A nearly 40-foot wood-carved statue appeared in the parking lot of Apison Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Thursday.
The statue, depicting a giant that King Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, is part of a program called The Last Empire, a project of nonprofit organization Amazing Discoveries Ministries based in Washington state, said Tabea Drebit, the assistant operations manager for Amazing Discoveries.
“Our objective is to help people understand the Bible better and to educate them on different choices that they can make in life so that they can make educated decisions for their lives and for eternity,” Drebit said.
The story of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is recorded in Daniel 2, Drebit said, and Daniel interpreted the dream. The statue’s head was made of gold, arms and chest of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron and feet of iron and clay, Drebit said.
The group believes the statue described in Daniel 2 is a prophecy that has accurately predicted the leading world empires.