In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever. In the days of those kingsThis phrase refers to the time of the divided kingdoms represented by the feet of iron and clay in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Historically, this is understood to be the period of the Roman Empire, which was characterized by a mixture of strength and fragility. Theologically, it signifies a specific era in human history when God would intervene decisively. The phrase underscores God's sovereignty over human history, orchestrating events according to His divine plan. the God of heaven
This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and transcendence. In the context of Daniel, it contrasts the God of Israel with the earthly kings and their limited power. The phrase "God of heaven" is a reminder of God's ultimate control over the cosmos and His ability to establish His will on earth. It reflects the biblical theme of God's kingdom being not of this world, yet having profound implications for it. will set up a kingdom
The establishment of this kingdom is a divine act, not a human endeavor. The Hebrew root for "set up" (קוּם, qum) implies a firm, enduring establishment. This kingdom is not subject to the rise and fall of human empires. It is a prophetic declaration of the coming of God's eternal kingdom, which Christians understand as inaugurated through Jesus Christ and fully realized in His second coming. that will never be destroyed
This phrase assures the permanence and invincibility of God's kingdom. Unlike earthly kingdoms that are temporary and vulnerable, God's kingdom is eternal. Theologically, this speaks to the hope and assurance believers have in the unshakeable nature of God's reign. It is a kingdom characterized by justice, peace, and righteousness, enduring beyond the temporal struggles of this world. nor will it be left to another people
This indicates that God's kingdom will not be transferred or conquered by another nation. It is exclusive and sovereign, belonging solely to God and His people. Historically, kingdoms were often succeeded by others through conquest or inheritance, but this divine kingdom is unique in its eternal ownership. It highlights the security and continuity of God's rule. It will shatter all these kingdoms
The imagery of shattering conveys the decisive and overwhelming power of God's kingdom over earthly powers. The Hebrew word for "shatter" (דָּקַק, daqaq) suggests complete destruction. This prophetic vision assures believers of the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom over all forms of opposition and evil, reinforcing the hope of divine justice and restoration. and bring them to an end
This phrase emphasizes the finality of God's judgment on earthly kingdoms. It is a promise of the ultimate eradication of all systems and structures opposed to God's will. Theologically, it points to the eschatological hope of a new creation where God's kingdom is fully realized, and all things are made new. but will itself stand forever
The eternal nature of God's kingdom is affirmed here. The word "stand" (עָמַד, amad) conveys stability and permanence. This is a source of hope and encouragement for believers, assuring them of the unending reign of God. It is a call to align with this eternal kingdom, living in anticipation of its full manifestation and participating in its present reality through faith and obedience. Persons / Places / Events 1. DanielA prophet and interpreter of dreams in the Babylonian and Persian empires. He is the one who interprets King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2. 2. NebuchadnezzarThe king of Babylon who had a dream of a great statue representing successive kingdoms, which Daniel interprets. 3. God of HeavenThe sovereign deity who reveals the future through dreams and establishes an eternal kingdom. 4. The KingdomRefers to the divine kingdom established by God, which is eternal and indestructible. 5. The KingsThe rulers of the earthly kingdoms represented in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, which are ultimately temporary and will be replaced by God's eternal kingdom. Teaching Points The Sovereignty of GodGod's plan is ultimate and unchangeable. He is in control of history and the future, establishing His kingdom in His timing. The Temporary Nature of Earthly KingdomsEarthly powers and authorities are transient. Believers should focus on the eternal kingdom rather than temporary worldly systems. Hope in God's Eternal KingdomChristians can find hope and assurance in the promise of God's everlasting kingdom, which offers stability and peace beyond this world. Active Participation in God's KingdomBelievers are called to live as citizens of God's kingdom now, reflecting its values and priorities in their daily lives. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the prophecy in Daniel 2:44 provide comfort and assurance to believers today? 2. In what ways can we see the temporary nature of earthly kingdoms in our current world events? 3. How does the promise of God's eternal kingdom influence your daily decisions and priorities? 4. What are some practical ways you can actively participate in God's kingdom here and now? 5. How do the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament align with the prophecy of an eternal kingdom in Daniel 2:44? Connections to Other Scriptures Isaiah 9:7This verse speaks of the eternal reign of the Messiah, connecting to the idea of a kingdom that will never end. Revelation 11:15This passage describes the establishment of God's kingdom, which will last forever, echoing the prophecy in Daniel 2:44. Matthew 6:10Jesus teaches His disciples to pray for God's kingdom to come, aligning with the prophecy of an eternal kingdom. | A Contrast Between Paganism and Christianity | Bishop Simpson. | Daniel 2:44 | | Christianity as a World-Power | J. G. Lorimer, D.D. | Daniel 2:44 | | God's Everlasting Kingdom | John N. Norton. | Daniel 2:44 | | On the Nature and Extent of the Kingdom of Christ | S. MacGill, D.D. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Establishment of the Kingdom of Christ | T. Binney, D.D. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Fifth Monarchy | G. Stewart, M.A. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Kingdom of Christ | J. Garbett. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Kingdom of Christ | H. T. Robjohns, B.A. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Kingdom of the Saints | J. H. Newman, B.D. | Daniel 2:44 | | The Everlasting Kingdom | H.T. Robjohns | Daniel 2:34-36, 44, 45 | | Nebuchadnezzar's Dream | G. F. Pentecost, D. D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | Progressive Movements | Martin Post. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Dream Recovered and Interpreted | W. M. Taylor, D.D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Evil and Good in Human History | Homilist | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Statue and the Stone | H. Macmillan, D.D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Stone and the Image | E. Mellor, D.D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Stone and the Image | Frank W. Bristol, D.D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Stone Cut Out of the Mountain | J. White. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Stone that Smote the Image | John N Norton. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | The Succession of Kingdoms | Joseph A. Seiss, D.D. | Daniel 2:34-49 | | Reserve Power of Christianity Yet to be Manifested | Quiver. | Daniel 2:44-45 | | The Establishment of a Permanent Kingdom | J.D. Davies | Daniel 2:44, 45 | | The Image Destroyed | H. T. Robjohns, B. A. | Daniel 2:44-45 | | The Spiritual Kingdom | T. Aitken, M.D. | Daniel 2:44-45 |
People Abednego, Arioch, Azariah, Belteshazzar, Daniel, Hananiah, Meshach, Mishael, Nebuchadnezzar, ShadrachPlaces Babylon, ShinarTopics Age, Beateth, Break, Bring, Broken, Consume, Crush, Destroyed, Destruction, Endeth, Endure, Forever, Hands, Heaven, Heavens, Itself, Kingdom, Kingdoms, Kings, Overcome, Pieces, Power, Raise, Sovereignty, Stand, Standeth, ThereofDictionary of Bible Themes Daniel 2:44 2345 Christ, kingdom of
2354 Christ, mission
2376 kingdom of God, coming
4930 end
5295 destruction
9155 millennium
9220 day of the LORD Daniel 2:17-49 6694 mystery Daniel 2:27-45 7730 explanation Daniel 2:31-45 1409 dream
5305 empires Daniel 2:36-45 5367 kingdoms Daniel 2:37-44 9145 Messianic age Daniel 2:37-45 4971 seasons, of life Daniel 2:38-44 7773 prophets, role Daniel 2:41-45 4315 clay Daniel 2:44-45 1240 God, the Rock Daniel 2:44-47 7949 mission, of Israel Library The Image and the Stone
'This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38. 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. 39. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureBook and Tract Catalogue.
THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. BY I. C. WELLCOME AND C. GOUD. "The Plan of Redemption is an earnest book, evidently prepared after no little study, and with a conscientious desire to advance the cause of Christ. The Bible is made the basis of argument; it contains many fresh and well considered suggestions. The careful reader will find much that is valuable."--Watchman and Reflector. "This treatise aims to serve up the gospel scheme in a compact form. It states the plan and work well, and usually correctly. …
Dwight L. Moody—That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope Editor's Preface
Professor Maspero does not need to be introduced to us. His name is well known in England and America as that of one of the chief masters of Egyptian science as well as of ancient Oriental history and archaeology. Alike as a philologist, a historian, and an archaeologist, he occupies a foremost place in the annals of modern knowledge and research. He possesses that quick apprehension and fertility of resource without which the decipherment of ancient texts is impossible, and he also possesses a sympathy …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 1 The Scattering of the People
[Illustration: (drop cap A) The Fish-god of Assyria and Babylonia] At last the full punishment for their many sins fell upon God's chosen people. The words of warning written in the fifth book of Moses had told them plainly that if they turned aside and worshipped the wicked idol-gods of Canaan, the Lord would take their country from them and drive them out into strange lands. Yet again and again they had yielded to temptation. And now the day of reckoning had come. Nebuchadnezzar, the great king …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope
In 2 Timothy, 3:16, Paul declares: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;" but there are some people who tell us when we take up prophecy that it is all very well to be believed, but that there is no use in one trying to understand it; these future events are things that the church does not agree about, and it is better to let them alone, and deal only with those prophecies which have already been …
Dwight L. Moody—That Gospel Sermon on the Blessed Hope Epistle Xliii. To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops.
To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops. Gregory to Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, and Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch. When the excellent preacher says, As long as I am the apostle of the Gentiles I will honour my ministry (Rom. xi. 13); saying again in another place, We became as babes among you (1 Thess. ii. 7), he undoubtedly shews an example to us who come after him, that we should retain humility in our minds, and yet keep in honour the dignity of our order, so that neither should our humility be …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great A Description of Heart-Purity
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 The holy God, who is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity' calls here for heart-purity, and to such as are adorned with this jewel, he promises a glorious and beatifical vision of himself: they shall see God'. Two things are to be explained the nature of purity; the subject of purity. 1 The nature of purity. Purity is a sacred refined thing. It stands diametrically opposed to whatsoever defiles. We must distinguish the various kinds …
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 The Wisdom of God
The next attribute is God's wisdom, which is one of the brightest beams of the Godhead. He is wise in heart.' Job 9:9. The heart is the seat of wisdom. Cor in Hebraeo sumitur pro judicio. Pineda. Among the Hebrews, the heart is put for wisdom.' Let men of understanding tell me:' Job 34:44: in the Hebrew, Let men of heart tell me.' God is wise in heart, that is, he is most wise. God only is wise; he solely and wholly possesses all wisdom; therefore he is called, the only wise God.' I Tim 1:17. All …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The Wicked Husbandmen.
"Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto …
William Arnot—The Parables of Our Lord The First Great Group of Parables.
(Beside the Sea of Galilee.) Subdivision B. Parable of the Sower. ^A Matt. XIII. 3-23; ^B Mark IV. 3-25; ^C Luke VIII. 5-18. ^a Behold, ^c 5 The sower went forth to sow his seed [Orientals live in cities and towns. Isolated farmhouses are practically unknown. A farmer may therefore live several miles from his field, in which case he literally "goes forth" to it]: ^b 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed { ^a seeds } fell by the way side, ^c and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Necessity of Regeneration, Argued from the Immutable Constitution of God.
John III. 3. John III. 3. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. WHILE the ministers of Christ are discoursing of such a subject, as I have before me in the course of these Lectures, and particularly in this branch of them which I am now entering upon, we may surely, with the utmost reason, address our hearers in those words of Moses to Israel, in the conclusion of his dying discourse: Set your hearts unto all …
Philip Doddridge—Practical Discourses on Regeneration Letters of St. Bernard
I To Malachy. 1141.[924] (Epistle 341.) To the venerable lord and most blessed father, Malachy, by the grace of God archbishop of the Irish, legate of the Apostolic See, Brother Bernard called to be abbot of Clairvaux, [desiring] to find grace with the Lord. 1. Amid the manifold anxieties and cares of my heart,[925] by the multitude of which my soul is sore vexed,[926] the brothers coming from a far country[927] that they may serve the Lord,[928] thy letter, and thy staff, they comfort …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh Lii. Concerning Hypocrisy, Worldly Anxiety, Watchfulness, and his Approaching Passion.
(Galilee.) ^C Luke XII. 1-59. ^c 1 In the meantime [that is, while these things were occurring in the Pharisee's house], when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another [in their eagerness to get near enough to Jesus to see and hear] , he began to say unto his disciples first of all [that is, as the first or most appropriate lesson], Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. [This admonition is the key to the understanding …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus.
(at Nazareth, b.c. 5.) ^C Luke I. 26-38. ^c 26 Now in the sixth month [this is the passage from which we learn that John was six months older than Jesus] the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth [Luke alone tells us where Mary lived before the birth of Jesus. That Nazareth was an unimportant town is shown by the fact that it is mentioned nowhere in the Old Testament, nor in the Talmud, nor in Josephus, who mentions two hundred four towns and cities of Galilee. The …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The First Sayings of Jesus --His Ideas of a Divine Father and of a Pure Religion --First Disciples.
Joseph died before his son had taken any public part. Mary remained, in a manner, the head of the family, and this explains why her son, when it was wished to distinguish him from others of the same name, was most frequently called the "son of Mary."[1] It seems that having, by the death of her husband, been left friendless at Nazareth, she withdrew to Cana,[2] from which she may have come originally. Cana[3] was a little town at from two to two and a half hours' journey from Nazareth, at the foot …
Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus The Gospel of the Kingdom.
"This is He whom Seers in old time Chanted of with one accord; Whom the voices of the Prophets Promised in their faithful word." We have seen that, in the providence of God, John the Baptist was sent to proclaim to the world that "The Kingdom of Heaven" was at hand, and to point out the King. And as soon as the Herald had raised the expectation of men by the proclamation of the coming Kingdom, our Lord began His public ministry, the great object of which was the founding of His Kingdom for the salvation …
Edward Burbidge—The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? Daniel
Daniel is called a prophet in the New Testament (Matt. xxiv. 15). In the Hebrew Bible, however, the book called by his name appears not among the prophets, but among "the writings," between Esther and Ezra. The Greek version placed it between the major and the minor prophets, and this has determined its position in modern versions. The book is both like and unlike the prophetic books. It is like them in its passionate belief in the overruling Providence of God and in the sure consummation of His …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Daniel 2:44 NIVDaniel 2:44 NLTDaniel 2:44 ESVDaniel 2:44 NASBDaniel 2:44 KJV
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