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Verse Daniel 2:44. _A KINGDOM WHICH SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED_] The
extensive and extending empire of Christ.
_SHALL NOT BE LEFT TO OTHER PEOPLE_] All the preceding empires have
swallowed up each othe...
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AND IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS - Margin, “their.” The reading in
the text “these kings” - is the more correct. The Vulgate renders
this, “in the days of these kingdoms.” The natural and obvious
sense...
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CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION
_ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_
2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14)
3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM. According to Daniel's interpretation
the colossal statue is a pictorial representation of the course of
history. Four empires succeed each other and are finally destro...
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THESE KINGS. Represented by the ten toes: i.e. in their days, at the
end of the time of the _fifth_ power. Compare Revelation 17:12. That
is the moment of the great stone, and of the coming of Messiah...
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The interpretation of the dream. The four parts of the image signify
four kingdoms, the first being represented by its present and greatest
ruler, Nebuchadnezzar....
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_in the days of these kings_ i.e. of the Seleucidae and Ptolemies, as
is implied by the part of the image on which the stone falls (Daniel
2:34). The period in the history of these monarchies which is...
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The kingdom of God, to succeed these kingdoms....
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DISCOURSE: 1123
THE STONE THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN
Daniel 2:44. _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 t...
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IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS— That is, in the days of _some_ of them.
As _in the days when the judges ruled,_ Ruth 1:1 signifies, "In the
days when _some_ of the judges ruled;" so _in the days of these...
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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 al...
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The Messianic kingdom of God will overpower and succeed the kingdoms
of Syria and Egypt. AND THE KINGDOM.. OTHER PEOPLE] RV 'nor shall the
sovereignty thereof be left to another people.' The Messianic...
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NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE
Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the
wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They
said this was beyond their powe...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 2
V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had
dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep.
Verse 1 Nebuc...
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IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS. — Yet no kings have been mentioned
hitherto. They must therefore correspond to the toes of the image.
(Comp. Daniel 7:24.) It appears therefore that while this fourth
kingd...
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וּֽ בְ יֹומֵיהֹ֞ון דִּ֧י מַלְכַיָּ֣א
אִנּ֗וּן...
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THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES
"With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah
51:23
THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the
mighty lessons which it...
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GOD'S KINGDOM TRIUMPHANT
Daniel 2:36-49
Our Lord probably refers to these five empires when He speaks of
“the times of the Gentiles.” The empire of Babylon was followed by
that of Medo-Persia under C...
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In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and
unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to
explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their
d...
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And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which (z) shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not
be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consu...
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Kingdom of Christ, in the Catholic Church, which cannot be destroyed.
(Challoner) --- This alone cannot be destroyed. (Worthington) --- All
other empires change. The Catholic Church has stood for seve...
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Think, Reader! what astonishment must have overwhelmed the mind of
Babylon's monarch, when beholding a poor captive youth of Israel's
race, not only bringing to his recollection all the circumstances...
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The Jews agree with us in thinking this passage cannot be otherwise
understood than of the perpetual reign of Christ, and willingly and
eagerly ascribe to the glory of their own nation whatever is wri...
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On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the
Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of
God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...
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AND IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS, c. Not of the Babylonian, Persian, and
Grecian kings nor, indeed, of the old Roman kings, or emperors; but in
the days of these ten kings, or kingdoms, into which the R...
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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 a...
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_And in the days of these kings_ That is, kingdoms, or during the
succession of these four monarchies; and it must be during the time of
the last of them, because they are reckoned _four_ in successio...
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And in the days of these kings, while the various minor rulers were in
power under the general sovereignty of Rome, SHALL THE GOD OF HEAVEN
SET UP A KINGDOM WHICH SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED, its divine...
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The Dream Interpreted; Daniel Advanced...
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THE DAYS:
Cald. their days
THE KINGDOM:
Cald. kingdom thereof...
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31-45 This image represented the kingdoms of the earth, that should
successively rule the nations, and influence the affairs of the Jewish
church. 1. The head of gold signified the Chaldean empire, t...
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IN THE DAYS OF THESE KINGS, i.e. while the iron kingdom stood, (for
Christ was born in the reign of Augustus Caesar, LUKE 2:1) SHALL THE
GOD OF HEAVEN SET UP A KINGDOM. Now see the difference of Chris...
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Daniel 2:44 days H3118 these H581 kings H4430 God H426 heaven H8065 up
H6966 (H8681) kingdom H4437
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“And in the days of those kings will the God of heaven set up a
kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be
left to another people. But it will break in pieces and consume all
t...
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AND IN THE DAYS
The passage fixes authoritatively the time relative to other
predicted events, when the kingdom of the heavens will be set up. It
will be "in the days of those kings," that is, the da...
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Daniel 2:44
I. Notice the law of decay in human affairs. (1) It is impressively
illustrated in the fact that individuals pass so soon out of the
memory of the world. (2) It is more impressively illus...
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Daniel 2:29
I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the
coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with
the image to mean the founding by the Lord of that sp...
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CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten
dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation
after prayer for wisdom.
CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...
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Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended
the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth
according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...
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_Shall the God of Heaven set up a Kingdom._
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST
The stone being cut out of the mountain without hands, is a phrase
used in Scripture to convey to us the idea of...
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_And that it break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
silver, and the gold._
THE IMAGE DESTROYED
Looking at the image as a whole, notice:
I. ITS UNITY. Four successive empires were not rep...
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_Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands._
THE DREAM RECOVERED AND INTERPRETED
The vision suggests to us many interesting things concerning the
Kingdom of Christ.
1. Its superhuman o...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar expects his own
interpreters to tell him the content of his dream, perhaps to prove
that they are genuinely qualified to interpret it (vv. Daniel 2:1).
Daniel’...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:43 God will establish A KINGDOM THAT SHALL
NEVER BE DESTROYED, his final kingdom, which will ultimately destroy
all other KINGDOMS. Though it starts small, it will grow to fill...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. IX.—THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM (Chap. Daniel 2:36)
In the interpretation of the king’s dream we come to the prophecies
of Daniel. Some of these prophecies were communications...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 2:1
DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED.
DANIEL 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou
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Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was
taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...
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1 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Daniel 4:3; Daniel 4:34;...
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In the days of these kings — While the iron kingdom stood, for
Christ was born in the reign of Augustus Caesar. And this kingdom is
not bounded by any limits, as worldly empires are, but is truly
univ...