“This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation.
Nebuchadnezzar worshipped images, so God sent him a dream of a great statue to show him what his idols truly were: mere dreams, creatures of fancy that cost treasure and labor but signified nothing. The King had shown kindness to this poor prophet, and now received a prophet's reward that no money could buy.
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Commenting on Daniel 2:31-45
This is the dream,.... Which Nebuchadnezzar dreamed, but had forgot, and was now punctually and exactly made known to him; for the truth of which he is appealed unto; for, no doubt, by this account, the whole of his dream, and every circumstance of it, were brought to his mind: and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king; for though both the dream...
The statue is not an idol but a human figure, unified because world-power itself is one thing expressed in successive phases. Its terror came not from size and shine alone, but from what it meant: the fearful dominion of worldly power arrayed against God's people.
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Commenting on Daniel 2:31-45