Century Baptist Church
Daniel 2:31-45
Daniel 2:31-35 ESV
What is greatness to you?
How do you measure greatness?
Are you living for the greatness that once was?
Are you living in the hope of greatness to come?
1. What Was
What was Nebuchadnezzar's dream?
A great image - magnificent statue; colossal figure
Exceeding brightness - awesome; invoking fear
Head of gold
Chest and arms of silver
Stomach and thighs of bronze
Legs of Iron / Feet of iron and clay
Stone not made by hand
Note: As the strength of the metals increase, their value decreases
Psalm 4:8 ESV
Daniel 2:36-45 ESV
2. What Is
"WE will tell you" - Daniel uses this opportunity to focus on God's sovereign power
Head of gold - Babylon (605-539 BC)
Chest and arms of silver - Medo-Persia (539-331 BC)
Stomach and thighs of bronze - Greece (331-146 BC)
Legs of Iron / Feet of iron and clay - Rome (146 BC - 1453 AD...and today)
Jeremiah 25:9 ESV
1 Corinthians 10:4 ESV
3. What Is To Come
Stone not cut by human hands
Jesus is the rock of ages
Daniel 7:13 - dominion is everlasting, whose kingdom will never be destroyed
Micah 4
Colossians 1:17 ESV
Isaiah 6:3 ESV
Isaiah 11:9 ESV