The Bible In Paintings: DANIEL AND THE DREAM OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

DANIEL AND
THE DREAM OF
NEBUCHADNEZZAR

D A N I E L
CHAPTER 2

Nebuchadnezzar summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. He said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means. Tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”

The astrologers answered the king, “There is not a man on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing. What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men.”

This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

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"King Nebuchadnezzar Demands
the Wise Men Tell Him His Dream"

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"King Nebuchadnezzar Demands
the Wise Men Tell Him His Dream"

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JAMES TISSOT
"Daniel and the Wise Men"

Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him. Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said:

“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.”

Then Daniel said “Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”

The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”

Daniel replied, “There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your bed are these:

“As you were lying there, O king, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.

“You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue—an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Master of Marradi
"Nabucodonosor's Dream"

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"Nebuchadnezzar's Statue"

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MATTHÄUS SEUTTER
"Colossus"

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WOLFGANG KILIAN
"Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"

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TED LARSON
"Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of the Statue"

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BishopSteiner
"Nebuchadnezzar's Nightmare"

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“This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory. You are that head of gold.

“After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.

“In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. 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 what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy.”

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MATTIA PRETI
"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"

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HANS VREDEMAN
"Daniel before King Nebuchadnezzar"

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ADRIAN COLLAERT
"Daniel Interpreting the Dream"

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"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"

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"Daniel Interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"

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SHIGERU AOKI
"Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel"

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WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"Daniel Interprets the Dream of Nebuchadnezzar"

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"Daniel enterpreteth Nebuchadnezzar's Dream"

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GRANT ROMNEY CLAWSON
"Daniel Interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream"

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"Daniel Interprets the King's Dream"

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Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.

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EVELYN PAUL
"Daniel Interprets the Dream of Nebuchadnezzar"

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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.”

Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. Moreover, at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.

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D A N I E L
Prelude - TRIBUTES TO DANIEL
DANIEL & NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM
INTO THE FIERY FURNACE
GOD HUMBLES THE PROUDEST KING
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL

[Red Badger]

...so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay..................

[SaveFerris]

Oops sorry

and then referenced by the Lord Jesus Christ over 600 years later.

And the world 🌎🌍 awaits this fulfillment over 2,600 years later.

[SaveFerris]

An incredible prophecy by the Lord God, given to His prophet Daniel and then referenced by the Lord Jesus Christ over 600 years later.

And the world is racing towards Daniel’s Fourth Beast world 🌎🌍 government in Daniel 7:23.

A world government that, IMHO, will be ruled by Satan’s anti-messiah.

🛐🙏✝️

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Good Morning, Dan. :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

An incredible prophecy by the Lord God, given to His prophet Daniel and then referenced by the Lord Jesus Christ over 2,600 years later.

And then picked up by John in his Revelation.

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Mary-Lou, my good and treasured friend!

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True on so many levels.

[newfreep]

I became a Christian at 9 thanks to my best friend and Sunday School classes on the Bible make a lasting impact.

Daniel always stood out - not only as a prophet but showing strength & faith in the lions’ den.

That image always gave me hope & strength in times of crisis and hopelessness including losing my wife (literally the girl next door) to breast cancer at 28.

[etabeta]

#5 by Master of Marradi, the prolific 15th c. artist whose work was influenced by his teacher Domenico Ghirlandaio.
#18 by Mattia Preti. Like the expressions on the faces of the King’s entourage.
#29 by William Brassey Hole, beautiful details and colors.
#35 by G.R.Clawson, so crisp. The royal blue on the king contrast dramatically with the pure white of Daniel’s garments.

[SaveFerris]

I was going to say and then the Lord Jesus Christ referenced it in the Book of Revelation.

But by His servant John, our brother and fellow servant, even as the angels are fellow servants of God.

Thanks for mentioning.

My phone is terribly hacked these days

Posting is extraordinarily difficult these days. Almost as if principalities and powers are hindering through some method.....🤔

🛐🙏🙏✝️✝️🛐

[SaveFerris]

Awesome!!!

God bless you

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Ah, those feet of clay...feet of clay. We never learn, do we?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Illegal aliens and subordinate kingdoms. Both are feet of clay.

[SaveFerris]

The Final fulfillment that is.

When then 10 toes of the worldwide kingdom of Satan's anti-messiah are crushed to powder by the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

But first, a false peace deal of 7 years of ‘Peace and Security’.

And Satan's anti-messiah and the False Prophet.

And the 666 Mark of the Beast.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for your powerful testimony.

Once we reach that chapter, we’ll have three days with Daniel in the lions’ den: Daniel with the lions, Daniel praying, and Daniel with the angel.

[Bob434]

I’ve read that the “feet if clay mixed with iron” is representative of foreigners who mix with the citizens of,a country, but who do not assimilate and accept that nation’s ideals and laws. They weaken the nation from the bottom up, causing the whole statue (ie nation) to be weakened, and to eventually crumble and fall.

Sounds just like what is happening in this nation as the left throw the doors wide open to hostile nations who send their worst to our nation to undermine it eventually. Our nation welcomes in the very scum who used us then turned around and attacked us while we slumber3d away.

[Red Badger]

A House divided cannot stand......................