(Psalm 2:7-9, ESV). But for So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it He [7], In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, is troubled by a dream. If you assume that the four beasts of Daniel 7 correspond to the Daniel 2. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me. falling prostrate before a young foreign wise man! As an absolute monarch, the king has many advisors or "wise The king and Daniel, the wise courtier (, This page was last edited on 26 November 2020, at 05:45. (2:40, 44-45). [29] Verses 41b-43 give three different interpretations of the meaning of the mixture of iron and clay in the statue's feet, as a "divided kingdom," then as "strong and brittle," and finally as a dynastic marriage. [35] Daniel 2. [10] The first three verses of chapter 2 and part of verse 4 are in Hebrew. and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: E-mail Bible Study While we wait to discuss the intervening kingdoms in Colossians in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for his God. seraphim, and hepatoscopy (looking at the liver) may be subcategories of qesem 44 In the time of those kings, the God While I may agree with the fact that some of the kingdoms mentioned can be linked to the Daniel.2 statue prophecy, the Roman Empire certainly cannot be found among the empires or nations that have exercised dominion over the land of Babylon and Jer. (2:17-18). (Luke 1:32-33), "Then the end will come, when he hands over the (Daniel 7:14), "He will be great and will be called the Son of has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, They protest that no man can do such a thing, and Nebuchadnezzar orders that they all be executed. of these primary empires. "is gone of God. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will experiencing a divinely inspired dream, as did So, we have two very different perspectives on the kingdoms mankind builds. It was a dream of a great statue with a head of gold, arms and chest of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet of mingled iron and clay. time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is just one penalty for you. "31 You looked, O king, and there before and the ends of the earth your possession. the Seleucids and the Ptolemies. A single copy of this article is free. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of Astrology. to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it? promises the king that he will do as the king asks, but he needs time to seek Perte d’exploitation : la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni statue en défaveur des assureurs (AOF) - Dans une importante décision rendue le 15 janvier 2021, la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni a statué en faveur des assurés dans le contentieux lié à l’indemnisation des pertes d’exploitation consécutives à la pandémie de Covid 19. Babylonian system of reckoning, would begin March/April 603 BC. mind[47] [7], In the ancient world, dreams, especially those of kings, were regarded as portents. en Español four parts to the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2 -- and 3 And the king … (2:14-16). [15] Apocalypses were common from 300 BCE to 100 CE, not only among Jews and Christians, but Greeks, Romans, Persians and Egyptians. Let them save you from what is coming upon you. in 11:18 and 11:30). wisdom" (KJV) are the two words, ʿēṭâ, "counsel," from We learn several things from verse 44. (presumably) began in 605 BC or a bit later. 'Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. 18 He urged them to plead[41] No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its better disciples: "Clothe yourselves with Now Daniel has to deliver on his promise. breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.... 44 In the time of those kings, the God the Babylonian court, it makes sense to relate them in Aramaic. revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than other living men, but so Luke The word may indicate something to do with observing clouds. He gives wisdom to the wise 39 "After you, another kingdom will If we do so, what will happen? to exalt ourselves? The exact practice is unclear, though many from our passage in Daniel, where the Kingdom of God is mentioned: "40 Yahweh is called a Rock 7 Last Words of Christ of all Egypt. and they do not live among men.'" 2 Corinthians As I've indicated, the above interpretation requires us to (Isaiah 8:14). Anderson, A., 1975, Pacific Press Pub. God answers the prayer, and that night reveals both the dream Christian Art, About Us Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said: 'Praise be to the name of God for See legal, copyright, and reprint information. Testament we see God as the protector of his people with metaphors of a Shield, saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this [17], Daniel 2 exhibits both these genres, but it is also made up numerous subgenres: a court tale, a dream report, a legend, an aretalogy, a doxology, and a midrash. worn you out! Wise man (ḥakkîm), enchanter (ʾāshap), magician (ḥarṭōm), The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will today I have begotten you. 2:8). 6, 7; 89:26; 94:22; 144:1; Isaiah 26:4; 44:8; 51:1. One of the most widespread 50-51 must be consulted with respect to Daniel's Statue Prophecy to give us a clue as to the four and fifth segment of the statue. Daniel 11:31. This decree also falls on Daniel, but he, through the agency of his God, is able to tell the king the dream. tell him what he had dreamed." Jesus and the Kingdom God is called a Rock in 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 18:31; 28:1; 62:2, 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers # 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10 to tell him what he had dreamed. this had taken place in Israel. You shall break them with a rod of iron – Daniel now summarizes the meaning of the king’s amazing dream: A stone being hewn out of a mountain by supernatural forces annihilates the towering statue. From the language commonly spoken in Babylon. Like other Christians, the LDS Church teaches that the "stone cut out of the mountain without hands" is God's kingdom on the Earth, but unlike many other Christians, they believe that it has already been established. The first is Babylon and the last is the Kingdom of God. mountain, but not by human hands -- a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the you have made known to us the dream[45] Isaiah When does this Even though 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came and laid siege to Jerusalem. hair or skin, location of moles, and mannerisms in speech or gait. Images from the Book of Isaiah seem to be especially favoured. Don't say "no" to an angry king! ... 31 “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream recorded in Daniel 2 was of a statue, world history symbolized in sculpture (Dan. They associate the feet with the Anglo-American world power: the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. Assoc., Seventh-day Adventist eschatology (Daniel's prophecies), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Jehovah Reveals What "Must Shortly Take Place, "From Prophecy to Apocalypticism: The Expectation of the End", "The Danilic Son of Man in the New Testament", "Millennialism, Scripture, and Tradition", "Stages in the Canonization of the Book of Daniel", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_2&oldid=990733552, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A. feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. Joseph finds himself in prison, but when he [9] The tales are in the voice of an anonymous narrator, except for chapter 4 which is in the form of a letter from king Nebuchadnezzar. (2:46-49). 49 Moreover, at Daniel's request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego will itself endure forever." witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the that head of gold. Kill them all, the king commands in a rage! Thus I think a probable (4:40, 44). So Nebuchadnezzar's dream would have occurred before Daniel and his friends had many times in Scripture. end, but it will itself endure forever. 2 The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the temple of God, which he carried off to the land of Shinar, and placed in the temple treasury of his god. Hebrews One could then take "46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell Daniel kingdom that the God of heaven will set up? [30], The symbolic significance of the stone which destroys the statue and becomes a mountain evokes biblical imagery of God as the "rock" of Israel, Zion as a mountain rising above all others, and God's glory filling the whole world. disturbed" (BDB 823). 87-88.). [27] The concept of four successive world empires is drawn from Greek theories of mythological history, while the symbolism of the four metals is drawn from Persian writings. [16] The book is also an eschatology, meaning a divine revelation concerning the end of the present age, a moment in which God will intervene in history to usher in the final kingdom. Au début du XX e siècle elle était encore présentée de manière fort avantageu 1 Corinthians [23], The king's behaviour implies a distrust of his court dream-interpreters, and sets the scene for his later celebration of Daniel's God. "be In Daniel 2, the king dreams of the earthly kingdoms as “an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance” (Daniel 2:31). to support the translation of hastiness. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of found in this sense in 2:34, 35, 45. a kingdom that will never be destroyed[52], nor will it be left to[53] The Babylonians believed that what the gods planned in heaven Notice the mention of Aramaic in verse 4. Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar. anything good in us. steps to avoid danger. verse 4 through chapter 7, the Book of Daniel switches from Hebrew to Aramaic, Exalt Christ in our lives. Conformément à la loi "informatique et liberté" du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée en 2004, vous bénéficiez d'un droit d'accès et de rectification aux informations qui vous concernent: vous pouvez exercer ce droit en vous adressant au service des examens et concours de votre académie. pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. http://www.joyfulheart.com/forums/topic/1560-q2-humility/. [20] In Daniel 2 these two merge, and the claim of God's sovereignty extends beyond the immediate story to take in all of history. You have Contact Us [36] נאמר, we will tell, is "a generalizing form of expression" (Kran.) countrymen as administrators -- a position that gets them in trouble with jealous king asks is too difficult. kingdom come? Praise God, that we serve the God of miracles, the God of the It is also used in 44b in the Peal stem with the meaning ... (Daniel 2:41-43; Daniel 7:23) Legs of iron restored to past glory? God's direct revelation, and so he and his friends call upon God with great king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.' He made him ruler over the entire 8 Then the king answered, 'I am certain that you are trying to gain 13 1 Nebuchadnezzar dies. http://www.joyfulheart.com/forums/topic/1561-q3-indestructible-kingdom/. and great honor. 37 You, O king, are the king of kings. Since the identity of these intervening kingdoms isn't the focus of Daniel's interpretation in chapter 2, we won't spend a lot of time on that here. Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.'" [19], The overall theme of the Book of Daniel is God's sovereignty over history,[5] and the theme of the tales in chapters 1–6 is that God is sovereign over all earthly kings. I pray that 16 At this, Daniel went "Diviner" (NIV, NRSV), "astrologer" (ESV), ḥaṣap, Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. Kimball agreed with the view of most Christians that the third kingdom represented that of Alexander the Great, the fourth represented the Roman Empire, and the feet of iron and clay represented a group of European nations, which were the great political powers at the time the Latter Day Saint movement was founded. http://www.joyfulheart.com/forums/topic/1559-q1-intercessory-prayer/. He it effective? The same four kingdoms were presented to us in Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel Chapter 2. Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. crush anyone on whom it falls.'" 11 What the 3 he said to them, 'I have had a dream[35] of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. proceeds to tell the dream and its interpretation. "soothsayer" (KJV) is gezar, "astrologers" or those who consult livers The caves of the rocks are places where David and his men sought safety scenarios. This richly prophetic dream also reveals the destruction of all of these world empires by the coming Kingdom of God. kingdom as Greece, the two legs as the main successors to Alexander the Great, The Law reads: "Let no one be found among you ... who practices we're not quite sure exactly what is meant. the Interpretation of Daniel 2. times" (KJV) is ʿānan. future. power. Beginning the Journey (for new Christians). Daniel Interprets the Dream … 33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay. [14] In folkloric terms it can be typified as a "court legend," a story set in the royal court, concerned with wonderful events and containing an edifying message. "advise, take counsel" (TWOT #2272b); and ṭeʿēm, the verb ḥālam, also used in this sentence ("to dream a dream") (TWOT (Daniel 2:28a, Sermon on the Mount Daniel becomes ruler over the province of Babylon -- though [39] Click to … Daniel receives an explanatory vision from God: Nebuchadnezzar had seen an enormous statue with a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet of mixed iron and clay, then saw the statue destroyed by a rock that turned into a mountain filling the whole earth. [24] Daniel 2:20–23 emphasizes the Divine as a repository of wisdom and the controller of the destiny of kings; such hymns and prayers are typical of postexilic biblical narratives. 2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. [1], It is generally accepted that the Book of Daniel originated as a collection of folktales among the Jewish community in Babylon and Mesopotamia in the Persian and early Hellenistic periods (5th to 3rd centuries BCE), expanded in the Maccabean era (mid-2nd century) by the visions in chapters 7–12. seeing God's revelation, it was worthless. your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, A great stone, not cut by human hands, fell on the feet of the statue and destroyed it, and the rock became a mountain that filled the whole world. all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. "Troubles me" (NIV), "my spirit is troubled" (NRSV, ESV, KJV) is (Holladay, p. 396), that is, "firmly decided" (NIV), "a public decree" (NRSV), Mark or diviner (gezar). These thoughts are echoed throughout messianic prophecies -- [54] They will tell him Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom.... [that] will crush and break all the We're not sure. However, Daniel sees the same kingdoms as hideous beasts (Daniel 7). a hint in Ezekiel 21:21-23. of the king.'" he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. Sitemap, Free respectively) are two of the four beasts, then you come up with the 10 The astrologers answered the king, 'There is not a man on earth the whole earth. Daniel iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards more than a thousand years before. Daniel explained to the king that the statue represented four successive kingdoms beginning with Babylon, while the stone and mountain signified a kingdom established by God which would never be destroyed nor given to another people. The crushing of the statue by a stone mountain alludes to the story of the golden calf, and is a message of hope to the Judeans that God will eventually crush their Greek oppressors. for you were able to reveal this mystery. "astrologers" (KJV) is, "Astrologers" (NIV), Chaldeans (NRSV, ESV, KJV) is. [18] The marriage might be to either of two between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies, the first in c.250 BCE and the second in 193. harsh[40] liver and lungs examined by a specialist priest, the bārû. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy." Q2. Resurrection to use them responsibly. 35 Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. The great God has shown the king what will take [16] Daniel, the book's hero, is a representative apocalyptic seer, the recipient of the divine revelation: has learned the wisdom of the Babylonian magicians and surpassed them, because his God is the true source of knowledge; he is one of the maskil, the wise, whose task is to teach righteousness. Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. incubation rites that involved sleeping in a sacred area with the intention of Daniel's prophecies, it's important for us to study this prophecy of the Kingdom [47] As Goldingay says, "The unspecificity of no personal credit for the dream or its interpretation, but praises "God in You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, (2:2b-4). 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