“In the days
Of those kings,
The God of heaven
Will set up a kingdom
That shall never be destroyed.
This kingdom
Shall not be left
To another people.
It shall crush
All these kingdoms.
It shall bring them
To an end.
It shall stand forever.
Just as you saw
That a stone was cut
From the mountain,
Not by human hands.
This stone crushed
The iron,
The bronze,
The clay,
The silver,
The gold.
The great God
Has informed
The king
What shall be hereafter.
The dream is certain.
Its interpretation is
Trustworthy.”
Daniel then talked about the fifth and final kingdom, the eternal kingdom, set up by the God of heaven that shall never be destroyed. No other people would inherit this kingdom, since it would crush all the other kingdoms, like the stone in the king’s dream that crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and gold kingdoms. The great God in heaven has informed King Nebuchadnezzar about the future. Thus, Daniel concluded that the dream was certain and his interpretation was also trustworthy.
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