The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-07-06

Kings Dream
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
How Daniel Met Severe Test
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Gods World Kingdom: Its Nature and
Method
!. Nebuchadnezxar's Dream wv.
1-13).
This dream made tremendous I'm
preston upon the kings mind, but he
had forgotten its content. He urgent
~ demanded Of the wise men that
they make known the dream and Its
Interpretation. Because of their fail
ure the king was very furious and
commanded all the wise men Of Baby
lon to be slain.
~. The Revelation Of the Dream
wv. 1880.
When the decree was in process of
execution Daniel was sought out to be
slain. lie sought an Interview with
the king and obtained time. Note:
!. The prayer meeting in Babylon
wv. 14-1S) Daniel was the leader in
that prayer meeting. He called his
fellows together and most definitely
prayed TO God. Their lives were at
stake: their need was great.
2. Daniels Inscription Of praise to
God wv. 1929. God heard their
prayer and Daniel responded in lofty
strains Of praise TO God.
3. Daniel before the king wv. "a
3O). Because he had been with the
Lord and had obtained wisdom, he was
confident before the great king.
4. The content of the dream wv.
31-35). Daniel made known to the
king that in his dream he had beheld
great image with head of gold,
breast and arms of silver, belly and
thighs OF brass, legs Of iron and feet
part of iron and part of clay He be-
held the image smitten by a stone and
the stone became great mountain.
~. The Interpretation Of the Dream
(vv. 36-46).
I. The head of gold represented the
Chaldean monarchy with Nebuchad-
nezzar as its head wv. 81, 3s). With
the accession of Nebuchadnezzar to
the throne, the times of the Gentiles
began.
2. The. breast and arms of silver
". 39). The MedO-Persian empire
was kingdom inferior to the Chal-
dean.
3. The belly and thighs of brass rep
resented the Grecian empire under
Alexander the Great ". 39).
4. The legs of iron represented the
Roman empire wv. 4043l.
Q The two legs represented the
eastern and western divisions OF the
Roman empire. (2) The feet OF iron
and clay represented the two elements
of human government, which inferred
In the Roman empire and are present
today In all forms of government,
namely, absOlutism and socialism. or
Imperialism and democracy. These
elements have no coherency.
5. The stone cut out of the noun
tain wv. A, 45). This is the kingdom
Of heaven so graphically set forth In
the New Testament, for the kingdom
Of heaven Is the kingdom which the
God Of heaven shall set up. ~ The
stone is Christ lisa. 2S 10; Matt.
81 ;42-44. (2) When did the stone
strike? The impact Of the stone
was upon the feet of the col
umns ". 34). This shows that
II did not strike at Christ's first COM
ing, for the Roman empire was unit
ut that time; not even the division Of
the empire as represented by the two
legs had taken place as yet. The stone
shifting the feet shows that the stone
will strike when the Roman empire
shall have been divided up into ten
kingdoms. (3) The kingdom of heaven
is thus seen to be brought into realiza-
tion through a great catastrophe. The
end Is not by gradual and peaceful ex-
tension through preaching the gospel,
but by crushing blow. The stone
does not I'LL the earth by crowding the
colossus out, neither by securing its
submission 10 God, but destroying ii.
Gentle dominion shall end In a crash
upon Its ruins shall be built the king
dom OF heaven. The action of the
stone Is OF judgment, not grace. The
text plainly says II Is after" the stone
has done Its shifting work that 1t be-
comes great mountain and fills the
whole earth (see Psalms 2: 5, o; Zech.
IA :1-9. Just as the first part OF this
dream was literally fulfilled, so shall
the last part be fulfilled. Messiahs
4. IL. -. .lul A.