DANIEL 3:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. [Daniel 3:1 NKJV]

King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold statue made, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and he had it set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. [Daniel 3:1 GNT]

In this Bible verse above, this King of Babylon, and reigning king of kings then, made a great image like the one he saw in his dream which Daniel declared. Only that he thought he could change destiny my making all it's parts to be gold instead of the gold, silver, bronze, iron and clay, that was in the vision he saw. Would making all the parts to be only gold guarantee for his kingdom everlasting Kingdom and Dominion?

Let's see some comparative analyses of the contents in the Bible verse above:

*1* The Image/Statue he made was gold, while he was flesh/clay: One of the follies of foolish people is in using superior materials in building an image for themselves that is more expensive or worth more than their own body. I know he was the king of kings then, and so the most valuable man in the then world among men; but the treasures he spent on his image weighed more than the treasures of his dead body or carcass.

Learn this, do not invest more into your own image/statue than the worth of your own flesh and blood. Be more precious and treasurable than your image or pictures. God will never make His Image richer than the treasures of His Own Body or Blood.

*2* The Image/Statue he made was larger in size than him: Another folly of men is in making or projecting images of them larger in size or dimensions above their own sizes. Well, it is not folly if the larger creations of men are subservient to (serving) the men who built them; but the folly is in just making them and still serving the Images, Statues or Idols, which cannot walk but may have legs, nor see but may have eyes.

Learn this, do not project an image of you that is actually larger than you truly are in size or dimensions. God never made any of His Image greater or larger than Him in size. There's nothing God made that is actually larger or bigger than God in size; no house or creation of God is bigger than God in any dimension of size. The size of God is way bigger than the size of the entire universe and creations combined.

*3* The Image/Statue he made was for his rulership to worship it even more than they worship him as king: While I am against men getting worship to themselves, I would still prefer a man to rather be the one getting worshipped than giving his worship to his image or creation. It's the turning of things upside down that makes men to prefer worshiping the creature more than the creator of the creature.

[Romans 1:24-25] — "Why God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

In God's wisdom, he who built a house should have more honor/glory than the house he built (Hebrews 3:3), but men turning things upside down make them to love and glorify things that were built more than the maker.

Nebuchadnezzar in this Chapter gave "Worship" to this image, and in the next Chapter took "Pride" for himself over all he built. Which is greater to take for yourself between "Pride" and "Worship?" Why give your worship to image of gold but gather up pride for yourself?

Learn this, do not give worship to whatever you made and do not receive pride from whatever you made or did. Neither worship the works of your hands nor be proud by them. God will never share His Worship Glory with anything He created or made, except His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Antichrist or Beast will also have an image of him made, and his false prophet will make people to worship the image of the Beast, Antichrist, and receive the number of his name.

*4* Apart from making that great image statue all "Gold" in eliminating other competitions of silver, bronze, iron and clay, Nebuchadnezzar ensured the Image/Statue was placed in the Plain of Dura, in Babylon, to prevent any mountain nearby or stone cut out without hands from falling on the Image as it happened in the dream. A "Plain" is usually a flat and low lands with vast area devoid of mountain or hill. It was in the Plain of Dura that Nebuchadnezzar felt his Image Statue of gold was safe.