THE AMAZING PROPHECY OF DANIEL 2

1. THE MYSTERIOUS IMAGE

Babylon, the first world empire, was the greatest, richest, and most influential of all the empires in the then known civilized world. 

It also had the most powerful king. This leader of men had managed by sheer force to put down his enemies one by one until his kingdom stood as the Queen of nations. 

In the second year of his reign, King Nebuchadnezzar went to bed wondering just how long his kingdom would endure. He, like other rulers, wanted to know about the future. That night, God looked down from heaven and chose to entrust this benevolent dictator with a look into the future.

"And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dream. So they came and stood before the king." Daniel 2:1, 2.

When the king woke up early from his fitful sleep, He was troubled. He had experienced a dream, and he knew that it was something of great importance, but he couldn't remember what it was. The Babylonians placed great importance on dreams, and the king wanted to know the dream and its interpretation. Of course, he had astrologers, magicians, enchanters, and sorcerers. Surely they could tell him what it was all about.

"And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream." Daniel 2:3.