Stone Wey Hand No Cut

One king sit up for im bed, sweat dey run, im heart dey beat fast fast. E don dream one dream. One big statue wey dey shine. One stone wey fly come from nowhere. And now nobody for di whole Babylon fit tell am wetin e mean.

Nebuchadnezzar na di man wey get power pass for di whole world. Im Babylon na city of thick walls, blue gates wey dem glaze, and temples wey tall reach sky. But di dream trouble am so much say e call all im wise men, magicians and astrologers, and e demand something wey no possible: tell me wetin I dream, and wetin e mean. Dem protest say no human being fit do dat one. Na only di gods fit, and di gods no dey live with people. Di king order make dem kill all of dem. Among di wise men na one young Jewish exile wey im name na Daniel. E ask for time, and with im three friends e pray to di God of heaven. Dat night, God show Daniel di secret.

Daniel stand for front of di king. No wise man fit show you dis secret, e talk. But one God dey for heaven wey dey reveal secrets, and e don show you wetin go happen for di days wey dey come. Then Daniel describe di dream. You see one big image, O king. E big well well, e dey shine, and e dey make person fear. Im head na fine gold. Im chest and im arms na silver. Im stomach and im thighs na bronze. Im legs na iron. And im feet, part iron and part clay. As you dey look, one stone cut comot, but no be human hand cut am. E hit di image for im feet of iron and clay and break dem to pieces.

Then di whole statue collapse. Iron, clay, bronze, silver and gold, all of dem scatter together, become like chaff for threshing floor for dry season, and breeze carry dem go until nothing remain. And di stone wey hit di image become big mountain, and e fill di whole earth. Na dat one be di dream. Di king no fit talk. Every detail correct. Now Daniel give di meaning. You, O king, na di head of gold. Di God of heaven don give you your kingdom. After you, another kingdom go come, wey no reach your own, then di third one of bronze, then di fourth one, strong like iron, wey dey crush everything. But e go divide, mix like iron and clay, part strong and part go dey break easy.

And then di stone. For di days of dose kings, di God of heaven go set up one kingdom wey no go ever scatter. Dem no go leave am for another people. E go break all dis kingdoms to pieces, and e go stand forever. Just as you see di stone wey cut comot from di mountain without hand. Di great God don show di king wetin go happen. Di dream sure and im meaning sure. Nebuchadnezzar fall down for im face for front of Daniel. True true, e talk, your God na God of gods and Lord of kings, and di one wey dey reveal secrets.

Nebuchadnezzar na real king wey rule Babylon for more than forty years, from about six hundred and five reach five hundred and sixty-two before Christ. E rebuild im capital city big big, and dem stamp im name on top plenty plenty of di bricks. Part of im city still dey till today: di Ishtar Gate, wey dem cover with blue glazed bricks with dragons and bulls on top, dem dig am comot and build am again inside di Pergamon Museum for Berlin.

Stone Wey Hand No Cut. You go find am for Daniel chapter two, verse thirty-one to forty-five. Di kingdoms of gold and silver and iron, all of dem come and go. Christians dey read di stone as di kingdom of God, wey Jesus come announce. When dem born am, di angel don tell Mary say im kingdom no go get end. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Kingdoms dey rise and fall, but di kingdom of God go last forever. Wetin you dey build your life on top?