Daniel Chapter 2-The Dream & Interpretation
I. The Dream Told (v.31-35)
A. It Was a Dream of A Gigantic & Terrible Image/Statue of a Man [Colossus] (v.31)
B. It Was A Statue w/4 Parts (v.32,33)
1. Gold Head
2. Silver Breast & Arms
3. Brass Belly & Thighs
4. Iron Legs & Feet
C. It Was A Dream of Supernatural Smiting Stone/Great Mountain (v.34,35)
1. Stone Would Be Made Without Hands [Supernatural Divine Power] 8:25; Job 34:20 (v.34a)
2. Stone Would Smite the Image/Statue (v.34b)
3. Image/Statue Would Be Broken to Pieces (v.35a)
4. Stone Would Become a Great Mountain/Kingdom Filling Whole World-Zech 14:9; Rev 11:15 (v.35b)
II. The Dream Interpreted (v.36-45)
A. The Four Parts of the Statue (v.36-39)
1. Gold Head: Kingdom of Babylon (v.38)
2. Silver Breast & Arms: Kingdom of Medo-Persia (5:28,30,31)
3. Brass Belly & Thighs: Kingdom of Greece (8:20,21)
4. Iron Legs & Feet: Kingdom of Rome (Luke 2:1)
B. Focus On the Iron Kingdom (v.40-43)
1. The Last Kingdom Figuring Largely At The Time of the End
2. It Is A Kingdom of Iron To Break & Bruise/Savior & Saints
3. The Ten Toes Parallel the Ten Horns of Revelation 17:3,7,12,16
C. Focus On the Kingdom of God (v.44,45)
1. It is Set Up by the God of Heaven/Divine in Origin-John 18:36 (v.44a)
2. It Will Never Be Destroyed/It is Eternal-Isaiah 9:6,7; Luke 1:32,33 (v.44b)
3. It Will Break in Pieces All Other Kingdoms w/Sudden, Irresistible Judgment-Psalm 2:9; Rev 8-19 (v.44c)
D. The Time of The Dream’s Fulfillment is Stated Three Times (2:28, 45, Rev 11:15)
E. The Certainty of The Dream’s Fulfillment is Stated-(Habakkuk 2:3) (v.45)
