The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-02-15
NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM
OF EARTH'S GOVERNMENTS

In order to get proper apprecia-
ton of the great impor of this dream,
it will be necessary for US to look
back to the Jewish nation, the typical
Kingdom Of God, with Zedekiah their
last king. They, who had been so
greatly blessed of God,s had now be-
come so corrupt that God permitted
Jehovah, speaking through the
prophet Ezekiel, is as follows: "Thou
profane, wicked prince of Israel,
whose day is come; Wien iniquity
shall have an end, thus saith the
Lord God; remove the diadem, and
take off the crown; this shall not be
the same :. | will overturn, over
turn, overturn it; and it shall be no
more, until he come, whose right it is;
and l will give it him." (Ezek. 21:25-
27.) In fulfillment of this prophecy
the king of Babylon came against Is
rael and took them captive. Thus
ended Gods typical kingdom Though
still used as types while tributaries
to other nations), and the Gentle
Kingdoms began, with Nebuchadnez-
Ear, king of Babylon, the FIRST
UNIVERSAL INGDOM OF
EARTH.
God, knowing the rise and fall of
the kingdoms of earth, before the
setting up of the kingdom of His dear
Son, whose right it is, gave us (His
children) the dream of Nebuchad-
nezzar, and Daniels Interpretation,
that 1--WE, who arc commanded to be
subject TO the powers to be, might
through patience and comfort of the
scriptures have ohpe." from. 1854;
1919
Daniel explained the dream as fol-
lows: "Thou, 0 king, sawest and be-
hold a great image. This image
whose brightness was excellent, stood
before thee; and the form thereof
was terrible. This images head was
of fine gold, his breast and his arms
of silver, his belly and his thighs of
brass, his legs of iron, his feet part
of iron and part of clay. Thou saw
est till that a stone was cut out with
out hands, which smote the image up
on his feet that were Of iron and clay,
and brake them in pieces. Then was
the iron, the clay, the brass, the sill
yer and the gold broken to pieces to-
-gether, and become like the chaff of
the summer. threshing floors; and the
wind carried them away, and no place
was found for them, and the stone
that smote the image became great
mountain (kingdom) and filled the
whole earth.
"This is the dream; and will tell
the Interpretation thereof before the
king. Thou, o king, art a king of
kings, unto whom the God of heaven
hath given the kingdom, the power,
and the strength, and the glory; and
wheresover the children of men dwell,
the beasts of the field and the birds
of the heavens hath he given into thy
hand, and hath made to rule over them
all; thou art the head of gold. And af-
ter thee shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee (silvcr) and another
third kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule ever all the earth. And the
fourth kingdom shall be strong as
iron, forasmuch as from breaketh in
pieces and crush. And whereas thou
sawest the feet and toes part of pot
ter's clay and part of iron, it shall be
a divided kingdom: but there shall be
in it of the strength of the iron, for
asmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed
with miry clay. And as the toes of
the feet were part of iron, and part
of clay, SO the kingdom shall be part
ly strong and partly broken. And
whereas thou sawest the iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men; but
they shall not cleave one to another,
even as iron doth not mingle with
clay. And in the days Of these kings
shall the God of heaven set up king
dom which shall never be destroyed,
nor shall the sovereignty thereof be
left to another people; but it shall
break in pieces and consume all
these Kingdoms, and it shall stand