The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-06-21
Daniel Interprets the Dream

Daniel, being brought before the king,
recited in clear, ringing tones, the Second
CHAPTER. Verses Twenty to Forty-hve,
outlining the entire history of the world
down to the present time, covering the
Babvlonian, Persian, Grecian and Roman
empires and the revival of the Old Roman
Empire in the formation contederacy:
Daniel answered in the presence or the
king. and said, The secret which the KING
hath demanded cannot the wise men, the
astrologers, the magicians the sootnsayers'
shew unto the king;
But there is a God in heaven that reveal
eth secrets and maketh known to the KING
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter
DAYS Thy dream, and the visions OF tiny
head upon thy bed, are these;
AS for thee, o king, thy thoughts came
into thy mind upon thy bed, what shall come
to pass hereafter: and He that revealeth
secrets maketh known to thee what snail
come to pass.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed
to me for any wisdom that I have more
than any living, but for their sakes that snail
make known the Interpretation to the king,
and that thou highest know the thoughts OF
thy heart
Thou, o king, sawest, and behold a great
image. This great 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 or iron ana
part of clay.
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out
without hands, which smote the image upon
his feet that were of iron and clay, and
brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the
silver and the gold broken to pieces together,
and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfoors; and the wind carried them
away, that no place was found for them: and
the stone that smote the image became
great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
This is the dream; and we will tell the
Interpretation thereof before the king.
Thou, o king, art a king of kings: for the
God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom,
power, and strength, and glory.
And Wheresoever the children of men dwell
the beasts of the field and the fowls of the
heaven hath He given into thine hand, and
hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou
art this head of gold.
And after thee shall arise another king
dom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over
all the earth.
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as
iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces
and subdueth all things: and as iron that
breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
bruise.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes,
part VI pOICeTS Clay, anu part OF iron, Cno
kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be
in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch
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 partly strong, and partly broken I
And whereas thou saweSt 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 is not mixed with
clay.
And in the days of these kings shall the
God of heaven set up kingdom, which shall
never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall
not be left to other people, but it shall break
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms.
and it shall stand for ever.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone
was cut out of the mountain without hands
and that it brake in pieces the iron the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold: the
great God hath made known to the king what
shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the Interpretation thereof sure
Daniel 2:27-45.
Then the king acknowledged that the God
of Daniel was God of gods, and Daniel
was exalted over all the governors, while
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were
given positions of high trust in the province
of Babylon.
The king, however, did not issue de-
cree that men throughout his realm should
tremble and fear before the Most High God
until he had passed through other expert
ences.