The Throne Room Buried in Sand

In 1899, German archaeologist Robert Koldewey began digging in the Iraqi desert near the village of Hillah. After years of painstaking excavation, he uncovered something extraordinary — the throne room of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. The walls had once blazed with brilliant blue glazed bricks and golden lions. Foreign ambassadors had trembled walking its corridors. Nebuchadnezzar himself had boasted that his kingdom would endure forever.

Koldewey found it buried under centuries of sand and silence.

Every empire in Daniel's vision met the same fate. The lion with eagle's wings. The bear raised on one side. The leopard with four heads. The terrifying beast with iron teeth. Each one rose in stunning power and collapsed into rubble and footnotes.

But then Daniel saw something altogether different. The Ancient of Days took His seat — His throne ablaze with fire, ten thousand times ten thousand standing before Him. And approaching that throne came one like a Son of Man, receiving authority, glory, and a kingdom that would never be buried under sand.

Nebuchadnezzar's throne room is a roped-off ruin now. The kingdom given to the Son of Man has no expiration date. Every earthly power that has ever demanded your ultimate allegiance will one day be an archaeological dig. But the dominion of Christ is everlasting, and it shall not pass away.