Daniel - Chapter 2

The Amazing Bible. Book Club

In Daniel chapter 2, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had dreams that troubled him. He asked his wise men to not only interpret the dreams, but to tell him what he dreamed. His men responded, "What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men" (vs. 11). This anger the king, and he commanded that all the wise men should be killed. Thankfully, they found Daniel and his friends first, and he asked what was going on, and then he asked to speak to the king. He asked for time, and the king allowed it. Daniel went to his friends of faith, and asked them to pray with him. The Lord revealed the dream and the interpretation, and Daniel cried out in praise and thanksgiving. He went and told the king his dream. A great statue with a head of pure gold, then the chest and arms were of silver. It's belly and thighs bronze, and its legs were iron with it's feet and toes a mixture of iron and clay. Then a rock, not made by human hands, stuck the feet, and the the statue fell down into pieces. This rock then became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth. The interpretation was that Babylon was the head of solid gold, and then there would be three more kingdoms. We now know they represent the Medes and the Persians, the Greeks, and then the fourth was the Roman Empire. It was the Roman Empire that would become divided and mixed, and it is during that time that the Rock would come and strike. Verse 44 says, "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever." Since we have the New Testament, we know that this Rock, this Messiah, was Jesus, and His kingdom will have no end. The king blessed Daniel, and at his request, he also blessed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Daniel's prayer partners!