Daniel 2 • Image. Stone. Phrase. My work.
Stone Without Hands Lab
Read the king’s dream, weigh what Daniel says about the stone, build the doctrinal mastery phrase from memory, and shape a private page about your own testimony.
Daniel began with where the answer came from: “there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets” (Daniel 2:28).
Read the dream
What was each part of the image made of?
Read Daniel 2:31–35. The left-hand figure is a plain drawing made for this lab, not official Church artwork; the right-hand picture is from the official lesson handout. Label each part from the verses, then read what Daniel said it meant in Daniel 2:36–43.
The head
The breast and arms
The belly and thighs
The legs
The feet
Choose what each part of the image was made of. You can change any answer.
Watch the stone
What does Daniel 2 say about the stone and the kingdom?
Read Daniel 2:34–35, 44–45. Decide whether each statement is what the verses say.
It was cut out without hands.
A powerful king set it up.
It stayed the size it began.
It shall never be destroyed.
It will be handed on to another people when its time is over.
First complete activity 1, then weigh each statement against the verses.
“The Church [of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] is that prophesied latter-day kingdom, not created by man but set up by the God of heaven and rolling forth as a stone ‘cut out of the mountain without hands’ to fill the earth.”Elder D. Todd Christofferson, “Why the Church,” October 2015, as quoted in Lesson 143. The words in square brackets are the manual’s. Compare Doctrine and Covenants 65:2.
Remember it
Build the key phrase without looking
Daniel 2:44–45 is a doctrinal mastery passage. Tap the tiles in the order of the key phrase, then choose the reference. Try from memory first.
Where is it found?
First complete activity 2, then build the key phrase from memory.
Take it to the journal
My spiritual work
Daniel said the dream was “certain, and the interpretation thereof sure” (Daniel 2:45). Lesson 143 asks which truth or event of the Restoration you would like a stronger testimony of, and what spiritual work you can do. Choose one from each row. Wherever your testimony is today is a fine place to begin.
A truth or event I would like to be more sure of:
Spiritual work I could do:
Complete activities 1 to 3, then choose one option from each row.
