Oakwood Church
The Small Stone - Daniel 2:31-45
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and broke them in pieces… But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”
Daniel 2:34-35
Daniel 2:34-35
The kings of the world:
1. False Deity
“You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness stood before you.”
Daniel 2:31
1. False Deity
“You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness stood before you.”
Daniel 2:31
The kings of the world:
1. False Deity
o The Appearance of power without the reality
“This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.”
Daniel 2:31
1. False Deity
o The Appearance of power without the reality
“This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.”
Daniel 2:31
The kings of the world:
2. Financial Idolatry
o The promise of Security without the provision
“The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze…”
Daniel 2:32
2. Financial Idolatry
o The promise of Security without the provision
“The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze…”
Daniel 2:32
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand and it struck the image on its feet and broke them in pieces.”
Daniel 2:34
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand and it struck the image on its feet and broke them in pieces.”
Daniel 2:34
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom.”
Daniel 2:41
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom.”
Daniel 2:41
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together.”
Daniel 2:43
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together.”
Daniel 2:43
Revelation 17:15-18
“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
“The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages. And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold, all together were broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors…”
Daniel 2:35
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold, all together were broken in pieces and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors…”
Daniel 2:35
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“And the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found…”
Daniel 2:35
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“And the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found…”
Daniel 2:35
The kings of the world:
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings…”
Daniel 2:20-21
3. Fleeting Reality
o Conflict divides, everything Decays
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings…”
Daniel 2:20-21
The King of Kings:
1. Full Divinity
o Initially small and intentionally Fragile
“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hands, and it struck the image…”
Daniel 2:34
1. Full Divinity
o Initially small and intentionally Fragile
“As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hands, and it struck the image…”
Daniel 2:34
The King of Kings:
2. Total Victory
o Internal Transformation and viral multiplication
“And it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.”
Daniel 2:34
2. Total Victory
o Internal Transformation and viral multiplication
“And it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.”
Daniel 2:34
The King of Kings
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”
Daniel 2:36
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”
Daniel 2:36
The King of Kings
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed.”
Daniel 2:44
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed.”
Daniel 2:44
The King of Kings
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“Nor shall the kingdom be left to another. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.”
Daniel 2:44
3. Eternal Supremacy
o Global Saturation and glorious exaltation
“Nor shall the kingdom be left to another. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.”
Daniel 2:44
