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It was a dream of a giant man. He had a head made out of gold
and he had shoulders that were made out of silver and his
middle were made out of bronze and his legs were made out of
iron and his feet were made out of clay and iron that were mixed
together, and as God interpreted that, He said, “That’s the
kingdoms of the world.” The head is a picture of Babylon. The
silver is a picture of the Medes and the Persians. The bronze is
a picture of Greece. Rome is the legs. Then sometime in the
future the head and toes are ten kingdoms or something like
that. What I want you to see is that it was the image of a man;
an awesome image of a man.

There was a second part to the dream and it had to do with the
little stone coming out of heaven. The stone hit the foot of the
image and you know the rest of the story. I’m suggesting what
we read in Colossians is in Daniel 2. I think there were two
kingdoms. You might say, “I thought there were four
kingdoms, and maybe more if you have the confederations of
ten nations.” There were two kingdoms; the kingdom of man
and the kingdom of God. That’s why it’s an image of a man.
It’s one image with many parts but only one image; the
kingdom of man.

I want victory over me. I want victory over the kingdom of
man. I want victory over the flesh. The New Testament calls
it “the old man”, the “old nature”, “the old Adam”, “the carnal
man”, “the flesh”, “Esau”, “Ishmael” and “Agag”. It’s all the
same thing. It’s the kingdom of the flesh. Let me give you what
I think is the spiritual message. Daniel 2:31, “You, O king,
were looking and behold there was a single great statue; that
statue which was large 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