1. Daniel says a stone comes
Daniel 2:
“A stone is cut without hands.”
Question:
Is this stone made by people?
Answer:
No.
2. Jesus says He is the stone
Jesus says:
“The stone the builders rejected…”
“If it falls on you, it will crush you.” (Matthew 21)
Question:
Is Jesus talking about Himself right now, or thousands of years later?
Answer:
Right now.
Jesus does not say:
- “One day I will be the stone”
- “A future stone will come”
He says: this stone is active now.
3. Daniel says the stone hits the statue
Daniel says the stone strikes the kingdoms.
Jesus says:
“Now is the judgment of this world.” (John 12)
Not “later.” Not “someday.”
4. Daniel says the stone is not made with hands
The New Testament explains this phrase very clearly.
It says:
- not made with hands = not a building
I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another not made with hands. (Mark 14:58) The Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands. (Acts 7:48)
Jesus says:
"I will raise a temple not made with hands."
"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up...But he spake of the temple of his body."
Question:
Is Jesus talking about Rome collapsing?
Answer:
No. He’s talking about Himself.
5. Daniel says the old kingdoms become like chaff
Chaff is not blown up, chaff is rendered useless.
John the Baptist says:
“He will clean out His threshing floor.”
A threshing floor is literally where chaff is separated from valuable grain
Question:
Did John say this would happen far in the future?
Answer:
No. He said it was about to happen.
6. Daniel says God sets up a Kingdom
Daniel says:
"God will set up a kingdom."
Jesus says:
“The time is fulfilled. The kingdom of God is at hand.”
Question:
Does Jesus say the kingdom is postponed?
Answer:
No. He says the time is fulfilled.
Note: For premillennialists and partial futurists who will pick “at hand” to say that it does not say mean fulfilled (“already/not yet”), note that when Jesus said “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand”, did he ask people to repent for something that will happen thousands of years later?
7. Daniel says this happens during those kings
Daniel says:
"In the days of those kings...the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed."
Jesus:
- is born under Rome
- teaches under Rome
- dies under Rome
- rises under Rome
Question:
Are these the same kings?
Answer:
Yes
Note about the order of the Kingdoms:
Daniel himself explains the order. He tells Nebuchaznezzar, “You are the head of gold” which means Babylon is the first kingdom. Then Daniel says that after Babylon another kingdom will arise, and after that a third kingdom, and then a fourth. Later in the same book, Daniel names the middle kingdoms. He says the ram is Media and Persia, and the goat is Greece. That means the kingdom after Babylon is Medo-Persia, and the one after that is Greece. Daniel already said there is another kingdom after Greece, so the order is Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and then the next empire that comes in history (Rome). That is why everyone concludes the order this way. It is not guessed or symbolic interpretation. Daniel names the first, names the middle, and says another comes after them.
Daniel 2:37–40
“You are this head of gold…
but after you shall arise another kingdom…
then a third kingdom of bronze…
and the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron…”
8. Jesus gives the final answer
Jesus says:
“These are the days of vengeance, that all things written may be fulfilled.” (Luke 21)
Question:
Is Daniel “things written” in the biblical context?
Answer:
Yes.
If Daniel is not fulfilled here, then Jesus is wrong.
So let’s do a recap:
Daniel says:
- A stone comes
- God sets up a kingdom
- It happens in those days
Jesus says:
- I am the stone
- The kingdom is here
- The time is fulfilled
If Daniel 2 is future, then Jesus lied.
If Jesus told the truth, Daniel 2 is fulfilled.
There is no third option.
