter days of the king's life? The latter days of the Babylonian kingdom? No. Now the dream pertains to the 'latter days' (NASB). As Paul said, 'we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord.' (2 Cor 4:5) '.but there is a God in Heaven who can!' We also have to be careful to make sure that it is God who gets the glory for our lives and actions. ![]() ' And hopefully Daniel put a rather large pause between the words 'about' and 'but' just to build the suspense a little. So he answers 'No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. Now note that Daniel is very careful to make sure that only the true God gets the glory for revealing the mystery surrounding the dream. No easy feat! It's like someone demanding an answer to a question they hadn't yet asked. Now remember that the king wanted both the dream itself and its interpretation. Knowing someone else's dream? Impossible! Understanding the future? Unknowable! Stating someone else's dream about the future? Off the richter! So Daniel comes to the king and the king asks whether he can declare the dream and its interpretation. There are plenty of mysteries that are unknowable and unfathomable to natural man. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your bed are these.' He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.' Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, 'I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.' The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), 'Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?' Daniel replied, ' No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. Let's have a look.ĭan 2:25-28 'Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, 'Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. And that is no easy feat! This study will focus on the dream itself and the prophetic and practical implications for our lives. Well, more like a nightmare for it shook him to the core! Now so far we haven't heard the actual dream - we've just seen his reaction and that was to warn all his wise men that they will be toast if they don't tell him both the dream and its interpretation. We saw in the first part of Daniel chapter 2 that King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. ( I) 21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign ( J) over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.Book of Daniel Bible Study Chapter 2:24-49 ( E) 20 But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, ( F) he was deposed from his royal throne ( G) and stripped ( H) of his glory. Those the king wanted to put to death, he put to death ( D) those he wanted to spare, he spared those he wanted to promote, he promoted and those he wanted to humble, he humbled. ( C) 19 Because of the high position he gave him, all the nations and peoples of every language dreaded and feared him. ( A) Nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.ġ8 “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar ( B) sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor. 17 Then Daniel answered the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. ![]()
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