Clifton Park Community Church

Daniel chapter two presents a powerful contrast between earthly kingship and Gods rule and authority over all. King Nebuchadnezzar's troubling dreams reveal Gods plan and purposes which are beyond mankinds control. When the king's wise men fail to interpret his vision, Daniel, through prayer and GOD given revelation, boldly declares that only the GOD of heaven can unveil mysteries, including the ones about Jesus the Christ, revealing a prophetic vision of successive world empires—gold, silver, bronze, and iron—each temporary and destined to be shattered by a divine stone that becomes a mountain filling the earth. This stone symbolizes the eternal rule of Jesus Christ, whose rule surpasses all mankinds powers and fulfills God's redemptive plan in and through the death for our sins, being buried and rising the third day of Jesus our Christ ( 1st Corinthians 15:3 & 4 ). The sermon emphasizes that God alone governs history. He calls His people to prioritize spreading the Gospeland empowers believers to proclaim 1