Daniel revealed the dream of king Nebuchadnezzar had in a night's sleep -
"Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth." (Daniel 2:31–35)
President Spencer W. Kimball gave the following interpretation -
a. The head of gold represented King Nebuchadnezzar and the kingdom of Babylon. b. The breast and arms of silver symbolized Cyrus the Persian, whose armies would conquer Babylon. c. The brass represented Philip and Alexander and the Greek or Macedonian kingdom. d. The Roman Empire was represented by the legs of iron. e. The feet of iron and clay symbolized a group of European nations. (“The Stone Cut Without Hands,” Ensign, May 1976, page 8.)
As Daniel interpreted this dream, he said -
"...in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." (Daniel 2:44)
I note specifically note "the kingdom shall not be left to other people". Which tells me that the First Presidency will never lead us astry.
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