The four kingdoms of Babylonia, Media, Persia, and Greece took turns dominating the Near East for over 300 years. The king’s dream foretells that these four kingdoms will all be replace by a kingdom established by God.
The gospel writers interpreted Jesus to be the unhewn stone that destroyed the statue (the composite symbol of the four kingdoms). Luke says of Jesus: “’The stone which the builders rejected (left unhewn in the mountain) has become the cornerstone.’… It will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
New Testament writers also interpreted the kingdom of God, preached by Jesus, to be the eternal kingdom foretold by Daniel.
Do we believe God is at work in our world and that his plan for us cannot be frustrated?
“I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light.”
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