Daniel 2:31-45

With the prevalence of unrest that exists in our world today and with the growing problems we face with communism, we are often found asking ourselves, will Communism conquer our world?

The only way we can answer this question is to look to the Word of God and see what He has revealed to us. We must look to the book of Daniel to find the answer.

• Scriptural portrayal of world empires
  • Babylon – head of gold
    • Fall of Nebuchadnezzar
    • Fall of the empire caused by Cyrus
  • Medo-Persia – breast and arms of silver
  • Greece – belly and thighs of brass
  • Rome – legs and feet of iron

The Roman Empire, as a world power, ended in 395 A.D. Our civilization today, however, is based on the structure this empire established; therefore, we are represented by the Roman Empire in its divided state.

• Present day is represented by feet and toes of iron and clay
  • Partly strong and partly weak
  • The condition of stress and strife as we face it today cannot continue endlessly
• Will Communism become the next world-conquering power?
  • In every instance, the former world empires were defeated when they left God out of their plans
    • Babylon desecrating sacred vessels
    • Greece – Alexander made Christianity the state religion, only to forget Christ
  • Communism makes its claims to believe that there is no God
    • If other empires lost their power by forgetting God, will God allow a nation which does not even recognize Him to rule the Earth?
  • In the images given to Daniel, there are but four world empires that are to exist
    • These four empires, as we have seen have had their day and are now fallen

We need not look for Communism under Russia to become a world-conquering power. Others have tried and failed because it is not in God’s plan to have another empire rule the world: Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini, and Kruschev.

There will be another empire, but its establishment will not be on human foundations. This Kingdom will be the Kingdom of our God and our Christ, and this Kingdom will reign forever. This Kingdom is visualized by the stone that is cut out of the mountain, but we shall wait and consider that next week.

Note: This sermon was originally preached in September 1962.