Daniel
Chapter two
(Part four)
Lesson Eight
Daniel
Interprets the Dream
January 30,
2011
I
Daniel 2: 36 Last
week we looked carefully at the facts
in the dream
Now, Daniel will interpret the
dream Nebuchadnezzar had had
.
II Daniel 2:37
1. King,
you are what you are because of the God of Heaven.
You have what you have because of
His mercy and His grace.
1
Corinthians 15:10 by the grace of God we have what we have
1
Corinthians 4:7 what hast thou that thou didst not receive?
2. The
God of Heaven hath given you:
A kingdom, power, strength and glory
– none is of you!
Romans
13:1-4, 1 Peter 2:13-15
3. Thou
art this head of Gold. So we learn, had
not only made
Nebuchadnezzar the king, had given him the kingdom, of which he was head.
His was the first Gentile Kingdom to
have dominion over the King of Israel.
4. In
Daniel chapter 3, Nebuchadnezzar makes a great image, covers it with gold,
and calls
upon all to worship his idol Daniel 3:5.
5. How
soon did he forget the message that it was the God of Heaven who had
given him
his position as king.
6. Today,
people like him, believe part of God’s message, but soon forget His
warnings
about judgment, wrath, destruction and Hell.
7. “The
pit” reveals the “depths of hell”
Numbers 16:30-33 “into the pit”
Ezekiel 26:20 “into the pit” as also
Ezekiel 28:8, 31:14, 16,32:18,24,25,29,30
III Daniel 2:39 After this – The Silver
Another kingdom shall
arise inferior to thee
Daniel
5:28-31 tells the story of the Medes and Persians (two arms) one night
destroyed
the mighty Babylon.
Thus, literally
fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel.
IV. Daniel 2:39 The Brass – another third
kingdom
Daniel 8:21 we know from what follows,
this was the kingdom of Greece,
led by
Alexander the Great. Thus, another prophecy about a Gentile kingdom,
literally
fulfilled. It is well known history.
V
Daniel 2:40 the Iron represents a “fourth kingdom”
Following the path of history, this
must be the Roman Empire. Rome had
world-
power when Christ came. Luke 2:1-2