Can you remember the dream you had last night? Do you know that not everyone remembers their dreams? What about you, have you ever had any one of the following seven dreams?- Being chased
- Being late to an important event
- Finding yourself naked at work or school
- Falling
- Flying
- Losing your teeth
- Snakes
Our dreams are a proof that we are spiritual beings and can tell us amazing things if we ask and learn to listen.
A long time ago - 2600 years in fact - the King of the World, the Great King of the Babylonian Empire Nebuchadnezzar had a dream which scared the pants off him. What's more, when he woke up he couldn't remember anything about it. So he called in all his magicians, astrologers, sorcerers and wise men and told them that if they couldn't tell him what the dream was and it's meaning, he would have them all executed. What would you do if you were in their position, when you have to stand and deliver...or die?
Daniel was one of the wise men and he asked the King for a little time...a wise move. Then he went home that night and prayed to God for the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, very fervently I'd say : ) God told Daniel the meaning of the dream.
When Daniel went to see King Nebuchadnezzar, he told him the truth that only God can reveal the secrets of our dreams and that the King's dream was a prophecy about the future. Nebuchadnezzar had seen a huge and powerful statue of a man, tall as a skyscraper. The head was of gold, the chest and arms of silver, the belly of bronze, the legs of iron, the feet of iron and clay! Then a great Rock was cut from the mountain and hurtled towards the statue, smashing it to pieces. No wonder the King was frightened! Daniel then told Nebuchadnezzar the meaning of the dream.
First of all the head of gold was Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Empire. There would never again in all of history be a King as powerful as Nebuchadnezzar. In the future, the next kingdom would be less (of silver) with two arms. This was to be the Empire of the Medes and Persians. The next Great Empire of bronze was of the Greeks. The fourth was the Roman Empire, strong as iron, smashing, bruising and conquering. When the Roman Empire was split into East and West in 285AD, there were now the two legs. It's amazing that today we still think of East v West isn't it? Finally the prophecy about the last stage of history, at the end of the two long legs, the feet, the Kingdom of Iron and Clay which is something like our world today. Where governments have formed alliances like the European Union where strong nations are unified with weak nations and different cultures are mixed together in one big melting pot. But as the prophecy says, iron and clay cannot mix and will fall apart! Does that sound to you a bit like now?
All of these things have come true, what comes next? What is the Rock that's coming to smash the great statue to pieces? I think you're wise enough to know the answer. Jesus is coming soon! Jesus is coming back to establish his Everlasting Kingdom. Guys and Girls, Are You Ready?
