What did Nebuchadnezzar's statue in Daniel 2 represent?
Nebuchadnezzar's great image in Daniel 2 depicted all the great Gentile empires coming down through history. Its head of gold, chest of silver, belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay mixed represented those Gentile kingdoms, which the stone not cut with hands will destroy and fill the whole earth.
Les explains that in Daniel chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that Daniel interpreted. The dream was of a great image with a head of gold, chest of silver, belly of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay mixed. That image depicted all the great Gentile empires coming down through history. In verse 35, the stone not cut with hands comes and destroys all the residue of those previous Gentile kingdoms, and then it fills the whole earth. Verses 44–45 refer to the stone cut out of the mountain without hands. Les points out that Christ is always the stone and the rock of Scripture, so this is Christ in His second coming.
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What did the huge image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream represent in Daniel 2?
In Daniel 2, the huge image Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream represents all the great Gentile empires that would come on the scene, beginning with Babylon, then the Medes and Persians, then the Greeks, and then the Romans.
What will the Lord do to the image of Daniel 2 when He returns?
At His return, the Lord will strike the image that represents all the empires on the empire then functioning.