What is the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2?

When King Nebuchadnezzar woke up from a very unsettling dream, he was unable to recall the specifics of the scenario. Angry, he summoned his sorcerers, magicians, enchantresses, and astrologers to not only decipher the dream but also to reveal its meaning. God gave Daniel the dream and its meaning during the course of the night. Let's look at the predictions that the dream revealed.

Please open a Bible for yourself so that we can discuss what the Bible says about prophecy in Daniel 2. Attached, below and above, to the lesson is audio and video recordings for additional study.

1. 1.MAY we understand prophecy ? 2 Peter 1: 19, 20.

   Bible⇒ 2 Peter 1: 19,20, 17 .

2. 2.What did Christ say of Daniel's prophecy?

   Bible⇒ Matthew 24 : 15

3. 3.Why was Nebuchadnezzar troubled ?

   Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 1 . (Read verses 1-35.)

4. 4.Who gave this dream to the king?

   Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 28

5. 5.What was the dream to reveal ?

   Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 29 .

6. 6.Whom did the head of gold represent?

   Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 37, 38

   (Daniel 2: 37, 38).

   1. Jeremiah 27: 1-11, God gave the kingdom to Nebuchadnezzar.
   2. Ezekiel 26: 7-11, the fall of Tyre.
   3. Ezekiel 29:18, Egypt given as wages for work against Tyre.

7. 7. What kingdoms were to follow Babylon ?

   Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 39, 40.

   (Daniel 2: 39).

   1. Jeremiah 51: 11, Jeremiah 51: 27, 28 downfall of Babylon foretold and Medes named.
   2. Isaiah 45: 1-3, Cyrus named 113 years before he was born.
   3. Jeremiah 51: 45, 46, God's sign to His children.
   4. Isaiah 47: 5-13, the doom of the city.
   5. Daniel 5: 1-28, the night of pleasure.
   6. Jeremiah 51: 14, the entry of the army.
   7. Jeremiah 51: 31, 32, the announcement taken to the king.
   8. Jeremiah 51: 30, the slaying of the king of Babylon.
   9. Jeremiah 50: 35, 37, Jeremiah 50: 46; Jeremiah 51: 53-58; Isaiah 13: 17-22, the destruction of Babylon.

8. 8.What did the silver (breast and arms) represent?

   Bible ⇉ Daniel 5 : 28-31 .

9. 9.How long did Medo-Persia rule?

   History⇒ - From B. C. 538-331

10. 10.What did the brass symbolize?

    History- Grecia. Bible⇒ (See Daniel 8 : 20, 21 ).

11. 11.What did the brass symbolize?

    - Grecia. Bible⇒ (See Daniel 8 : 20, 21 ).

    —The historian Gibbon says: The arms of the republic, sometimes vanquished in battle, always victorious in war, advanced with rapid steps to the Euphrates, the Danube, the Rhine, and the ocean; and the images of gold, or silver, or brass, that might serve to represent the nations and their kings, were successively broken by the iron monarchy of Rome.—" Decline and Fall," Vol. III, p. 634.



12. 12.What change was to come to the kingdom of iron ?

    Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 41, 42 .

    The following took possession of the territory of Western Rome:

    1. A. D. 351, Franks, French;
    2. Alemani, Germans;
    3. A. D. 406, Burgundians, Swiss;
    4. Suevi, Portugal;
    5. Vandals in northern part of Africa;
    6. A. D. 408, Visigoths, Spain;
    7. A. D. 449, Anglo- Saxons, English;
    8. A. D. 483, Ostrogoths, Austria;
    9. Lombards, part of Italy;
    10. Heruli, part of Italy.

13. 13.How would these kings try to strengthen themselves ?

    -By intermarriage Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 43 .

14. 14.What eternal kingdom was to be set up in the days of these kings ?

    Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 44 .

15. 15.What represented this eternal kingdom in the dream ?

    Bible⇒ Daniel 2 : 45 .

16. 16.What must take place before Christ's kingdom is established ?

    Bible⇒ Matthew 24 : 14 .