
S – Your Majesty, while you were in your bed, thoughts came to your mind about what will happen in the future., The revealer of mysteries has let you know what will happen.
Daniel 2:29 CSB
O – Commentary:
Daniel asserted at the outset that the king’s dream was prophetic (cf. v. 45, “what will take place in the future”), about things to come and what was going to happen. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream covered the prophetic panorama of Gentile history from his time till the forthcoming subjugation of Gentile powers to Israel’s Messiah. This time period is called “the times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24). This dream was given to Nebuchadnezzar, the first of many Gentile rulers who would exert power by divine appointment during the times of the Gentiles. God was not revealing spiritual truth to Nebuchadnezzar but facts concerning the political dominion that Gentiles would exercise. Everything in the dream would be readily understandable to Nebuchadnezzar.
“Daniel,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures,
A – God is the revealer of mysteries. In our own life, there are “mysteries.” We have things that are important to us and God chooses to reveal or not reveal is for our benefit.
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29:29 CSB
R – Lord, thank you for another day with you. In our challenge to navigate each day, reveal to us the mysteries we need to know so we can use them as foundations for a better relationship with you and others. What you choose to not reveal, we accept your sovereignty and love for us to keep it hidden. You are God and we put our faith and trust in you either way.