• Daniel Chapter 2 The 2nd contest and prophetic message to the Gentiles
• The four divisions to chapter 2
• Details leading up to the dream v 1 – 18.
• The 2nd year of the reign.
– The year that Jehoiakim took the scrolls of God and burned them as a symbol of rejection. Jer. 36
– The year after Daniel was taken.
– What do we see?
The effect of the dream. What we will find is that this dream is a prophetic timetable of the Gentiles kingdoms that will come to pass, which showed Neb. The ending of his kingdom.
– Just the same, there are
– The effect, the spirit of neb.
• The call for the magicians, astrologers, and the Chaldeans.
– Magicians – Astrologers – Chaldeans – the spokesmen,
• Their response to the kings. They said just tell us the dream that we will give you the interpretation. They had I trouble,
• The kings decree - If you do then - If you do not then-
• V 10 – 11 Challenge Number 2 – Their answer to God. There is not a man upon the earth that can do this challenge.
• This is the second challenge of Daniel chapter 2, they must have the wisdom of some god to bring the interpretation.
• There is a God with infinite wisdom.