The Dream: Dan2: 1-49 Summary
The Dream: Dan2:1-49.
We remember that last week, we spoke about Daniel being in training. Now, this training was nearing its end, when something happened, something that would change everything. One night, a dream, would alter the course of this young man’s life completely. The king, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that had upset him terribly. And to make matters worse, the king could not remember the contents of it. All he knew about it, was that it left him really troubled, uneasy, with a sense of doom resting over him. To make matters worse, the magicians and astrologers, those who advise him, are at a complete loss. For now, they, not only were to interpret the dream, they first had to tell him what the dream was. But Nebuchadnezzar wasn’t …show more content…
Who was Daniel anyway? A young trainee; a slave, at that. Daniel might never have been aware of the matter at all, had the king not ordered the wise men of the nation be put to death. At such a time, what faith Daniel had, faith that put all his trust in God. When all the wisdom in Babylon had failed, when the moon and stars were powerless to answer; Daniel clung to his faithful, prayer answering God. Daniel's faith burned for his God. When all his masters, said it was impossible, Daniel believed. Did Daniel attempt this on his own? No! Did he pray alone. No, he sent for his brothers and all got to their knees. Then in the middle of the night Daniel has the very vision that had terrified the king. Does Daniel rush out and share in the excitement of it all? No! He doesn’t even wake his friends. Daniel has a quiet stability that faith brings; what he does do is pore out his heart in gratitude to Almighty God. God had helped him to solved the mystery. He had overcome where Babylon had failed. Even to a point where the king recognized Daniel's God as the, “God of gods and the Lord of kings.....”. And how he was rewarded for his faith, and how his comrades shared in the reward, is told in the close of the
We remember that last week, we spoke about Daniel being in training. Now, this training was nearing its end, when something happened, something that would change everything. One night, a dream, would alter the course of this young man’s life completely. The king, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that had upset him terribly. And to make matters worse, the king could not remember the contents of it. All he knew about it, was that it left him really troubled, uneasy, with a sense of doom resting over him. To make matters worse, the magicians and astrologers, those who advise him, are at a complete loss. For now, they, not only were to interpret the dream, they first had to tell him what the dream was. But Nebuchadnezzar wasn’t …show more content…
Who was Daniel anyway? A young trainee; a slave, at that. Daniel might never have been aware of the matter at all, had the king not ordered the wise men of the nation be put to death. At such a time, what faith Daniel had, faith that put all his trust in God. When all the wisdom in Babylon had failed, when the moon and stars were powerless to answer; Daniel clung to his faithful, prayer answering God. Daniel's faith burned for his God. When all his masters, said it was impossible, Daniel believed. Did Daniel attempt this on his own? No! Did he pray alone. No, he sent for his brothers and all got to their knees. Then in the middle of the night Daniel has the very vision that had terrified the king. Does Daniel rush out and share in the excitement of it all? No! He doesn’t even wake his friends. Daniel has a quiet stability that faith brings; what he does do is pore out his heart in gratitude to Almighty God. God had helped him to solved the mystery. He had overcome where Babylon had failed. Even to a point where the king recognized Daniel's God as the, “God of gods and the Lord of kings.....”. And how he was rewarded for his faith, and how his comrades shared in the reward, is told in the close of the