DANIEL 2:32
This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, [Daniel 2:32 NKJV]
The head of that statue was of pure gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, [Daniel 2:32 TLV] |
How the Head and the Body are Joined Together
Notice the "Riot" and not just the "Riches" in the Structures and Makeup of that Statue. If you are looking at riches only you will be captivated by the Gold, Silver and Bronze, while looking at the physiques of the naked body of that image in Nebuchadnezzar's vision. But going past the riches, we judge as those who have the Spirit of Christ Jesus, and judges through Him. Something's wrong with the Body of that image, because that thing would be wrong if found in the Body of Christ:
"The Lower Segments/Parts are not connected to the Head, though they are connected to the Body: and as a result, there exist Riot of Body Segments/Parts in the Image's naked body"
Well that was the Image Nebuchadnezzar saw in the dream, but that should not be the Image we see in the Body of Christ Jesus.
In that Image Nebuchadnezzar saw, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Iron and Clay, were segments of the its body, and they do not mix or blend. They fit together but do not blend or mix together; and therefore they are in riot with each other, though they together form the complete image. It's like a man or woman who's face or head is yellowish in complexion, but having chest that is whitish, having belly private parts and thigh that are brownish or darker, legs that are whitish, then feet that are color rioted with substances that neither mix nor agree with each other. Thus, "Disharmony."
The Body of Christ is membered but not divided. Division comes from members joining together to themselves without joining to the Head. As you saw in the picture of that image in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, the bronze and the silver segments (together with the iron and clay) were neither connected nor joined to the Head though they are joined to the body. Members were joining members of the same body, without joining the Head of the Body.
In a lay man's language, that's like a situation when people are joining the church but they are not joining the Christ or Head of the Church. They have connections to other church members and to the leaders of the church including those they call their father in the Lord, but they are neither connected nor joined to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, who is the true Head of the Church.
[Colossians 2:19 FBV] — Such people are not connected to the Head that directs the body, nourished and joined together through the body's sinews and muscles. As the body is united together it grows the way God wants it to grow.
The way God made our human body, though bones, blood, flesh and breath, are basically different Substances, they are well connected or joined together simply because they are all joined directly to the Head or Mind. The Head communicates with every external part of the body of a healthy man, through nerves, neurons and hormones, and the heart does the internal connections through blood, lungs through breath. The Bones, Flesh, Blood, and Breath, all have direct connection with the head and the nervous system maintains direct communication between any part of the body and the brain (head).
It is by connecting to the Head we properly connect to the rest of the body; for this reason, Christians or Church members who know their pastors/priests but not know their God nor connected directly to the Lord Jesus Christ, those are the Christians who are usually used by the devils to create divisions that favors doctrines of their churches or pastors, but they hardly know God nor Spirit of God. They would argue, fight or die for their church's doctrines or pastors/priests, believing they are the true mediators between them and God.
[Ephesians 4:15-16 GNT] — Instead, by speaking the truth in a spirit of love, we must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the Head. Under His control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.
The Bronze and Silver in the top Bible verse above did not care about connecting to the Head, but are concerned about being a part of the Body and defending their own territories or doctrines which somehow is beneficial to the body, but then that turned the entire body into a "Monument" (Statue) and not a "Movement."
The Church is supposed to be a Movement, not a Monument; Church of living people, not Congregation of the dead or statues.