2Peter 1:19

BIBLE We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do

well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
PROPHEC until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Y OUR FOCUS IS ON NEBECCHADNEZZAR’S DRREAM

Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was
LET NOT troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

Where do you go for help when troubled?

YOUR Daniel 2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and

HEART BE the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show
the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

TROUBLE THESE ARE LIERS

Daniel 2:9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
D [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed:
therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me
PRESENTE the interpretation thereof.

YET, THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY ONE

D BY Daniel 2:11 And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and
there is none other that can show it before the king, except the

EVANGELI gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

EXODUS 8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] the
ST IC finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

KHOSA MANY HAVE SOME IDEA OF THIS UKNOWN GOD.

ACTS 17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I

found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly
worship, him declare I unto you.

NOTE: Godly mysteries can’t be unscrambled by just everybody. But Godly men

1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are
foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

THEN, THEY FIND A GODLY MAN.

DANIEL 2:16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he
would show the king the interpretation.

IDENTIFYING THE UNKNOWN GOD

Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy
bed, are these;

Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and
earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

This GOD longs for us to find Him

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though
he be not far from every one of us:

This GOD longs for us to repent

Acts 17:30-31 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every
where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained;

NOW, THE DREAM IS ABOUT THE FUTURE

Daniel 2:29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come
to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

THOUGHTS OF GOD OVER YOU

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace,
and not of evil, to give you an expected end

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

THE DREAM

Daniel 2:31-33 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness
[was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible. This image's head [was] of
fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet
part of iron and part of clay.

Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon
his feet [that were] of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

Daniel 2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces
together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away,
that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:36 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

It is very wonderful that the bible interpretS itself not someone else

2 Peter 1:20-21 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were]
moved by the Holy Ghost.

INTERPRETATION

1. FIRST KINGDOM IS BABYLON/CHALDEANS

Daniel 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the
heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou [art] this head
of gold.

BIBLICAL PROPHECY HAVE COMMONITY, ONE GOD.

Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and [as for]
gold, they shall not delight in it.

Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth
drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

THIS DREAM IS ABOUT KINGDOMS

Daniel 2:39-40 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as
iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all [things]: and as iron that breaketh all
these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

FOURTH WILL BE DIVIDED AND TRY TO UNITE BUT FAIL

Daniel 2:41-43 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, forasmuch as thou
sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and part of
clay, [so] the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

AFTER THESE, GOD SETS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM

Daniel 2:44-45 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. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream [is] certain, and the interpretation thereof sure

BASICALLY, TWO KINGDOMS ARE IDENTIFIED

HEAD OF GOLD = NEBUCCHADNEZAR (BABYLONIAN KINGDOM)

STONE = GOD’S KINGDOM

NOTE: the first kingdom is past. God’s kingdom is not yet. So this dream will help us find how far
we are, from the kingdom of God to be set.

2. NOW WHICH SECOND KINGDOM FOLLOWED BABYLON? MEDES AND PERSIANS (539 BC)

Daniel 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 5:30-31 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans [Babylonians] slain. And
Darius the Median took the kingdom, [being] about threescore and two years old.

ISAIAH PROPHESIED IT AS WELL, APROXIMATELY 150 YEARS BEFORE

Isa 44:27-28 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: That saith of Cyrus, He is my
shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to
the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to
subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved
gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

3. THIRD KINGDOM = GREECE (331 BC) LED BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Daniel 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having [two] horns [are] the kings of Media and Persia. And
the rough goat [is] the king of Grecia: and the great horn that [is] between his eyes [is] the first king.

4. FOURTH = ROME (168 BC)

LUKE 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from

Act 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the
guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. Caesar Augustus, that
all the world should be taxed.

4. CLAY AND IRON = DIVISION OF ROME (476 AD)

Daniel 2:42-43 And [as] the toes of the feet [were] part of iron, and part of clay, [so] the kingdom
shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron
is not mixed with clay.

Ten of these divisions are listed as follows by most historians:

Alamanni – Germans Suevi – Portuguese

Burgundians – Swiss Visigoths – Spanish

Franks – French The Heruli

Lombards – Italians Ostrogoths

Saxons – English Vandals

THE LAST THREE are considered by historians to have been wiped out or merged with other groups
so that no unique nation remains today.

THE STONE = GOD’S KINGDOM

Daniel 2:44 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.

JESUS IS THE STONE/ROCK

1Peter 2:4 To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God,
[and] precious,

Matthew 21:42-44 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the
builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and
given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be
broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

GOD’S KINGDOM

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but
he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Mat 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter
into the kingdom of heaven.

REPENT FOR HIS KINGDOM IS COMING

Mat 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.

2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

PROMISES OF THE KINGDOM

Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away.

KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD

 They are passing

 Untrustworthy
 Unsatisfying
 Does not good service
 Cannot solve your problems
 They are capitalists

CHOOSE GOD’S KINGDOM WHICH CARES FOR YOU AND SAY…

Joh 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's
house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I
am, there ye may be also.

IT WILL BE WELL WHEN GOD’S KINGDOM IS SET, HAVE THIS HOPE AND YOU WILL NOT CRY LIKE
THOSE WITHOUT HOPE. NO MATTER WHAT COMES IN LIFE, THERE IS ONE THING WHICH IS CERTAIN:
JESUS IS COMING SOON, THE ABOVE PROPHECY SHOWS THAT SOON WE ARE GOING HOME.