What did Nebuchadnezzar do with the golden image he built?
Nebuchadnezzar made a golden image sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, then set it on the desert sands and demanded that his whole then-known world worship it. The image represented himself, as he sought to unite pagan religions into one image-centered worship.
Les teaches that in Daniel chapter 3, Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold. The image was sixty cubits, about ninety feet high, and six cubits, about nine feet wide. He set it out on the Middle Eastern desert sands and demanded that his whole then-known world worship that image. Les explains that Nebuchadnezzar had become filled with his own power and self, wanting to unite all those pagan religions into the worship of one image, which would be of himself. The dream's head of gold may have been a catalyst, and Les ties this to the Antichrist, the last great world ruler, who will do the same thing.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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How big was Nebuchadnezzar's golden image?
Nebuchadnezzar's golden image was 60 cubits—about 90 feet—high and 6 cubits—about 9 feet—wide, with a cubit being about a foot and a half.
Why did Nebuchadnezzar make everyone worship a golden image of himself?
Nebuchadnezzar, having forgotten Daniel's warning and becoming filled with his own power and self, wanted to unite all pagan religions into worship of one image of himself.