REVELATION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR AS INTERPRETED BY DANIEL
The World is still under God's control and He , the LORD has determined long ago how He would conclude or consummate the various dispensations or 'Aions'(Greek) of
the world. He has declared himself to be the LORD of the whole earth determining the very end from the Beginning.
"Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he." Isaiah 41:4
If you do not believe in prophecy then you have to believe now more than ever before in your life! Why?
God for instance, spoke years before through Prophet Isaiah of a Persian King named Cyrus that he would cause him to rebuild Jerusalem. Did this happen?
See "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 44:28. This same Cyrus came after years {after Persia overthrew Babylon] and fulfilled this prophecy.
See the fulfilment "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up." 2 Chronicles 36:22-23
Now, you need to consider that Cyrus was not a Jew! He was a Persian. What was God showing Israel? That He Jehovah is limitless and anybody, anything can be used of Him. He was also humbling Israel who were rebellious to his word. He also revealed to all men his programme or agenda for the present world.
Take note that the captivity of Israel by Babylon was foretold long before by Prophets like Jeremiah of Anathoth. Jeremiah 34:1-2
He, Jehovah again proves this point again by revealing his program for the world to one world Ruler named Nebuchadnezzar. For he set the whole world under the rule of
a single ruler , Nebuchadnezzar at that time to fulfil his purpose. See Daniel interpreting his dream of this program in Daniel 2: 1-49
The topic of today's discussion will be that Dream that God revealed to King Nebuchadnezzar. Why? That dream is very important for any saint who likes to understand God's programme for this world otherwise you could just feel lost to the events of this world. You must know and understand that God your father is the monarch of this universe and world and nothing is out of his control or reach. Everything has happended in the past according to his will and word and the future events will also conform to his will. This should make you want to worship him right now...
Please watch this...
I join Prophet Jeremiah to sing
"Ah Lord God, thou has made the heaven and earth by thy great power
Ah Lord God, thou has made the heaven and earth by thy outstretched arm
Nothing is too difficult for thee
Nothing is too difficult for thee
Great and might God
Great and so might in deed. mighty in deed
Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing
Nothing is too difficult for thee" Jeremiah 32: 17
Why does God reveal himself to these pagan kings? He needed them to know that He is the lord of Lords and King of Kings and he gives rule to whomsoever he wishes.
Nebuchadnezzar received this dream and he forgot it and his spirit was troubled and he lost his sleep. Why wouldn't he? Imagine yourself as a One world ruler and then you receive a dream that showed you that your Kingdom is temporary. Wouldn't your mind be troubled? So was Nebuchadnezzar's and he consulted his magician, sorcerers, but received no answer since they could not enter into his spirit to dig it out. But on order of life threat an answer came by Daniel, a Jew of royal breed who was taken captive to Babylon.
Now let's analyze the image he saw in his dream:
1. Head ------------ Gold
2. Breasts & Arms ----Silver
3. Belly & Thighs ----Brass
4. Legs --------------Iron
5. Feet --------------Iron mixed with clay
These five segments show five(5) dispensations of man's empire. In otherwords. Kingdoms and dominions or reigns of Human kings which will culminate at the Feet with the reign of the final one who will be the son of perdiction aka the Anti-Christ.
The interpretation which Daniel gave Nebu also showed that another Kingdom would emerge from heaven as a stone 'cut without hands' and this one would hit the Anti-Christ which is the Feet of Iron mixed with Clay crushing it into powder and the wind blows it away.
"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming..." 2 Thessalonians 2: 8.
That stone would replace the entire structure which man seeks to establish himself and become a great mountain (even mount Zion headquartered in Jerusalem) and will be forever. That Kingdom is the Kingdom of the coming Prince,l even Jesus Christ, the lion of the tribe of Judah. He will rule them with an iron rod and dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel[link Revelation12:5, Psalm1:9].
" 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." Daniel 2:44
When Yeshuwa the Messiah, even Jesus thread this world, he testified thus
"... Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King." Matthew 5:34-35.
Hence, he prophesied of himself in the New Millenium of Christ's reign on earth.
Let's come back to our focus,
We know and understand the kingdoms of these Kings in both order of chronology or sequence and quality.
Please take note of these two.
First of all, we see the Head of Gold being King Nebuchanezzar, he was the head of Gold. See Daniel 2:38
Babylon was the most superior Kingdom of men as it was represented by the most expensive, namely Gold.
Secondly, we see next to King of Babylon, the Breast & Arms of Silver. Take note that this kindgom is inferior to Babylon being represented by Silver.
"And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth." Daniel 2:39
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If you doubt this, then compare the price of silver and gold in the market and understand.
According to the Bible, the Kingdom of the Medes & Persians overthrew Babylon. It was a Kingdom which spiritually was represented by a ram with two horns. One horn was longer than the other because the Persian kings ruled longer than the Medes.
The Lord, after Daniel interpreted Nebuchanezzar's dream, went on to reveal more about this Kingdom to Prophet Daniel in Daniel chapter eight(8).
See it here ...
"...Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
" Daniel 8: 3-4
Daniel saw the Ram representing the Kingdom of the Medes and Persians and saqw also that the Persian horn grew longer than the Medes hence the Perisan Kings outlasting the Median Kings. This Ram had dominion which was the meaning of that pushing westward, northward and southward.
Now, Daniel saw another animal which was another Kingdom represented spiritually as a goat with a notable horn.
"And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between
his eyes." Daniel 8: 5
Please note again where this goat emerged from...It emerged from the West and that was the Kingdom of Greece headed by King Alexander of Macedon. This you can see again in Daniel 10:20. Spiritally, the Angel Gabriel showed Daniel that though the Prince of Persia[Daniel 10:13] withheld him in the heavenly realm because the Perians were in power at that time, that the Prince of Greece would finally replace the Prince of Persia after the Medes and Persians overthrow the Kingdom of Persia.
Now, King Alexander of Macedon overthrew the Persian Kings.
"...And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand
before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven."
Daniel 8: 5-8
Note that Alexander the Great reigned during the Hellenistic period.
Now , according to history, what happended to Alexander the Great's kingdom?
"Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven." Daniel 8: 8.
Take note that his Kingdom was broken into four after his death. You can also confirm this from Wkipedia.org at the Successors of Alexander the Great.
Alexander's Kingdom was divided up by four of his generals,namely,
1. The Antigonid dynasty in Macedon and central Greece;
2. The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt based at Alexandria;
3. The Seleucid dynasty in Syria and Mesopotamia based at Antioch;
4. The Attalid dynasty in Anatolia based at Pergamum.
Now, we have the following
1. Head ------------ Gold(Babylon)
2. Breasts & Arms ----Silver(Medes & Persia)
3. Belly & Thighs ----Brass (Alexander of Greece)
The third Kingdom or reign is represented by Brass, an inferior Kingdom to Alexander's Greece.
This Kingdom is most likely ...What Kingdom took over the reigns from Greece?
Now see Wikipedia.org again and see that after Greece, then came the Roman empire headquartered in Rome.
Hence, we now have
1. Head ------------ Gold(Babylon)
2. Breasts & Arms ----Silver(Medes & Persia)
3. Belly & Thighs ----Brass (Alexander of Greece)
4. Legs --------------Iron (The Czars of Rome)
We are at the fourth abi? Please also take note that Jesus, the Messiah's first advent occurred within the Legs of Iron, namely, the Roman Kingdom and he was also crucified under the Ceasar's rule under Pontius Pilate, a Roman governor.
But what has happened to Rome? Is Rome still relevant today? It also faded away like the rest of the first four, however, you need to understand that this Nebuchadnezzar's Kingdom is a foundation structure. You have to view it up-side-down so that the right order becomes like a house (just imagine a triangle or pyramid
in your mind) and hence in the reverse order we should have
5. Feet --------------Iron mixed with clay
4. Legs --------------Iron
3. Belly & Thighs ----Brass
2. Breasts & Arms ----Silver
1. Head ------------ Gold(Babylon) --Foundation of Man's Dynasty
The secret here is that each kingdom that supercedes the other takes on key characteristics of the earlier kingdom that reigned before it came. If you understand encapsualtion in an IP network then you will understand the logic here. The truth is that Babylon becomes the foundation layered by Persia, then Greece, then Rome and we are gradually approaching the next one, the fifth Kingdom.
If you want to understand where in that image we are then you will be asking the right question which is "which overall Kingdom superceded Rome" and also add that whatever Kingdom you think of must be able to govern and coordinate the entire world.
Today, we are under the Feet kingdom which is Iron mixed with clay? Think of the US, the UN(united nations)...I read you thoughts right? A key characteristic of this Kingdom is that it will be divided.
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"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." Daniel 2:47
You should understand na? Today, the so-called United Nations is a coordinating centre of divided entities...think
Within the same United Nations you will see an Israel sitting next to an Arab League, then a Soviet Union(Russia) sitting next to a Germany or US, and a China sitting
next to Japan, etc. It is a really divided house. What youn see is simply a fulfilment of prophecy.
Hence, we see the next phase
1. Head ------------ Gold(Babylon)
2. Breasts & Arms ----Silver(Medes & Persia)
3. Belly & Thighs ----Brass (Alexander of Greece)
4. Legs --------------Iron (The Czars of Rome)
5. Feet --------------Iron mixed with clay ( A UN led by the United States)
But that is not all as we are gradually gearing up for the next man who would 'continue for a short space'.
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" And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Daniel 8: 9-11.
This same horn which wqas described as being more stout or proud than his fellows is that same one described in the Book of Revelations as
"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose
names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is." Revelations 17:8
Presently, a daintly lady described as Babylon the Great rides on the structure upon which he will rule.
PUZZLE!!! OR QUIZZ!!!
Try and decode this
"And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." Revelations 17: 9-11
Also note this KEY
"And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition." Revelations 17:11
CLUES...G-7, G-8, EU-X
To be continued....
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