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and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you and its
appearance was awesome.” He saw a great image. It was
extraordinarily large. How tall was it? We get a hint in his second
dream.

Daniel 4:10-11, “Now, these were the visions in my mind as I lay
on my bed; I was looking and behold, there was a tree in the midst
of earth, and its height was great. And its height reached to the sky
and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. The tree grew large
and became strong.” He has a picture of a tree that reached to
heaven and the branches reached to the ends of the earth. That’s a
big tree!

He said that the head of the image was made of gold. He used the
word “great image”; it was a great tree that reached to the heavens
and to the ends of the earth. How great was this image that He
made? That was only a picture of the head, not the whole image.
According to Daniel 3:1 it was sixty cubits, or about ninety feet high.
Just understand that this was very big, very impressive, very large
and very scary. When we think about our own sin nature and we
want victory over it. It’s very big, very large, and very impressive
and it’s very scary. If you have ever struggled with the flesh, you
know how big it is.

When you look at the image, it’s just an image. In other words, it’s
a statue. It’s not alive. Gold glitters but it’s dead. Silver sparkles
but it’s dead. You can shine brass but it’s dead. Iron is strong but
there is no life in it. When you are wrestling the flesh you forget
that it’s not real. It’s a kingdom of stone. That’s all it is. As you
look more and more you see the value decreases as you get to the
foundation. This image of man has a fading glory. Gold is more
valuable than silver and silver is more valuable than brass and brass
is more valuable than iron and iron is more valuable than clay mixed
with iron. With these eyes it looks so big and it looks so scary; but
it’s dead! Jesus took you to the cross and there is no value in it at
all. As you look at the image of man you say, “How can we deal
with that image? It’s too big for me.”