Whenever God speaks, it is worth paying attention. And Nebuchadnezzar is spoken to by God, and it shakes his world, shakes its very foundations. The revelation of God tends to do this—and we can see this right through Daniel.

Here, in Daniel 2, we see that it shakes Nebuchadnezzar in two ways—his kingdom will not last, and there is a kingdom coming—God’s kingdom—that will last… forever. And this kingdom will not be built by human hands!

Moreover, as Daniel reveals both the dream and its interpretation to Nebuchadnezzar, we are given an insight into a man who knows that ‘the LORD is my shepherd—I lack nothing’. Daniel is humble, gentle, generous, and unfailingly obedient to God.

Jesus was exactly the same, but perfectly so—and he was obedient to this kingdom that would not be built by human hands… and so he established it!

Does such a revelation shake your world, even shape it?