The prophet Daniel vividly recalled what Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had seen in his dream: As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth – Daniel 2:34-35.

As Daniel explained to the king, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days – Daniel 2:28. Daniel gave the king God’s interpretation of what he saw in his dream.

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure – Daniel 2:44-45.

The second coming of Christ — the stone cut from the mountain by no human hand — will bring human dominion in the earth to an end when the Kingdom of God is set up. At the time of this great transition, the seventh angel will blow his trumpet and loud voices in heaven will say, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever” – Revelation 11:15.

Why will there be intense opposition to this proclamation of Christ’s rule in the earth? Will the influence of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion be a factor?

Last updated 2025-04-20 Next update scheduled 2025-05-21