Daniel 2: 44 And 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 will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
In the dream of Daniel chapter2, The Lord showed Nebuchadnezzar that there would be four kingdoms that would rule the world, and that Babylon was to be represented by the head of gold, meaning that all the other subsequent kingdoms would be inferior to it. Not satisfied with the distinction he was given by God he determined to make an image entirely of gold. Actions do speak louder than words.
And therefore, when he did so, he was saying that his kingdom will last forever because, if as God said, he was this head of gold, and then he makes an entire image of pure gold, he would be sending an implied message, that Babylon was eternal in nature, and therefore, his kingdom would have no end. But the word of The Lord is abundantly clear on this point, no earthly kingdom lasts forever, that is just the nature of the beast, because kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall.
This has been the history of our world and thus, the last kingdom to stand upon this planet will also fall like all the others before it. Babylon was the wonder, and the admiration of the then known world, but great as it was, it fell to the second kingdom, Medo-Persia specifically. Then, as the great prophecy unfolded with time, Medo Persia also fell to the kingdom of Greece, under Alexander the great, and his successors, which brings us to the fourth kingdom to rule the earth, namely Rome.
Daniel 2:45 Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!