The King's Nightmare

When the book of Daniel opens up in the first chapter we find that Daniel is alive during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel and his three friends find themselves amongst many others from Judah, in a foreign land, with foreign gods with a foreign language.

The Bible tells us that Daniel was taken for the service of the King.
Nebuchadnezzar had Daniel and his friends and other Hebrews trained for three years in the education of Babylon.

When Daniel is taken away he is probably around 15 years of age.
Now in Daniel chapter 2 King Nebuchadnezzar has a crisis.

Nebuchadnezzar has some nightmares that really trouble him.
In one of his dreams he sees a giant image of a human in which a stone from Heaven strikes its feet and the image is destroyed.

The stone that strikes the image becomes a great mountain and it fills the earth.

Nebuchadnezzar calls in the Wisemen of the day and he wants them to tell him the dream and the meaning of the dream.

When Daniel tells the King his dream he sees an enormous image. The image is a human being with head of gold.

Daniel not only gives the description of what the King saw in his dream but he gives the interpretation of the dream.

The King's dream foretold the future of Gentile world kingdoms from Nebuchadnezzar's Kingdom up until the second coming of Christ.