King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

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8. Discuss Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2. What are the symbols and what do they represent? King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that frightened him to say the least. He gathered all over the seers and dreamers that were at his disposal. They had to tell him what he dreamt and what the interpretation was. “So the King commanded that his magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the King his dreams” (Coogan, 2010, p.1236). God gave Daniel the dream and the interpretation of the dream. The dream was a statue if a man. The dream is described in pieces of what each layer is made out of. After the interpretation of the statue there is a rock that formed and then hits the statue’s feet and the feet are mangled into tiny pieces. “As …show more content…

It's stated in Daniel the head of the shining statue of man is made out of gold. The gold can be best understood as the Kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar. King Nebuchadnezzar has the power and the status as the dominant kingdom. He built his kingdom up and has dominated since. Babylon took over mainly everything back in the day. The next build of the statue is made out of silver. The neck to the torso consists of silver. Silver can be represented as Media. The torso to the upper thighs on the statue are consistent with Persia and the symbolism Of bronze. The thighs to the feet symbolizes iron. Iron is Greece. The feet of the statue are a mixture of iron and clay. The feet of the statue symbolizes the mixture of the Greeks and other Europeans. The most important part of this interpretation is the rock. The rock is not man made. It is not sculpted to perfection. It is cut out and it strike the feet of the statue. The feet of the statue are the minglingation of the Kingdoms with intermarriage. In order to have a stronger kingdom, the more people it needs. But the rock strikes at the feet because clay and iron do not mix. It’s like water and oil. It can easily be

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