Daniel 2:1 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine piety. IV. We have an illustration of faithful friendship. When Daniel was exalted, he did not forget... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 2:3 We may feel that this ancient story is not wholly untrue, nor the effects of it wholly lost to it, when we cast our mind upon our own lives, and remember how much we, too, have been haunted by some magnificent dream. When the vision of what life really was, with its deep and solemn signif... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 2:29 I take the severance of the stone from the mountain to denote the coming of Christ into the world, and the collision of the stone with the image to mean the founding by the Lord of that spiritual kingdom which is in its principles antagonistic to all the world-powers, and which will ult... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 2:34 I. We see in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar the great fact that the kingdom of God, the kingdom of Christ, the kingdom of truth, is at length to be supreme over all other kingdoms. Other kingdoms have always hitherto represented ideas and forces of evil. From the beginning, even down to the... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 2:44 I. Notice the law of decay in human affairs. (1) It is impressively illustrated in the fact that individuals pass so soon out of the memory of the world. (2) It is more impressively illustrated in the fact that nations die. (3) It disappoints the most plausible plans and. expectations o... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 2:45 _(with Proverbs 27:1)_ Our subject is the future, and we are to find out what is known, and also what is unknown about it. I. We owe a great deal, both in the way of stimulus and in the way of education, to the very mysteriousness of the future. It is expectancy call it hope and fear... [ Continue Reading ]