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Daniel 1:1-7
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Daniel Explains The Dream
Daniel 2:24–35
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Having received knowledge of the dream from God Daniel goes to Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard and informed him that he was ready to interpret the king’s dream (v. 24). Arioch brought him into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence claiming credit for having found an interpretation for the king’s dream (v. 25). The king asked Daniel to interpret his dream (v. 26). Daniel replied that not even the smartest person in all the world can do what you are demanding, but the God who rules from heaven revealed your dream while you were sleeping (vv. 27-29). In fact Daniel made it plain that he was only able to do this because there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries (v. 28). How different was the attitude of Daniel! He claimed nothing for himself but instead gave all the glory to God (v. 30).
In brief words Daniel sketched first the king’s dream (vv. 31-35). In his vision Nebuchadnezzar had seen a great majestic image of a man standing upright. It was composed of four different metals: (1) the head was made of gold; (2) the breast and arms of silver; (3) the belly and thighs of bronze; (4) and the legs of iron, with clay mixed in at its feet. These metals not only decreased in value from top to bottom, but also diminished in splendor and glory. This image was said to be both excellent and terrible. Representing a world power, it is excellent to those who profit by it, but terrible to those, (and they are many) who suffer oppression at its hand.
As Nebuchadnezzar viewed this image in amazement, suddenly and without warning a “stone cut out without hands” smote and completely destroyed it. The stone then became a great mountain filling the whole earth.Application
It is easy to be tempted like Arioch, to take credit myself for something the Lord did through someone else? I need to give the Lord credit for everything, because without Him I would not have the mind or strength to do anything.
Daniel 2:24-35 (English Standard Version)
Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation." Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus to him: "I have found among the exiles from Judah a man who will make known to the king the interpretation." The king declared to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?" Daniel answered the king and said, "No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these: To you, O king, as you lay in bed came thoughts of what would be after this, and he who reveals mysteries made known to you what is to be. But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind. "You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening. The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it 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, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth."
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