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Introduction

Beginning with the second chapter of Daniel, the grand outline of God’s program for world history during the period of Gentile supremacy and the chastisement of Israel is presented for the first time. (Daniel – John Walvoord )

Chapter 2 contains the foundational prophecy of the book of Daniel, describing a prophetic dream given to King Nebuchadnezzar. That dream contains a prophecy about the future world kingdoms, starting with Nebuchadnezzar and ending with the final Messianic Kingdom, an amazing prophetic timeline of Gentile history to the Tribulation, culminating with the Second Coming.

We call that future empire the Revived Roman Empire as this is how the prophecies picture that final world power.

Daniel Chapter 2 – The Dream

Daniel chapter 2 – Daniel interprets King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. 

“Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision…. However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. “

Daniel 2:31-35 – “You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. ³²“The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, ³³its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. ³⁴“You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. ³⁵“Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

The Interpretation 

The interpretation is given to Daniel

• The Head of Gold was King Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian Empire.
• The Breast of Silver would be the future Medo-Persian Empire.
• The Belly and Thighs of Bronze would be the future Greek Empire
• The Legs and Feet of Iron and Clay would be the future Roman Empire.
• The Millennial Kingdom of God crushes all previous kingdoms. 

Daniel Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 will expand on the Fourth Kingdom, the Legs and Feet of Iron, the Roman Empire and the Revived Roman Empire.

The Gap in the Timeline

The same gap we see in the Seventy Weeks prophecy that represented the Church Age is seen in the future World kingdoms since Rome. While Rome is represented by the Legs and Feet of the statue, the future kingdom will be related to Rome, or what we call the Revived Roman Empire. The Statue doesn’t predict the world empires between the 69th and 70th weeks of Daniel 9, but once the 70th week begins, the Tribulation, that empire will be taking power, or already in power.

The Framework of the Statue Prophecy

The Statue prophecy is the key to the book as it shows God’s purpose in these unique revelations. God used this opportunity with Daniel to give us a timeline for the future. 

Chronology of Daniel

Chapters 1 / 2 /3 /4 /7 /8 / 5 / 6 /9 /10 / 11 /12

Dreams List

2 – Statue (put this in the comparison chart.

4 – The Great Tree (not endtimes)

5 – MEME TEKAL UPHARSIN – Babylonian empire turned over to Medes-Persians 539 BC

7 – Daniel’s dream of the Four Beasts (put this in the comparison chart.

Fourth beast , iron, Rome

it had ten horns – 10-nation world power

Little horn – AntiChrist

devour the whole earth

out of this kingdom ten kings will arise;

8 – Daniel’s Dream – Ram and Goat

the little horn