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 God, Lord, we pray we'll continue to be faithful to us

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 as we continue to be faithful to him

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 in holding forth not ourselves

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 and not building a big program

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 or a big building or a big anything,

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 but that we would hold forth the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 and that he would build his church.

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 If you're wondering,

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 the stained glass window is over here in the side

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 so you can look at it after the service.

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 If you're wondering, where in the world is that?

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 I've never seen that.

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 It's because it's over here.

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 All the parents know it

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 because they go to children's ministry.

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 All right.

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 I'm going to ask you this morning to stand

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 for the reading of God's word.

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 We're looking at Daniel chapter seven this morning.

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 And as usual, I forgot the page number.

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 It's 744.

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 So if you want to pull out your pew Bible

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 and read along with us,

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 we're going to read the whole chapter.

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 And I thought it'd be good for us

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 to stand to honor God's word

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 and to stretch our legs.

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 So let's read God's word together.

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 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon,

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 Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head

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 as he lay in his bed.

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 Then he wrote down the dream

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 and told the sum of the matter.

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 Daniel declared,

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 I saw in my vision by night.

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 And behold, the four winds of heaven

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 were stirring up the great sea

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 and four great beasts came up out of the sea

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 different from one another.

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 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings.

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 Then as I looked, its wings were plucked off

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 and it was lifted up from the ground

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 and made to stand on two feet like a man.

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 And the mind of a man was given to it.

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 And behold, another beast, a second one like a bear.

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 It was raised up on one side.

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 It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth

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 and it was told,

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 arise, devour much flesh.

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 After this, I looked and behold,

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 another like a leopard

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 with the four wings of a bird on its back.

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 And the beast had four heads

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 and the dominion was given to it.

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 After this, I saw in the night visions

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 and behold, a fourth beast,

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 terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong.

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 It had great iron teeth.

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 It devoured and broke it in pieces

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 and stamped what was left with its feet.

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 It was different from all the beasts

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 that were before it.

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 And it had 10 horns.

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 I considered the horns and behold,

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 there came up among them another horn,

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 a little one,

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 before which three of the first horns

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 were plucked up by the roots.

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 And behold, in this horn

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 were eyes like the eyes of a man

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 and a mouth speaking great things.

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 As I looked, thrones were placed

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 and the Ancient of Days took his seat.

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 His clothing was white as snow

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 and the hair on his head was like pure will.

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 His throne was fiery flames.

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 Its wheels were burning fire.

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 A stream of fire issued

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 and came out from before him.

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 A thousand thousand served him

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 and 10,000 times 10,000 stood before him.

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 The court sat in judgment

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 and the books were opened.

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 I looked then because of the sound

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 of the great words that the horn was speaking.

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 And as I looked,

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 the beast was killed

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 and its body destroyed

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 and given over to be burned with fire.

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 As the rest of the beasts,

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 their dominion was taken away,

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 but their lives were prolonged

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 for a season and a time.

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 I saw in the night visions

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 and behold,

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 with the clouds of heaven,

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 there came one like a son of man.

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 And he came to the Ancient of Days

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 and was presented before him.

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 And to him was given dominion

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 and glory and a kingdom

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 that all peoples, nations,

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 and languages should serve him.

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 His dominion is an everlasting dominion

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 which shall not pass away

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 and his kingdom one

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 that shall not be destroyed.

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 As for me, Daniel,

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 my spirit within me was anxious

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 and the visions of my head alarmed me.

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 I approached one of those

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 who stood there

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 and asked him for the truth

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 concerning all this.

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 So he told me

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 and made known to me

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 the interpretation of these things.

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 These four great beasts

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 are four kings

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 who shall arise out of the earth.

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 But the saints of the Most High

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 shall receive the kingdom

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 and possess the kingdom

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 forever, forever, and ever.

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 Then I desired to know the truth

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 about the fourth beast

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 which was different

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 from all the rest,

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 exceedingly terrifying

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 with its teeth of iron

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 and claws of bronze,

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 which devoured and broke in pieces

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 and stamped what was left

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 with its feet.

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 And about the ten horns

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 that were on its head

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 and the other horn that came up

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 and before which three of them fell,

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 the horn that had eyes

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 and a mouth that spoke great things

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 that seemed greater

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 than its companions.

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 As I looked,

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 this horn made war with the saints

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 and prevailed over them

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 until the Ancient of Days came

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 and judgment was given

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 for the saints of the Most High.

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 And the time came

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 when the saints possessed the kingdom.

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 Thus he said,

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 As for the fourth beast,

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 there shall be a fourth kingdom

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 on earth

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 which shall be different

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 from all the kingdoms

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 and it shall devour the whole earth

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 and trample it down

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 and break it to pieces.

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 As for the ten horns,

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 out of this kingdom

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 ten kings shall rise

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 and another shall rise after them.

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 He shall be different

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 from the former ones

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 and shall put down three kings.

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 He shall speak words

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 against the Most High

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 and shall wear out

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 the saints of the Most High

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 and shall think to change

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 the times and the law

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 and they shall be given

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 into his hand

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 for a time,

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 times,

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 and half a time.

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 But the court

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 shall sit in judgment

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 and his dominion

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 shall be taken away

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 to be consumed

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 and destroyed

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 to the end.

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 And the dominion

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 and the kingdom

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 and the dominion

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 and the greatness

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 of the kingdoms

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 under the whole heaven

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 shall be given

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 to the people

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 of the saints

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 of the Most High.

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 Their kingdom

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 shall be an everlasting kingdom

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 and all dominions

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 shall serve

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 and obey them.

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 Here is the end

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 of the matter.

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 As for me, Daniel,

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 my thoughts greatly

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 alarmed me.

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 My color changed.

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 But I kept the matter

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 in my heart.

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 This is the reading

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 of God's word.

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 Let's say,

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 thanks be to God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Take a seat

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 and let's pray.

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 God,

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 we pray for help

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 this morning.

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 As we encounter

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 this text

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 and we recognize

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 indeed how foreign

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 this text is

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 to the way we think

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 and the way we communicate

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 in our day

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 and age today,

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 Lord,

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 we ask for your spirit

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 to give us wisdom

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 and insight

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 that we might know

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 the truth

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 that you are speaking

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 to us through it.

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 Lord,

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 thank you

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 for the many

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 who have gone before

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 who can help us

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 to understand this rightly.

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 And Lord,

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 we pray that

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 as we hear

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 this word spoken

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 to us

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 that we might have,

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 Lord,

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 great confidence

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 in you.

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 Lord,

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 that though this world

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 with devils filled

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 should often threaten

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 to undo us,

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 we will not fear

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 for Lord,

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 you have triumphed

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 through us.

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 We praise you

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 for that this morning.

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 Lord,

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 I ask for your help

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 as I speak

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 that I might speak

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 your words

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 and Lord,

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 for all of our hearts

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 that we'd be receptive

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 to what you have

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 for us today.

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 We pray this

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 At the risk

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 of sounding

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 like Chicken Little,

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 the sky is falling.

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 Or at least

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 that's what it feels

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 like a little bit.

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 We live in a world

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 that is today

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 perhaps

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 feeling,

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 to me at least,

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 a little chaotic,

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 a little scary,

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 a little troubling.

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 regardless of your

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 election cycle,

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 your election predilections,

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 whichever side

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 you fall on,

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 the sky is falling

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 if the other person wins

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 and the world

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 seems like it will end.

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 If we open

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 the nightly news,

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 what you will hear

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 is about war

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 and rumors of war

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 and famine

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 and natural disasters.

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 If you turn

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 to a more benign thing

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 like the health page,

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 you find stories

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 of super viruses

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 and things

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 that are outpacing

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 our ability

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 to try to treat them

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 and take care of them.

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 You turn

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 to the environmental section

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 and you hear

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 about global warming

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 and the increased

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 severity

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 of natural disasters.

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 Maybe you don't

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 think about this

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 every day,

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 but if you have

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 eyes to see,

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 the world is

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 a chaotic

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 and a scary place

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 to be

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 often.

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 And that's just

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 on a global scale,

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 on an impersonal scale.

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 How about your own life?

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 What does your workplace

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 look like?

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 Peaceful,

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 serene,

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 everyone gets along,

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 they work together

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 for the benefit

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 of your workplace

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 and the success.

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 Is that what it looks like?

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 Or does it look

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 chaotic,

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 competitive,

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 striving against

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 one another

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 for success,

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 uncertain about

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 the future,

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 what it's going

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 to look like?

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 What's the nature

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 of your extended family?

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 Is it characterized

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 by sniping

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 and gossip

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 and power struggles?

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 how about for those

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 of you who are in school?

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 Those of you

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 who are in high school,

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 what is it like

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 as you walk down

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 the class,

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 down the hallway

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 between classes?

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 The clicks,

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 the glances,

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 the whispers,

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 the condemnation,

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 the rivalry,

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 who's in,

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 who's out,

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 who's cool,

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 who's not.

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 It can be a frightening

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 world to live in.

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 You may be facing

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 any number

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 of personal crises

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 where your internal

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 world may be

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 falling apart

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 even as you feel

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 like you're trying

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 to hold it together

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 on the outside.

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 It can be a chaotic

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 and a frightening

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 world to live in.

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 And where do our

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 hearts go

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 at this time?

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 It's easy,

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 isn't it?

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 In times like this,

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 to become like Daniel

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 in a reading

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 we just had.

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 I was anxious.

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 The color drained

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 from my face.

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 I was afraid.

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 And of course,

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 Daniel had good reason

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 to be that way.

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 If you remember

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 or if you're here

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 visiting and you

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 haven't been keeping

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 up with us,

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 we're preaching

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 through the book

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 of Daniel

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 and what we've learned

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 in the first six chapters

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 is that Daniel

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 has been uprooted

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 from his childhood home.

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 He's been taken

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 forcibly into exile

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 as functionally

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 a slave

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 and he has now

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 lived through

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 probably at this time

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 of Daniel 7

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 probably close

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 to 50 years

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 of seeing

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 foreign king

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 after foreign king

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 rule over his country.

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 Rule over his life

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 where he's been

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 taken into exile.

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 And not only that,

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 but he's seen

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 these kings

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 throw those

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 that oppose him

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 into fiery furnaces.

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 And he will,

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 he hasn't gotten

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 there yet,

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 but he will see

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 them thrown

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 into lion's dens.

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 The Babylonian kingdom

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 was not

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 a pleasant place.

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 Certainly not

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 for a slave,

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 an exile,

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 and an outsider.

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 They faced

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 lots of uncertainty.

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 What is the next ruler

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 going to be like?

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 seemed like

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 he might be

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 moving towards God

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 through the course

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 of his life.

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 But here in chapter 7,

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 Daniel is receiving

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 this vision

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 under one of his

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 successors,

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 Belshazzar.

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 And if you remember

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 Greg preaching

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 on chapter 5,

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 Belshazzar

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 had no regard

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 for God.

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 He was proud

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 and arrogant

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 and he exalted

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 his own power

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 and his own person

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 in a way that

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 if you've ever been

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 in a place like that,

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 it's frightening

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 and scary

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 to know that

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 that person

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 has all the power.

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 It feels like

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 they have power

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 over your life.

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 It feels like

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 your success

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 or your failure,

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 your happiness

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 is completely

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 in the hands

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 of someone else

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 who doesn't love you

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 and doesn't care for you.

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 And it's alarming

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 and it's frightening.

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 But Daniel 7

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 has a word for us

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 this morning.

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 Daniel 7

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 tells us that

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 in the midst

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 of the terrifying

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 beastliness

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 of the world

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 that we live in,

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 that there is one,

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 a God most high

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 who will come

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 and with his people

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 he will triumph

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 over all of those kingdoms

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 and he will reign

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 forever.

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 And that's a word

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 of hope for us today.

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 So let's dive in

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 a little bit

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 to this passage.

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 As we do that though,

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 we need to remember

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 a little bit about

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 where we are

00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:28.899
 in the book of Daniel.

00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.399
 Daniel 7

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 is in many ways

00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.360
 a bit of a hinge

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 chapter.

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 The people have been,

00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.019
 the people of God

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.620
 have been brought

00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:37.480
 into exile.

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 They are under

00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:39.039
 a foreign ruler.

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 They are in a place

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 where the dominant culture

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:44.139
 and the power brokers

00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.600
 worship another God.

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 And there is

00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.100
 an overall question,

00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.580
 what will happen

00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:51.419
 to God's people?

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 Where is God

00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:54.180
 in the midst of this?

00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:55.060
 This is a part

00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:55.580
 of what the book

00:14:55.580 --> 00:14:55.919
 of Daniel

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.980
 was written to address

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:58.240
 to remind them

00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.800
 of God

00:14:58.800 --> 00:14:59.659
 being with them

00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.519
 in the midst of it.

00:15:01.560 --> 00:15:02.240
 And then as we come

00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.039
 to chapter 7,

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.159
 this hinge chapter,

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 I call it a hinge

00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.460
 for two reasons.

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 One is that,

00:15:07.580 --> 00:15:08.299
 if you remember

00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:09.379
 as we explained,

00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.379
 when the book of Daniel

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.440
 was originally written,

00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.560
 chapter 1

00:15:13.560 --> 00:15:14.440
 and chapters 8

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 through 12

00:15:14.940 --> 00:15:15.980
 are written in Hebrew.

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.460
 Chapter 2

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.680
 through chapter 7

00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.680
 seem to have been

00:15:19.680 --> 00:15:21.019
 written in Aramaic.

00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:22.740
 And so chapter 7

00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.600
 is the end

00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:24.600
 of this section.

00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:26.960
 The end of this section

00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.560
 where it seems

00:15:28.560 --> 00:15:29.299
 what the writer

00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:29.860
 has been doing,

00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:30.360
 what Daniel

00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.879
 has been doing

00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:32.840
 is giving an account

00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:34.220
 of what God

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:35.060
 has done

00:15:35.060 --> 00:15:36.460
 in Aramaic,

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.539
 which was the trade

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.460
 language of the day,

00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.840
 so that all the nations

00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:40.580
 would hear

00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:42.560
 of what God

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:43.600
 was doing

00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.159
 and how God

00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:45.840
 had acted

00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.899
 for his people

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:48.019
 in the midst

00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:49.399
 of this incredibly

00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:50.560
 difficult circumstance.

00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:52.100
 And so this is

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.700
 the end

00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.740
 of that chapter.

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:54.800
 And interestingly,

00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.700
 there's some parallels

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.800
 with chapter 2

00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:58.479
 where, if you remember,

00:15:58.599 --> 00:15:59.339
 there was a vision

00:15:59.339 --> 00:16:00.199
 of a statue

00:16:00.199 --> 00:16:01.359
 in four kingdoms

00:16:01.359 --> 00:16:03.319
 and that those kingdoms

00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:04.139
 would fall.

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.339
 And so,

00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.519
 just for your

00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.500
 further research,

00:16:08.620 --> 00:16:09.159
 you can see

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:10.659
 that this section

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:11.819
 was bookmarked

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:13.479
 by this theme

00:16:13.479 --> 00:16:14.059
 that we're looking

00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:14.740
 at today.

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.539
 But it's also

00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:18.019
 a hinge chapter

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:19.019
 because at the beginning

00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.719
 it's very easy

00:16:19.719 --> 00:16:20.579
 to split Daniel

00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.819
 into 1 through 6

00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:22.939
 and 7 through 12.

00:16:23.219 --> 00:16:24.379
 And the reason is,

00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:25.219
 as you heard

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.860
 this morning,

00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.800
 this is not like

00:16:27.800 --> 00:16:28.420
 what we saw

00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:29.360
 in chapter 6.

00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.460
 Chapter 6

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.060
 is a nice

00:16:31.060 --> 00:16:32.139
 narrative story.

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.920
 We're familiar

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.540
 with that.

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:35.279
 It tells about

00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:35.879
 a person

00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:36.820
 doing real things

00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.660
 in the real world.

00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:38.460
 And suddenly,

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.259
 Daniel,

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.100
 the content

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.639
 of most of this

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.180
 chapter

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:44.080
 is a vision

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.040
 and you just think,

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.360
 what in the world

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.360
 do I do with this?

00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:49.540
 This is called

00:16:49.540 --> 00:16:50.820
 apocalyptic literature

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.660
 and we will see

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.720
 that this is the nature

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.220
 of the book

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:56.200
 for the rest of the way out.

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.860
 That it's apocalyptic literature.

00:16:58.060 --> 00:16:59.220
 What does that mean?

00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:00.460
 What it means

00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:00.960
 is that

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.800
 the Bible

00:17:01.800 --> 00:17:02.680
 is written

00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:04.720
 in different literary genres

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.259
 to communicate truth

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.579
 through different forms.

00:17:08.120 --> 00:17:08.539
 And so,

00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.799
 there are stories,

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.339
 narratives,

00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.579
 that tell truths

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.519
 about how God

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:14.000
 has acted in the world.

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.299
 There is poetry

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.519
 in the Psalms

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.680
 that remind us

00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.779
 of the nature of God

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.900
 in various ways.

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:21.720
 There are gospel narratives

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.759
 that tell about

00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.620
 the life of Jesus.

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.740
 There are letters

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.980
 from the apostles

00:17:25.980 --> 00:17:27.019
 written to the church.

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.360
 And in all of these

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:30.819
 different literary forms,

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:32.200
 God is communicating

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 truth to us

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 about who He is

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 and what He's doing

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 in the world

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 and what He calls us to

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 in response to Him.

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.779
 Apocalyptic literature

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 is perhaps

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 the most foreign

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:45.759
 and most unknown

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 to us,

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 particularly,

00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.920
 of these genres.

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 Genre is just a word

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 for a literary form.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well,

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.660
 here are a couple of things

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 that are true

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 about apocalyptic literature.

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 I'm just going to go

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 through this real quick,

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 but I feel like

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 it's going to be helpful.

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 First of all,

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 it's metaphor rich.

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 It gives you lots of likes

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 and as

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 and pictures,

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 not of what is really true,

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 but pictures that help you

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 think about something.

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 This is the second thing

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 that's true about.

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 Not only does it give you

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 those pictures,

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 but it teaches by analogy.

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 That is,

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 it talks about something

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 you don't know anything about

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 by referring it to

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 or making it like

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 something that you

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 do know something about.

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 So it doesn't mean

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 there are actual beasts.

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 It just means

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 what I'm picturing

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 is like a beast,

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 for example.

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 Third,

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 we need to recognize

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 that images

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 in this kind of writing,

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 they speak truly

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 and accurately,

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 but not precisely.

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 images preserve mystery

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 about the ideas

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 that are,

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 in trying to communicate

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 about ideas

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 that at some level

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 are beyond our comprehension.

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 Tremper Longman,

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 an Old Testament scholar

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 and one of the

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 real leading ones

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 on this kind of literature

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 says this,

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 it is a travesty

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 to interpret

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 apocalyptic images

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 too finely,

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 to press them

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 in their details.

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 Because that's the nature

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 of how it communicates.

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 Those details are meant

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 to give an image

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 or an impression,

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 not to give us

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 an allegory

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 where every little detail

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 has some corresponding

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 reality to it

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 that we must identify.

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 And so,

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.399
 apocalyptic literature

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 is a different form

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 than what we're used to.

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 And we're going to be in it

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 for about five weeks,

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 so buckle your seatbelts

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 and get ready

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 because here we go.

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 Apocalyptic literature.

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 So what do we do

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 with this chapter

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.139
 in light of it?

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 How do we understand

00:19:51.139 --> 00:19:51.799
 its meaning?

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 Well,

00:19:53.419 --> 00:19:54.319
 as I've already said,

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 I think the main idea

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 of this chapter

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 is that the terrifying kingdoms

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 of this world

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 will ultimately

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 be overcome

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 by the triumphant kingdom

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 of the Most High

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 and His saints.

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 And in that,

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 you see there are basically

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 two main points

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 that he's putting forth.

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 One is,

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 there is this frightening vision

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.680
 of the kingdoms

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 of the world

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 and then there is

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 the vision of the King

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 of the God Most High

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 who will come

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 and triumph over them.

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 So we're going to look

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 at them in that order.

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 As we look at the first one then,

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 the terrifying kingdoms

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 of the world,

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 the images he uses

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 are beasts

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 and then the fourth beast

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 has horns

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 and there are horns

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 that grow out of horns

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 and horns that overcome

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 and pluck out horns

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 and again,

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 you recognize

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 this is not a literal description,

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 right?

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 It's pointing

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 towards something else

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 and so thankfully,

00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.880
 in verse 17,

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 in the middle of this chapter,

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 it gives us

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:50.380
 the interpretation of it

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 so we don't have to wonder,

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 oh,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.819
 what are we talking about here?

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 Look with me

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 at verse 17.

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 Verse 17,

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 Daniel asks people

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.960
 in this vision,

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 there are others around him

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.920
 who are hearing this

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 or who are seeing this

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.460
 and he asks them,

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 what is this about?

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 Verse 17,

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 the four great beasts

00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:09.839
 are four kings

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 who shall arise

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 out of the earth.

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 Okay,

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 so this is what we want to know.

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 First and foremost,

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:18.259
 these kingdoms,

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.259
 these beasts represent

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 kingdoms of this world,

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 kingdoms of humanity

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 that will rise out

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 and what do we learn

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.619
 about them?

00:21:28.699 --> 00:21:28.839
 Well,

00:21:28.879 --> 00:21:30.159
 we learn a whole lot of things

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:31.019
 by the images,

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 right?

00:21:31.939 --> 00:21:32.779
 First of all,

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.619
 we recognize

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 that they come out

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 of the earth

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 so that they are earthbound,

00:21:36.719 --> 00:21:38.079
 they are not heavenly kingdoms,

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 they are earthly

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.079
 but not only that

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.859
 but look at where

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:41.699
 the beasts come from,

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 the beasts come from the sea

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 and if you study

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.579
 the ancient Near East,

00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.399
 you recognize

00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:47.000
 that the sea

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 is almost always

00:21:48.219 --> 00:21:49.799
 pictured as a,

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:51.619
 an image of chaos,

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.839
 an image of disorder.

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 Think about even

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:57.500
 how God accommodated this

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.500
 and addressed it

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.299
 when he wrote about

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:01.279
 how God began

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.960
 to make order

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.059
 out of the chaos

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.659
 of the ocean

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:06.019
 in the creation narrative

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.899
 when he talked

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.419
 in Genesis

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:09.099
 about how he put boundaries

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.799
 on the ocean

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.940
 and how he did those things.

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.299
 Those were speaking

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:15.220
 about the chaotic nature

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:17.579
 of the sea

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.919
 that would have been understood

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.860
 in the ancient Near East

00:22:19.860 --> 00:22:21.160
 that we don't really think about

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.440
 unless you happen to live

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:24.000
 in North Carolina

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.779
 or Louisiana

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.800
 or a few other places

00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.460
 where you've seen

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.400
 the terrifying nature

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.980
 of the ocean

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.779
 when it comes into your backyard.

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.640
 So,

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:31.980
 here's,

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.420
 so,

00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.820
 you have this image

00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:35.039
 of chaos and disorder,

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.400
 something that is not out of,

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.759
 not under control.

00:22:38.060 --> 00:22:39.380
 You see this idea

00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:40.920
 that from the four winds,

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.660
 these kingdoms

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.560
 are going to cover

00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:44.019
 the whole part of the earth.

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:46.259
 The four tends to be

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:48.360
 connected to the four points

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.839
 to the compass.

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.179
 So,

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.959
 these winds come

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.439
 from the north

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:50.799
 and south

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.119
 and east

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.639
 and the west.

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.339
 And so,

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:53.939
 there's a sense

00:22:53.939 --> 00:22:55.199
 of the universal picture

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.539
 of it.

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.699
 And the beasts,

00:22:57.379 --> 00:23:00.219
 without trying to identify

00:23:00.219 --> 00:23:01.539
 them specifically right now,

00:23:01.639 --> 00:23:02.299
 what are they?

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:02.659
 Well,

00:23:02.719 --> 00:23:03.399
 whatever they are,

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.359
 they aren't natural.

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.199
 They are not normal.

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.859
 You have a lion

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.039
 with eagle's wings.

00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:10.099
 You have a leopard

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.539
 with wings.

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.539
 You have a bear.

00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.339
 All of them

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:16.039
 are being unnatural

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.680
 in various ways.

00:23:19.059 --> 00:23:19.779
 And you see

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.440
 in the third one,

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:20.960
 the command,

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.980
 arise and devour

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.599
 the flesh.

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:25.480
 They are fierce animals.

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.299
 They are things

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.240
 that if you met

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.720
 in your backyard,

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.559
 you would be terrified.

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.720
 That's the impression

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.379
 that you're supposed

00:23:35.379 --> 00:23:35.659
 to get.

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.379
 Whatever these,

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:38.440
 whatever these beasts are,

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:40.359
 whatever these kingdoms are,

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.619
 they're terrifying

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.819
 and they are powerful.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.679
 They're predatory.

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.979
 And then,

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:50.659
 we get to the fourth one

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:52.059
 and Daniel begins

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:53.719
 to lose his language for it.

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:53.919
 Well,

00:23:54.739 --> 00:23:55.919
 it's not like anything.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.000
 It's actually different.

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.459
 He says it's different

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:59.599
 four times

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.319
 in verse 7

00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:01.099
 and verse 19

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.959
 and verse 23

00:24:01.959 --> 00:24:02.919
 and verse 24.

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:03.859
 He says,

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.059
 whatever the fourth one is,

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:06.019
 it's going to be

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.039
 different

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.859
 in some ways

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:10.279
 and yet it still shares

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.579
 the same characteristics.

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.839
 And as we saw,

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.539
 as we read through

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.319
 the whole chapter,

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:17.839
 this was a more violent,

00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:19.660
 there was more internal strife,

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.740
 there was more violence

00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.519
 towards others.

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.740
 This little horn

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.539
 that would come up

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.000
 out of this kingdom

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.680
 and be a part,

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.720
 it seems like

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.319
 that's referring

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.160
 to a particular human ruler

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.000
 maybe

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.059
 because it's given

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.960
 human eyes

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.799
 and a human mouth

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.379
 to speak

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.200
 but also,

00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:37.460
 it is a boastful person.

00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:39.559
 It is a boastful kingdom

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:41.619
 and in this boastful kingdom

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.619
 it wages war

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.500
 specifically

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.720
 against the saints

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.119
 of the Most High.

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.919
 And so there is

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.500
 this picture

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.399
 of these kingdoms

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.579
 that are fearsome

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:52.759
 and scary

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:55.720
 and that are attacking

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.599
 God's people.

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:59.059
 And this is the overall impression

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:01.720
 that we ought to get

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.679
 from these visions.

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.099
 Now,

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.779
 typically,

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.279
 as people have tried

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.159
 to map them

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:09.339
 onto human history,

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.799
 they have said

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.639
 the first beast

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:13.019
 seems like it's Babylon,

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:14.940
 the second beast

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.000
 seems like it's

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:17.460
 the Persian Empire,

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.399
 the Medes

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.079
 and the Persians,

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.220
 the third one

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.579
 seems like it's Greece

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.539
 and the fourth one

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.659
 seems like it's Rome.

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.819
 But again,

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.559
 the fourth one

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.240
 seems to defy category here.

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.220
 I think it's probably

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:31.099
 something bigger

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.319
 than just that.

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.940
 And Pastor Greg

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.679
 will get more

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.619
 into the identity

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.439
 identity

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.739
 of the little horn

00:25:38.739 --> 00:25:39.479
 next week

00:25:39.479 --> 00:25:40.559
 because the little horn

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.139
 comes back

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.899
 in chapter eight

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.879
 and in fact

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.759
 is more central

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.819
 and we'll see

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:46.179
 how it seems

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.899
 that the best

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.719
 understanding of that

00:25:47.719 --> 00:25:48.239
 might be

00:25:48.239 --> 00:25:48.939
 that it connects

00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:52.199
 to the Greek Empire.

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:54.279
 But I'm going to let him

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.339
 cover that next week.

00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:56.439
 So come on back

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.059
 or make sure you go

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.459
 to the website

00:25:57.459 --> 00:25:58.239
 and hear that.

00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:02.700
 So this is the picture,

00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.839
 this is the vision

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.279
 that God is giving Daniel.

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.460
 Fierceness,

00:26:08.120 --> 00:26:08.640
 frightening,

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.559
 overpowering,

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.680
 predatory nations.

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.900
 I don't know

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.299
 how that strikes you.

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.400
 So I was meditating on it.

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.579
 I realized that,

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.500
 you know,

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.400
 we in America particularly,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:23.339
 we live in a world

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.680
 where we just really think

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.180
 things are going

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.700
 to get better.

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.440
 We always think

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.360
 it's going to get better.

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.900
 Right?

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:32.059
 That the best thing

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.080
 is just around the corner.

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.840
 It's the next thing

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.220
 to come

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:36.600
 and we live in this world

00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:37.880
 of improvement.

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.259
 Now, here's the thing.

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:41.539
 God in his grace,

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.440
 in his common grace

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.039
 to this world,

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.259
 there's lots of good things

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.039
 that are happening.

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.519
 People don't die

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.220
 in childbirth

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.960
 at the same rate

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.820
 that they used to,

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.580
 either the women

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.460
 or the children.

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.039
 Diseases that used

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.980
 to ravage people

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.180
 no longer ravage them.

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.059
 There is lots

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.400
 to be thankful for.

00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:00.039
 But friends,

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.259
 let us put on our

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.820
 eyes of history

00:27:02.820 --> 00:27:03.779
 just a little bit

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.720
 to recognize

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.559
 that the development

00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:06.440
 of human history

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.620
 has not been moving

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:09.080
 from chaos to order.

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.140
 But the story

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.860
 of human history

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:13.180
 has always had

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:15.080
 both God's common

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.920
 grace of goodness

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.700
 and the kingdoms

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.500
 of the world

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:20.360
 rising up

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.120
 and railing

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:22.400
 with ferocity

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.080
 and devouring people.

00:27:26.280 --> 00:27:27.720
 I was a history major.

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.700
 Just think about

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.740
 the 20th century.

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:32.519
 Go back to the slaughter

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.780
 of the Armenians

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:35.140
 by the Turkish government

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:37.259
 where Idi Amin's rule

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.880
 in Uganda

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:39.280
 or Mao

00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:40.340
 and the Cultural Revolution

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:41.040
 in China

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:41.960
 or Stalin

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.200
 in Russia

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:45.640
 the Civil Wars

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.620
 in Rwanda

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.799
 and South Sudan

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.460
 the Shining Path

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.920
 in Peru

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.960
 and I could go on

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.380
 and on and on

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.220
 and talk about

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:54.019
 how much

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:55.660
 in the last 100 years

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.440
 our world has been

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.700
 characterized by that.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.720
 And lest we

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.799
 in our North American

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.380
 cocoon

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.380
 think that we are

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:05.700
 above all of this

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.900
 recognize that we are

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.279
 the ones

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.720
 who dropped

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.559
 the atomic bomb

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.059
 and killed

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.579
 millions of people.

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.779
 Not only that

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:18.319
 on a global

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.839
 sociopolitical level

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.419
 but think about it

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:22.480
 on a societal level.

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.059
 We in America

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.700
 who believe

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.700
 that we are progressing

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:27.379
 that we are getting better

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.679
 that we are doing better

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.980
 at treating one another

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:32.839
 friends

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.879
 is this really happening?

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.839
 We've lived

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:38.240
 through the last two years

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.180
 where racial division

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.819
 and racial violence

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:44.500
 have been devastating.

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:48.460
 We live in an election cycle

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.599
 where the things

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.680
 that have been talked about

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.259
 have been

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:54.120
 just disgusting.

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.880
 And the attitudes

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:58.500
 that have embodied

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.680
 hatred

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:02.079
 sexism

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.680
 racism

00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:05.500
 it's been terrible.

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:08.900
 and let us

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.779
 not think that

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.200
 lest you think

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.079
 that I'm standing

00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.279
 on one or other side

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.700
 of this

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:15.019
 this election thing

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.180
 recognize as well

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:18.099
 that the social

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:19.380
 progressive policies

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.099
 of the elite

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.660
 can be just as destructive

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.599
 in some ways

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.920
 as maybe

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.900
 the more blatant

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.680
 nature

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:30.019
 on the other side.

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:33.400
 I am not hopeful.

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:36.019
 I see our political system

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.559
 and I am

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.720
 I am not hopeful.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.779
 I think

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.319
 beasts

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.519
 that are ferociously

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.019
 devouring

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.279
 is far more

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.960
 characteristic

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.859
 than anything else.

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.019
 And friends

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.720
 recognize that

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.599
 in the middle of this

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.619
 the persecution

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.480
 of God's people

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.680
 has simply increased

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.720
 in the last

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.599
 100 years.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.440
 There are more martyrs

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.420
 in the 20th century.

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.340
 Some of that's just

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.279
 population growth

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:01.360
 but some of it

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.100
 is the reality

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.940
 of opposition

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.720
 to God's kingdom.

00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:07.940
 I searched online

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.880
 currently over

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.740
 100 million

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.440
 Christians

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.420
 are living

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.940
 in a place

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.660
 where persecution

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.700
 against the church

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.360
 is regular.

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.140
 And interestingly

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:19.120
 one statistic

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.740
 I found

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.880
 statistics aren't

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.500
 always true

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.060
 but it said

00:30:22.060 --> 00:30:23.460
 70% of the world

00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.039
 lives in a

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.560
 religiously intolerant

00:30:25.560 --> 00:30:26.680
 context.

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:33.120
 Friends

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.700
 the beasts

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.700
 ravage

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.480
 our world.

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:36.980
 The kingdoms

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.840
 of this world

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.700
 are not

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.500
 going to save us.

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.519
 They are going

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.660
 to devour us.

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.840
 And recognize

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.560
 that it's not

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:50.500
 just out there.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.140
 Recognize

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.940
 that it's probably

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.100
 in your own life

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.759
 as well.

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:58.640
 think about

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.319
 how the fierce

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.379
 teeth of divorce

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.819
 or abuse

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.259
 rip apart

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.940
 your soul.

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.799
 Recognize

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:09.700
 how the

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.379
 claws of

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.920
 success

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.879
 and achievement

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:13.839
 tear

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:15.859
 at your

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.700
 meaningful

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.240
 work

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.900
 and study.

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.759
 Recognize

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.140
 that the

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.099
 fierce competition

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.640
 in your

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.279
 workplace

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.440
 makes it a

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.039
 battleground

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.759
 where others

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.899
 are adversaries

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.980
 instead of

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.480
 partners.

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.279
 Recognize

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.879
 that in our

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.660
 materialistic

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.200
 world where

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.720
 we cling

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.819
 to those

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.279
 things

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.639
 where we

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.059
 are living

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.339
 in the

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.039
 most materially

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.799
 well provided

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.359
 country

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.700
 probably ever

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.759
 yet

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:44.359
 lack of

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:44.720
 home

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.339
 lack of

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.639
 medical

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.079
 care

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.099
 social

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.759
 isolation

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:49.160
 and poverty

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.940
 continue

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:51.379
 to characterize

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.780
 some of

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:52.940
 your

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.500
 lives

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.360
 even

00:31:55.360 --> 00:31:55.860
 today.

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.640
 Recognize

00:31:59.640 --> 00:31:59.920
 that in

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.200
 the world

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.600
 we live

00:32:00.600 --> 00:32:00.880
 in

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:02.380
 here

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.100
 in New

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.380
 Haven

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.820
 that the

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.280
 educated

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.720
 elite

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.220
 can be

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.040
 condescending

00:32:07.040 --> 00:32:08.600
 arrogant

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.820
 superior

00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:11.380
 in a way

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:11.760
 that is

00:32:11.760 --> 00:32:12.200
 not

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.380
 sharing

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.600
 and building

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.460
 but is

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.000
 destroying

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:18.039
 what is

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.599
 good about

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.039
 this

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.460
 world.

00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.240
 There are

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.579
 beasts.

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.019
 Now

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.220
 the good

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.720
 news is

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.400
 this is not

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:29.940
 all that is

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.220
 true

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.579
 and please

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.019
 hear me

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.819
 when I

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.539
 said earlier

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.680
 God's grace

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.240
 is still

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.660
 working

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.519
 it is not

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.220
 all bad

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.559
 in this

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:37.880
 world

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.619
 there is

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.119
 a place

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.559
 for us

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.880
 to be

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.259
 working

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.359
 to counteract

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.900
 and fight

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.539
 against those

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:42.759
 things

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.079
 and to

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.539
 contribute

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:44.359
 to the

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:44.599
 world

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.940
 being

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.279
 a better

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.819
 place

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.440
 but that is

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.720
 not the

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.180
 message of

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.879
 Daniel 7

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:49.759
 the message

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.659
 of Daniel 7

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.399
 is to

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.940
 exiles

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:52.319
 who are

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.000
 experiencing

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.480
 life

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.299
 like that

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.859
 who are

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.399
 seeing that

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.759
 this is

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.539
 really true

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.899
 and they are

00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.279
 wondering

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.180
 how can

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.819
 we endure

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.579
 God

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.220
 where are

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.559
 you

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:04.159
 and this

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.420
 is what

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.799
 the second

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.159
 half

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.920
 of the

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.240
 chapter

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.460
 the second

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.940
 part of

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.079
 it

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.079
 a vision

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.440
 there is

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.960
 a vision

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.960
 that comes

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.319
 up

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.920
 and we

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.119
 know

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.459
 that in

00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:13.659
 this

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.139
 vision

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.779
 of the

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.259
 courtroom

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.339
 that those

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.759
 beasts

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.219
 will be

00:33:17.219 --> 00:33:17.779
 defeated

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:19.099
 verse 11

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.599
 and 12

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:19.979
 and verse

00:33:19.979 --> 00:33:20.479
 18

00:33:20.479 --> 00:33:20.959
 show

00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:21.839
 that none

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.319
 of those

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.679
 beasts

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.339
 ultimately

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.119
 will stand

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.919
 none of

00:33:24.919 --> 00:33:25.339
 them will

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.739
 last

00:33:25.739 --> 00:33:26.359
 forever

00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:28.739
 in fact

00:33:28.739 --> 00:33:28.959
 there is

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.559
 a striking

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.139
 transition

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.439
 in the

00:33:30.439 --> 00:33:30.659
 vision

00:33:30.659 --> 00:33:31.179
 from 3

00:33:31.179 --> 00:33:31.599
 to 8

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.819
 it is

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.539
 all visions

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.019
 and little

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.459
 horns

00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:34.759
 and fierceness

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.959
 and destruction

00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:36.519
 and then

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.359
 in verse

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:38.359
 9

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.079
 it almost

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.699
 shifts

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.939
 abruptly

00:33:40.939 --> 00:33:41.839
 to something

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.099
 else

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:42.519
 it is like

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.299
 the one

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.539
 who is

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.819
 giving

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.259
 the vision

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.799
 wanted us

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.079
 to say

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.319
 okay

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.819
 now you

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.099
 know what

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.599
 your context

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.039
 is but

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.400
 look

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.220
 this is

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.500
 what I

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.819
 want you

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.240
 to really

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.619
 see

00:33:49.619 --> 00:33:50.319
 this is

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.599
 what I

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:50.960
 really

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.400
 want you

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.319
 to understand

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.980
 there is a

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.539
 vision of a

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.079
 courtroom

00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:57.200
 a heavily

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.940
 courtroom

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.359
 and in that

00:33:59.359 --> 00:33:59.859
 courtroom

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.900
 the ancient

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.759
 of days

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.920
 sits

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:06.200
 that ancient

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.799
 of days

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.480
 is a picture

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.280
 of moral

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:09.139
 purity

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.940
 and perfection

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.519
 with his

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.300
 whiteness

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.780
 his white

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.179
 hair

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.500
 and his

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:13.780
 white

00:34:13.780 --> 00:34:14.460
 robes

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:17.240
 those are

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.820
 pictures of

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:18.380
 moral

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.920
 perfection

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.400
 and purity

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.760
 in the

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.179
 imagery

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:24.340
 we also

00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:24.900
 see that

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.240
 he is

00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:27.599
 one from

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.880
 whom

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.320
 flows

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.840
 fire

00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.760
 which is

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.179
 a picture

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.840
 of judgment

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:32.220
 and so

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:32.840
 this ancient

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.480
 of days

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.760
 comes and

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.500
 he sits

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.220
 like the

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:36.720
 judge

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:39.239
 and you

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.639
 see that

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:39.959
 in this

00:34:39.959 --> 00:34:40.399
 courtroom

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:40.959
 the books

00:34:40.959 --> 00:34:41.639
 are open

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.359
 and he

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.799
 is ready

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.359
 to begin

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.919
 to pronounce

00:34:43.919 --> 00:34:45.000
 judgment

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.839
 and he

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.379
 sits in a

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:46.799
 place of

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.519
 high authority

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:48.679
 where thousands

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.239
 and ten

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.699
 thousand

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.759
 serve him

00:34:50.759 --> 00:34:52.619
 and come

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.500
 before him

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:56.399
 and we

00:34:56.399 --> 00:34:57.719
 see just a

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.199
 little further

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.699
 on in

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:58.980
 verses

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.639
 14 and

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:00.980
 15

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:02.059
 that he

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.379
 is the

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.839
 one to

00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:03.319
 whom

00:35:03.319 --> 00:35:04.359
 the second

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.239
 person in

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.879
 this vision

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.619
 of hope

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.900
 comes

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.740
 there is

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.320
 one who

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.800
 is like

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.140
 a son

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.660
 of man

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:13.480
 and he

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.079
 comes

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.019
 to the

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.360
 ancient

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.059
 of days

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.880
 and the

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.240
 ancient

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.860
 of days

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:19.380
 gives

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.200
 to him

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:23.519
 the

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:24.059
 dominion

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.800
 and the

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.200
 power

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:26.000
 forever

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:29.260
 he is

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.780
 the one

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.460
 who

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:31.260
 receives

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.400
 the

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:33.019
 ultimate

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:35.000
 rulership

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.500
 over the

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.900
 world

00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:37.039
 now who

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.480
 is this

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.820
 son of

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.059
 man

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.400
 what do

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.219
 we know

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:39.860
 about him

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.820
 well there

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.119
 are a couple

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.579
 things we

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:42.000
 know one

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.679
 is that the

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.340
 term son of

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.000
 man in the

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.539
 bible is

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.760
 used a lot

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.539
 if you read

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.539
 the book of

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.360
 ezekiel you

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.940
 would see that

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.480
 that was the

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.559
 common designation

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.559
 that god would

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:52.360
 call ezekiel

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:53.199
 son of man do

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.920
 this son of man

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.500
 go speak for

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.360
 me and in

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.380
 that sense as

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.099
 it does in like

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.239
 psalm 8 what

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.920
 is man that you

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.599
 are mindful of

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.179
 him or the

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.860
 son of man that

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.860
 you are take

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.480
 thought of him

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.800
 it simply means

00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:05.059
 you are part of

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.340
 humanity as

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.159
 opposed to being

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.139
 divine or

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:10.519
 angelic so at

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.199
 some level it's

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.880
 saying this is

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.760
 this is a real

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.980
 human being but

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.139
 interestingly he is

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.000
 a son of man who

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.719
 who comes riding or

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.300
 sitting on the

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:20.119
 cloud and again

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.199
 this imagery if you

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.880
 read through your

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.159
 old testament the

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.420
 cloud is an image of

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.480
 god's presence over

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.699
 and over again as

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:29.119
 they left exile in

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.420
 in egypt god went

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.320
 before them a cloud

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.880
 of fire and a

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.420
 cloud of

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:34.300
 a pillar of fire

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.000
 and a pillar of

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.440
 cloud right

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.659
 when god descended

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.680
 on the temple and

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.720
 said i am now going

00:36:40.720 --> 00:36:41.720
 to dwell among my

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.900
 people it was he

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.659
 came down in a

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.860
 cloud and further

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.639
 and further on you

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.139
 see this imagery of

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:49.440
 god's presence of

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:51.940
 divinity and so

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.800
 there is this picture

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.960
 of one like a son of

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:57.800
 man both divine and

00:36:57.800 --> 00:37:00.059
 human and it says

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.220
 in verse 14 and to

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.920
 him was given

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:03.019
 dominion and glory and

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:04.079
 a kingdom and all

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.720
 the peoples and

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.659
 nations and languages

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:07.539
 should serve him and

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.700
 his dominion is an

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.880
 everlasting dominion

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.800
 which shall not pass

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:12.220
 away and his kingdom

00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:14.059
 one that shall not be

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:16.380
 destroyed and this is

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.680
 then reaffirmed again

00:37:17.680 --> 00:37:18.800
 at the end in chapter

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:20.539
 27 there's a little

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.720
 footnote that you might

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:23.579
 wonder about who's

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.619
 ruling at the end is

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:26.139
 it is it god's people or

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.460
 is it the son of man is

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.400
 it a plural or a

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.480
 singular and they have

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:32.880
 it in in the text one

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.900
 way and in the footnote

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:36.619
 the other way but i

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:38.519
 believe that in the end

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.320
 the vision is going to

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.900
 bring those things

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.800
 together we'll talk about

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.619
 that in just a minute

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:44.699
 verse 27 says in the

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.420
 kingdom and the

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.199
 dominion and the

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.019
 greatness of the

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:48.220
 kingdoms under the

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.320
 whole heaven shall be

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:51.400
 given to the people of

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:52.380
 the saints of the most

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:55.840
 high his kingdom shall be

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:57.059
 an everlasting kingdom

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:59.120
 and all dominions shall

00:37:59.120 --> 00:38:01.620
 serve and obey him

00:38:01.620 --> 00:38:07.380
 so what we see is this

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:11.160
 one who comes and the

00:38:11.160 --> 00:38:12.320
 ancient of days who is

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.360
 the judge of all gives

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.980
 him dominion over all of

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:17.000
 these beasts and over all

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.760
 of their kingdoms and over

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.019
 all of their and all of

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:21.400
 their fierceness and all of

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:23.019
 their power and all of

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:24.320
 their chaos and all of

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.580
 their devouring will end

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:33.340
 and friends i'm sure many

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:34.360
 of you know but when you

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.360
 go to the new testament

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:38.000
 when jesus christ comes to

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:40.120
 earth this is his favorite

00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:42.480
 name for himself nobody

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:44.059
 else actually calls him the

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.780
 son of man but he calls

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:47.360
 himself the son of man

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.280
 self-referentially over and

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:51.059
 over and over and over again

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:53.059
 often in relationship to his

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.739
 authority often in

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.719
 relationship to his

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:59.440
 suffering in mark 13 as

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.539
 he's talking about the

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 days to come this is a

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:03.480
 little apocalyptic part of

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 the gospel of mark he says

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 but this is chapter 13

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 verse 24 but in those days

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 after the tribulation the

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 sun will be darkened and

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 the moon will not give its

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.699
 light and the stars will be

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 falling from heaven and the

00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:17.799
 powers in the heaven will be

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 shaken and then they will see

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 the son of man coming in the

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 clouds with great power and

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 glory and then he will send

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 out the angels and gather his

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.059
 elect from the four winds from

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 the ends of the earth and the

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 ends of heaven and then one

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 chapter later as jesus is

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 standing trial before the

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.839
 jewish leaders in caiaphas and

00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:39.519
 they're asking him are you the

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:43.099
 christ the son of god jesus says

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 this i am and you will see the

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:48.039
 son of man seated at the right

00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:50.099
 hand of power and coming with the

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 clouds of heaven

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 jesus was very comfortable saying

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 i am he i am the one who has

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 come to fulfill what daniel was

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:06.579
 pointing to i am the son of man

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 who will come and i am the one who

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 the ancient of days will give all

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:12.539
 dominion and power to

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 jesus presents himself as the victor

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 he is the victor over sin and death

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 as he lives a perfect life and dies a

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 death that he didn't deserve because

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 he was sinless and rose again from

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 dead to to defeat the power of sin

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 and death so that we could be free

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 from the worst beast and the most

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 ferocious power in our lives which is

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:46.319
 the power of sin and death but not

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 only has he done that but he has

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 promised that he will come back and

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 when he comes not only will sin and

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:54.639
 death be defeated but all the kingdoms

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 of this world will be brought into

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:59.799
 alignment as paul says in philippians

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 2 that when jesus exalted to the

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 heavens when he returns every knee will

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.219
 bow and every tongue will confess that

00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:10.939
 jesus christ is lord to the glory of

00:41:10.939 --> 00:41:11.500
 god

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 he is the one who will reign he is the

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 one who will defeat all the enemies

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 and yet here's the most wonderful

00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:27.000
 thing and it must have been great for

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:29.319
 daniel to hear this because it's not

00:41:29.319 --> 00:41:32.259
 just him but it's all of his saints with

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:34.719
 him did you see that it was listed

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:38.480
 twice it was smoking twice for once in

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 verse 27 and then once again um in

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 oh i lost it uh verse 19 no 18 i think

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:51.459
 i didn't put my glasses back on so you

00:41:51.459 --> 00:41:54.619
 have to bear with me um so but twice we

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:57.379
 see it's not just jesus or this son of

00:41:57.379 --> 00:41:59.439
 man who will have that dominion but all

00:41:59.439 --> 00:42:02.239
 of his saints with him can you imagine

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:04.119
 how wonderful that would have been for

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.000
 daniel to hear

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.879
 oh my

00:42:07.879 --> 00:42:12.159
 though i live in this world where i feel

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:14.259
 like they have all the power and all the

00:42:14.259 --> 00:42:16.679
 control and all the suffering that i am

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:19.139
 enduring and all the trials and even the

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:22.339
 death that i might face for being faithful

00:42:22.339 --> 00:42:23.159
 to my god

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:27.399
 but i'm gonna reign over them one day

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:31.500
 i will have this victory over them not in

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:33.579
 this world in the world that's to come

00:42:33.579 --> 00:42:38.420
 but i will reign the ultimate victory does

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:41.480
 not happen now in this chapter the ultimate

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:44.559
 victory is at the end and when that victory

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:48.460
 comes when judgment comes the beast will be

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:52.380
 shown to be nothing and the saints of the most

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:58.420
 high will sit with those with him who reigns

00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:01.579
 over all and has this everlasting kingdom

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:09.820
 and so friends this is what we are to take

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:13.180
 from daniel though we live in a world that

00:43:13.180 --> 00:43:16.640
 is chaotic and is frightening there is a king

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:22.339
 who will come and rule these things will not end

00:43:22.339 --> 00:43:25.279
 last forever because one day he will come

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:30.039
 and he will have the everlasting kingdom and we

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:33.139
 who have faith in him will be with him in it

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:37.900
 so what does this mean first of all it means

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:41.739
 don't be surprised this is what peter wrote in the

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:44.900
 passage it was read earlier don't be surprised when you face

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:50.019
 various trials don't be surprised that we live in a world full of ferocious

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:56.720
 beasts whether they be political kingdoms or little power kingdoms in

00:43:56.720 --> 00:44:03.460
 your world don't be surprised this is normal this is real in our

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:09.119
 world and it will be until that day when jesus returns and ends it all

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:18.239
 so gear yourself up for it get ready for it at one level it's not getting better

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:26.319
 not in the short term it's going to be hard so gear up for that

00:44:26.319 --> 00:44:31.980
 but secondly know that evil will not win

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:39.159
 and i know this is hard sometimes when you faced it personally when you've been

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:44.059
 the victim of it when you in a tender conscience you look at the world and you

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:48.219
 think why does it seem like why does it seem like evil is winning

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:54.800
 daniel says no it is not going to win there is one who will come and when he

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:57.340
 comes he will reign in righteousness

00:44:57.340 --> 00:45:03.780
 and evil will be judged and evil will be punished and evil will end and what

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:08.280
 continues forever is this kingdom of righteousness that he will bring

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:17.440
 and so endure with patience to the end know that you are not going to be on the

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:29.059
 losing side as you cling to him and third recognize that your life is in the hands

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:36.659
 of the one who will have all dominion you are not outside of his hands even now in the

00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:42.760
 midst of your suffering god has not forgotten you even now in the most frightening circumstances

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:49.480
 god is not far off but he is near to you this is what we've seen in all of daniel

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:55.720
 one through six in these narratives now we see it in a very different way communicated the same message

00:45:55.720 --> 00:46:04.840
 what jesus said before you send it into heaven and lo i am with you always to the end of the age

00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:09.700
 he has not forsaken you you are in his hands

00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:14.320
 and he's the king

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:19.880
 and one day his kingdom will be ours to share in

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:25.640
 and so on november 9 no matter who is elected

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:31.440
 or as you head back to your workplace tomorrow morning

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:35.799
 and you see the scars and the claws are out again

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:43.019
 as you face your own private stories of the ravages of this world

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:46.000
 know

00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:47.779
 know that there is one

00:46:47.779 --> 00:46:49.699
 there's one who has come

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:51.900
 one who has won the victory

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:53.980
 at the cross and at the resurrection

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:58.559
 and one who in whose hands your life is even today

00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:00.079
 by faith in him

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.639
 hold fast to him

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:04.340
 and keep going

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:05.880
 don't give up

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:08.559
 one day you will reign with him

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:09.260
 let's pray

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 lord we thank you for this

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:16.539
 word of hope and encouragement

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:18.219
 lord we

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:19.740
 acknowledge that

00:47:19.740 --> 00:47:21.500
 there are times when we doubt

00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:25.440
 lord when we face the ravages of this world

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:27.539
 when we see how fearsome

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.519
 it can be

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:30.480
 lord we shrink back

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:33.219
 but lord thank you that you are gentle

00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:34.079
 and kind

00:47:34.079 --> 00:47:35.820
 in reminding us

00:47:35.820 --> 00:47:36.300
 lord

00:47:36.300 --> 00:47:37.440
 that

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:40.460
 that's not the whole story

00:47:40.460 --> 00:47:42.980
 and that as we fix our eyes on you

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:44.500
 and remember that you are

00:47:44.500 --> 00:47:47.599
 the victorious risen one

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:49.579
 and the coming conquering king

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:52.460
 lord that will help us

00:47:52.460 --> 00:47:54.299
 in these moments

00:47:54.299 --> 00:47:56.259
 to walk in faith

00:47:56.259 --> 00:47:57.440
 and to trust in you

00:47:57.440 --> 00:47:58.440
 and to have hope

00:47:58.440 --> 00:48:02.000
 hope not that this world will get better now

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:03.699
 but hope that you will come back

00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:05.699
 and make it one day

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:07.880
 and that we will reign with you

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:09.380
 what a great hope that is

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:12.039
 we pray these things in jesus name

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.920
 amen