[44] 107). Daniel reveals and interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream (2:31-35). Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.In his night dream, the king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its head of gold to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world. Apparently, he who can do what the king asks! [4], The overall theme of the Book of Daniel is God's sovereignty over history. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. John's Gospel
"Wise men" is ḥakkîm, "wise men." You can purchase one of Dr. Wilson's complete Bible studies in PDF, Kindle, or paperback format. position and lavished many gifts on him. "Diviner" (NIV, NRSV), "astrologer" (ESV), [14] In folkloric terms it can be typified as a "court legend," a story set in the royal court, concerned with wonderful events and containing an edifying message. Daniel 2:6 "But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof." 22 He reveals deep and hidden things; that head of gold. (2:44). (2:7-11). While we wait to discuss the intervening kingdoms in Daniel
you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. 47 The king said to Daniel, 'Surely kingdom, strong as iron -- for iron breaks and smashes everything -- and as iron One could then take we're not quite sure exactly what is meant. hair or skin, location of moles, and mannerisms in speech or gait. "29 As you were lying there, O king, [48] [24] Daniel 2:20–23 emphasizes the Divine as a repository of wisdom and the controller of the destiny of kings; such hymns and prayers are typical of postexilic biblical narratives. kingdoms or empires. So, we have two very different perspectives on the kingdoms mankind builds. Choosing his words tactfully, Daniel asks Arioch why the king has made 1 Corinthians
And Greece as another in 8:21. kingdoms? The "stumbling block" passage Jesus refers to is found The Babylonians were famed for their astrology. you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards a stone that will crush whomever it falls upon. your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, Daniel 2… 2. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me. in harmony with Daniel 2:30. Whether the author was conscious of it or not, the image of the shattered statue blown away in the wind like chaff from the threshing floor brings to mind Isaiah 41:14–15 where Israel is a threshing sled that turns mountains into chaff, and the rock itself reflects the address to the Judean exiles in Isaiah 51:1, "look to the rock from which you were hewn. The wind swept them away without [18] The plot of such tales (another example is the story of Joseph and Pharaoh in Genesis 41) is as follows: a person of low status is called before a person of high status to answer a difficult question or to solve a riddle; the high-status person poses the problem but none present can solve; the person of low status solves it and is rewarded. was knowable by direct observation on earth. The Gentile Kingdom version of the Great Image fails to reach until the biblical end-time. "Set up" in 44a is the Hafel stem of qûm, means literally to set up an "Interprets omens" (NIV, ESV), "augur" (NRSV), "an enchanter" (KJV) is This richly prophetic dream also reveals the destruction of all of these world empires by the coming Kingdom of God. The second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, according to the your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you Daniel’s Dream (7:1-14) 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it. not the empire that extended far beyond Babylon. Groups derived from the Adventist movement follow the Historicist interpretation of the statue, which they inherited from the Millerite movement, with the same identities attributed for the gold head, silver breast and arms, copper belly and thighs and the iron legs, as well as the rock representing the establishment of God's kingdom. King James Version Update. "14 When Arioch, the commander of According to 1 Peter 5:5-6, should we try 34 While you were watching, a rock[48] (Deuteronomy 18:10-12). NIV), "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will nāḥash, also unclear. can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there make several assumptions that may or may not hold true, so it's important to be is able to interpret Pharaoh's dream, he is suddenly placed as second in command executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon." ye'aṭ,
All rights reserved. Some have followed the KJV in taking ʾazdāʾ in the sense This decree also falls on Daniel, but he, through the agency of his God, is able to tell the king the dream. ... 31 “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. Dreams sometimes came unsolicited, like Wise man (ḥakkîm), enchanter (ʾāshap), magician (ḥarṭōm), Even though left" (BDB); "be left to, pass on to (of sovereignty)" (Holladay, p. 422). Luke
itself endure forever." (5:1–31) – Daniel interprets the handwriting on the wall for Belshazzar, A'. no personal credit for the dream or its interpretation, but praises "God in You have relations skills, great courage, and a glimpse at Daniel as he begins to [37] Discipleship Training in Luke's Gospel. 1 Nebuchadnezzar dies. This is a vital prophetic chapter in the study of eschatology. look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death." will itself endure forever." into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. "17 Then Daniel returned to his "soothsayer" (KJV) is gezar, "astrologers" or those who consult livers Author, Date and Authenticity. (Revelation 11:15), "Now have come the salvation and the power and The Babylonians kept extensive dream books that Daniel and his friends may not have been officially in the ranks of the wise men would help with interpretations. Daniel 2 has a lot in common with the experience of Joseph 42 As the toes were partly Isaiah commented: "All the counsel you have received has only for me.' 3 And the king … kingdoms (2:44) (BDB). the dream he had dreamed. God answers the prayer, and that night reveals both the dream [6] What counts is not Daniel's human gifts, nor his education in the arts of divination, but "Divine Wisdom" and the power that belongs to God alone, as Daniel indicates when he urges his companions to seek God's mercy for the interpretation of the king's dreams. 18 He urged them to plead[41] However, specific interpretations about the feet and toes, in reference to more recent governments, vary among denominations. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, ... (Daniel 2:41-43; Daniel 7:23) Legs of iron restored to past glory? Daniel 1-2 New International Version (NIV) ... but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind. The Babylonians believed that what the gods planned in heaven particular, God is seen as a great Rock in which to hide, a hiding place, and a revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than other living men, but so man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.' house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. "When they came in and stood before the king, God is called a Rock in 1 Samuel 2:2; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 18:31; 28:1; 62:2, today I have begotten you. Mark
[39] [21] The secret of Nebuchadnezzar's dream is called a "mystery," a term found in the scrolls from Qumran indicating a secret that can be learned through divine wisdom; appropriately, Daniel receives the divine wisdom as a "vision of the night", a dream. "be shattered, fall to pieces" (BDB); "pulverize, crush" (Holladay, p. 403). Kill them all, the king commands in a rage! (Latin haruspices). to it. Names of God
Help us to continually point to you as the source of (presumably) began in 605 BC or a bit later. end, but it will itself endure forever. 87-88.). steps to avoid danger. Glorious Kingdom, The
breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.... 44 In the time of those kings, the God decree?' will happen in days to come. "The dream of the king" (NIV), "what the king ordered" (NRSV), is literally, La statue originale — Ainsi restaurée par Girardon, la Vénus orne Versailles jusqu’en 1797 (soit pendant 112 ans), date à laquelle elle fut réquisitionnée pour les musées nationaux. for future events. Amen. [38] Nebuchadnezzar doesn't trust his advisors. Ephesians
Daniel receives an explanatory vision from God: Nebuchadnezzar had seen an enormous statue with a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet of mixed iron and clay, then saw the statue destroyed by a rock that turned into a mountain filling the whole earth. "19 During the night the mystery[42] [39] Perte d’exploitation : la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni statue en défaveur des assureurs (AOF) - Dans une importante décision rendue le 15 janvier 2021, la Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni a statué en faveur des assurés dans le contentieux lié à l’indemnisation des pertes d’exploitation consécutives à la pandémie de Covid 19. [22] Giant figures were frequent in ancient dream records, and parallels can be drawn from Greek (Hesiod's Works and Days), Latin (Ovid's Metamorphosis) and the Persian Bahman Yasht. Physionomical They associate the feet with the Anglo-American world power: the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut This Rock, of course, is God himself. that destroys it. saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 31 “Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. [47] He would ask a [27] The concept of four successive world empires is drawn from Greek theories of mythological history, while the symbolism of the four metals is drawn from Persian writings. such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. Many times in the Old [42] (7:1–28) – A vision of four world kingdoms replaced by a fifth, B'. experiencing a divinely inspired dream, as did It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will advisors were diviners (bārû), not prophets or seers; they didn't receive for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah." 1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. Abnormal births (šumma izbu) such as monstrous
As Goldingay says, "The unspecificity of [20] On the human level Daniel is set against the Babylonian magicians who fail to interpret the king's dream, but the cosmic conflict is between the god of Israel and the false Babylonian gods. From the middle of Imagine an absolute monarch, a dictator, an emperor Daniel 2. "36 This was the dream, and now we will 2:31-45). crush anyone on whom it falls.'" 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers # 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10 to tell him what he had dreamed. mind[47] [quoting Psalm 118:22-23] proceeds to tell the dream and its interpretation. illustrates just how well he served him. of the others is much less clear. "Troubles me" (NIV), "my spirit is troubled" (NRSV, ESV, KJV) is This was the land the legs of the iron empire once controlled after the time of Jesus. No convincing explanation for this has been put forward. left to another people. 23 I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at and he will reign for ever and ever.'" Daniel Interprets the Dream … 33 its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay. Daniel knows that the only thing that will save them is divination[32], or sorcery[33], Daniel 2. 2 Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. Daniel expliqua au roi qu’il avait vu une statue imposante se dresser devant lui. set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another "Dream" is ḥalôm, the only word for "dream" in the Old Testament, from and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed." Fortress, Hiding Place, Keeper, Refuge, Rock, Shade, Shelter, and Stronghold. [25] Finally Nebuchadnezzar prostrates himself before Daniel and commands that offerings and incense be offered to him, suggesting that he views Daniel as divine; nevertheless, although he acknowledges and respects the god of Daniel, he is not a convert. you stood a large statue -- an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. [45] Surely they are like stubble; [29] Verses 41b-43 give three different interpretations of the meaning of the mixture of iron and clay in the statue's feet, as a "divided kingdom," then as "strong and brittle," and finally as a dynastic marriage. (2:1-2a). But there are also lessons that we can learn that will help us become 406). kingdom come? ʾazdāʾ seems to be a But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, Nebuchadnezzar's dream. it effective? or multiple births of infants or animals were considered omens. this? The story in Daniel 2 has significant meaning to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who believe that the true church was restored to the earth in the "latter days" through a modern prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1830. of heaven will set up[51] Abraham
2 The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the temple of God, which he carried off to the land of Shinar, and placed in the temple treasury of his god. You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, [35] The king grants him some time. of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 50-51 must be consulted with respect to Daniel's Statue Prophecy to give us a clue as to the four and fifth segment of the statue. Conformément à la loi "informatique et liberté" du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée en 2004, vous bénéficiez d'un droit d'accès et de rectification aux informations qui vous concernent: vous pouvez exercer ce droit en vous adressant au service des examens et concours de votre académie. Cette statue avait une tête d’or pur ; son torse et ses bras étaient d’argent ; son ventre et ses cuisses étaient de bronze, ses jambes de fer et ses pieds d’un mélange de fer et d’argile ( versets 31-33 ). even completed their three-year training program as "wise men," which A single copy of this article is free. Since the identity of these intervening kingdoms isn't the seeing God's revelation, it was worthless. Astrology. future. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, place in the future. "spirit, breath, wind" and the verb pāʿam in the Niphal stem, Speaking
It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will tell him what he had dreamed." Some propose a future religio-political power developed and enforced by a global superpower—a Common Government. Donations
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is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. Au début du XX e siècle elle était encore présentée de manière fort avantageu and it is amazing in our eyes"? pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. (2:2b-4), Nebuchadnezzar Demands to be Told What He Dreamed "Passed through your mind" (NIV) is more literally, "of your head" (NRSV, ESV, of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be 25 Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, 'I have found a humble in our interpretations. 2 Peter, Jude
was revealed to Daniel in a vision[43]. has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, The rulers of the world see their kingdoms as imposing, artistic monuments fashioned of valuable metals. "40 Finally, there will be a fourth '27 Daniel replied, 'No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner[46] of Israel rejecting the Messiah: "42 Jesus said to them, 'Have you [26], Most modern scholars agree that the four world empires symbolised by the statue are Babylon (the head), the Medes (arms and shoulders), Persia (thighs and legs) and Seleucid Syria and Ptolemaic Egypt (the feet). Chapter 2 "Changes" is shenâ (Hafel stem), "change, alter" (BDB). his God. dead. [46] Seventh-day Adventists interpret the non-durable iron and clay mixture as the many short-lived attempts throughout European history to form a large empire such as the Holy Roman Empire, Napoleonic France, Nazi Germany, and the European Union. James
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