Reading for June 7th

Read Daniel 2.24-35
In verses 31-33 Colossi, giant statues of gods or rulers, were erected throughout the
Hellenistic world to demonstrate Greek power.
The five parts of the statue symbolize the succession of empires that would rule
Judea prior to the kingdom of God: Babylon, Media Persia, Greece,
and the Hellenistic Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties.
The decreasing value of the materials symbolizes historical decline.
The mixture of iron and clay in the feet represents the mixed Greek and indigenous
ancestry of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid dynasties, as well as the weakness of their rule.
In verse 34 a stone was cut out, not by human hands: An act of God.
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