In Daniel 2:31-35 Christ is pictured as the great stone (Isa. 28:16). This symbol came through a dream interpreted by the prophet Daniel. His interpretation is confirmed throughout the New Testament. Jesus is described as the chief cornerstone for his church, and a stone of stumbling for those who reject him as the Messiah and Lord (Acts 4:11; Ro. 9:33; Eph. 2:20). He is the great stone, because his kingdom includes people out of all nations (Rev. 5:9).
Jesus is a stone "cut out without hands" (Dan. 2:34). It was a common practice in those days to cut stones for building construction. However, to be cut out without hands refers to God's work and not man. Jesus came into this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.
Jesus is the stone that struck the image, representing the kingdoms of this world, and broke it into pieces. He crushed the image and it "became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so no trace of them was found" (Dan. 2:35). This is a prophecy fulfilled in the second coming and the battle of Armageddon.
Jesus is the stone that "became a great mountain and filled the whole earth" (Daniel 2:35). That's when the kingdoms of this world are destroyed. Then, the kingdom of our God and Christ will reign over all the earth. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. So, his kingdom "filled the whole earth."
