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 While working our way through the book of Daniel, we're concentrating on the life of Daniel,

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! which is the first six chapters of this book. The people of Israel find themselves captives.

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! There were about 10,000 Jews, especially from Judah and from Jerusalem, that were taken captive

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 around 600 BC. The reason they were taken captive is because of their rejection, their rebellion

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 against the commands, the ordinances that God had given to them through the law, especially as it

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 related to their worship, their worship of the one true God. So they find themselves as exiles

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 there in Babylon. The temple has been destroyed. Their beloved city of Jerusalem has been decimated.

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 The walls have been torn down. And they find themselves in this place, distant from Israel,

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 and from all outward appearances, distant from God. But we're going to find, as we have found,

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 consistently through the testimony of this little book, that God has been true and present with

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 his people, even though they have been taken captive, even though they're in the midst of judgment and

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 discipline from God. God is still present. God is still honoring his promises.

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 Nebuchadnezzar had a dream at the beginning of chapter 2. The kind of dream that's described in this way,

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 it's described as dreams, and not just a dream, a singular dream, but a succession of dreams that happen

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 probably on a succession of nights or multiple times through an evening. He could not escape the terrible

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 nature of this dream. It unsettled his heart. It troubled his spirit. It kept him from enjoying rest.

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 And so as a result of this troubling dream, he wants to know what this message means.

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 He recognizes the nature of this dream as being distinctly from God. And so he calls in his counselors.

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 He calls in his magicians, his wise men to come and to interpret this dream. But he doesn't want an

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 approximation. He wants to know precisely what God is telling him through the instrumentation of this

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 revealed message through this dream. And so he asks the impossible from his wise men. He says,

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 tell me what the dream is, and then I'll know you can give me the interpretation.

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 The wise men in hearing this command are mystified. This has never happened to them before. And this

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 kind of request is impossible for any king to demand. King Nebuchadnezzar, how could you possibly

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 expect this of any of your counselors? There's no man on this earth who can fulfill your request.

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 Because the dream exists with the gods. And the gods do not dwell with men.

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 Which, by the way, was the perfect setup. The perfect setup of the God of heaven,

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 who made himself present and has been present through the life and ministry of Daniel and his friends.

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 And through our passage today, will demonstrate itself in a present, gracious, revealed interpretation

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 to Nebuchadnezzar and subsequently to us. This message, the testimony of a God who is eternal,

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 who is overall, who not only speaks the future in the subsequent empires that we will see in our passage today,

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 revealing to Nebuchadnezzar what the course of the next 1,000 years of history will be,

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 how it will unfold, and testifying that God is not only the one who is able to declare this revealed word,

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 but he's also the one who can make it happen. God is over all.

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 We're going to witness through the rise and fall of empires through the course of our passage.

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 We'll see the testimony of that which dissolves.

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 In 1979, John MacArthur preached a message on this passage.

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 And in that message, I find it quite telling,

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 because we can see the evidences, the real practical evidences of it playing out even today.

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 But here's what he says,

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 quote,

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 Man is not ascending, man is descending.

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 1 Timothy 3.13, God says,

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 Evil men shall grow worse and worse.

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 Things don't get better, they get worse.

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 We see decay, working in our society everywhere,

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 nationally, socially, domestically, individually, organically.

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 All things in this world are caught up in the process of deterioration

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 that began when man fell into sin in the garden and continues to this very day.

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 He continues,

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 No matter what the intentions are,

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 no matter what the safeguards are,

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 the dissolution of mankind's efforts is inevitable.

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 So that history, as studied, becomes a succession of defeat.

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 An empire begins, reaches a peak, and fades, and dies,

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 and another one builds on its place.

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 We're looking at America, he says.

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 America, in the past, reached its apex.

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 We are on the downside,

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 the back slope, as it were.

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 We're watching a defeat take place.

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 We see the dissolution of our country on every hand.

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 Political humanism, ruling the government,

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 a government once established on the principles of the word of God.

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 Godless atheism now dominates our education.

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 A lack of conviction, a lack of courage,

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 destruction of the family,

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 is causing a loss of all orientation among people.

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 End quote.

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 We are seeing today the testimony of a nation

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 that once held to the doctrines,

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 once held to the understanding of a God who is over all.

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 And now it continues, the downward slope, as it were,

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 the deterioration of culture is coming to bear in our present day.

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 So that even just recently, within the past couple of weeks,

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 Louisiana has passed a law so that the Ten Commandments

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 are listed on the walls of the classrooms.

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 And that is now seen, of course, as radical.

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 What was once understood as being natural,

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 as being necessary,

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 is now painted in the picture of that

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 which is wrong and harmful to culture.

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 In our text this morning,

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 we're going to see that God has revealed himself to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 That God has revealed the unfolding events

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 of future empires that would rise and fall.

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 And now standing where we are,

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 this is history.

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 And this history, of course, is certain.

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 God revealed this timeline of future events to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And it stands for us as a testimony of a God

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 who not only knows the future,

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 but holds the future in his hand.

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 This morning, for those of us who put their faith in confidence

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 in a God who is eternal,

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 there is dependence,

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 there is a refuge,

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 there is security,

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 there is confidence for us

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 in a God who is over all.

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 The psalmist says in Psalm 102, 11 and 12,

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 he says,

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 And then in verse 25, he says,

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 Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,

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 and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 They will perish, but you will remain.

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 They will all wear out like a garment.

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 You will change them like a robe,

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 and they will pass away.

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 But you are the same.

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 And your years have no end.

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 The children of your servants shall dwell secure.

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 Their offspring shall be established before you.

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 And that is the testimony of a God

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 who is eternal,

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 who is infinite,

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 who is over all.

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 Our confidence is not in the rise and fall of powers,

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 the rise and fall of nations,

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 the rise and fall of kings.

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 Our hope and our confidence

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 is in the settled power and authority

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 of God himself,

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 who is over all,

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 who knows the end from the beginning,

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 and who tells in this event,

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 tells Nebuchadnezzar,

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 what will happen in the years to follow.

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 And those things happen just as God has indicated.

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 God's plans extend beyond our own.

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 Generations will come and go,

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 but God's plan remains intact.

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 And that is the God

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 who makes himself known to Nebuchadnezzar

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 through his servant Daniel this morning.

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 The God who is eternal.

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 The God who is infinite.

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 The God who can be trusted.

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 So turn with me, if you would,

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 to Daniel chapter 2,

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 beginning in verse 31.

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 Daniel chapter 2,

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 verse 31.

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 Let me read the first several verses here,

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 and we'll dive into our text.

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 It says,

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 As you saw, O king,

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 and behold a great image.

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 This image, mighty and exceedingly,

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 exceeding brightness,

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 stood before you.

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 Its appearance was frightening.

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 The head of this image was of fine gold.

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 Its chest and arms of silver.

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 Its middle and thighs of bronze.

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 Its legs of iron.

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 Its feet partly of iron

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 and partly of clay.

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 As you looked,

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 a stone was cut out

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 by no human hand.

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 And it struck the image

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 on its feet of iron and clay

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 and broke them in pieces.

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 Then the iron, the clay,

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 the bronze, the silver,

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 and the gold,

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 all together were broken in pieces.

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 And because,

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 like the chaff of the summer

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 threshing floors,

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 and the wind carried them away,

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 so that not a trace of them

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 could be found.

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 But the stone that struck the image

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 became a great mountain

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 and filled the whole earth.

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 We're going to see

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 this progression of the dream

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 first being revealed

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 and then being explained.

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 We're just going to follow along

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 piece by piece

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 in the narrative this morning

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 and draw out

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 the principles that we see about God

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 as we make our way through.

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 First, the dream revealed.

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 And Daniel will begin

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 speaking about the image as a whole.

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 He speaks with certainty.

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 Notice.

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 Notice.

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 You saw, O king,

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 and behold,

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 a great image.

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 He speaks with confidence.

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 There is no hesitation.

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 There is no doubt

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 in Daniel's mind

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 that God is the one

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 who revealed this dream.

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 God is the one

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 who spoke that same dream

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 to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And it is God

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 who intends

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 to reveal

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 the interpretation

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 of that dream

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 to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And the events

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 that will take place

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 are sure

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 and firm

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 as we find

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 in Daniel chapter 2, 45.

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 Notice that

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 just for a moment here.

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 A great God

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 has made known to you

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 the king

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 what shall be

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 after this.

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 The dream

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 is certain

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 and its interpretation

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 is sure.

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 Daniel knows

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 the interpretation

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 of this dream

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 and the outworking

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 of this dream

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 because it is not

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 derived from himself.

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 It is derived

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 from God.

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 He is receiving

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 this direct revelation

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 from God

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 and now

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 has become

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 this representative,

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 this ambassador,

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 this prophet

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 as it were

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 to speak directly

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 to the king

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 what God has said

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 to him.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 Daniel will say.

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 He knows that God

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 has revealed

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 the contents

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 of this dream

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 and its interpretation.

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 Daniel is not

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 making this up

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 so he can have

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 complete confidence

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 to speak for God.

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 And as a side note,

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 those of us

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 who are also

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 ambassadors of God,

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 those of us

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 who are also

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 commissioned to speak

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 for God

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 can speak authoritatively

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 and confidently

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 as we speak

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 from God's word.

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 We have the same

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 privilege

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 as Daniel does

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 to be a mouthpiece

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 for God

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 to the nations.

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 Whether it be

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 your workplace

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 or your community

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 or even your family,

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 you have the joy

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 as Daniel had

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 to speak

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 without hesitation

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 knowing

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 what God says

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 directly from the scriptures

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 and we can share

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 with others.

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 Notice how he begins.

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 You, O king,

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 you saw, O king,

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 and behold

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 a great image.

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 The word

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 a great image

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 is literally

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 one great image.

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 The importance

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 here at the beginning

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 is to emphasize

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 the unity

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 of this image.

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 It will be significant

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 as we move our way

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 into the parts

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 and we begin

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 to see the discontinuity

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 that will now

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 be representative

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 through the movement

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 of these various parts.

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 But at the whole,

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 the importance

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 of this unified image,

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 the world power

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 in all its phases

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 are considered

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 as one entity.

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 The image

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 in totality

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 is expressed

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 in terms

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 of greatness.

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 Daniel uses

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 a number of words

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 to describe

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 how impressive

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 this image is.

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 Notice,

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 it's a great image,

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 mighty in appearance,

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 radiating with

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 exceeding brightness,

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 having an appearance

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 that was terrifying

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 or frightening.

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 It conveys

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 this appearance

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 of strength

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 and fear.

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 fear.

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 The word frightening

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 is literally

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 to fear.

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 And as Nebuchadnezzar

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 saw this dream

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 and even as Daniel

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 describes this dream,

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 this image itself

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 did present itself

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 to be terrifying.

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 It was impressive

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 to behold.

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 And we'll see

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 that it represents

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 the succession

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 of kingdoms

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 from Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom

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 moving all the way

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 through the kingdom

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 of Rome.

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 But while the image

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 was one in unity,

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 it exists in parts.

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 And that's where

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 we come to next.

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 The image in parts.

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 Verses 32 and 33.

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 The head of this image

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 was of fine gold,

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 its chest and arms

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 of silver,

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 its middle and thighs

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 of bronze,

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 its legs of iron,

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 its feet partly of iron

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 and partly of clay.

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 Now Daniel begins

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 to describe the image

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 in its pieces.

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 It has an identifiable form

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 and that will be important

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 to us as well

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 as we move our way

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 through this passage.

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 We'll see the contrast

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 between that which is

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 of human origin

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 and that which represents

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 human power

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 in contrast to that

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 which is of divine origin

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 and that which expresses

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 divine power.

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 It's clear

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 that while this image

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 is impressive,

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 it is still fashioned

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 by human hand.

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 And what we realize

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 is that the image

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 descends from head.

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 Daniel describes it

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 from head to toe,

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 from ascending order

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 to descending order.

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 Notice a head

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 first of gold,

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 a chest and arms of silver,

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 middle and thighs of bronze,

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 legs of iron and feet

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 which is a mixture

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 of iron and clay.

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 These will be important

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 as they begin

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 to characterize

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 those future

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 coming kingdoms.

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 And much can be said

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 about that

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 and we'll try to

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 reference that briefly

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 as we move our way through.

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 But notice,

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 only the head

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 is singular.

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 Only this head

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 is made of gold.

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 It represents

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 that of highest quality.

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 And then the discontinuity

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 of the other parts

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 begin to take shape

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 so that not even

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 the subsequent kingdoms

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 represent any form of unity.

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 It breaks at the arms

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 and then the midsection

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 in thigh

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 and the legs

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 which all hint

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 at the separation

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 and discontinuity

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 of these empires.

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 It's not by accident

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 that it is Nebuchadnezzar

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 who receives

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 this great revelation.

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 And it's not

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 by accident

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 that Nebuchadnezzar

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 is this head of gold.

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 After all,

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 we saw from

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 the first chapter

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 in verse 2,

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 Babylon is seen,

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 is the scene

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 of this revelation

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 happens in the land

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 of Shinar.

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 And the land of Shinar,

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 if you remember

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 the last time

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 that this reference

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 was made,

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 it goes all the way

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 back to the time

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 of Genesis chapter 11,

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 where the people

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 assembled as one.

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 They gathered there

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 in the land of Shinar.

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 They sought to make

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 for themselves

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 a way to get to God.

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 They're building

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 this great structure,

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 this monument,

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 so they can present

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 for themselves

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 their authority,

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 their power,

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 and their ability

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 to get to God.

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 But this gate to God,

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 Babel,

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 is now confused.

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 The people's languages

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 are mixed.

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 The people are scattered,

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 and God demonstrates there

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 that he is over all.

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 And now,

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 Nebuchadnezzar,

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 who represents,

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 again,

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 a unified power,

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 but it is still,

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 God is over this power,

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 and we see

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 that God is the one

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 who is still in control.

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 He is the one

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 who is still over all,

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 even in this.

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 In verses 34 and 35,

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 we see now

00:18:51.419 --> 00:18:52.700
 a shattering stone.

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 Notice,

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 as you look,

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 the stone was cut out

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:57.559
 by no human hand.

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 It struck the image

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 on its feet

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:02.059
 of iron and clay

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 and broke them in pieces.

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 Then the iron,

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 the clay,

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.059
 the bronze,

00:19:06.159 --> 00:19:06.599
 the silver,

00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.139
 the gold,

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 and all together

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.319
 were broken in pieces

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 and became like the chaff

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.579
 of the summer threshing floor.

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 And the wind carried them away

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 so that not a trace

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:17.439
 of them could be found.

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 But the stone

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:20.299
 that struck the image

00:19:20.299 --> 00:19:22.119
 became a great mountain

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:23.000
 and filled

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.480
 the whole earth.

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:27.079
 The scene now shifts

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.379
 to this image,

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.240
 now backing away

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.819
 from this image,

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.559
 perhaps zooming out a bit

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:35.019
 or in the distance,

00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.259
 there's hand

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.819
 that's cutting

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.919
 this stone

00:19:37.919 --> 00:19:38.740
 out of a rock.

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.899
 A stone that was cut out

00:19:40.900 --> 00:19:42.519
 by no human hand.

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.480
 The hand of the God

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.820
 is evident in this dream.

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.200
 The divine authority,

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.720
 divine power

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.060
 is contrasted

00:19:51.060 --> 00:19:52.900
 by this human power.

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 We see that it's a stone

00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:56.840
 whose origin

00:19:56.840 --> 00:19:58.000
 is supernatural.

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 We see that this stone

00:20:00.040 --> 00:20:00.700
 is a stone

00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.840
 that has extraordinary

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:03.900
 power to demolish

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.580
 the authorities

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.500
 that are represented

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.440
 in this image.

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:09.500
 we see that this stone

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.220
 is represented

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.080
 as growing

00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:13.340
 and filling the earth

00:20:13.340 --> 00:20:14.460
 and taking the place

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.080
 of these human kingdoms.

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.580
 The stone that is hurled

00:20:18.580 --> 00:20:19.580
 at the image

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:21.180
 and struck its feet,

00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:23.080
 every section of the image

00:20:23.080 --> 00:20:24.200
 is now demolished

00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:26.759
 so that it's turned to dust

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:28.299
 and there's no trace

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.240
 of those kingdoms

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.220
 to be seen.

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.920
 Everything

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:34.140
 that inspired,

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.779
 provoked fear

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:37.660
 and shattered

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:39.640
 is now turned

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.480
 to nothing.

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.559
 All that remains

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.359
 is the stone

00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:44.799
 that begins to grow

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.319
 and fill

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:46.440
 the earth.

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 That stone

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.940
 that demolishes

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:50.640
 in order to rebuild,

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.119
 to reestablish

00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:53.039
 and to renew.

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 it's a stone

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:56.119
 that is unlike

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:57.159
 any other stone

00:20:57.159 --> 00:20:58.079
 in that it has

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.119
 some sort

00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:00.899
 of living property

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 and that should

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.619
 be reflective

00:21:03.619 --> 00:21:05.720
 and representative

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.480
 of what we know

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.019
 about the living stone

00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.379
 that was rejected

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.220
 indeed by men

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 but chosen

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.920
 by God

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.500
 and precious

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.159
 that stone

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:13.659
 of course

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:15.200
 the chief cornerstone

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.940
 elect

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.960
 and precious

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.779
 Christ

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:19.240
 is this stone.

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.539
 He is the stone

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.879
 who will renew

00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:24.200
 and reestablish

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.080
 and rebuild.

00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:26.700
 Unlike what the enemy

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.260
 will do

00:21:27.260 --> 00:21:28.760
 as Jesus says

00:21:28.760 --> 00:21:29.760
 in John chapter 10

00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:30.340
 verse 10

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:31.720
 he says

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.080
 the thief does not come

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.280
 except to steal

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 and to kill

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 and to destroy

00:21:36.360 --> 00:21:37.640
 but I have come

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.680
 that they may have life

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 and they may have it

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.680
 more abundantly.

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:44.260
 That which is

00:21:44.260 --> 00:21:45.000
 representative

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.280
 of the enemy

00:21:46.280 --> 00:21:47.160
 the adversary

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:48.420
 is that he destroys

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.380
 he steals

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.940
 he kills

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 he demolishes

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.400
 he deconstructs

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:56.580
 but from the beginning

00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.520
 God has been

00:21:57.520 --> 00:21:58.200
 a builder

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 a creator

00:21:59.260 --> 00:22:00.560
 a constructor

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:02.060
 and so God

00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:03.040
 will destroy

00:22:03.040 --> 00:22:04.260
 that which is

00:22:04.260 --> 00:22:04.840
 foreign

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:06.300
 that which is corrupt

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.140
 so that he can

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.720
 rebuild

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.900
 that which is pure

00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:11.520
 that which represented

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:12.340
 human power

00:22:12.340 --> 00:22:13.540
 human greatness

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 is no match

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 for the power

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 of God.

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.800
 This dream

00:22:17.800 --> 00:22:18.880
 has now been revealed

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.680
 and so Daniel

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:21.000
 now establishes

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.440
 himself

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.220
 as one who

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.780
 can not only

00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:24.340
 reveal the contents

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:25.540
 of this dream

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 but can now explain

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.960
 what the dream means

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.680
 and this is what

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.600
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:30.240
 has been after

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.940
 from the beginning.

00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:33.000
 What does this dream mean?

00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:35.520
 The dream explained

00:22:35.520 --> 00:22:37.560
 in verses 36 to 45

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.339
 but before we get

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.319
 to verses 36

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.839
 and 35

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.879
 we need to back up

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.639
 just for a moment

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 to verse 28

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 it provides

00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.419
 kind of the context

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.619
 for this dream

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 and in this statement

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.440
 that we see

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.220
 in verse 28

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.339
 we come to understand

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.019
 the purpose

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.299
 of why this dream

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.000
 was even given

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.799
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.519
 notice

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:59.299
 Daniel says

00:22:59.299 --> 00:22:59.960
 there is a God

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.399
 in heaven

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.419
 who reveals mysteries

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:03.259
 he has made known

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.519
 to King Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.099
 what will be

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:06.039
 in the latter days

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:08.460
 King Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.079
 God is not only

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:11.359
 the revealer of dreams

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 God is also

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.139
 the one

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:15.079
 who is overall

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 God is eternal

00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:18.259
 God is the ultimate

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.539
 and supreme power

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.659
 this dream

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.259
 was meant

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.539
 to be given to you

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.559
 so that you would know

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:25.000
 who this God

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.279
 truly is

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:28.940
 as the psalmist says

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 you will perish

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 but he will remain

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:35.019
 this phrase

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.799
 the latter days

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 that we find

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.839
 here in verse 28

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 is not just

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.819
 a phrase

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.460
 we find

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:42.500
 in Daniel chapter 2

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 it's a phrase

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 we find

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.839
 all throughout

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.919
 the Old Testament

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 and especially

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.779
 in the first five books

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 of the law

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 when it says

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.119
 latter days

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.879
 this is an

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:56.180
 eschatological statement

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.659
 which means

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:57.460
 a statement

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 that refers

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.139
 to the end times

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 and all throughout

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.819
 the scripture

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.460
 whether you're

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:03.359
 in Deuteronomy chapter 4

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:05.219
 or Genesis chapter 49

00:24:05.219 --> 00:24:07.219
 or Deuteronomy 31

00:24:07.219 --> 00:24:08.679
 Numbers 24

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:10.139
 Jeremiah 23

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.419
 and 30

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:12.519
 and 48

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.619
 and 49

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:15.859
 Ezekiel chapter 38

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:17.319
 Daniel chapter 10

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.959
 Hosea chapter 3

00:24:18.959 --> 00:24:20.259
 and Micah chapter 4

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.279
 these phrases

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.299
 exist

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.439
 the latter days

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.439
 to draw attention

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:25.559
 to the entire

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.059
 portion of history

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.240
 all the way up

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.059
 and to

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.879
 the time

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:31.079
 of the messianic

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.679
 return

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:33.639
 it encapsulates

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.679
 all of history

00:24:34.679 --> 00:24:35.679
 as it were

00:24:35.679 --> 00:24:36.679
 until the coming

00:24:36.679 --> 00:24:37.359
 of Christ

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.159
 the coming

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 and establishment

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:40.359
 of his throne

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:41.379
 on the earth

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:42.759
 and God has revealed

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.299
 this

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:45.339
 working out of history

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.179
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.960
 of all people

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:49.099
 why would God

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.659
 reveal

00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.799
 this plan

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.240
 to a pagan king

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:54.199
 why would God

00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:55.339
 reveal

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.980
 this revelation

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.159
 this message

00:24:58.159 --> 00:24:59.059
 this prophecy

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:00.259
 in a pagan

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.240
 land

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.099
 of all places

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 I think the answer

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.240
 is twofold

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.859
 first

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:08.119
 to allow

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.919
 the nations

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.859
 to understand

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.319
 God's master

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.899
 plan

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:12.619
 for

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.659
 the nations

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.899
 so that

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:16.079
 every tongue

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 and tribe

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 and nation

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.460
 and people

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.299
 will be

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.359
 ushered in

00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.179
 and allowed

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.859
 to be part

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.440
 of this

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.899
 gospel good news

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.279
 message

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.220
 this coming

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.799
 kingdom

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.619
 is meant

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.979
 for all peoples

00:25:27.979 --> 00:25:29.399
 not just

00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.039
 for the Jews

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:32.059
 and so

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.919
 God reveals

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.500
 this to

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.139
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:34.939
 of all people

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:36.500
 to help

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.779
 this representative

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.719
 of this

00:25:38.719 --> 00:25:39.639
 first kingdom

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.659
 this first

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.119
 empire

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.839
 to recognize

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.500
 that while

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.679
 his empire

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.879
 is small

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.859
 while it

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.179
 will be

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.599
 limited

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:48.579
 as he takes

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.979
 part

00:25:48.979 --> 00:25:49.899
 in the kingdom

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.639
 of God

00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:51.959
 he can enjoy

00:25:51.959 --> 00:25:52.659
 the benefits

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.679
 of what God

00:25:53.679 --> 00:25:54.679
 has promised

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.380
 through Abraham

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.580
 I will bless

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:57.259
 those who bless

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.500
 you

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.420
 I will curse

00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.060
 those who curse

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.279
 you

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.060
 in you

00:26:00.060 --> 00:26:01.259
 all the nations

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.019
 will be blessed

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.140
 in Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:04.039
 as one

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.080
 of those nations

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:06.000
 and the first

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.680
 as it were

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.779
 of the succession

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.440
 of nations

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.100
 and empires

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:10.120
 that are to come

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:11.759
 and the second

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.799
 reason is because

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.779
 to help

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.740
 to reassure

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:17.420
 God's people

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.759
 who are in

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.299
 captivity

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.880
 who are facing

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.480
 discipline

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.700
 who have been

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.480
 removed from

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.140
 their land

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.580
 who have

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.340
 experienced

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.000
 the destruction

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.920
 of their

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.020
 sacred city

00:26:29.020 --> 00:26:30.240
 and have

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.200
 experienced

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.080
 the decimation

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.220
 of their temple

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.580
 even

00:26:34.580 --> 00:26:35.560
 for these

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.080
 people

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.820
 God

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.560
 has not

00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:38.240
 removed

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.240
 his promises

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.980
 God

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.600
 would not

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.680
 remove

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.380
 his promise

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.960
 from them

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:45.259
 and disqualify

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.600
 them

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.620
 from the things

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.380
 he had spoken

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.480
 to their forefathers

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:50.759
 this actually

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.480
 strengthens

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.240
 God's promise

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.340
 it provides

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.960
 dimension

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.059
 it provides

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.799
 perspective

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.620
 it provides

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.200
 clarity

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.720
 to help

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.180
 them know

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.819
 how God

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.240
 is going

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.039
 to bring

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:01.059
 this promise

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.140
 to fruition

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:03.559
 and God

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.200
 has given

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.720
 clear

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:07.140
 uncompromising

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.640
 testimony

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.799
 of his ability

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.440
 not only to

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.480
 make promises

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.480
 but his ability

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.660
 to keep promises

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.160
 promises

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.920
 we can know

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.460
 that God

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.160
 is faithful

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.840
 as we look

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.519
 at the testimony

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.580
 of the rise

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.080
 and fall

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.880
 of these empires

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.540
 that were

00:27:20.540 --> 00:27:21.140
 testified

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:22.480
 600 years

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.380
 before the

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.380
 final empire

00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:25.660
 ever existed

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:27.400
 only God

00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:28.160
 is able

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:29.300
 in his

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:30.220
 eternality

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.880
 in his

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.860
 foreknowledge

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.940
 in his ability

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.720
 to know the

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.400
 end from the

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.700
 beginning

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.800
 only God

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.400
 can know

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:36.700
 what will

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.019
 happen

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.300
 and cause

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:39.320
 it to happen

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:41.619
 then we come

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.299
 to the rise

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.879
 and fall

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.639
 of empires

00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.220
 the description

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.439
 of that for us

00:27:45.439 --> 00:27:46.500
 in verses 36

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.519
 to 38

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.619
 notice

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.259
 this was the

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.619
 dream

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.839
 this explanation

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:53.359
 now we will

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.939
 tell the king

00:27:53.939 --> 00:27:54.740
 its interpretation

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.419
 you oh king

00:27:56.419 --> 00:27:58.019
 the king of kings

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.019
 to whom the

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.679
 God of heaven

00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.179
 has given

00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:01.019
 this kingdom

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.079
 the power

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.059
 and the might

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.799
 and the glory

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.000
 and into whose

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.779
 land he has

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.139
 given

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.079
 wherever

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.779
 yeah wherever

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.359
 they dwell

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:09.939
 the children

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.379
 of men

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.599
 the beast

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.139
 of the field

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.720
 the birds

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.199
 of heaven

00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:14.579
 making you

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:14.919
 rule

00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.779
 over them

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.059
 all

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.359
 you are

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.959
 the head

00:28:17.959 --> 00:28:18.980
 of gold

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:21.199
 this stunning

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.180
 introduction

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:24.039
 you oh king

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.960
 the king

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.900
 of kings

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:27.460
 what does this mean

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.360
 well Ezekiel

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:29.920
 will repeat

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.740
 this similar

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.380
 phrase

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.779
 in Ezekiel

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.840
 26 verse 7

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.400
 he will refer

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.100
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:36.059
 also as a

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:37.039
 king of kings

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.039
 and simply

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.700
 it means

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:40.140
 that Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.140
 stands at the

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.480
 beginning

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.259
 he stands

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.880
 at the forefront

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.600
 of the succession

00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.720
 of these empires

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.340
 that will come

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.799
 he is the first

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.799
 of these kings

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.319
 and in the

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.340
 explanation

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.519
 of this dream

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:53.079
 he is the only

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.899
 king that is

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.279
 named

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.059
 every kingdom

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.079
 that will come

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.899
 the second

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.599
 and third

00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.539
 and fourth

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.379
 and fifth

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.859
 kingdoms

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.559
 that will come

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.720
 there are no kings

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.359
 that are mentioned

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.119
 only kingdoms

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:06.659
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.459
 stands as a

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:08.319
 prominent figure

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.659
 in the representative

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.539
 really of

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.399
 the kingdom

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.139
 of Babylon

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.859
 that lasted

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.399
 for about

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:15.099
 70 years

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:16.740
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.679
 himself ruled

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.379
 over Babylon

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.240
 for 43

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.260
 of those

00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:21.160
 70 years

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:22.260
 he died

00:29:22.260 --> 00:29:23.720
 in 562 BC

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.600
 he would turn

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.380
 the kingdom

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.260
 over to his

00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:27.680
 son

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.380
 who would be

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.980
 subsequently

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:31.080
 assassinated

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:32.820
 that son's

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.460
 son

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.380
 would rule

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.200
 for four years

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.060
 and then die

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:37.540
 then the next

00:29:37.540 --> 00:29:38.280
 son would be

00:29:38.280 --> 00:29:38.740
 promptly

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.880
 assassinated

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.800
 and finally

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:43.440
 Nabonidus

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.060
 would take

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.560
 the throne

00:29:44.560 --> 00:29:46.140
 and assume

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.820
 great power

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.259
 and share

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:47.799
 that power

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.139
 with his

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.779
 co-regent

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.859
 Belshazzar

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.539
 that we find

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.599
 in Daniel

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.579
 chapter 6

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:55.059
 as it relates

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.579
 to gold

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.399
 and the

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.779
 description

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.359
 and the

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.139
 feature

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.399
 or the

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:58.899
 characteristic

00:29:58.899 --> 00:30:00.059
 of this

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.460
 empire

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.319
 being represented

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.960
 by gold

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.359
 the Babylonian

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.740
 empire

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.439
 was known

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:04.899
 as an

00:30:04.899 --> 00:30:05.319
 empire

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.319
 of gold

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.019
 one historian

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.599
 who came

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.619
 90 years

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.079
 after

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.119
 the empire

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.839
 of Babylon

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.819
 came and

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.419
 described

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:15.220
 the prominence

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.960
 of gold

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.680
 in the city

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.180
 of Babylon

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:19.160
 he describes

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.200
 chapels

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.940
 and vessels

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.319
 in the

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.000
 accoutrements

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.980
 of the

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:24.480
 embellishments

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.279
 made of

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.220
 solid gold

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.519
 this all

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.460
 90 years

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:28.960
 after

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.140
 the fall

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.259
 of Babylon

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:33.720
 no mistake

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.319
 that God

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.400
 would assign

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.839
 gold

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:37.000
 to this

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.380
 kingdom

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:39.059
 but notice

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.500
 the kingdom

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.720
 for all

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:41.960
 of its

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.400
 power

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.380
 for all

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.619
 of its

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.119
 reach

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.180
 for all

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.519
 of its

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.140
 dominion

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.559
 that we

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.519
 notice here

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.259
 the dominion

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.259
 over birds

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.019
 and beasts

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.799
 and people

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.859
 you almost

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.539
 get the picture

00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:52.980
 that it's

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.640
 almost like

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.500
 a second

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.140
 garden of

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.319
 Eden

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.859
 as it were

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:57.220
 but all

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.460
 of that

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.859
 power

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.559
 comes from

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.279
 God himself

00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:00.779
 God

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.400
 stands

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.380
 as the

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:03.119
 direct

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.720
 power

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.579
 who allowed

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.180
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.740
 to enjoy

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.200
 this kind

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.720
 of authority

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.160
 notice

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:07.920
 verse 37

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.240
 to whom

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.960
 belong

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.640
 excuse me

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.300
 to whom

00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:11.800
 the God

00:31:11.800 --> 00:31:12.220
 of heaven

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.060
 has given

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:14.519
 this kingdom

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.660
 notice

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.960
 verse 38

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.920
 and into

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:18.660
 his hand

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.160
 God

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:19.700
 has given

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.080
 you

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.820
 man

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.580
 and beast

00:31:21.580 --> 00:31:22.320
 and bird

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.460
 God

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.460
 made you

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.980
 rule

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.560
 over

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:26.500
 them all

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.160
 make

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.900
 no mistake

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.580
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:29.600
 this is

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.039
 from

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.960
 the hand

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.779
 of God

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.259
 God

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.519
 who is

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.820
 eternal

00:31:33.820 --> 00:31:34.759
 God

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.259
 who raises

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.820
 up kings

00:31:35.820 --> 00:31:36.240
 and puts

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:36.560
 kings

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:36.920
 down

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.539
 that same

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:38.980
 God

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.519
 is the

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:39.840
 one

00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.539
 who

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.420
 institutes

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.800
 his

00:31:41.800 --> 00:31:42.400
 servants

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.480
 the

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.920
 rulers

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.220
 the

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.779
 authorities

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.820
 in this

00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.019
 day

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.480
 as well

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:47.320
 as we

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.700
 find in

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.940
 Romans

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.720
 chapter 13

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.660
 verses 1

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.100
 to 7

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:52.039
 let every

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.539
 person be

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.980
 subject to

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.340
 the governing

00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.840
 authorities

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.620
 for there

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.160
 is no

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.779
 authority

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.420
 except

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.039
 from God

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.060
 and those

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.600
 that exist

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.019
 have been

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.800
 instituted

00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.779
 by God

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.940
 therefore

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.300
 whoever

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:03.180
 resists

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.759
 authorities

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.620
 resists

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.120
 what God

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:05.680
 has appointed

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:07.000
 and those

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.720
 who resist

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.460
 will incur

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:08.940
 judgment

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.900
 for he

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.820
 is God's

00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.380
 servant

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.200
 for your

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.620
 good

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.660
 for he

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.160
 is a

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.620
 servant

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.160
 of God

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.580
 for because

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.060
 of this

00:32:18.060 --> 00:32:19.080
 you also

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.799
 pay taxes

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.660
 for the

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.220
 authorities

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.279
 are ministers

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.180
 of God

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:24.080
 attending

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.660
 to this

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.180
 very thing

00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:26.820
 and while

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.120
 they are

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.580
 ministers

00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:28.340
 of God

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.740
 we know

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:28.960
 they're

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.320
 broken

00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.720
 and while

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.060
 they are

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.440
 ministers

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.960
 of God

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.460
 we know

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.039
 that

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.880
 especially

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.340
 in our

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.640
 day and

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:34.920
 age

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.440
 they

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.160
 resist

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.780
 God

00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:37.440
 themselves

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.800
 but God

00:32:38.800 --> 00:32:39.300
 is still

00:32:39.300 --> 00:32:39.680
 the one

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.240
 who raises

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.680
 up

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.460
 and puts

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.000
 down

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.280
 the various

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:43.640
 leaders

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.020
 that are

00:32:45.020 --> 00:32:45.860
 put in

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.220
 place

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.980
 God

00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:47.540
 is over

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:47.800
 that

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.380
 and God

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:48.720
 has a

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.020
 purpose

00:32:49.020 --> 00:32:49.780
 for

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.460
 those

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.800
 leaders

00:32:50.800 --> 00:32:51.320
 and he has

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.660
 a purpose

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.360
 for us

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.140
 in how we

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.660
 respond

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.540
 to those

00:32:54.540 --> 00:32:54.920
 leaders

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:57.180
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.720
 was the head

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.720
 but Daniel

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.180
 will continue

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.720
 to describe

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.220
 the remaining

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.620
 parts

00:33:00.620 --> 00:33:01.080
 that we find

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.460
 in verses

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:03.139
 39 to 43

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:04.419
 it says

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.039
 another kingdom

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.079
 inferior to you

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.740
 shall arise

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.500
 after you

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.799
 and yet a third

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.199
 kingdom

00:33:09.199 --> 00:33:10.220
 of bronze

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.699
 which shall

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.299
 rule over

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.980
 all the earth

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.179
 and there shall

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:13.720
 be a fourth

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.019
 kingdom

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.159
 strong as iron

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.879
 because iron

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.879
 breaks to pieces

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:18.000
 and shatters

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.819
 all things

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.159
 and like iron

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.759
 that crushes

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.720
 it shall break

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.619
 and crush

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.460
 all of these

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:25.179
 and as you saw

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.619
 the feet and toes

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.960
 partly of potter's

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.220
 clay

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.240
 and partly of iron

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.079
 it shall be

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.059
 a divided kingdom

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:32.599
 but some

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.500
 of the firmness

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.039
 of the iron

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.019
 shall be in it

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:36.740
 yet just as you saw

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:38.220
 iron mixed with the clay

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:40.099
 and as the toes

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.599
 of the feet

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.720
 were partly iron

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.679
 and partly clay

00:33:42.679 --> 00:33:43.779
 so the kingdom

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.919
 shall be partly strong

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.740
 and partly brittle

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.240
 as you saw

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.099
 the iron mixed

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.779
 with soft clay

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.339
 so they will

00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:51.079
 mix with one another

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:51.659
 in marriage

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:53.299
 but they will not

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.859
 hold together

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:55.240
 just as iron

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:56.259
 does not mix

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.960
 with clay

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:59.640
 Daniel is now

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.380
 describing the

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.380
 subsequent kingdoms

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:02.200
 that will rise

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.779
 and fall

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.660
 the kingdom

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.600
 of Mediapersia

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.299
 the kingdom

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.799
 of Greece

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.220
 the kingdom

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.680
 of Rome

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.740
 and some future

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.179
 kingdom

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.980
 that will have

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.480
 Rome

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.900
 like qualities

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.460
 that we have

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.280
 not yet seen

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:13.940
 but each element

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.019
 of this picture

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:15.880
 is intact

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.000
 this silver

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.860
 which represents

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.019
 Mediapersia

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:21.780
 is given to us

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.659
 because it was

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.880
 Mediapersia

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:24.780
 this silver

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:26.320
 is the same word

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.360
 as money

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.380
 the characteristic

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.380
 of the Mediapersian

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.240
 empire would be

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:32.500
 money or silver

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.820
 and history

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.960
 bears this out

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.079
 the Mediapersian

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.539
 empire

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:38.079
 developed a vast

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.700
 system

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.860
 of taxation

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:41.340
 they required

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.000
 that their taxes

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.539
 be paid

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.260
 in silver

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.800
 and they literally

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.900
 filled their coffers

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.680
 with tons

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.599
 and tons

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.680
 of silver

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:50.660
 the Mediapersian

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.559
 empire would last

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.780
 for about 200 years

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.060
 and then the next

00:34:54.060 --> 00:34:54.700
 kingdom that's

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:56.000
 represented by bronze

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.100
 would take its place

00:34:57.100 --> 00:34:57.560
 the kingdom

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:58.640
 of Greece

00:34:58.640 --> 00:35:00.420
 Greece would come

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.640
 led by Alexander

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.180
 the Great

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.660
 he would come

00:35:03.660 --> 00:35:05.940
 in 332 B.C.

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:06.800
 and the Greek

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.720
 empire would last

00:35:07.720 --> 00:35:08.480
 again for another

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.980
 200 years or so

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.580
 to 146 B.C.

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.260
 this representation

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.200
 of bronze

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.840
 was seen

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.040
 in their soldiers

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.480
 in their weaponry

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:19.160
 in their battles

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:20.820
 Greek soldiers

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.440
 would have on their

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.720
 head

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:24.360
 a helmet

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:25.099
 of bronze

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:27.139
 a breastplate

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:28.000
 of brass

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.340
 a shield

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.960
 of brass

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.639
 a sword

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.420
 of brass

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.659
 and their primary

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.340
 instrument

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:34.000
 a spear

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:35.019
 which was tipped

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.920
 with bronze

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:39.599
 all of these

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.179
 characteristics

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.740
 again

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:42.280
 representing

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:43.280
 the kingdoms

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.139
 that will come

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.960
 the fourth kingdom

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.740
 this kingdom

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.300
 of iron

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.860
 Daniel goes on

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.460
 to describe

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.139
 this Roman

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.559
 empire

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.900
 that would

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.860
 take power

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.280
 in about

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:54.460
 146 B.C.

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.840
 it would last

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.480
 until the 400s

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:59.559
 about 500 years

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.320
 this kingdom

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:01.760
 of Rome

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.539
 would last

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.619
 and the

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:06.000
 languishing

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.740
 or languishing

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.199
 effects

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.780
 of this kingdom

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.340
 would reach

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.199
 even until

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.720
 1453

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.940
 when Constantinople

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.920
 was finally

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.940
 knocked off

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.619
 in the east

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:17.800
 but no empire

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.659
 would even

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:20.059
 take its place

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:22.639
 Rome is described

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.300
 as one that

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.940
 crushes

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.039
 historians

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:27.039
 would describe

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.039
 this as one

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.980
 who breaks

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.860
 and smashes

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.820
 and breaks

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.840
 into pieces

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.940
 it crushes

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.820
 Rome ruled

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.360
 the nations

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.019
 with an iron

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.500
 hand

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:38.059
 and like a huge

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.920
 iron club

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.679
 it is said

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.420
 that they shattered

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:42.180
 all who resisted

00:36:42.180 --> 00:36:43.139
 its will

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:45.220
 again God

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:45.940
 illustrating

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.800
 the coming

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.440
 of this

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.519
 Roman empire

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.200
 here Daniel

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.840
 is interpreting

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.400
 this dream

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.519
 600 years

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:53.680
 before Christ

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.639
 and the Roman

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.039
 empire

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.480
 wouldn't even

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.340
 begin to be

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.760
 thought of

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.360
 really

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.940
 and have

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.300
 its way

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:58.840
 until about

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.720
 31 years

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.460
 before Jesus

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:02.460
 comes to earth

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:06.159
 this iron

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.139
 mixed with clay

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:08.000
 this final kingdom

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.280
 that Daniel

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.940
 describes in

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.039
 verses 41

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.700
 to 43

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:14.519
 this feet

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:15.460
 and toes

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.539
 partly of potter's

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.820
 clay

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:18.019
 partly of iron

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.420
 it should be

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.380
 divided kingdom

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:21.059
 and some of the

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.940
 firmness of iron

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.659
 shall be in it

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.940
 just as you saw

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.159
 iron mixed

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.059
 with clay

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.579
 we see this

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.139
 continuing

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.460
 deterioration

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.360
 of disunity

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.380
 from one

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.920
 kingdom

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.880
 to the next

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:34.179
 and now results

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.539
 in ten toes

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.800
 mixed with

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.280
 iron

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.159
 in clay

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:39.780
 demonstrating

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:42.660
 the disunity

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.940
 the discontinuity

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.880
 of this kingdom

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.420
 we come to find

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.060
 in Daniel chapter

00:37:47.060 --> 00:37:47.960
 7

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.960
 verses 23

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.420
 to 24

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.780
 that these

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.500
 ten toes

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.980
 actually represent

00:37:51.980 --> 00:37:53.000
 ten kingdoms

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:54.740
 Daniel

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.120
 will have

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:55.880
 another vision

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:57.660
 thus he said

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.420
 as for the

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.100
 fourth beast

00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.680
 there shall be

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.620
 a fourth kingdom

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.400
 on the earth

00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:02.740
 which shall be

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.700
 different from

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.540
 all the other kingdoms

00:38:04.540 --> 00:38:05.820
 it shall devour

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.660
 the whole earth

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.639
 and trample it

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.399
 down and break

00:38:08.399 --> 00:38:09.159
 it to pieces

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.579
 as for the

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.259
 ten horns

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:12.259
 out of this

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.579
 kingdom

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.199
 ten kings

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.879
 shall arise

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.879
 and another

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.480
 shall arise

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.039
 after them

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.359
 he

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.639
 shall be

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.159
 different

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.980
 from the

00:38:18.980 --> 00:38:19.699
 former ones

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.139
 and shall

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.839
 put down

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.639
 three kings

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:24.440
 God is still

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.899
 speaking

00:38:24.899 --> 00:38:26.339
 in

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:27.460
 the kinds

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.139
 of metaphors

00:38:28.139 --> 00:38:28.719
 we don't quite

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.299
 understand

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.759
 yet

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.159
 but we

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.779
 understand

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:32.000
 that ten kings

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.699
 will arise

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:34.299
 and as we find

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.939
 from Revelation

00:38:34.939 --> 00:38:35.919
 chapter 17

00:38:35.919 --> 00:38:36.779
 verse 12

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.500
 the continuing

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:39.839
 illustration

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.659
 the continuing

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:42.599
 description

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.379
 of these

00:38:43.379 --> 00:38:44.279
 ten kingdoms

00:38:44.279 --> 00:38:45.719
 ten horns

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.460
 that you saw

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.619
 are ten kings

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.939
 who have not yet

00:38:48.939 --> 00:38:49.939
 received their power

00:38:49.939 --> 00:38:50.500
 but they

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.539
 are to receive

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.759
 authority as kings

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.719
 for one hour

00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.659
 together

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.699
 with the beasts

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:57.159
 this kingdom

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.679
 is still

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.639
 on its way

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:00.119
 it's going to be

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.239
 kind of a resurgence

00:39:01.239 --> 00:39:02.000
 as it were

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:03.039
 of the kingdom

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.599
 of Rome

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:05.760
 and we don't know

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:06.500
 all of the

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.659
 the evidences

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:08.300
 we don't know

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.940
 all of the

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.380
 descriptions

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.960
 of this

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.300
 kingdom

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:12.000
 but this

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.300
 kingdom

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.199
 will find

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.519
 its way

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.940
 to power

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:15.400
 before this

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.059
 stone

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:17.119
 will come

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.739
 and destroy

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:18.679
 that's where

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.260
 we end our

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.539
 study this morning

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.099
 in verses

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.219
 44 to 45

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:23.219
 we see this

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.079
 eternal stone

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.920
 and the description

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.719
 of that stone

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.860
 is recounted

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.320
 for us

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:28.000
 in the next

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.559
 several verses

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.000
 beginning

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.460
 in verse 44

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:32.860
 in the days

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.760
 of those kings

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:35.400
 the God of heaven

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.199
 will set up a kingdom

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.599
 that shall never

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:38.220
 be destroyed

00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:40.360
 nor shall the kingdoms

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.579
 be left

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.659
 to another people

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:44.300
 it shall break

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.940
 in all pieces

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.840
 all these kingdoms

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.820
 and bring them

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.800
 to an end

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:49.360
 and it shall stand

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:49.760
 forever

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.760
 just as you saw

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.380
 that a stone

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.860
 was cut

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.940
 from a mountain

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.980
 by no human hand

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.880
 and that it broke

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.519
 in pieces

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.179
 the iron

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.820
 the bronze

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:58.380
 the clay

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:59.340
 the silver

00:39:59.340 --> 00:40:00.420
 the gold

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.820
 a great God

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:02.300
 is made known

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:02.700
 to you

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:04.180
 the king

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.300
 what shall be

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.920
 after this

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:07.180
 the dream

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.920
 is certain

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.039
 and its interpretation

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:10.079
 is sure

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:14.300
 notice this phrase

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:15.039
 in the days

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.360
 of those kings

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:18.420
 it's quite an

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.200
 interesting

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:20.900
 surprising statement

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.579
 as it were

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.820
 in the days

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.440
 of those kings

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:23.800
 now

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.619
 as the God

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:25.180
 of eternity

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:26.400
 stands outside

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:27.119
 of time

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.740
 and kind of

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.360
 binds

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:29.180
 all of those

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:29.820
 empires

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.440
 together

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.940
 all of those kings

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.900
 that represented

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.200
 those empires

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:35.119
 he puts them

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:36.099
 all in one

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.860
 category

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.960
 he unifies

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:38.680
 them again

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.519
 and says

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:41.059
 he is over all

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:43.340
 God who stands

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.000
 as the one

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:44.619
 who is eternal

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:47.039
 God who stands

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:48.340
 while empires

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.820
 rise and fall

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:51.380
 it is God

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.200
 who is over

00:40:52.200 --> 00:40:53.460
 these kingdoms

00:40:53.460 --> 00:40:54.420
 and these kings

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.280
 it is God

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:56.059
 who will establish

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:57.220
 his kingdom

00:40:57.220 --> 00:40:58.639
 once and for all

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.440
 this rock

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.500
 that breaks

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.780
 and shatters

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.820
 will now grow

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.659
 and fill the earth

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:04.659
 and the dominion

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:05.480
 that he will have

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.400
 will be over

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.539
 the entire earth

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.920
 history

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:12.039
 of nearly a thousand

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.639
 years

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.720
 has merged

00:41:13.720 --> 00:41:15.059
 back into one

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:16.960
 because standing

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:18.159
 above history

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:19.599
 is an eternal God

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:21.220
 and when Daniel

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.720
 refers

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.980
 to again

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.500
 is the God

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.940
 of heaven

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.880
 his kingdom

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.719
 that will never

00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:26.980
 be destroyed

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.940
 God's kingdom

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.420
 will break

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.179
 all the others

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.280
 into pieces

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.159
 by one

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.320
 single blow

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:34.860
 ultimately

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.659
 we understand

00:41:35.659 --> 00:41:36.179
 that God

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:36.679
 himself

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.920
 is the king

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.579
 of kings

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.219
 in the Lord

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:39.599
 of lords

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.659
 it is God

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.480
 who will establish

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.400
 his kingdom

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.119
 on the earth

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.280
 and as we find

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.900
 from revelation

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:45.579
 this kingdom

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.740
 will have the quality

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.659
 not only of being

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.840
 a spiritual kingdom

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:49.740
 that Jesus

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:51.099
 began to introduce

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:52.559
 during his ministry

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:54.799
 in his first return

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:57.400
 this good news

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:58.099
 of the kingdom

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.659
 of God

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:59.159
 that was

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.960
 so

00:41:59.960 --> 00:42:02.000
 so prevalent

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.779
 in the message

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.920
 that Jesus spoke

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.679
 and his disciples

00:42:04.679 --> 00:42:05.420
 reiterated

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.960
 it does have

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.719
 a spiritual

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:09.059
 dimension to it

00:42:09.059 --> 00:42:10.199
 but just as

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.820
 the kingdoms

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:12.239
 of the ages

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.880
 have had

00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:14.400
 a literal

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.420
 and a physical

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.480
 observable

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:17.239
 authority

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:19.619
 God's kingdom

00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.579
 also

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:22.039
 will have a visible

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.579
 observable

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.699
 and physical

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.459
 reality

00:42:25.459 --> 00:42:26.059
 to it

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:27.279
 revelation

00:42:27.279 --> 00:42:28.059
 tells us

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.679
 that this kingdom

00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:29.179
 will last

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.679
 for a thousand

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.159
 years

00:42:30.159 --> 00:42:31.859
 where Jesus

00:42:31.859 --> 00:42:32.259
 will sit

00:42:32.259 --> 00:42:32.799
 on the throne

00:42:32.799 --> 00:42:33.799
 of David

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.299
 where Jesus

00:42:34.299 --> 00:42:35.059
 will rule

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:36.419
 from Jerusalem

00:42:36.419 --> 00:42:37.739
 Jesus

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.399
 will have

00:42:38.399 --> 00:42:38.739
 his

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.899
 his day

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:41.459
 and it will be

00:42:41.459 --> 00:42:41.979
 in fulfillment

00:42:41.979 --> 00:42:42.679
 of the promises

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.419
 that he's given

00:42:43.419 --> 00:42:44.779
 to his people

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.679
 going all the way

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.500
 back to Abraham

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.399
 but reinforced

00:42:47.399 --> 00:42:48.839
 to Isaac

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:50.000
 and Jacob

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.839
 and to David

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:54.159
 history has

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.679
 testified

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:56.299
 of the rising

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:56.839
 and fall

00:42:56.839 --> 00:42:58.179
 of these kingdoms

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:59.460
 as God

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.119
 prescribed

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.519
 it stands

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:02.079
 as a witness

00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:03.500
 to the power

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:04.179
 of God

00:43:04.179 --> 00:43:05.059
 not only to

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.239
 reveal his word

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:07.319
 but his power

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.059
 to bring

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.099
 it to pass

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:11.099
 so as we've seen

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:12.679
 the four kingdoms

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.419
 at least

00:43:13.419 --> 00:43:14.059
 that have come

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.960
 and gone

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.079
 four empires

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:18.079
 we can come

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:19.079
 to put our confidence

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.559
 in the fact

00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.000
 that God

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.019
 will fulfill

00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:22.079
 the remaining parts

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:23.139
 of this

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:24.380
 prophecy

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.139
 in a similar way

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:27.940
 the disciples

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:29.679
 asked Jesus

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:31.039
 when will these

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.699
 things be

00:43:31.699 --> 00:43:32.340
 what will be

00:43:32.340 --> 00:43:32.840
 the sign

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.480
 of your coming

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.300
 and the end

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.820
 of the age

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:35.240
 and Jesus

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.920
 responds

00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:36.639
 in Matthew

00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:37.440
 chapter 24

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:38.639
 verses 36

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.199
 and 44

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.960
 by saying

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.199
 concerning that day

00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:42.679
 and the hour

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.519
 no one knows

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.619
 not even

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:45.039
 the angels

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.539
 of heaven

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:46.899
 nor the son

00:43:46.899 --> 00:43:47.480
 but the father

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:47.940
 only

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:49.819
 therefore you also

00:43:49.819 --> 00:43:50.500
 must be ready

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.399
 for the son of man

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:52.159
 is coming

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.759
 in an hour

00:43:52.759 --> 00:43:54.399
 you do not expect

00:43:54.399 --> 00:43:56.339
 are we ready

00:43:56.339 --> 00:43:57.079
 are you ready

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.980
 for the coming

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.759
 of the king

00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.899
 because every

00:43:59.899 --> 00:44:01.279
 knee will bow

00:44:01.279 --> 00:44:02.379
 and every tongue

00:44:02.379 --> 00:44:03.039
 will confess

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:04.519
 that Jesus Christ

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.179
 is lord

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.899
 to the glory

00:44:05.899 --> 00:44:06.819
 of God

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.440
 the father

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:08.799
 he is coming

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:09.800
 to establish

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.560
 his kingdom

00:44:10.560 --> 00:44:11.519
 and he is made

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:11.940
 a way

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:12.920
 through his son

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.280
 Jesus

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.820
 who was the stone

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:16.300
 who came

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.120
 and established

00:44:17.120 --> 00:44:18.560
 once and for all

00:44:18.560 --> 00:44:20.140
 how relationship

00:44:20.140 --> 00:44:20.720
 with God

00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:21.420
 is possible

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.360
 not only

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.360
 through the stone

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.000
 but through

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:25.380
 the same stone

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:26.140
 who is also

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.720
 the lamb

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.640
 the sacrifice

00:44:27.640 --> 00:44:28.800
 the lamb

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:29.440
 of God

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:30.100
 who is

00:44:30.100 --> 00:44:30.840
 who is

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.340
 killed

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:32.640
 for us

00:44:32.640 --> 00:44:33.420
 so the precious

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.680
 blood of Christ

00:44:34.680 --> 00:44:35.860
 as of a lamb

00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:37.039
 without blemish

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.880
 and without spot

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:39.599
 becomes the payment

00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.320
 for sin

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:42.239
 have you asked

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.639
 forgiveness

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.239
 for your sin

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.980
 do you know

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.559
 Jesus

00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:46.139
 as your savior

00:44:46.139 --> 00:44:47.380
 have you made him

00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:47.940
 the lord

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.559
 the king

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.420
 of kings

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:50.360
 over your life

00:44:50.360 --> 00:44:51.320
 are you awaiting

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:52.559
 and looking forward

00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:53.960
 to his coming kingdom

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:56.960
 we finish our time

00:44:56.960 --> 00:44:57.519
 this morning

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:59.079
 in the dreams

00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:00.639
 required response

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:02.380
 what is

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:03.279
 the essential

00:45:03.279 --> 00:45:04.500
 necessary

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.619
 response

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:06.519
 to the dream

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:08.000
 this revelation

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.440
 that God

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.800
 has given

00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:09.300
 to us

00:45:09.300 --> 00:45:10.199
 about the

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:10.880
 subsequent

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:11.880
 generations

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.539
 the subsequent

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:13.159
 kingdoms

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:14.539
 but culminating

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.360
 in the

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:15.960
 kingdom

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.480
 of God

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:18.420
 we find this

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.019
 response in

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.800
 Daniel chapter 2

00:45:19.800 --> 00:45:20.539
 verses 46

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.980
 to 49

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.539
 it says

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:22.840
 then king

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:23.460
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:45:23.460 --> 00:45:24.159
 fell upon his

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:24.519
 face

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.599
 and paid

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.059
 homage

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:26.800
 to Daniel

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.480
 and just

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.019
 pause there

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:28.539
 for a moment

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:29.440
 I want you

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:29.980
 to recognize

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.440
 that

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.619
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.179
 is paying

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.579
 homage

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.159
 to Daniel

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:34.039
 not because

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:34.380
 he's

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.960
 worshipping

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.659
 Daniel

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:36.119
 but because

00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:37.000
 he recognizes

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.960
 that God

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.740
 is speaking

00:45:38.740 --> 00:45:39.340
 through

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:40.579
 this representative

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:41.320
 Daniel

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.079
 and he doesn't

00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:42.980
 know how else

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:44.139
 to express

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.800
 his worship

00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:45.599
 he has no

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.280
 other way

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:46.840
 he has no

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.960
 other insight

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.619
 on how to do

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:48.760
 it

00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:49.960
 so God's

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.460
 representative

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:51.079
 is there

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.639
 and so he

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:53.000
 worships

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:53.460
 Daniel

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:55.039
 he commands

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.800
 that an offering

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:56.380
 of incense

00:45:56.380 --> 00:45:56.940
 be offered

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.579
 again

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.360
 worship

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.960
 is taking

00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.579
 place

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:00.619
 the king

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:00.980
 answered

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:01.280
 and said

00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:01.619
 to Daniel

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.039
 truly

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:03.440
 your God

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.259
 is God

00:46:04.259 --> 00:46:04.800
 of gods

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:05.579
 and Lord

00:46:05.579 --> 00:46:06.179
 of kings

00:46:06.179 --> 00:46:07.739
 and a revealer

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.480
 of mysteries

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:09.239
 for you

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:09.619
 have been

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:10.420
 able to

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.099
 reveal this

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.539
 mystery

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:12.920
 and the king

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.699
 gave Daniel

00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:14.679
 high honors

00:46:14.679 --> 00:46:15.739
 and many

00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:16.380
 great gifts

00:46:16.380 --> 00:46:17.340
 and made him

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:17.920
 ruler over

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.199
 the whole

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:18.920
 province of

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:19.279
 Babylon

00:46:19.279 --> 00:46:20.519
 and chief

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.420
 prefect

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:22.340
 over all

00:46:22.340 --> 00:46:23.079
 the wise

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:23.599
 men of

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.000
 Babylon

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:25.380
 Daniel

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.759
 made a

00:46:25.759 --> 00:46:26.139
 request

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:26.679
 of the king

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:26.940
 and he

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.279
 appointed

00:46:27.279 --> 00:46:27.779
 Shadrach

00:46:27.779 --> 00:46:28.199
 Meshach

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:28.719
 and Abednego

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:29.599
 over the

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.059
 affairs of

00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:30.500
 the province

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:31.000
 of Babylon

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:32.000
 but Daniel

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:32.960
 remained

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.659
 at the

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.260
 king's

00:46:34.260 --> 00:46:34.739
 court

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:36.800
 Daniel's

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:37.239
 commitment

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:37.940
 to the

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.219
 God

00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:38.480
 who is

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.039
 over all

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:40.340
 as we've

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:40.579
 learned

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:40.940
 he's the

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.119
 God

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.559
 who reveals

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:42.039
 secrets

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.519
 he's the

00:46:42.519 --> 00:46:42.780
 God

00:46:42.780 --> 00:46:43.400
 who is

00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:43.940
 accessible

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.699
 he is

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.119
 the God

00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:45.440
 who is

00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:45.940
 available

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.619
 he's the

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:46.860
 God

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:47.239
 who is

00:46:47.239 --> 00:46:48.019
 over all

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.539
 the

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:49.139
 God

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.780
 of heaven

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:50.880
 who is

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.420
 supreme

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:53.039
 and Daniel

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.599
 has committed

00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:54.199
 his heart

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.860
 to following

00:46:54.860 --> 00:46:55.739
 after God

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:56.039
 and to

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.579
 trust

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.300
 that God

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:57.900
 will reveal

00:46:57.900 --> 00:46:58.639
 this

00:46:58.639 --> 00:46:59.179
 significant

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.820
 dream

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:00.340
 to him

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:01.940
 and now

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.380
 he has

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:03.380
 been a

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:03.920
 mouthpiece

00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:05.079
 of God's

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.760
 future plan

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:07.380
 and God's

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:07.800
 desire

00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:08.780
 for Nebuchadnezzar

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:09.240
 himself

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:10.200
 to bow

00:47:10.200 --> 00:47:10.760
 before

00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:11.620
 the king

00:47:11.620 --> 00:47:12.160
 of kings

00:47:12.160 --> 00:47:12.740
 and the

00:47:12.740 --> 00:47:13.019
 lord of

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.300
 lords

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:13.680
 God

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:14.220
 himself

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:15.700
 and while

00:47:15.700 --> 00:47:16.320
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:16.640
 doesn't

00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:17.320
 understand

00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:18.340
 perfectly

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:18.780
 yet

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:19.160
 we're

00:47:19.160 --> 00:47:19.380
 going to

00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:19.720
 find

00:47:19.720 --> 00:47:20.120
 that God

00:47:20.120 --> 00:47:20.300
 will

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:20.800
 continue

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.700
 to reveal

00:47:21.700 --> 00:47:22.440
 himself

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:23.500
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:23.940
 we're going

00:47:23.940 --> 00:47:24.539
 to see it

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.000
 in Daniel

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.760
 chapter 3

00:47:25.760 --> 00:47:26.320
 we're going

00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:26.820
 to see it

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.320
 even more

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:27.740
 in Daniel

00:47:27.740 --> 00:47:28.460
 chapter 4

00:47:28.460 --> 00:47:29.360
 where God

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:30.119
 will not

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:30.639
 give up

00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.619
 on Nebuchadnezzar

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.500
 and he seeks

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.139
 to draw him

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:34.039
 into more

00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:34.800
 knowledge

00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:35.500
 of himself

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:37.079
 that happens

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:37.599
 through his

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:38.240
 representatives

00:47:38.240 --> 00:47:40.659
 and we

00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:41.519
 like Daniel

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:42.059
 have been

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.360
 given

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:43.559
 the unique

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:44.659
 responsibility

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:46.000
 and the unique

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:46.480
 privilege

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.519
 of being the

00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:48.260
 mouthpiece

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:49.300
 and representative

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.179
 for God

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:51.220
 in a very

00:47:51.220 --> 00:47:52.019
 dark

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.559
 and fallen

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.940
 world

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.960
 we can

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.280
 do that

00:47:55.280 --> 00:47:55.720
 because

00:47:55.720 --> 00:47:56.059
 we

00:47:56.059 --> 00:47:57.220
 rest

00:47:57.220 --> 00:47:57.700
 our

00:47:57.700 --> 00:47:58.280
 confidence

00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:58.760
 in a

00:47:58.760 --> 00:47:58.960
 God

00:47:58.960 --> 00:47:59.139
 who's

00:47:59.139 --> 00:47:59.440
 eternal

00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:00.619
 we can

00:48:00.619 --> 00:48:01.059
 do that

00:48:01.059 --> 00:48:01.420
 because

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:01.800
 we can

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.260
 rest

00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:02.659
 our

00:48:02.659 --> 00:48:03.159
 confidence

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:03.860
 in a

00:48:03.860 --> 00:48:04.139
 God

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:04.840
 who is

00:48:04.840 --> 00:48:05.260
 over

00:48:05.260 --> 00:48:05.619
 all

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:06.480
 circumstances

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:07.059
 whether

00:48:07.059 --> 00:48:07.599
 they seem

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:07.860
 to be

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.220
 out of

00:48:08.220 --> 00:48:08.780
 control

00:48:08.780 --> 00:48:09.440
 and not

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:09.920
 working

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.360
 in our

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.740
 favor

00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.440
 we can

00:48:11.440 --> 00:48:11.820
 trust

00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:12.260
 that God

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:12.420
 is

00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:13.179
 over all

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:14.079
 over all

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.400
 of these

00:48:14.400 --> 00:48:14.720
 things

00:48:14.720 --> 00:48:15.139
 and he

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.420
 has a

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:15.720
 purpose

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.360
 for them

00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:18.480
 as we

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:18.980
 place

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:19.400
 our

00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:19.820
 confidence

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.400
 in him

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:22.000
 as we

00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:22.440
 rest

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:23.120
 in who

00:48:23.120 --> 00:48:23.640
 he is

00:48:23.640 --> 00:48:24.539
 and as

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:25.099
 we share

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:25.720
 his words

00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:26.380
 with others

00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:27.780
 we will

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:28.440
 be used

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.400
 like Daniel

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:29.800
 was

00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:30.720
 to be a

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.300
 mouthpiece

00:48:31.300 --> 00:48:32.200
 of God's

00:48:32.200 --> 00:48:32.700
 message and

00:48:32.700 --> 00:48:33.059
 gospel

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.559
 to the

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:33.700
 world

00:48:33.700 --> 00:48:34.340
 around us

00:48:34.340 --> 00:48:35.260
 and be

00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:35.599
 able to

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.160
 enjoy

00:48:36.160 --> 00:48:37.079
 the benefits

00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:37.760
 of the

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.240
 living

00:48:38.240 --> 00:48:39.280
 powerful

00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:40.160
 word

00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:41.000
 of God

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.660
 as it

00:48:41.660 --> 00:48:42.260
 has its

00:48:42.260 --> 00:48:42.620
 way

00:48:42.620 --> 00:48:43.000
 in the

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.400
 hearts

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:44.180
 of those

00:48:44.180 --> 00:48:45.000
 around us

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:46.500
 may God

00:48:46.500 --> 00:48:47.119
 help us

00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:48.239
 this week

00:48:48.239 --> 00:48:49.119
 as we

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.599
 seek to

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:50.039
 make much

00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:50.420
 of God

00:48:50.420 --> 00:48:50.659
 in our

00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:50.900
 life

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:51.420
 both

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:52.159
 personally

00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:52.960
 and wherever

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.420
 we are

00:48:53.420 --> 00:48:54.360
 as we

00:48:54.360 --> 00:48:54.800
 put our

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.400
 confidence

00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:56.139
 in the

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.440
 God who

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:56.940
 is eternal

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:58.000
 and overall

00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:59.519
 may God

00:48:59.519 --> 00:48:59.880
 help us

00:48:59.880 --> 00:49:00.139
 to do

00:49:00.139 --> 00:49:00.320
 that

00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:00.800
 faithfully

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:02.239
 oh Lord

00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:02.639
 we thank

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:02.900
 you

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:04.760
 for the

00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:05.139
 testimony

00:49:05.139 --> 00:49:05.719
 of Daniel

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:07.960
 we thank

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:08.199
 you for

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:08.840
 his courage

00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:10.719
 we thank

00:49:10.719 --> 00:49:10.960
 you for

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:11.480
 his faith

00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:12.880
 we thank

00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:13.099
 you for

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:13.579
 his willingness

00:49:13.579 --> 00:49:14.800
 to cut

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:15.360
 it straight

00:49:15.360 --> 00:49:17.900
 this message

00:49:17.900 --> 00:49:18.260
 that he

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:18.800
 gives to

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:19.440
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:19.900
 is not

00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:20.380
 an easy

00:49:20.380 --> 00:49:20.660
 one

00:49:20.660 --> 00:49:21.960
 it's not

00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:22.460
 a message

00:49:22.460 --> 00:49:23.280
 that Nebuchadnezzar

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:24.019
 wants to hear

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:24.600
 that his

00:49:24.600 --> 00:49:25.220
 kingdom is

00:49:25.220 --> 00:49:25.560
 going to

00:49:25.560 --> 00:49:26.019
 dissolve

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:26.580
 into

00:49:26.580 --> 00:49:27.400
 nothingness

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:28.620
 and yet

00:49:28.620 --> 00:49:28.960
 it was a

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.519
 it was a

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:29.840
 message

00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:30.440
 that the

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.740
 king

00:49:30.740 --> 00:49:31.660
 needed to

00:49:31.660 --> 00:49:31.980
 hear

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:32.539
 in order

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:33.060
 to grab

00:49:33.060 --> 00:49:33.600
 his attention

00:49:33.600 --> 00:49:34.600
 and cause

00:49:34.600 --> 00:49:34.940
 him to

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:35.320
 fall

00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:36.140
 in worship

00:49:36.140 --> 00:49:36.780
 before

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:37.660
 the God

00:49:37.660 --> 00:49:38.120
 of heaven

00:49:38.120 --> 00:49:39.960
 God I pray

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:40.220
 that you'd

00:49:40.220 --> 00:49:40.740
 help to give

00:49:40.740 --> 00:49:41.320
 us courage

00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:41.760
 as well

00:49:41.760 --> 00:49:42.100
 as your

00:49:42.100 --> 00:49:42.660
 representatives

00:49:42.660 --> 00:49:44.160
 not only

00:49:44.159 --> 00:49:44.739
 to speak

00:49:44.739 --> 00:49:45.559
 your words

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.839
 but to

00:49:46.839 --> 00:49:47.420
 show your

00:49:47.420 --> 00:49:47.839
 life

00:49:47.839 --> 00:49:48.559
 to the

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:48.719
 world

00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:49.379
 around us

00:49:49.379 --> 00:49:50.920
 help us

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.179
 to be

00:49:51.179 --> 00:49:51.559
 faithful

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:52.940
 and may

00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:53.500
 your

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:54.000
 Holy Spirit

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.379
 have his

00:49:54.379 --> 00:49:54.679
 way

00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:55.500
 in our

00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:55.960
 lives

00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:56.639
 we pray

00:49:56.639 --> 00:49:57.000
 in Jesus

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:57.379
 name

00:49:57.379 --> 00:49:57.960
 amen

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:59.099
 God bless

00:49:59.099 --> 00:49:59.219
 you

00:49:59.219 --> 00:49:59.480
 have a

00:49:59.480 --> 00:49:59.619
 great

00:49:59.619 --> 00:49:59.879
 week