44 ‘In the time 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 CRUSH ALL THOSE KINGDOMS AND BRING THEM TO AN END, but it will itself endure for ever. Daniel 2
It is worth reading this scripture from Daniel again, God has declared the end from the beginning a long time ago in the land of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar represented the head of the great statue in the land of Babylon and right at it’s heart God announced that one day He would bring it all to an end. No matter how imposing the statue, how magnificent it’s appearance, God has declared every trace of it and the power of those earthly kingdoms will be gone. Daniel prophesied God’s coming Kingdom will mean the end of all rulership in rebellion to Him.
45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands – a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
‘The great God has shown the king (AND FUTURE PEOPLE) what will take place in the future. THE DREAM IS TRUE AND ITS INTERPRETATION IS TRUSTWORTHY.’
The next thing to happen in the King’s court is very significant and unexpected. This great king, before whom everyone who came into his presence bowed, threw himself on the ground before God’s representative. Something in Nebuchadnezzar bowed low in the presence of this word from God.
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honour and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, ‘Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.’
The man who was the HEAD OF ALL POWER ON EARTH PROSTRATED HIMSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF A SERVANT OF GOD. I believe this was far beyond anything which had ever happened in the palace in Babylon. The time will come again when world rulers will bow low before the children of the living God, the revealer of mysteries.
Daniel was raised to a high position by the king and he brought his three friends up with him, as chief administrators in the kingdom of Babylon. Daniel remained at the royal court. The king valued his wisdom and kept him by his side. God will once again raise up His children to rule in positions of influence. Hallelujah
May the Lord bless and keep you today. Immanuel, God is with us.