13-Appendix 1: Daniel 2:44

Nebuchadnezzar had a dream in which he saw a colossal statue
shattered by a small stone. This vision proved beyond the wit of
the wise men of Babylon to interpret. Indeed, the king had put
the magicians to the test by demanding that they tell him what
he had seen in his dream before giving its meaning. The
magicians failed on both counts. Under God, however, Daniel
was able to do both – to confirm the king‟s dream, and then to
interpret the vision. He explained that God – the God of Judah,
Daniel‟s God, the one true God – was going to destroy a
succession of world-kingdoms by setting up his own kingdom,
an everlasting kingdom:
In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a
kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom
be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these
kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever
(Dan. 2:44).