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 Well, please do take a seat. We're in the book of Daniel again, and if you just take your Bibles and open them again, I'll carry on where Charlie finished.

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 Thank you so much, Charlie, for saving me to read 49 verses all by myself and everyone here from falling asleep as I do so.

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 So verse 19 of Daniel chapter 2.

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 During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision.

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 Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said, Praise be to the name of God forever and ever.

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 Wisdom and power are his.

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 He changes times and seasons. He deposes kings and raises up others.

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 He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

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 He reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with him.

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 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors.

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 You have given me wisdom and power. You have made known to me what we asked of you.

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 You have made known to us the dream of the king.

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 Then Daniel went to Ariok, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him,

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 Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.

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 Ariok took Daniel to the king at once and said,

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 I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.

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 The king asked Daniel, also called Belteshazzar,

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 Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?

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 Daniel replied, No wise men, enchanter, magician or diviner,

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 can explain to the king the mystery he is asked about.

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 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.

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 He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come.

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 Your dream and the visions that pass through your mind as you were lying in bed are these.

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 As your majesty was lying there, your mind turned to things to come,

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 and the revealer of mystery showed you what is going to happen.

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 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me,

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 not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive,

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 but so that your majesty may know the interpretation,

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 and that you may understand what went through your mind.

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 Your majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue,

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 an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.

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 The head of the statue was made of pure gold,

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 its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

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 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.

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 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.

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 It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.

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 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces

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 and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer.

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 The wind swept them away without leaving a trace,

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 but the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.

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 This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.

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 Your majesty, you are the king of kings.

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 The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory.

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 In your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky.

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 Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them.

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 Oh, you are the head of gold.

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 After you, another kingdom will arise inferior to yours.

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 Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.

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 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, for iron breaks and smashes everything.

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 And as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.

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 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron,

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 so this will be a divided kingdom.

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 Yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.

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 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.

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 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united

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 any more than iron mixes with clay.

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 In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed,

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 nor will it be left to another people.

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 It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.

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 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands,

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 a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.

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 The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future.

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 The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.

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 Then king Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him.

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 The king said to Daniel, surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries,

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 for you were able to reveal this mystery.

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 Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him.

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 He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all his wise men.

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 Moreover, at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego chief ministers over the province of Babylon,

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 while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father God, we read in this passage that you're the revealer of mysteries.

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 Father, you're the God who makes plain what otherwise we could not see.

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 So we invite you now to come by your spirit to make this word alive,

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 to speak to us, to inform us more of yourself,

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 that we might leave here trusting wholeheartedly in him,

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 your son, the glorious one who will reign forever.

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 So bless us and help us, we pray in his glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 So we're in Daniel chapter 2 and we call this,

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 there is a God in heaven.

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 And I wonder what would be different if you knew the future?

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 What would be different if you knew the future,

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 if you knew perhaps exactly what would happen next month or next year?

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 Well, I dare say if we knew the future,

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 lots of us might have put money on Leicester City

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 and could have a lovely summer holiday with our winnings.

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 We would make shrewder investments,

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 better and more confident choices.

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 We would know which hires and advanced hires to take,

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 which university courses to pursue.

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 We would know who to marry,

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 where to buy a house and which fashions to adopt to stay on point.

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 We would know whether to Brexit or not.

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 We would be confident whether Nicola and her SNP

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 were the people to lead us for the next five years.

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 Knowing the future would alleviate all risk.

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 We wouldn't be gambling on what is to happen.

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 Many people here, actually,

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 their job involves predicting what the future will look like.

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 So we have economists who are trying to predict

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 whether things will go up or things will go down.

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 We have people here who are writing government policy

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 to future-proof Scotland and to improve society.

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 We even have actuaries who work crunching data

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 to work out risk,

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 whether you're a person for whom the insurance company,

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 the pension company will win

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 and the insurance company will win.

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 Knowing the future would enable us to make informed decisions.

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 Even in our modern scientific world,

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 people will try anything to get the inside track on the future.

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 I read this week that 25% of Britons regularly read horoscopes.

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 And of that, 8%,

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 the horoscope informs the decisions that they make.

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 There is a booming industry in psychics and mystics and tarot reading

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 and crystals and fortune-telling.

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 For example, this guy, Jonathan Kaner,

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 who actually died on Tuesday.

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 He was the UK's leading astrologer,

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 earning £4 million a year,

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 predicting people's horoscopes

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 and what their futures would hold.

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 We even consult people like Paul the Octopus

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 to try and predict the scores.

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 I thought Paul the Octopus might get a chip

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 because he's obviously predicting England would lose.

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 And I thought that might appeal to some of you.

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 As well as Paul the Octopus,

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 we have Flopsy the kangaroo,

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 Shaheen the camel,

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 Madame Shiva the guinea pig,

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 and Big Head the sea turtle,

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 all claiming psychic ability

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 in predicting future sporting results.

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 Well, our fascination with the future is nothing new.

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 And in fact, is the very subject of Daniel chapter 2.

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 And so the big theme of Daniel chapter 2 is this.

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 God is the revealer of mystery,

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 the conductor of history,

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 and the founder of eternity.

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 As repetition is the mother of education,

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 perhaps we could all say that together,

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 God is...

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 You need to join in properly.

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 So half-hearted this morning.

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 God is the revealer of mystery,

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 the conductor of history,

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 the founder of eternity.

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 That's what we see here.

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 And the first thing we see in our Daniel chapter 2

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 is that there is a restless ruler.

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 Verse 1,

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 Nebuchadnezzar wakes up in a sweat

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 because for another night running,

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 he's been woken up by the strangest dream.

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 This king is the mightiest king

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 of the ruling nation of the earth.

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 And yet he cannot capture a good night's sleep.

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 He's plagued by this weird dream.

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 And so verse 2,

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 he summons the department of futurology

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 from the University of Babylon.

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 He calls in the magicians,

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 the divination experts,

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 the enchanters,

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 the sorcerers,

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 and the astrologers.

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 These people are massively experienced.

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 They'd be the highest earners in Babylon.

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 They had consulted Nebuchadnezzar in the past

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 on where to invade,

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 and when to invade,

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 and what to build,

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 and what to do.

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 They are the people,

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 he thinks,

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 to decode this vexing vision.

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 However,

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 when they appear before Nebuchadnezzar,

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 Nebuchadnezzar's moved the goalposts.

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 Because they say,

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 tell us your dream

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 and we'll give you the interpretation.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar says,

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 no,

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 you tell me the dream

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 and give me the interpretation.

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 If you've really got a direct line to the gods,

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 then telling me what I dreamt

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 should not be too difficult for you.

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 And he says,

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 there's a carrot and a stick.

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 If you get it wrong,

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 I will kill you

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 and reduce your household to rubble.

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 If you get it right,

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 there'll be gifts

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 and honor

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 and a place

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 at the king's table.

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 Whatever you say

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 about Nebuchadnezzar,

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 you cannot accuse him

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 of being half-hearted.

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 He's an all-or-nothing

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 kind of guy.

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 Verse 7,

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 the gathered professionals

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 try to pull a fast one.

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 Tell us the dream

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 and we'll give you the interpretation.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar says,

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 no,

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 you tell me the dream

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 and give me

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 the interpretation.

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 And it seems that the carrot

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 is quickly gone

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 and all that's left

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 is the stick.

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 Well, verse 10,

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 the astrologers come clean.

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 There is no one on earth

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 who can do what the king asks.

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 No king,

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 however great and mighty as ever,

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 are such a thing

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 of any magician

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 or enchanter

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 or astrologer.

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 What the king asks

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 is too difficult.

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 No one can reveal it

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 to the king

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 except the gods

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 and they do not live

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 among humans.

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 They've kind of been rumbled.

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 They've been saying,

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 Nebuchadnezzar,

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 if you want to know

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 the future,

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 we're the guys.

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 And now,

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 they say,

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 actually,

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 we've kind of been

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 making it up

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 all along.

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 Well,

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 has heard enough,

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 shaking with rage,

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 almost like someone

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 who hasn't got enough sleep

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 over the past few weeks.

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 he flies off the handle

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 and says,

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 all the wise people

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 are going to die.

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 We're going to enact genocide.

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 And if you claim

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 to have special knowledge

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 from the gods,

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 you're obviously lying.

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 You're obviously leading me

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 up the golden path

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 and I'll have your head.

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 And just to heighten

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 the tension,

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 verse 13,

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 we realize that Daniel

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 and his friends,

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 who are still training

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 at the Babylon University,

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 their names

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 are on the execution warrant.

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 Verse 14 is intriguing.

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 We hear of this guy,

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 Ariok,

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 who is the one

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 who's told,

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 you've got to carry out

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 the execution.

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 And so what does Daniel do?

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 He goes to find

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 the executioner.

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 That's weird.

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 It's like turkeys

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 voting for Christmas.

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 He'd be the last person

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 you'd want to go and see

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 as the guy with the hood on

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 and the axe in his hand.

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 And Daniel spoke to him

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 with wisdom and tact.

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 Well, if ever you're

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 going to be polite,

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 it's going to be to the guy

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 who's likely to chop off

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 your head.

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 Yet again,

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 continuing the pattern

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 established in Daniel 1.

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 Daniel says,

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 I'll interpret the dream

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 before he knows

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 what the dream is about.

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 Do you see that?

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 Verse 16.

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 At this time,

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 Daniel went into the king

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 and asked for an appointment

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 so that he might interpret

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 the dream for him.

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 Daniel's just heard

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 what the problem is.

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 He doesn't know

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 what the solution is.

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 He's saying,

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 God,

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 I need you to intervene

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 in this situation

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 or else we're all

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 going to be dead.

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 And the timescale

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 is not a 10-day experiment

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 concerning their stomachs.

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 It is a one-day stay

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 of execution

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 to stop their necks

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 being sliced.

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 Brave on two counts.

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 God, you need to intervene.

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 God, you need to give us wisdom.

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 So Daniel goes home

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 to his small group.

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 He gathers his friends

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 and he says,

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 we need to pray.

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 This prayer meeting

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 is actually a matter

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 of life and death.

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 That if God doesn't intervene,

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 we will not see tomorrow night.

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 But Daniel also

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 is a staunch monotheist.

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 He knows Isaiah.

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 These are some of his

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 favorite scriptures.

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 Isaiah 43.

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 Bring out the people

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 who have eyes

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 but are blind,

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 who have ears

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 but are deaf.

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 Gather the nations

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 together.

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 Assemble the people

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 of the world.

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 Which of the idols

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 has ever foretold

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 the future?

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 Which could predict

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 what will happen tomorrow?

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 Where are the witnesses

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 of such predictions

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 who can verify

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 that they spoke the truth?

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 A little later

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 in Isaiah 46,

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 particularly addressing

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 the gods of Babylon.

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 Remember the things

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 I have done in the past

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 for I alone am God.

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 I am God

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 and there is none like me.

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 Only I can tell you

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 the future

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 before it even happens.

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 Everything I plan

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 will come to pass

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 for I do

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 whatever I wish.

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 Daniel knows his God

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 and he has confidence

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 in his God

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 that if this dream

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 is really from God

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 then it is his God

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 who will be able

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 to interpret it.

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 If Nebuchadnezzar

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 really did have a dream

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 from God

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 then it is only

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 Daniel's God

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 he will be able

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 to reveal it

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 and interpret it.

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 And so isn't that

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 a lesson for us

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 that the more we know

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 about God

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 the more we will

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 depend on him

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 the more we'll

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 trust him

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 the more we'll say

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 God I don't understand

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 but I need your

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 wisdom

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 I need your

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 help

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 I need you to

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 guide me through this

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 because left to

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 my own foolishness

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 it will only go bad.

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 Daniel's knowledge

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 of God

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 gives him confidence

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 in God's presence

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 and help

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 in this situation.

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 After a restless ruler

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 we see a prayerful

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 plea.

00:17:25.259 --> 00:17:26.000
 Daniel gathers

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 his small group

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 he explains

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 the situation

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 if we're

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 unsuccessful

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 we're dead.

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 Verse 19

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 during the night

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 the mystery

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 was revealed

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 to Daniel

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 in a vision.

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 Suddenly

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 the tension

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 that's been building

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 since Daniel

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 2 verse 5

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 has suddenly

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 been lifted.

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 This great mystery

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 that plagued

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 the king

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 that caused him

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 to fly into

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 a genocidal rage

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 has a chance

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 of being stayed

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 and not being

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 enacted.

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 And so

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 wouldn't you

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 do what

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 Daniel did

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 in verse 20

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 he praises

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 the God

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 of heaven.

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 Praise be

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 to the name

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 of God

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 forever and ever

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 wisdom

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 and power

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 are his.

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 He changes

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 times and seasons

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 he deposes

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 kings and raises

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 up others.

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 He gives

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 wisdom

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 to the wise

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 and knowledge

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 to the discerning.

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 A prayer

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 about the

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 sovereignty

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.460
 of God

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 the wisdom

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 of God

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 the power

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 of God

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 the mercy

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 of God

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 the grace

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 of God

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 the fact

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 that their

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 God intervenes

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 in history

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 he doesn't

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 just wind it

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 up and retreat

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 to the edge

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 of the universe

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 to look on

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 but he's

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 involved

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 and he cares.

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 For Daniel's

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.819
 first readers

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 this would be

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 very encouraging

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.600
 the people

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 reading this

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 in exile

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 the people

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 whose whole

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 lives have

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 been spent

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 under the

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 heel of a

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 foreign oppressor

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:02.220
 and to

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.580
 hear that

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 it is

00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.140
 their

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.380
 God

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.539
 who

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.019
 deposes

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.380
 kings

00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.819
 and raises

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.460
 them up

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.380
 gives them

00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:06.860
 great hope

00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:07.120
 that it

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.680
 won't always

00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:08.160
 be like

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.640
 this

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.740
 that this

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.000
 is in

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.720
 the end

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.620
 they won't

00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.299
 be Babylon

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.680
 captives

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.759
 forever and

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.120
 ever

00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:16.419
 but the

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 standing

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 behind the

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 despotic

00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:18.739
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:19:18.739 --> 00:19:19.039
 is the

00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.319
 God of

00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:19.879
 the universe

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:22.779
 who governs

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 everything

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 according to

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.579
 his sovereign

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 will in

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 accordance with

00:19:26.479 --> 00:19:27.079
 his sovereign

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:28.099
 plan

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:32.359
 the God

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.819
 who gives

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.419
 wisdom

00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.319
 to the

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 wise

00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:36.339
 the God

00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:36.619
 who is

00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.139
 ready to

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.959
 give us

00:19:37.959 --> 00:19:39.000
 help

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.459
 knowledge

00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:41.439
 in order

00:19:41.439 --> 00:19:41.759
 that we

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.219
 might live

00:19:42.219 --> 00:19:42.979
 skillfully

00:19:42.979 --> 00:19:43.939
 in the

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:44.599
 world

00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.019
 Daniel

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.379
 and his

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 friends

00:19:47.699 --> 00:19:48.000
 pray

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.740
 earnestly

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.279
 for

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.299
 wisdom

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.879
 and living

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 in our

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 confusing

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.119
 world

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 in our

00:19:55.399 --> 00:19:55.759
 world

00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:56.059
 that has

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.419
 become

00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:57.379
 unanchored

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:58.439
 from

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 faith

00:19:59.379 --> 00:19:59.679
 in the

00:19:59.679 --> 00:19:59.879
 God

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.159
 of the

00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:00.439
 Bible

00:20:00.439 --> 00:20:00.919
 the one

00:20:00.919 --> 00:20:01.279
 thing we

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.480
 need

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.719
 above

00:20:01.719 --> 00:20:02.139
 everything

00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.399
 is

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.000
 wisdom

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.639
 how to

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:04.799
 live

00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.519
 skillfully

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.919
 in this

00:20:05.919 --> 00:20:06.319
 world

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.959
 if you

00:20:06.959 --> 00:20:07.259
 look at

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.959
 the 25

00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:08.679
 extended

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 prayers

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.519
 of Paul

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:09.799
 in the

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 epistles

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 16

00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:12.699
 of those

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 prayers

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.719
 involve

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.460
 would you

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.799
 give us

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.279
 wisdom

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 and

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 knowledge

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 would you

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 be with

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 us

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 and guide

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 us

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 as we

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.600
 get through

00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:20.860
 this

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.620
 confusing

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.500
 situation

00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:24.220
 what we'll

00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:24.700
 see as we

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.240
 go on in

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.519
 Daniel

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.980
 the two

00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.440
 things that

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.880
 mark his

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 life

00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:28.519
 are wisdom

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.240
 and holiness

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.680
 he lives

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 skillfully

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 and he lives

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 differently

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 and what

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 starts out

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.799
 in chapter

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 one as a

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.759
 bit of

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.460
 assimilation

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.480
 will by the

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.180
 end become

00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.700
 total

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.519
 persecution

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:45.100
 meaning that

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:45.600
 he has to

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.039
 go into

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.779
 the lion's

00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.080
 den

00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:47.980
 because his

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.440
 life is

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.900
 marked by

00:20:48.900 --> 00:20:49.560
 wisdom

00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:51.060
 and holiness

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 I love

00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:54.039
 verse 25

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.900
 made me

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.500
 smile all

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:55.920
 week

00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:57.279
 Ariok took

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.779
 Daniel to

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.100
 the king

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.440
 at once

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.840
 and said

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.620
 I have

00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.320
 found a

00:21:00.320 --> 00:21:00.820
 man

00:21:00.820 --> 00:21:01.960
 among the

00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.480
 exiles

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.920
 he did

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.480
 not find

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.840
 Daniel

00:21:03.840 --> 00:21:04.200
 Daniel

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.880
 found him

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.759
 but he

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.140
 would like

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.400
 a little

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.880
 slice of

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.299
 the pie

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.960
 if blessing

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.820
 is going

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.060
 to be

00:21:09.060 --> 00:21:09.660
 distributed

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.540
 well the

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.220
 next 23

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.860
 verses of

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.140
 Daniel

00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.840
 chapter 2

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:16.460
 involve this

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.480
 vision and

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:17.820
 what it

00:21:17.820 --> 00:21:18.279
 means

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.680
 and so

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.019
 what we

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.560
 see is a

00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:21.019
 fragile

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:22.300
 future

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:24.000
 Daniel is

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.980
 very clear

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.779
 that in

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.580
 stark contrast

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:26.980
 to the

00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.320
 failed

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:28.380
 futurology

00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:29.300
 department

00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:31.500
 his wisdom

00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.360
 and revelation

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:32.940
 does not

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 originate in

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.660
 himself

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.640
 it's not

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 because he's

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.740
 better or

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.120
 wiser

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.019
 it's because

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.500
 the God

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.779
 who is

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.639
 all wise

00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.559
 has given

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:40.819
 him

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.539
 understanding

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:43.019
 Daniel

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.000
 then describes

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.039
 what Nebuchadnezzar

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.919
 had dreamt

00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.799
 he speaks

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.099
 of this

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 colossal

00:21:47.939 --> 00:21:48.739
 dazzling

00:21:48.739 --> 00:21:49.159
 statue

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.559
 made of

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 five different

00:21:50.179 --> 00:21:50.659
 materials

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.099
 from head

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 to foot

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 then in

00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.619
 graphic detail

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.259
 describes

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.899
 the rock

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 cut out

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.279
 not by

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.259
 human hands

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.299
 that rolls

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 and strikes

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 the statue

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 smashing it

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.199
 reducing it

00:22:02.199 --> 00:22:02.699
 to powder

00:22:02.699 --> 00:22:03.279
 that is then

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.879
 blown in the

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.259
 wind

00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.259
 like on a

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 threshing

00:22:05.639 --> 00:22:06.019
 floor

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.579
 this rock

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:08.059
 is then

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:08.519
 the only

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.200
 thing left

00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.879
 and it

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.500
 grows into

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.059
 a giant

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.599
 mountain

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:13.039
 no wonder

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.599
 it's a

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:13.980
 troubling

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.579
 dream

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:17.500
 today

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.299
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.619
 would be

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.039
 told to

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.299
 stop

00:22:19.299 --> 00:22:19.740
 snacking

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.319
 on cheese

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:21.059
 before

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.700
 bedtime

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:23.559
 but there's

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.059
 something way

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.500
 more in

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.079
 this

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.299
 from

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.779
 verses

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.599
 36 to

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.079
 45

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.720
 Daniel

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:29.019
 then

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.559
 interprets

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.139
 the dream

00:22:30.139 --> 00:22:33.440
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.720
 would have

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.379
 loved hearing

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.859
 the first

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.440
 part

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.759
 a description

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.920
 of Nebuchadnezzar's

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.740
 dominion

00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.920
 and power

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:41.480
 all topped

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.259
 off by the

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.840
 declaration

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:44.100
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.480
 you're the

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.580
 golden head

00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.460
 who wouldn't

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:47.039
 like to hear

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.480
 that

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:50.380
 you have

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.100
 the pinnacle

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:52.080
 and most

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:53.259
 precious kingdom

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:56.100
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:56.720
 is loving

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.240
 Daniel

00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.240
 but verse

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.160
 39 would be

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.039
 scary to

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.580
 declare

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.500
 to a

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.039
 despotic

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.480
 ruler

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:07.460
 after you

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:09.319
 Babylon

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.139
 won't last

00:23:10.139 --> 00:23:10.599
 forever

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:14.119
 it would have

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.559
 been hard

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.119
 to fathom

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.539
 if you were

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:15.759
 on the

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.220
 streets of

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.599
 Babylon

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.919
 in this

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.259
 great

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.859
 civilization

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.480
 with its

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.240
 impenetrable

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.960
 walls and

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.720
 enormous

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.859
 skyscrapers

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:24.500
 if you were a

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.460
 Babylonian citizen

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.000
 you would think

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.539
 we're here to

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:26.960
 stay

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:28.759
 but Daniel

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.400
 is quite clear

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.180
 after you

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:32.660
 after you

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.400
 another kingdom

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.240
 will come

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:36.340
 this time of

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.700
 silver

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.400
 slightly less

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.799
 precious

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:40.079
 and after that

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.740
 will come another

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.120
 kingdom

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.660
 this one of

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.240
 bronze

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:44.200
 and then one of

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.980
 steel that will

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.360
 be

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:47.360
 really hard

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.960
 and will crush

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.660
 everything in its

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.079
 wake

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.019
 then that kingdom

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:51.740
 will be split

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.220
 apart

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:54.340
 in this kingdom

00:23:54.339 --> 00:23:56.099
 made of clay

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:58.279
 and iron

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.399
 lots and lots

00:23:59.399 --> 00:24:00.299
 of ink is built

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.339
 trying to interpret

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.099
 which kingdom

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.819
 is which

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:04.299
 the general

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.199
 consensus is

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.720
 that Babylon

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.259
 is gold

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.699
 I guess we

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.159
 know that

00:24:07.159 --> 00:24:08.500
 after that

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.279
 Medo-Persia

00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.899
 is silver

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:11.579
 Greece under

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:13.000
 Alexander the Great

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.639
 is the bronze

00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.599
 belly and thighs

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:16.159
 and the iron

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.039
 legs are

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.699
 Rome

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.679
 however the

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.399
 vision is not

00:24:19.399 --> 00:24:20.679
 primarily about

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:22.679
 specificity

00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.419
 but wisdom

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.039
 knowledge and

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.559
 revelation

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.359
 challenging

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.279
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.879
 view of his

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.940
 Babylonian gods

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.659
 that they're just

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.299
 making it up

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.940
 as they go along

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.619
 they're writing

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.359
 history as it

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.940
 goes along

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:34.019
 they're literally

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.159
 playing dice

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:37.079
 Daniel says

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.960
 no outside of

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.440
 creation

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.740
 there is an

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.579
 omnipotent

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.279
 omniscient

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.799
 God

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:43.779
 a God who

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.480
 is conducting

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.339
 intervening

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.059
 and unveiling

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.740
 history under

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.279
 his sovereign

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.839
 control

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.879
 according to

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.420
 his sovereign

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:50.460
 will

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:52.940
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.279
 is now

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.799
 confronted

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.320
 with the

00:24:54.320 --> 00:24:54.620
 real

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.059
 God

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.080
 and the

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.440
 only

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.980
 God

00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:00.180
 verse 45

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.880
 the great

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.279
 God has

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.720
 shown the

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.100
 king what

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.539
 will take

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.180
 place in

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.700
 the future

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:06.140
 the dream

00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:06.660
 is true

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.000
 and its

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.620
 interpretation

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.480
 is trustworthy

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.059
 because the

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.779
 God who gave

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.400
 it now

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.259
 gives the

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.039
 interpretation

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:15.160
 well Daniel

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.680
 has won the

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.319
 jackpot

00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:19.019
 verse 46

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.720
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.039
 the most

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.779
 powerful man

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.220
 in the world

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.240
 falls down

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.099
 before him

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:26.880
 and paid

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.539
 him honour

00:25:27.539 --> 00:25:28.240
 and ordered

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.620
 him

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:30.519
 that an

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.160
 offering and

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.860
 incense be

00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.620
 presented to

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:32.940
 him

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:35.440
 the declaration

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.099
 from the

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.400
 king

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:37.800
 the king

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.340
 whose chief

00:25:38.340 --> 00:25:38.780
 god was

00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:39.580
 Marduk

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.640
 the chief

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.040
 of the

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.820
 Babylonian

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:43.040
 pantheon

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:44.500
 and Nebuchadnezzar

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.160
 says surely

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.920
 your God is

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.420
 the God of

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.519
 gods and

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.120
 the Lord of

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.480
 kings and

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.300
 a revealer of

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.940
 mysteries for

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.880
 you were able

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.580
 to reveal

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.780
 this mystery

00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:55.100
 what a

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:56.100
 declaration from

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.600
 a pagan

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:58.360
 king as

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.880
 one who

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.360
 lives a

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.980
 holy and

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.980
 wise life

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:02.500
 helps him

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.480
 in his

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.980
 hour of

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.440
 need

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.580
 Daniel gets

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.059
 promoted

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.779
 lavish with

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.180
 gifts

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:08.160
 everyone in

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.600
 his small

00:26:08.600 --> 00:26:09.100
 groups get

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.519
 a bump

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.960
 in pay

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.460
 and a bump

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.039
 in status

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.700
 as well

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.820
 and a death

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.320
 sentence

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.279
 has been

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.019
 replaced by

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.799
 promotion to

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.380
 high ranking

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.320
 diplomats

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:19.920
 looking back

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.299
 to what

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.180
 Daniel saw

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.680
 we now see

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.420
 with great

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.140
 clarity

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.700
 the end

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:25.980
 of the

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.340
 vision

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:28.080
 the Lord

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.799
 Jesus would

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.920
 identify himself

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.660
 clearly in

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.220
 geological

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.840
 terms

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:33.359
 he would

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.879
 refer to

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.639
 himself again

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.039
 and again

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.959
 as a rock

00:26:35.959 --> 00:26:37.720
 as a stone

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.980
 a stone

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.639
 not made

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.399
 by human

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:42.139
 hands

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.039
 that destroys

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.099
 and supersedes

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.799
 all earthly

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.419
 kingdoms that

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.679
 have gone

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.119
 before

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.980
 he would

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.519
 say in

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.480
 Matthew 21

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.879
 have you

00:26:50.879 --> 00:26:51.559
 never read

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:51.859
 in the

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.220
 scriptures

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.899
 the stone

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.419
 the builders

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.939
 rejected

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.480
 has become

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.939
 the corner

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.199
 stone

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.720
 the Lord

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.259
 has done

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.740
 this

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.539
 and it

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.159
 is marvelous

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.659
 in our

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.139
 eyes

00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.240
 therefore I

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.559
 tell you

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:00.859
 that the

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.339
 kingdom of

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.659
 God

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.279
 will be

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.820
 taken away

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.180
 from you

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.620
 and given

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.060
 to a

00:27:04.060 --> 00:27:04.360
 people

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.740
 who will

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.120
 produce

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:05.680
 its fruit

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.580
 anyone

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.240
 who falls

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.560
 on this

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:07.800
 stone

00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:08.180
 will be

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.580
 broken

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.259
 to pieces

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.560
 anyone

00:27:10.560 --> 00:27:11.160
 on whom

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.580
 it falls

00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:11.920
 will be

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.460
 crushed

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.779
 it is

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.279
 the kingdom

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.840
 of this

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.640
 Jesus

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:17.320
 that will

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.960
 eventually

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.019
 supersede

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.900
 and dominate

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:21.060
 all

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:21.980
 other

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.880
 kingdoms

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:24.220
 it is

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.700
 as Jesus

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.279
 describes

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.580
 in the

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:26.019
 peril of

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.480
 the mustard

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.840
 seed

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.480
 something

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.120
 that starts

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.420
 small

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.860
 but in

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.240
 the end

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.800
 will grow

00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.600
 and dominate

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:34.219
 just as

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.639
 Daniel

00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.199
 encouraged

00:27:35.199 --> 00:27:35.959
 exiles in

00:27:35.959 --> 00:27:36.259
 Babylon

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.779
 that this

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.199
 wasn't the

00:27:37.199 --> 00:27:37.500
 end of

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.059
 the story

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:39.679
 so Jesus

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.259
 himself

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.000
 encourages

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.639
 us

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.959
 fear not

00:27:42.959 --> 00:27:43.259
 little

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.799
 flock

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.879
 for it

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.159
 is your

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.599
 father's

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.079
 good pleasure

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.539
 to give

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.879
 you the

00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.219
 kingdom

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:49.179
 a great

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:49.740
 truth

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:51.399
 that earthly

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:51.879
 kingdoms

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.500
 will rise

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.039
 and fall

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.299
 there'll be

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.459
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.579
 and Alexander

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.319
 the greats

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.960
 and Caesar's

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.220
 that will

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.779
 come and

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.039
 go

00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:00.599
 but in

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:00.919
 the end

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.240
 there will

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.679
 be one

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.259
 who rules

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.720
 and rules

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.299
 absolutely

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.299
 over absolutely

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.939
 everything

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.759
 for absolutely

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.200
 ever

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.700
 and his

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.079
 name will

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.700
 be Jesus

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.879
 the one

00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.599
 who identifies

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.460
 himself as

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.960
 the stone

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:14.059
 not cut

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.399
 out by

00:28:14.399 --> 00:28:15.319
 human hands

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:17.139
 so the

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:17.740
 big theme

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.939
 of Daniel

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:19.720
 chapter 2

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.339
 is

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:21.759
 that God

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.139
 is the

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.779
 revealer of

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.200
 mystery

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.619
 the conductor

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.200
 of history

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.579
 and the

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.919
 founder

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.240
 of eternity

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.700
 and so

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.120
 what can we

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.759
 take away

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.380
 well the

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.759
 truth is

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.080
 that we

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.539
 can trust

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.100
 this God

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:34.740
 this God

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.180
 who was in

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.720
 control

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.539
 is still

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.120
 in control

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.460
 he hasn't

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.920
 taken a

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.220
 backward

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.860
 step

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.779
 he hasn't

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.140
 moved to

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.700
 a hammock

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.519
 to wear

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.100
 slippers

00:28:43.100 --> 00:28:45.400
 he is still

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.960
 the alpha

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.620
 and the omega

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.200
 the beginning

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.000
 and the end

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.960
 he has

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.420
 history

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.019
 under his

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.580
 control

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:52.140
 if he says

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.480
 I've got

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.060
 eternity

00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.960
 worked out

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.160
 then I

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.460
 think we

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.880
 can trust

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.200
 him with

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.620
 tomorrow

00:28:56.620 --> 00:29:00.240
 if we

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.820
 know this

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.300
 God

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:02.040
 then the

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.540
 sleepless

00:29:02.540 --> 00:29:03.060
 night that

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.400
 plagues

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.140
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:04.140 --> 00:29:04.660
 need not

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.000
 be our

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.800
 experience

00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:07.240
 that as

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.720
 we lie

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.180
 down to

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.760
 sleep

00:29:08.760 --> 00:29:10.100
 our God

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.420
 is in

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.860
 control

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:12.360
 and when

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.840
 the alarm

00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.320
 clock goes

00:29:13.320 --> 00:29:13.800
 off that's

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.280
 just his

00:29:14.280 --> 00:29:14.840
 message to

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.840
 us saying

00:29:15.840 --> 00:29:16.300
 I had it

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:16.820
 all sorted

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.360
 even when

00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.580
 you were

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.080
 asleep

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:19.380
 and so

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.920
 whatever's

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.600
 worrying

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.260
 us

00:29:21.260 --> 00:29:22.100
 whatever

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:22.540
 we're

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:22.980
 anxious

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.720
 about

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.039
 know that

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.240
 this

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.460
 God

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.759
 is in

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.059
 control

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.400
 and he's

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.779
 able to

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.039
 give us

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.460
 wisdom

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.360
 to get

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.779
 through

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:30.880
 secondly

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.319
 I think

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.620
 it gives

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.000
 us great

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.420
 hope

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.779
 that if

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.180
 there's one

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.579
 thing we

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.220
 see in

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.000
 this passage

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.779
 it is that

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.299
 it won't

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.019
 always be

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.799
 like this

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:40.599
 so whatever

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.419
 you're struggling

00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:41.819
 with

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.359
 illness

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.899
 stress

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:45.319
 bereavement

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.339
 strife

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.440
 injustice

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.879
 anguish

00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:50.259
 infirmity

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:52.039
 then know

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.779
 that this

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.279
 God

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:55.000
 in the

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.519
 end will

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.000
 bring a

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.460
 kingdom

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.519
 where none

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.879
 of those

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.259
 things are

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.619
 present

00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:00.079
 and that

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.419
 gives us

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.039
 great hope

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.359
 as we

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.240
 suffer now

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.419
 knowing that

00:30:03.419 --> 00:30:03.720
 we'll be

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.180
 with him

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.539
 then in

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.039
 a kingdom

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.899
 that will

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.460
 never be

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.899
 destroyed

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:08.160
 where the

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.500
 righteous

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.040
 judge of

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.340
 all the

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.560
 earth

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:10.140
 worships

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.500
 rightly

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.320
 and where

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.780
 the prince

00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:12.220
 of peace

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.519
 is in

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.980
 absolute

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.580
 control

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.580
 and ushers

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:14.960
 in his

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.280
 kingdom

00:30:15.280 --> 00:30:16.019
 of peace

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.440
 and thirdly

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.060
 we see

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.980
 some urgency

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:21.740
 what

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.640
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.420
 saw Daniel

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:23.980
 confirmed

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.500
 and Jesus

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.040
 fulfilled

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:27.420
 that in

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.040
 the end

00:30:28.040 --> 00:30:29.460
 there will

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:29.920
 be one

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.280
 kingdom

00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:31.660
 and the

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.180
 only thing

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.519
 that will

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.000
 remain

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.019
 are citizens

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.700
 of that

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.080
 kingdom

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.340
 with this

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.720
 king

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.160
 Jesus

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.680
 there is

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.019
 nothing

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.720
 more important

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.120
 than being

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.579
 a citizen

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.980
 of this

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.299
 kingdom

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.420
 because

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.819
 everything

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.140
 else

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.460
 will be

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:43.940
 destroyed

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.420
 and blow

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:44.920
 away in

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.480
 the wind

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.620
 like dust

00:30:46.620 --> 00:30:47.980
 and therefore

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.640
 we all have

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.240
 a choice

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.559
 we can

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:50.880
 either

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:52.000
 build our

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.559
 lives on

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.180
 this rock

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.620
 the Lord

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.039
 Jesus

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:55.680
 or we can

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.519
 stumble over

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.039
 him and be

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.079
 crushed by

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:59.160
 him in

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.860
 the end

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:01.660
 to be on

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.120
 God's

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:02.519
 mountain

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.120
 forever

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:04.660
 with God

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.000
 and with

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.440
 all his

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.720
 people

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.259
 there is no

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.980
 greater joy

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.839
 and what

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.259
 we know

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.640
 in this

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.220
 life is

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.299
 just the

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.740
 national

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.059
 anthem

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.619
 before the

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.140
 kickoff

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.779
 of eternal

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.339
 life

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:16.240
 don't be

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.000
 left out

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:19.259
 don't be

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:20.039
 absolutely

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.220
 nailed by

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.000
 this rock

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:24.000
 as Jesus

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.920
 inaugurates his

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.779
 kingdom forever

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:28.240
 and so our

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.000
 God is the

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.660
 revealer of

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.180
 mystery the

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.879
 conductor of

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:32.019
 history and

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.740
 the founder of

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.319
 eternity

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.059
 shelly

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.679
 percy the

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.299
 great english

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.939
 poet wrote

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.960
 a poem

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:39.579
 i met a

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.220
 traveler from

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.779
 an antique

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.299
 land who

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.819
 said two

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.379
 vast and

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.119
 trunkless legs

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.700
 of stone

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.639
 stand in

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.179
 the desert

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.799
 near them

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.179
 on the

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.659
 sand

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:48.359
 half sunk

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:49.000
 a shattered

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.639
 visage lies

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.839
 whose frown

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.899
 and wrinkled

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.859
 lip a sneer

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.339
 of cold

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.759
 command

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.259
 tell that

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.500
 it's

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.079
 sculpture

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:58.200
 sculptor

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.939
 well those

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.399
 passions

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.879
 read

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.980
 which yet

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.440
 survive

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.060
 stamped on

00:32:02.060 --> 00:32:02.280
 these

00:32:02.280 --> 00:32:02.780
 lifeless

00:32:02.780 --> 00:32:03.260
 things

00:32:03.260 --> 00:32:04.120
 the hand

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.680
 that mocked

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:04.920
 them and

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.300
 the heart

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.860
 that fed

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.540
 and on

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.300
 the pedestal

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:07.940
 these words

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:08.460
 appear

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.360
 my name

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.560
 is

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:11.080
 Ozymandias

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.960
 king of

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.440
 kings

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.240
 look on

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.000
 my works

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.980
 ye mighty

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.660
 and despair

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.900
 nothing

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.360
 beside

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:18.160
 remains

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.360
 round the

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:20.040
 decay of

00:32:20.040 --> 00:32:20.800
 that colossal

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.200
 wreck

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.220
 boundless

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.600
 and bare

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.160
 the lone

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.640
 and level

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.300
 sands

00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:25.500
 stretch far

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.900
 away

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.300
 a monument

00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.100
 to a bygone

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.560
 time

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.480
 where this

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.740
 guy

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.700
 Ozymandias

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.200
 thought that

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.440
 he was

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.799
 the lord

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.119
 of all

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.879
 he surveyed

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:34.399
 and yet

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:35.379
 later on

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:35.899
 a traveller

00:32:35.899 --> 00:32:36.339
 comes and

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.659
 all that's

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.059
 left is

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.579
 this broken

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.099
 statue

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.440
 let's be

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.819
 clear

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.879
 whatever

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.500
 pedestal

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:41.740
 we're

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.019
 building

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.519
 our lives

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:42.779
 on

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.740
 or whatever

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.200
 statue

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.740
 we're making

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.619
 for ourselves

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.059
 unless our

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.559
 lives are

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:47.899
 linked to

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.519
 this Jesus

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.059
 it will just

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.740
 be a monument

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.359
 in the sand

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.799
 that people

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.259
 mock

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.539
 and ridicule

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:54.759
 in the end

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.659
 let's pray

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.019
 together

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:07.079
 father we

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.659
 praise you

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.179
 because you're

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.500
 the god

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.099
 forever and

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.359
 ever

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:11.139
 who has a

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.980
 complete monopoly

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.700
 on wisdom

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.379
 and power

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.980
 father you

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.659
 change times

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:16.240
 and seasons

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.000
 you depose

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.639
 kings and you

00:33:17.639 --> 00:33:18.319
 raise others

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.819
 up

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.440
 and so lord

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.019
 we pray you

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.700
 give wisdom

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.899
 to those who

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.359
 are wise

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.980
 and knowledge

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.559
 to those who

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.299
 are discerning

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.559
 father you

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.019
 would continue

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.980
 to reveal deep

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.360
 and hidden

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.960
 things about

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.440
 your son

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.519
 thank you

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.779
 that you

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.259
 know what

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.799
 lies in

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.200
 darkness

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.500
 and thank

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.819
 you that

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:35.539
 light dwells

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.039
 with you

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.539
 father thank

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.799
 you that

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.380
 that ultimate

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:38.960
 light has

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:40.140
 shone in

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.640
 the person

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.000
 of your

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.400
 son and

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.880
 so lord

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.240
 may we

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.860
 live our

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.559
 lives in

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.180
 that light

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.200
 and you

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.559
 might be

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.380
 glorified in

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.799
 us and

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.420
 through us

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.299
 as we

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.839
 live lives

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.420
 of wisdom

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.660
 and holiness

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:53.059
 in response

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.420
 to your

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.819
 grace

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.860
 bless us

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.259
 we pray

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.680
 in Jesus

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.059
 name

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.880
 amen

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.960
 ah