The dreams of King

Nebuchadnezzar

Dreams and visions

interpretation seminar

Session #5

June 29, 2016

LEARNING TO PROPHESY

MARCO LAFEBRE

CG CATCH THE FIRE

AIRPORT CAMPUS

The dreams of

King Nebuchadnezzar

You will learn some symbols from these dreams.

You will understand that it’s God who gives

power and authority gifting and abilities.

God can set you in uncomfortable places to

prepare you for the task he has for you.

He gives you the ability to discern and receive

revelation of the plans and secrets of His heart.

A quick look into Daniel’s life

3rd Year King Jehoiakim, King of Juda.

Daniel and his companions decided not to eat

from the delicacies of the King’s table.

Not to defile themselves.

Ashpenaz = the master of the eunuchs of

Nebuchadnezzar.

Accepted to test them for 10 Days

Daniel 1:17 (NIV)

17 To these four young men God gave

knowledge and understanding of all kinds of

literature and learning. And Daniel could

understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

Daniel 1:19-20 (NIV)

19 The king talked with them, and he found

none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and

Azariah; so they entered the king’s

service. 20 In every matter of wisdom and

understanding about which the king

questioned them, he found them ten times

better than all the magicians and enchanters

in his whole kingdom.

King Nebuchadnezzar

In his 2nd year, King

Nebuchadnezzar had

troubled dreams and his

sleep left him.

He summoned:

Magicians

Astrologers

Sorcerers

Chaldeans

None of them could resolve

the problem of the King.

Nebuchadnezzar decided to

kill all of them.

This would include Daniel,

Hananiah, Mishael and

Azariah;

Daniel 2:5 (NKJV)

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap.

King Nebuchadnezzar had a very disturbing dream and wanted to be sure the interpretation he received was correct

Meaning of names

Daniel = God is my Judge.

Hananiah = Answered by the Lord.

Mishael = Who is like God.

Azariah = Yaweh help

Nebuchadnezzar = Nebo, protects the crown

Nebo = Babilonian god of wisdom.

Arioch = Long, great, tall; lion like, venerable

Daniel’s buy some time

Daniel 2:18-19New International Version

(NIV)

18 He urged them to plead for mercy from the

God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that

he and his friends might not be executed with

the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During

the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in

a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of

heaven

Daniel 2:24 (NKJV)

Daniel Explains the Dream

24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the

king had appointed to destroy the wise men of

Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do

not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me

before the king, and I will tell the king the

interpretation.”

Daniel 2:26 (NKJV)

26 The king answered and said to Daniel,

whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able

to make known to me the dream which I have

seen, and its interpretation?”

Daniel 2:27 (NKJV)

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king,

and said, “The secret which the king has

demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the

magicians, and the soothsayers cannot

declare to the king.

Wisely Daniel protects the life of the ones

destined to be killed

Daniel 2:28 (NKJV)

28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals

secrets, and He has made known to King

Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter

days. Your dream, and the visions of your head

upon your bed, were these:

It is God who reveals secrets.

Daniel 2:29 (NKJV)

29 As for you, O king, thoughts

came to your mind while on your bed,

about what would come to pass after this; and

He who reveals secrets has made known to

you what will be.

Revelation of things to come

Daniel 2:30 (NKJV)

30 But as for me, this secret has not been

revealed to me because I have more wisdom

than anyone living, but for our sakes who

make known the interpretation to the king,

and that you may know the thoughts of your

heart.

1. Humbleness in declaring God greatness.

2. For benefit of every one.

3. The King to know secrets of his heart.

Daniel 2:31-33 (NKJV)

31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a

great image! This great image, whose

splendor was excellent, stood before you; and

its form was awesome. 32 This image’s

head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of

silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs

of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of

clay.

Daniel 2:34 (NKJV)

34 You watched while a stone was cut out

without hands, which struck the image on its

feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.

1 Stone representing Jesus

2 Heating the base of the idol

3 Brings down everything in pieces

Daniel 2:35 (NKJV)

35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the

silver, and the gold were crushed together,

and became like chaff from the summer

threshing floors; the wind carried them away

so that no trace of them was found. And the

stone that struck the image became a great

mountain and filled the whole earth.

We are in the last line

Definition of Gold

1. a yellow precious metal, the chemical

element of atomic number 79, valued

especially for use in jewelry and decoration,

and to guarantee the value of currencies.

2. a deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown

color.

"her eyes were light green and flecked with

gold"

Definition of SILVER

A soft grayish-white metal that is very

valuable and is used to make jewelry, coins,

knives, forks, etc.

: objects (such as knives, forks, teapots,

candlesticks, etc.) that are made of or covered

with silver

: coins that are made of silver

Definition of Bronze

1.

a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to

one-third tin.

verb

1.

make (a person or part of the body) suntanned.

"Alison was bronzed by outdoor life"

Definition of IRON

: a heavy type of metal that is very common,

occurs naturally in blood, and is used to make

steel and in many products

: a device with a flat metal base that is heated

and is used to press wrinkles out of clothing

: a golf club that has a metal head and is

identified by a number

Definition of CLAY

1a : an earthy material that is plastic when

moist but hard when fired, that is composed

mainly of fine particles of hydrous aluminum

silicates and other minerals, and that is used

for brick, tile, and pottery; specifically : soil

composed chiefly of this material having

particles less than a specified size

b : EARTH, MUD

Daniel 2:36-38 (NKJV)

36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the

interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O

king, are a king of kings. For the God of

heaven has given you a kingdom, power,

strength, and glory; 38 and wherever the

children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field

and the birds of the heaven, He has

given them into your hand, and has made you

ruler over them all—you are this head of gold.

Daniel 2:39 (NKJV)

39 But after you shall arise another kingdom

inferior to yours; then another, a third

kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all

the earth.

Daniel 2:40 (NKJV)

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as

iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and

shatters everything; and like iron that

crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces

and crush all the others.

Daniel 2:41-43 (NKJV)

41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of

potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom

shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall

be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with

ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the

feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the

kingdom shall be partly strong and partly

fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic

clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but

they will not adhere to one another, just as iron

does not mix with clay.

Daniel 2:44 (NKJV)

44 And in the days of these kings the God of

heaven will set up a kingdom which shall

never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall

not be left to other people; it shall break in

pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and

it shall stand forever.

Daniel 2:45 (NKJV)

45 Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut

out of the mountain without hands, and that it

broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay,

the silver, and the gold—the great God has

made known to the king what will come to

pass after this. The dream is certain, and its

interpretation is sure.”

The Babylonian Empire

The Persian Enpire

The Greek Empire

The Roman Empire

God’s Empire

Christianity the last Empire

All pictures have been taken from different

sources in the internet.

I give thanks to the artistic conception of the

owners of this creations, and I pray that God

Almighty continue blessing them and increase

their vision and ability to bring passages of the

bible in such a wonderful way as this pictures

helps to present different topics when sharing

the Word of God.

May our God’s favour be always with them

and their beloved ones.