Daniel 2:31
Thou, king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
Great – <color-green>H2298<color-green> <color-pink>one (number)<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2297<color-green> <color-pink>one, same, single, first, each, once<color-pink>
Image – <color-green>H6755<color-green> <color-pink>form<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H6754<color-green> <color-pink>to shade, a phantom, illusion, resemblance, representative, figure, idol<color-pink>
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Form – H7299 <color-pink>appearance<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7200<color-green> <color-pink>to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider, discern, distinguish<color-pink>
Terrible <color-green>H1763<color-green> <color-pink>to cause to make afraid<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2119<color-green> <color-pink>shrink back, crawl away, serpents, worms, creeping<color-pink>
Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass
Head – <color-green>H7217<color-green> <color-pink>chief, sum<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7218<color-green> <color-pink>top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning, choicest, best, division, company, band.<color-pink>
Genesis 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Gold – <color-green>H1722<color-green> <color-pink>gold<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2091<color-green> <color-pink>shimmer, precious metal, as a measure of weight, brilliance, splendor <color-pink>
Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Food For Thought
Image
-- Nebuchadnezzar
--Rules over the children of men
--Rules over the Beasts of the field
--Rules over the Fowls of heaven
Tree
--Height reached to the heavens (pride)?
--Visibility to all the earth
--Leaves fair
--Fruit much
--Meat for all
--Beasts dwell under shadow
--Habitat for fowls (Rev 18.2)
--Dominion to the end of the earth
--Hewn down to stump and roots only
--Band (bond, imprisonment) of iron and brass
--In tender grass of the field
--Wet with dew of heaven
--Portion, divide, spoil with beats of field
--Till seven times pass over him
--Till thou know God rules and give the whomsoever
--Could length ease & prosperity by breaking off sins and iniquities and shewing mercy to the poor
Writing on the Wall
--Weighed in the balance and found wanting
--Kingdom given to the Medes & Persians
Breasts – <color-green>H2306<color-green> <color-pink>chest<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2373<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2372<color-green> <color-pink>to gaze at, mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure), have a vision of, prophesy<color-pink>
Arms – <color-green>H1872<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2220<color-green> <color-pink>strength, forces (political / military), shoulder (of animal sacrificed).<color-pink>
Silver – <color-green>H3702<color-green> <color-pink>money, metal<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H3701<color-green> <color-pink>ornament, shekels, talents. <color-pink>
Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Food For Thought
Darius decree 30 days
Daniels test – Lions den
Hebrew / Greek
Belly – <color-green>H4577<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H4578<color-green> <color-pink>inward parts, digestive organs, organs of procreation, womb, place of emotions, or distress or love.<color-pink>
Genesis 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Thighs – <color-green>H3410<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H3411<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H3409<color-green> <color-pink>to be soft, where sword was worn, side, flank, base<color-pink>
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Brass – <color-green>H5174<color-green> <color-pink>copper, bronze<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H5154<color-green> <color-pink>brass, steel <color-pink>
Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
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Word falls in between Hebrew words for divine as in divination and serpent.
Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Food For Thought
Bear
--Rule over all the earth
Tree
--Will imprison the tree (Babylon)
Daniel 2:33
His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay
Legs - <color-green>H8243<color-green> <color-pink>lower leg<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7785<color-green> <color-pink>lower leg<color-pink>
Iron <color-green>H6523<color-green> <color-pink>iron<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H1270<color-green> <color-pink>iron ore, harshness, strength, oppression<color-pink>
Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Food For Thought
Strong as iron
Break in pieces and bruise
Part iron = strong
Part clay – broken
Divided
Mingle with seed of men
Tree
Will imprison the tree (Babylon)
Feet – <color-green>H7271<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7272<color-green> <color-pink>a step, be able to endure, journey<color-pink>
Genesis 8:9 But the dove found No rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Clay – <color-green>H2635<color-green> <color-pink>potsherd<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2636<color-green> <color-pink>to peel, a shred or scale round thing, flake off, scale like<color-pink>
Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Daniel 2:34
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces
Stone – <color-green>H0069<color-green> <color-pink>material of idols and buildings<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H0068<color-green> <color-pink>weight, plummet <color-pink>
Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Food For Thought
Cut out without hands
Smote image on feet
Break the image to pieces
Wind carried away the chaff
Became great mountain & filled whole earth
Never be destroyed
Stand forever
Cut Out – <color-green>H1505<color-green> <color-pink>soothsayer, determiner<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H1504<color-green> <color-pink>to cut down or off, divide, exclude, decree, snatch<color-pink>
Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Hands – <color-green>H3028<color-green> <color-pink>power<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H3027<color-green> <color-pink>strength, power<color-pink>
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Smote – <color-green>H4223<color-green> – <color-pink>to strike in pieces, arrest, impale, hang, smite, kill<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H4222<color-green> <color-pink>clap, rub or strike hands together<color-pink>
Ezra 6:11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Break – <color-green>H1855<color-green> <color-pink>crumble, break to pieces, crush<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H1854<color-green> <color-pink>crush, crumble, beat in pieces, bruise, make dust, beat small, stamp, pulverize, thresh <color-pink>
Exodus 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that No place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth
Then – <color-green>H0116<color-green> <color-pink>afterwards, from that time<color-pink>
Together – <color-green>H2298<color-green> <color-pink>at once<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H2297<color-green> <color-pink>one, same, single, first, each, once<color-pink>
Chaff – <color-green>H5784<color-green> <color-pink>chaff<color-pink>
Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Summer – <color-green>H 7007<color-green> <color-pink>harvest<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7019<color-green> <color-pink>summer fruit <color-pink>
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Threshingfloors – <color-green>H0147<color-green> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H0142<color-green> <color-pink>to be great, majestic, wide, noble, glorious<color-pink>
Exodus 15:6 Thy right hand, • LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, • LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
Wind – <color-green>H7308<color-green> <color-pink>spirit, mind<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7307<color-green> <color-pink>breath<color-pink>
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Carried – <color-green>H5376<color-green> <color-pink>carry away, make insurrection, take<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H5375<color-green> <color-pink>to lift, bear up, carry, take, to exalt oneself. <color-pink>
Genesis 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Ezra 4:19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Great – <color-green>H7229<color-green> <color-pink>Captain, chief, Lord, master, stout<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H7227<color-green> <color-pink>much, many, abounding in, more numerous than, abundant, enough, strong <color-pink>
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Mountain – <color-green>H2906<color-green> <color-pink>rock or hill, mountain<color-pink> <color-green>→<color-green> <color-green>H6697<color-green> <color-pink>rock, cliff, block, boulder <color-pink>
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
As I'm studying on this subject the thoughts came to my mind how that the king saw an image. We know that God created us in His image. Here the definition of image is resemblance, representative, form and even shade which makes me think of shadow. We know that we are only a shadow of what Christ is. The Head was of Gold. It is interesting also that Christ our head was pure. Also in the Garden of Eden there is reference to a river going out of Eden to water the garden and it parted into four heads, the very first, Pison, compassed the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. That does'nt sound like a coincidence to me. We see that there are 4 main parts to this image and there were 4 rivers coming out of Eden. As we continue our study in the future, you will see that this head of gold is also talked about in chapter 3 of Daniel when we study the dream of the Tree. Again, you will note, that Jesus is referred to as the Tree of LIfe. Everything in this earth is only a reflection or a shadow of the true. The dream of the tree indicates that this head of gold, had a height that reached to the heavens. Something not revealed in this dream. Could it refer to pride? Or could it be a hint of Jesus seated in the heavens as the true Tree of Life. It also indicates that this tree of life was visible to all the earth. We know that when Jesus returns, all shall see him. It indicates that the leaves were fair, the fruit much and it was meat for all. We know that in Revelation 22.1-2 it talks about the new Jerusalem stating that "there is a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" and "in the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations". At some point I will study out Ezekiel 31 as it says many things that mimic the dream relating to the tree. The dream of the tree also indicates that this head of gold will also have dominion unto the end of the earth. We notice in Gen 1.26 that God gave this image that he made dominion over all. We will see that the tree is hewn down and the stump and roots only will be left but they will have a band (bond, imprisonment) of iron (legs and feet) and brass (belly and thighs) around it. This stump will be wet with the dew of heaven and will lie in the tender grass of the field. Does the field represent the Kingdom of God? We know that he talks about the fields being white unto harvest. It talks about the portion, divide, spoil with the beasts of the field. Again we know that the tares and the wheat grow together. Til seven times pass over him could also mean 7 weeks of 7s. More on this later. These things take place until this head of gold knows that God rules and gives Kingdoms to whomsoever He will. We will also find out that during the "writing on the Wall' episode in chapter 5 that the kingdom of Babylon would be given to the Medes and the Persians.
