Never Nebuchadnezzar was a powerful king. He had an expansive kingdom, and yet, like all earthly kingdoms, his was doomed.

Today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg shows us how God used Nebuchadnezzar's dream

to reveal the king's downfall

and to foretell of God's ultimate king and kingdom.

We're studying Daniel chapter two,

picking up with Daniel's response to the king's difficult request.

Daniel is very straightforward.

He decides that what God's will for him is, is that he would continue living,

that he would like to stay alive.

And so that's exactly what he says.

And in verse 17, he decides to call his friends together to pray,

not to discover what God's will is for him, but to receive mercy so that he might know the mystery,

so that they might not be destroyed. And then verse 19, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night.

Now, you see, in verse 28, Daniel is going to tell the king that there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.

And he knows that because in verse 19, he has revealed the mystery to Daniel.

What does that mean? Remember in chapter one, it says that God had given verse 17 learning and

skill in literature and wisdom, and Daniel, distinct from Shadrach and Abednego, had understanding

in all visions and dreams. Now, verses 20 to 23

would be a wonderful sermon on their own because they give to us this hymn of praise.

And Daniel blesses God, the name of God, forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons. He

removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, knowledge to those who have

understanding. He reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness and the light dwells

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