Daniel 2 - The Interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's
Dream:
In addition to the statue, the king's dream
included a stone:
You (King Nebuchadnezzar) continued looking until a
stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the
statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed
them. 35"Then the iron, the clay, the
bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at
the same time, and became like chaff from the summer
threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so
that not a trace of them was found. But the stone
that struck the statue became a great mountain and
filled the whole earth. Daniel 2:34-35 (NAS)
Daniel tells the interpretation of the stone in
the dream:
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven
will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed,
and that kingdom will not be left for another
people; it will crush and put an end to all these
kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. 45
"Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the
mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron,
the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the
great God has made known to the king what will take
place in the future; so the dream is true, and its
interpretation is trustworthy." Daniel 2:44-45 (NAS)
Question:
According to Daniel 2:44-45, what did the stone
(a stone that was not cut out by human hands) do to
the image of gold, silver, brass, iron and clay? |
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"During the time of the kings [of the fourth
kingdom], the God of heaven will set up another
kingdom. This kingdom will continue forever! It will
never be destroyed! And it will be the kind of
kingdom that can't be passed on to another group of
people. This kingdom will crush all those other
kingdoms. It will bring those kingdoms to an end.
But that kingdom itself will continue forever.
45 "King Nebuchadnezzar, you saw a rock cut
from a mountain--but no person cut that rock! The
rock broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the
silver, and the gold to pieces. In this way, God
showed you what will happen in the future. The dream
is true and you can trust this interpretation." (ERV)
And in the days of those kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be
destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left
to another people; but it shall break in pieces and
consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for
ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that a
stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and
that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath
made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure. (ASV)
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. 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and
that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath
made known to the king what shall come to pass
hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure. (KJV)