When Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, was “troubled” over his dreams (Daniel 2:1), he called his wise men to tell him what his dream meant. However, there was a catch – he would not tell them his dream. They had to tell him the dream and interpret it; otherwise, they would be killed (Daniel 2:4-5).
The wise men insisted that there was “not a man on earth who could declare the matter” (Daniel 2:10). Yet the king was “furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men” (Daniel 2:12). Unfortunately, this included Daniel and his friends (Daniel 2:13).
However, Daniel stood before the king and told the dream and the interpretation to Nebuchadnezzar because he served the “God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known…what will take place in the latter days” (Daniel 2:28).
Daniel then told the dream of the statue representing four kingdoms and the stone that would destroy these kingdoms and endure forever (Daniel 2:31-45). The point of the dream was to announce that God would “set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed…it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever” (Daniel 2:44). In the New Testament, we learn that this kingdom is the church (cf. Matthew 16:18-19).
So remember that God’s kingdom will never be destroyed. Because of this, our “citizenship…in heaven” (Philippians 3:20) is far more valuable than our citizenship in any earthly nation. Therefore, let us make sure that serving the Lord in His kingdom is our highest priority.