Correct.
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)
The stone (not made with human hands) broke the
image (the kingdoms of the world) into pieces.
The Stone - Not Made with Human Hands
In the dream, the stone that struck the statue
became a great mountain, filling the whole earth:
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 2:35 (NAS)
The Stone and His Everlasting Kingdom
What is this last kingdom to be set up in those days
(in the time of the fourth kingdom - Rome)?
Perhaps we can help you answer this question by the
following New Testament scriptures:
2
Corinthians 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly
tent which is our house is torn down,
we have a
building from God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. (NAS)
Hebrews 12:28-29 -- "Therefore, since
we receive a
kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show
gratitude, by which we may offer to God an
acceptable service with reverence and awe; for our
God is a consuming fire." (NAS)
Hebrews 9:11-12 -- But when Christ appeared as a
high priest of the good things to come, He entered
through the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this
creation; 12 and not through the blood of
goats and calves, but through His own blood, He
entered the holy place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption. (NAS)
John 18:36 -- "Jesus answered, "My
kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom
were of this world, then My servants would be
fighting, that I might not be delivered up to the
Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this
realm." (NAS)
Jesus is the Cornerstone:
The group of believers, called the "church" or "the
kingdom," was "that building from God...that house
not made with human hands." The church that belongs
to Jesus was built with Jesus as the chief
cornerstone and was built on the basis of Jesus
being the Christ, the Son of God:
1
Peter 2:6-8 -- "For this is contained in Scripture:
"Behold I
lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone
and he who believes in Him (Jesus) shall not be
disappointed." This precious value, then, is
for you who believe. But for those who disbelieve, "The
stone which the builders rejected, this became the
very corner stone, and, "A stone of stumbling
and a rock of offense;" for they stumble because
they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom
they were also appointed." (NAS)
Ephesians 2:19-22 -- "So then you are no longer
strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens
with the saints, and are of God's household, having
been built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets,
Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone
in whom the whole building, being fitted together is
growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you
also are being built together into a dwelling of God
in the Spirit." (NAS)
Matthew 16:16-18 -- "And Simon Peter answered and
said, "Thou
art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
And Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are
you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not
reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and
upon this
rock I will build My church; and the gates of
Hades shall not overpower it." (NAS)
Jesus' church and its message of the gospel would
fill the earth:
Mark
16:15 -- "And He said to them, "Go
into all the world and preach the gospel to
all creation." (NAS)
Romans 16:25-26 -- "Now to Him who is able to
establish you according to my gospel and the
preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the
revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret
for long ages past, but now is manifested, and by
the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the
commandment of the eternal God,
has been
made known to all the nations, leading to
obedience of faith..." (NAS)
Matthew 24:14 -- "And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be
preached in the whole world for a witness to
all the nations, and then the end shall come." (NAS)
Colossians 1:23 -- "...if indeed you continue in the
faith firmly established and steadfast, and not
moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have
heard, which
was proclaimed in all creation under heaven,
and of which I, Paul, was made a minister." (NAS)
If you look at the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece and Rome...none of these four are in
existence today. Although Jesus' kingdom is
not of this world, His followers and the gospel
message has spread throughout the entire world, even
to this day.
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