Daniel 2 & Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Explained

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What’s so amazing about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream recorded in Daniel chapter 2 is that even though it was recorded about 2600 years ago, it has come to pass in stunning detail.
But… there is one more major aspect still to come.
So stick around to the end, because we’ll not only explain the details that have already come to pass but also why this prophecy is relevant for us now. And we’ll do it straight from the pages of the Bible.

Chapter 2 of the book of Daniel records a dream King Nebuchadnezzar had in the second year of his reign.
It not only records the dream, but it also gives the interpretation.
And what is so amazing about this, is that even though it was recorded about 2600 years ago, it has come to pass in stunning detail.
But… there is one more major aspect still to come. So stick around to the end, because we’ll explain why this prophecy is so important for us today.
So, here’s the story
Nebuchadnezzar was one of the most famous kings of ancient Babylon.
Around 603 BC he had a troubling dream that he wanted to be interpreted by his counselors, who included his magicians, astrologers, and sorcerers.
But… he not only wanted them to give the interpretation, he wanted them to first describe the dream and then give the interpretation.
He knew he could trust the interpretation if the counselors were able to tell him his dream without revealing it to them first.
Of course, none of his counselors could do this. So, he pronounced the death penalty on all the wise men in Babylon.
However, when Daniel the prophet was approached about the matter, he prayed to God and asked for insight, knowing God was able to tell the dream and its interpretation.
So, here is the dream, then we’ll see the interpretation:
In verse 28 Daniel explains “...there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head… were these:
You… were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of… 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 clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff… the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. This is the dream.” (Daniel 2:28-36)
Daniel continues in verse 36:
“Now we will tell the interpretation of it... You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory… [He] has made you ruler over… all–you are this head of gold. But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then… a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it... so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed… it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 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.” (v. 36 - 45)
Now, let’s break it down and examine who these world-ruling kingdoms were.
So, the first section of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the head of gold, we are explicitly told represented Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom. That was the Neo-Babylonian empire, otherwise known as the Chaldean Empire (from 626-539 BC).
Now, for the remaining kingdoms, we’re not explicitly told in chapter two who they were, but chapters 5 through 8, as well as the book of Revelation, give more insight.
So, we’ll let the Bible interpret the Bible and use these other chapters to find the answer.
The second section of the statue, the chest and arms of silver, pointed to the next world ruling empire on the world scene. That was the empire of the Medes and Persians (ruling from 558 BC to 330 BC). We know this both from history and the Bible.
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Outstanding video and description of the book of Daniel and "The Dream" I have read the books "Agents of Babylon" and "The Hand Writing on the Wall" very good readings. This video breaks all of this down in much more detail and explains what is left to come from the prophecy. We are living in extraordinary times and I can't wait to see the end. I.E. The return of the true KING!

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For the quality, time, money and effort that you put into these videos.
Thy Kingdom come.

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Excellent, I have heard these stories for years and no could interpret the mean. Thank you, easy to understand and remember. Looking forward to many more videos.

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*(Forgive the length of the following post, but in it you will find the traditional view of Daniel 2 that has been held since the time of the early church)*
There are a couple of things which many of you might agree with. First of all the Kingdom of God is a spiritual kingdom. We enter into this kingdom by being spiritually born into it. John 3:5 _Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is _*_born_*_ of water and _*_the Spirit, he cannot enter the KINGDOM of GOD"_* In verse 8 Jesus states _"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is _*_born of the Spirit”_* . So Christ’s kingdom advances through the gospel via the Spirit. In this sense the Kingdom is "made without hands", through changed hearts born of Spirit. This is how God's Kingdom conquers others.
Secondly, Jesus spoke more about the kingdom of God than any other topic, and it came when He arrived. Christ Himself said it was at hand when He arrived. *_"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand_* (Mark 1:14). And Mat 12:28 _"But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, _*_then the kingdom of God has come upon you"_* .

Dan 2:44 tells us _"And in the days of _*_those kings_*_ the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed"_ . *The focal point of the Daniel 2's vision is of the timing of the arriving of the Kingdom of God* . This is when Christ would arrive.. The Kingdom arrives as a stone which strikes the 4th Kingdom when it is mixed with His people. The four kingdoms described in Daniel 2 never ruled over the entire globe, but they all at one time or another ruled over Israel, the covenant people of God.
The mixture of iron and clay is a picture of the kingdom of Rome, where the Jews had partial rule in their own land, but under the yoke of Rome. (A quick study of "Clay" in the Bible reveals that it refers to God's people, often in terms of the potter and the clay). In fact verse 41 tells us this plainly. v41 _"And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, _*_part of potters' clay_*_, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron"_
And as iron does not mix with clay, there was much upheaval at this time between Judah and Rome. *So this iron mixed with clay is the ROMAN/JEWISH relationship* which was always strained.
The ten toes represent the first ten kings of the Roman Empire. This is what is referred to as the “days of these kings”. During the first ten kings of the Roman Empire, the Jews still had a strong influence on the land, and they were in constant conflict with Rome. During the time of the tenth king (Emperor Vespasian) Rome invaded and destroyed Jerusalem and her temple in AD70. Thus that mixture in the feet is no more. That part of the statue is also gone, just as the Roman Empire is gone, crushed to dust by God's Kingdom which grows and fills the whole earth.
The Kingdom of God started out small with only a handful of disciples, and later, there were the 120 in the upper room. Like a small mustard seed it quickly grew by the thousands in short order, and now it has grown to numbers into the millions (perhaps billions) which have gone out into all the world to fill it. And Christ's Kingdom will destroy current and future kingdoms as well as it advances. We are told this in 1 Cor 15:24 _"Then comes the end, when he delivers the _*_kingdom_*_ to God the Father _*_after destroying every rule and every authority and power"_* . And again, Daniel 2:44 tells us this will indeed be the case. _And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, _*_but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever"_* .

While all of this may seem like quite different view to consider, we know that the struggle between darkness and light often ebbs and flows, but slowly righteousness takes more and more ground, and has done so since Christ set up the Kingdom. The world is a very different place than it was 2000 years ago. Christians were used as human torches by the Romans without any outcry from the citizens. Yet if something like that happens anywhere in the world today there is immediate outcry, even from the heathen. Slavery has been exposed and outlawed in much of the world, and those who practice it now do it undercover and are at risk of imprisonment. Cannibalism was the norm in Fijian Islands, but when the Christian missionaries began arriving in the 1830s the Fijians turned away from the practice and to worship Christ, and the last known act of cannibalism occurred in 1867. So in a period of 35 years this awful practice was abated and destroyed, and Fiji is one of the most Christianized countries in the world today.
Of course there is much more to conquer, but Christ's kingdom has come and His will is being done. We need not preach fear but rather victory, for Christ is victorious!

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👍 YES. MAKE A VIDEO EXPLAINING THESE DETAILS.

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Fun Facts: the roman empire divided into two empire, the Western Roman Empire was Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire was Constantinople. Pair of iron leg.

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Please make a video of the Era of the Mecca-donian empire

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