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KidzPort – January 10 – Dreams and Statues
January 18, 2010
Did you ever have a dream that woke you up, and left you wondering what it meant? Sometimes are dreams are so real that we cannot accept that they didn’t really happen. At other times, we dream about familiar people in unfamiliar circumstances. Either way, dreams are an important part of our lives.
This week we looked at the story of Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel found in Daniel 2. The king had a strange dream, and he asked all his astrologers, magicians and fortune-tellers to explain it to him. As an added challenge, he wouldn’t tell them what the dream was. The king figured if they were for real, then they would know.
When no one could figure out the dream, Daniel was brought before the king. Daniel told him that God was sending him a message. He went on to explain the king’s dream.
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. 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. 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.
Notice something about this “image” or statue that the king saw. As you look from top to bottom, the materials get less valuable. But they also get stronger. Daniel told the king that the dream meant that there would be many kingdoms, each one less wealthy than the previous ones. Finally (just like the legs and toes) the kingdoms would become divided. Finally, the Kingdom of Heaven would come and destroy the earthly kingdoms, and would last forever.
We know that the great “stone” in the vision is Christ. His kingdom will last forever. What’s important here is understanding how God speaks to us, and how we need to be open to what He is trying to tell us.
For Parents:
- Talk to your child about dreams. Do they ever wake up with nightmares? A good thing to do is to pray woth your child when a nightmare comes. This will get them in the habit of turning to God in scary situations.
- Read over the story in Daniel 2 and see if your child fully understands what is happening. What is the most valuable part of the “image?” Who does that represent?
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