Chapter summary
Daniel 2 Summary
Daniel 2 recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great statue, which Daniel interprets as the rise and fall of kingdoms before God’s eternal kingdom.
When no one can recall and interpret the king’s dream, God reveals it to Daniel, who gives glory to ‘the God in heaven who reveals mysteries.’
The statue of gold, silver, bronze, and iron represents successive kingdoms, all shattered by a stone—God’s kingdom that ‘will never be destroyed.’
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Daniel 2:21 “He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.” Daniel 2:44 “In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.”
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