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 In the spirit of soccer camp, I thought I'd use an illustration that was used on Tuesday related

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! to our passage for the day. We find ourselves in Daniel chapter 2. I would encourage you even now to open up to Daniel chapter 2.

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 It's on page 737. And if Daniel's dream is illustrated by this box, the contents of the dream are also kind of representative of what we find in our story today.

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 But I need two volunteers. Two volunteers. All right, two right in the back, right behind Mr. Hill. Okay, come on up.

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 Yeah, you too. Come on up. Come on up. Great.

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 Okay, so this is Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Come on up here with me. All right, good. All of you are also volunteers.

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 You are the wise men, okay? The wise men who Nebuchadnezzar has called into his palace.

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 He's asking for an interpretation to his dream. And so those of you who are wise, and I know this is a room full of very wise people,

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 what is in the box? That's what I'm going to ask you in just a moment, okay?

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 What is in the box? All right?

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 But then, why don't you come over here for just a second, okay?

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 All right. Why don't you take a look and see what is in the box? Don't say. Don't say what's in the box yet, okay?

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 And then, for you, I'm going to tell you what's in the box.

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 All right. Okay, good. So, all of my wise sages here, the wise men that I've called, what?

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 What is in the box?

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 What's that?

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 Rubber duck. Good, good thought. No, no.

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 Somebody in the first service said donuts, and they had dreamed about donuts last night.

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 I think that's probably a good dream, too, but not what's in the box, okay?

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 Of these two, who do you suppose is going to be able to tell me what is in here?

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 The person who looked inside the box, what did you see in the box?

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 A picture of a statue with a head of gold, a chest and arms of silver, a metal part of bronze, and the legs and feet were made of metal and clay.

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 You are amazing. Good job.

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 Very descriptive of what she saw in the box was a bag, but of course, that is incomplete.

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 It's just part of the picture, but I told you what was in the bag.

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 What is in the bag?

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 A Bible is in the bag.

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 The Word of God had come to Nebuchadnezzar, and God's Word is on display through this dream,

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 but especially through Daniel, who reveals that Word to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 Thank you for your help. Good job. You can be seated.

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 Thank you.

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 This morning, we're learning about the distinctiveness of God,

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 and maybe it would have been better to title this not just God is distinct or God is set apart,

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 but that God is a God who reveals His message, His Word to His people.

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 We have a God who sets Himself apart as one who desires for His creation to know His revealed Word.

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 And so here are these captives, eight or 900 miles away from home,

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 and they're in a different place, and this pagan king who doesn't even acknowledge God,

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 who thinks that His gods have conquered the God of Israel,

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 and yet God Himself, the God of heaven, revealing His Word to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And this morning, we're going to see what that Word is,

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 and then next week, we're going to come to understand what that Word means,

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 as Daniel will interpret that.

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 But especially, I want us, as we're looking at this passage today,

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 to recognize the amazing privilege of the revealed Word of God,

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 that God has instrumentally revealed Himself to His creation.

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 Not just so they know who He is, but so they can respond to what they know and come to worship.

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 That ultimately is what God is after.

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 God is after worship.

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 The Father seeks such to worship Him.

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 That's what Jesus told the woman at the well.

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 That's what God's objective is in giving His Word,

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 to welcome us into worship, into love of Him.

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 Of course, we see the revealed messages of God,

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 even as we look at creation.

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 We call that general revelation.

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 That God has revealed Himself in what we see,

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 in what we observe, in what we experience.

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 Even just on Friday, John mentioned the thunderstorm.

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 And as the thunder was thundering,

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 I was inside the house and just thought to myself,

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 I just love thunderstorms.

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 There's something about the thunder and the lightning

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 that reminds me of the power of God.

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 And of course, I'm sure if I were to ask you,

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 what really stands out to you about God's creation,

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 you would talk about the special things like the stars or the trees,

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 or some of you who have ever lived near the ocean.

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 You enjoy the mountains and just the benefits of what God has given to us

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 through general revelation of calling attention to Himself.

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 We see so much about God in creation.

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 Matter of fact, Romans chapter 1 talks about the fact that all of the divine attributes

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 are clearly seen in what we observe in creation.

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 His majesty, His wisdom, His power,

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 even His eternality,

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 that He is a God who is so infinite,

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 so magnificent,

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 so magnificent,

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 so large.

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 It's beyond our comprehension

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 in His ability to show compassion

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 in the order of things that He has made

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 and how He takes care of His creation.

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 It demonstrates a God who is overall.

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 But we know that general revelation by itself is insufficient.

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 While it is clear,

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 and those who see God in creation

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 know there is an all-powerful, almighty deity,

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 but they don't know who that deity is

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 or how to respond to that deity.

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 So God has also given to us special revelation.

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 His revealed Word, His prophets,

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 His Word, the Word of God itself,

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 and then coming to us through His own Son, Jesus,

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 who was the Word of God made flesh.

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 In this way, God is distinct.

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 God is set apart.

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 God is separate.

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 Entirely different from all other things in creation,

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 all other powers,

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 all other authorities,

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 all other beings.

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 God is distinct in that He demonstrates

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 His interest in revealing Himself to His creation.

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 We'll observe this quality of God

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 in our passage today,

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 especially from Daniel 2, verse 11.

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 Look there just for a moment.

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 This is where I'm drawing out our point

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 that God is distinct,

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 and we're going to apply this to the passage at large.

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 It says this.

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 These are the wise men who are responding to the king.

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 It said,

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 This thing that the king asked is difficult,

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 and no one can show it to the king

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 except the gods,

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 whose dwelling is not with flesh.

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 And now drop down to verse 19.

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 Then this mystery was revealed to Daniel.

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 In a vision of the night,

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 then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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 Daniel's God as separate,

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 as distinct,

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 as set apart from all other gods,

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 all other powers,

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 all other authorities,

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 because God reveals His Word to His people.

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 He does that to draw us in

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 to worship of Himself,

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 and that's what God is beginning to work

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 in Nebuchadnezzar's heart.

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 So, beginning in verse 1,

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 we're going to see that God is set apart

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 in giving revelation.

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 God is set apart in giving revelation.

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 This is part of the nature of who God is

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 in revealing Himself to His creation.

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 He sets Himself apart this way.

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 Notice in verse 1.

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 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,

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 Nebuchadnezzar had a dream.

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 His spirit was troubled,

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 and his sleep left him.

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 God is speaking to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream.

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 We're going to just talk about this for a little bit.

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 But before we get there,

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 notice the response of Nebuchadnezzar.

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 He's troubled.

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 His sleep leaves him.

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 God speaks to Nebuchadnezzar

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 in a way that is recognizable.

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 He gets his attention.

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 He is seeking to draw the attention to Nebuchadnezzar

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 that this revelation

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 is not coming from within Nebuchadnezzar.

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 It's coming from without.

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 And so, Nebuchadnezzar takes it seriously.

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 He recognizes this is coming

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 from outside of himself.

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 This opening phrase,

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 in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,

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 it's my conviction

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 that this is actually

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 a part of the flow of this narrative.

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 And it would find itself within Daniel chapter 1.

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 So this three-year training process

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 that is taking place there in Babylon

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 where Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego,

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 and Daniel are all part of this training process.

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 And so, chapter 1 kind of deals

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 with the start and completion of that process.

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 But inserted in that, I believe,

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 is this story of Daniel chapter 2

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 where Daniel is able to interpret

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 the dream of the king.

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 Which helps us understand

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 in Daniel chapter 1 verse 17

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 how Daniel knew that he had this ability.

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 As for these youths,

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 God gave them learning and skill

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 and all literature and wisdom.

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 And Daniel had understanding

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 and all visions and dreams.

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 How did he know that?

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 Well, he knew that because of Daniel chapter 2.

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 And I think it also helps to explain

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 why Daniel wasn't a part

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 of this assembly of counselors

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 that come before the king

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 here in our narrative this morning.

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 God had given Nebuchadnezzar a dream.

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 He had revealed a message to him.

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 And as a result,

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 Nebuchadnezzar is troubled.

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 His mind is,

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 his spirit is struck.

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 The root word that is here

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 means to strike as with a hammer

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 on an anvil.

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 Or to strike a bell.

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 There was this pounding

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 that was taking place.

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 It was recognizable.

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 It got his attention.

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 It created alarm in his heart.

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 He knew something significant

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 was taking place.

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 Perhaps even refers to the rapid heartbeat

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 that was taking place

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 while he was dreaming.

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 Have you ever woken up

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 in the middle of the night

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 after a very hard dream?

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 This cold sweat that you have

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 and their heart is racing?

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 That's the kind of response

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 that Nebuchadnezzar is having

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 to this dream.

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 We also find that his sleep left him.

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 His sleep was done.

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 We would call this a nightmare.

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 His heart is racing.

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 He's scared.

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 Any of you kids

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 who've ever had a bad dream,

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 maybe what you would tend to do,

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 what I did when I was a kid,

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 I would get up

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 and I would run to mom and dad's room

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 and ask to lay in the bed with them.

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 Ever?

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 I won't ask you to raise your hands.

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 You know what I'm talking about.

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 This is what's going on

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 for Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And what's interesting

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 is it says not only

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 did he have a dream,

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 but he had dreams,

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 which means it was likely

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 this recurring event

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 that would happen

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 night after night after night

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 and it continued to torment him.

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 He recognized that God was at work.

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 Of course, dreams in the ancient world

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 were considered significant.

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 They were considered indicators

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 of what was yet to happen.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar knew

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 that this was no ordinary dream.

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 It arrested his attention.

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 And in fact,

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 God was speaking to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 God was doing here

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 what he did repeatedly

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 throughout the Old and New Testament

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 when prophets were not present.

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 We find 21 times

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 throughout the Old Testament

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 that God speaks to

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 various individuals

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 through dreams.

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 So that in Genesis chapter 20

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 to King Abimelech.

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 Abimelech, if you remember,

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 took Abraham's wife Sarah

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 to be his wife,

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 to be a concubine.

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 And God shows up

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 to King Abimelech

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 in the night

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 and says,

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 you are a dead man

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 because the woman

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 whom you have taken,

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 for she is a man's wife.

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 And Abimelech's like,

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 what?

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 God speaks to Abimelech

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 in a dream.

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 Of course,

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 God speaks to Jacob

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 who is running

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 to Laban's house.

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 And God reveals

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 to Jacob

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 through angels

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 ascending and descending

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 on this ladder,

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 this confirmation

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 of the covenant promises

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 that he had made

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 to Abraham

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 and also to Jacob's father Isaac

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 and now were extended

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 to him

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 and to his children.

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 God, of course,

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 would give dreams

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 to Joseph.

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 Joseph,

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 who would have a dream

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 of the sheaves

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 that were bowing down to him

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 and also a dream

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 of the sun

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 and the moon

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 and 11 stars

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 that were all bowing down

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 to Joseph.

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 God would speak

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 to his people

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 through dreams.

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 It was meant

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 to get their attention.

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 It was meant

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 to be this vivid picture,

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 this message,

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 this revelation

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 of God

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 to his people

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 to give them

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 this repeated understanding,

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 this stressing

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 the significance

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 of what was about

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 to happen.

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 God is speaking

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 to Nebuchadnezzar

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 as well,

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 revealing the future

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 to Nebuchadnezzar,

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 warning him,

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 helping him

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 to take notice.

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 Not only does he have

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 this dream,

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 but this dream

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 is not enough.

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 While it is revelation,

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 Nebuchadnezzar understands

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 that it's significant,

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 it's come from God

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 and he doesn't leave it there.

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 He wants to know

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 the interpretation

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 and that's where

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 we turn next.

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 Nebuchadnezzar,

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 he seeks an interpretation.

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 He's kind of moving

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 our way through

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 this narrative,

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 helping to draw attention

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 to the transitions

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 that are taking place.

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 Nebuchadnezzar recognizes

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 that this dream

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 is important.

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 He wants to know

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 what it means,

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 so he sends

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 for an interpretation.

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 It says in verse 2,

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 then the king commanded

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 the magicians,

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 the enchanters,

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 the sorcerers,

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 and the Chaldeans

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 to be summoned

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 to tell the king

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 his dreams.

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 So they came in

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 and stood before the king

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 and the king said to them,

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 I had a dream

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 and my spirit is troubled

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 to know the dream.

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 Then the Chaldeans

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 said to the king

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 in Aramaic,

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 O king,

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 live forever.

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 Tell your servant

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 the dream

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 and we will show

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 the interpretation.

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 Of course,

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 wants to know

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 what this dream means.

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 So he sends

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 for the experts

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 in the kingdom

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 so that he might know

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 what this dream means.

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 There are four distinct groups

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 that are present.

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 Magicians,

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 enchanters,

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 sorcerers,

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 and Chaldeans.

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 Magicians would be those

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 who meticulously

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 chronicled

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 the configuration

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 or the constellation

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 of the stars,

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 the movement

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 of the heavens

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 as it were.

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 And as significant events

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 would take place,

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 they would capture

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 those and chronicle

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 those events

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 so that any time

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 that event would reoccur,

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 they could have a way

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 to interpret

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 the current events

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 that were taking place

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 before them.

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 Enchanters were also

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 astrologers

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 or conjurers.

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 These were those

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 who used magic spells

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 and incantations

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 were believed

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 to be able to communicate

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 with the other world,

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 the spirit world.

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 sorcerers

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 were those

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 who were thought

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 to speak to the gods.

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 They used omens

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 and studied them

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 to understand the future.

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 They used astrology

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 and even used techniques

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 like using a sheep's liver

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 to decide

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 what was going to happen

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 in the current situation.

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 These Chaldeans

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 are also astrologers.

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 These are the ones

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 who were priests

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 or astrologers

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 or magicians

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 or soothsayers.

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 These are the ones

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 who were called in

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 who were expected

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 to be able

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 to communicate

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 with the spirit world

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 and bring an answer.

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 There's one thing

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 that's common

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 to all these groups.

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 Their

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 association

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 with the spirit world,

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 with the supernatural.

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 We tend to dismiss

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 the supernatural

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 as being either irrelevant

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 or bogus

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 or unimportant.

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 But the scripture

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 would teach otherwise.

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 Ephesians chapter 6

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 verse 12

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 says this,

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 We do not wrestle

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 against flesh and blood

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 but against rulers,

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 against authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces

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 of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 There is a battle,

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 a struggle

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 that is taking place

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 and it is not

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 a physical one.

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 It is a spiritual one.

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 It is not a one

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 that you can see.

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 It's a one

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 that's invisible to you.

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 The real struggle,

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 the real conflict,

00:18:55.559 --> 00:18:56.399
 the real battle

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 that is happening

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 in this world

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 is a battle

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 that's taking place

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 in the invisible realm.

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 And God

00:19:02.719 --> 00:19:03.919
 has entrusted

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:06.059
 spiritual forces

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:07.379
 with real

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 spiritual power.

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 Make no mistake.

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.959
 So then in Ephesians

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 chapter 2

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 verses 1 and 2

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 we find

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 you were dead

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 in your trespasses

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 and sins

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 in which you walked,

00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.639
 once walked,

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 following the course

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.059
 of this world,

00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:24.059
 following the prince

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.879
 of the power

00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:25.619
 of the air,

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.579
 the spirit

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.459
 that is now at work

00:19:27.459 --> 00:19:27.919
 in the sons

00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:29.000
 of disobedience.

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 There is delegated

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.559
 power

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.480
 that God

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.059
 has given

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.679
 to Satan

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 and also

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:36.059
 to his demonic

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.639
 forces.

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:37.539
 That power

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:39.279
 is real power.

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.399
 power.

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.720
 So that

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:43.519
 even Moses,

00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.799
 you remember the story,

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.859
 you've watched the movie,

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.480
 the power

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.440
 that Moses

00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:50.180
 wields in Egypt

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.579
 is a mimicked

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.599
 power

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.779
 that is also

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.420
 reflected

00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:55.720
 in the wise men

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:57.660
 of Pharaoh's court.

00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.160
 So that in Exodus

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.879
 chapter 6

00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.779
 verses 10 and 11,

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.240
 excuse me,

00:20:02.339 --> 00:20:02.660
 7,

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.279
 10 and 11,

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.019
 it says this,

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.379
 So Moses and Aaron

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.019
 went to Pharaoh

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.180
 and did just

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.559
 what the Lord

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:07.940
 commanded

00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:08.400
 and Aaron

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.359
 cast down

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.099
 his staff

00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:11.099
 before Pharaoh

00:20:11.099 --> 00:20:12.139
 and his servants

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:12.700
 and it became

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.119
 a serpent.

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.220
 Then Pharaoh

00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:15.639
 summoned the wise men

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.879
 and the sorcerers

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.559
 and they,

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.819
 the magicians

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.259
 of Egypt,

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.960
 also did the same

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.180
 by their

00:20:22.180 --> 00:20:23.400
 secret arts.

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.359
 It's real

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:26.359
 power.

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.440
 It's delegated

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.920
 power.

00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.460
 Power that God

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.619
 has delegated

00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:32.180
 to

00:20:32.180 --> 00:20:33.299
 spiritual

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.879
 forces

00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:35.579
 to carry out

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.879
 the plans

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.639
 that they have

00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.559
 in this world.

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.099
 Then Moses

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.980
 turns the water

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.460
 of the Nile

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.019
 into blood

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.519
 and we find that

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.379
 in Exodus

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:44.000
 chapter 7

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.680
 verse 20.

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.960
 Moses and Aaron

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.680
 did what the Lord

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.200
 commanded

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:48.180
 in the sight

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.940
 of Pharaoh

00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.680
 and in the sight

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.379
 of his servants.

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.539
 He lifted up

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.139
 his staff

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.619
 and struck

00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:53.119
 the water

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.059
 in the Nile

00:20:54.059 --> 00:20:54.919
 and all the water

00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.379
 in the Nile

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.079
 turned to blood.

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.259
 Then in verse 22,

00:20:57.659 --> 00:20:58.899
 but the magicians

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.379
 of Egypt

00:20:59.379 --> 00:21:01.019
 did the same

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.879
 by their

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:03.600
 secret arts.

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.640
 This is sobering.

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.140
 Miracle

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.040
 after miracle

00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:08.840
 that

00:21:08.840 --> 00:21:10.200
 Moses

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.980
 performs,

00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.680
 it is

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.280
 emulated

00:21:12.280 --> 00:21:13.040
 and mimicked

00:21:13.040 --> 00:21:13.740
 by

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:15.240
 these wise men.

00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:16.720
 So that

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.260
 even bringing

00:21:18.260 --> 00:21:19.120
 the plague of frogs

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.920
 that we find

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.440
 in Exodus

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.080
 chapter 8.

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.400
 So Aaron

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:23.800
 stretched out

00:21:23.800 --> 00:21:24.260
 his hand

00:21:24.260 --> 00:21:24.940
 over the waters

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.320
 of Egypt

00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:26.220
 and the frogs

00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.740
 came up

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.140
 and covered

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.820
 the land of Egypt,

00:21:28.040 --> 00:21:29.000
 but the magicians

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.840
 did the same

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:31.559
 by their secret arts

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 and made frogs

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 come up

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 on the land

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 of Egypt.

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 Miracle

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 after miracle,

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 power

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 after power

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 was reflected

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 in these wise men

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 until the third

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 plague of gnats

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 in Exodus

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 chapter 8

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 verses 17

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.699
 to 19.

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 Aaron stretched

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.879
 out his hand

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 with his staff

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 and struck

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 the dust

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 of the earth

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 and there

00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.799
 were gnats

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:55.119
 on man and beast.

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 All the dust

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 of the earth

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 became gnats

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 in all the land

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 of Egypt.

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 The magicians

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 tried by their

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:01.820
 secret arts

00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.940
 to produce gnats

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 but they could not

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 so there were gnats

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.860
 on man and beast

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 and the magicians

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 said to Pharaoh,

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 this is the finger

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.300
 of God.

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 But Pharaoh's heart

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 was hardened

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 and he would not

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 listen as the Lord

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 had said.

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 While they do

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 have power,

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 there are limits,

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 there are boundaries,

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 there are constraints

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 to the power

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 that they have

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 but they do

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 have power,

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 make no mistake,

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 so that by the time

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 we get to the end times

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 in Revelation chapter 13

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 we also find

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 this power

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 of the false prophet

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 who is working

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 in concert

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 with the Antichrist.

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 We find this,

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 then I saw another beast,

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 that's the false prophet

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 rising out of the earth.

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 It had two horns

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 like a lamb

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 and it spoke

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 like a dragon.

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 It exerts all the authority

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 of the first beast

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 in its presence

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 and makes the earth

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 and its inhabitants

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 worship the first beast

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 whose mortal wound

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 was healed.

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 It performs great signs

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 even making fire

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 come down from heaven

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 to earth

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 in front of the people

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 and by the sign

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 that it allowed

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 to work

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 in the presence

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 of the beast,

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 it deceives those

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.359
 who dwell on earth

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 telling them

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 to make an image

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 for the beast

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 that was wounded

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 by the sword

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 and yet lived.

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 Make no mistake,

00:23:21.979 --> 00:23:23.679
 the spiritual forces

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:25.000
 of darkness

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 have power.

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 They're not to be trifled with.

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 And here,

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.059
 Nebuchadnezzar calls in

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:34.039
 this spiritual group

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 of individuals

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 to work that power

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.240
 that he has seen

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.700
 no doubt in the past,

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.880
 he has recognized,

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.819
 he knows

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 that this is not pretend.

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.839
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.880
 is not interested

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:46.140
 in parlor tricks,

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.920
 he's not gullible,

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.759
 these guys

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.500
 are the real deal

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 and they're not

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.960
 to be messed with.

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.700
 So Nebuchadnezzar

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.640
 calls them in

00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.599
 to interpret the dream,

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.160
 he knows

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.740
 that they have

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.619
 some connection

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.259
 with the spirit world

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.240
 and he knows

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.119
 that his dream

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.720
 has come

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:03.539
 from the other side.

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.420
 But we find

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.539
 in verses 4 to 11

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:08.180
 that his counselors

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.279
 admit their limitation.

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 In this case,

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.339
 God is preserving

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.059
 his word,

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.660
 he is preserving

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:16.519
 the integrity

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.839
 of the message

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.579
 that he has given

00:24:18.579 --> 00:24:19.700
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.160
 and he binds

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:22.539
 or restricts

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.559
 these counselors

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.160
 from being able

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.420
 to know the message

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.299
 that God has given

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.940
 to Nebuchadnezzar.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.779
 Notice verse 4.

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 Then the Chaldeans

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:30.279
 said to the king

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.920
 in Aramaic,

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.339
 O king,

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.879
 live forever.

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.339
 Tell your servants

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:33.839
 the dream

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.539
 and we will show

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.099
 the interpretation.

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.319
 The king answered

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.539
 and said to the Chaldeans,

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.740
 the word for me

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.220
 is firm.

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:41.079
 If you do not

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.180
 make known to me

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:43.000
 the dream

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.960
 and its interpretation,

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.420
 you shall be torn

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.500
 limb from limb

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.839
 and your houses

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.440
 shall be laid

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.059
 in ruins.

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.319
 But if you show

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.720
 the dream

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.579
 and its interpretation,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.900
 you shall receive

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.700
 from me gifts

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.380
 and rewards

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.119
 and great honor.

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.180
 Therefore,

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.559
 show me the dream

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.359
 and its interpretation.

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.799
 They answered

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.420
 a second time

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.779
 and said,

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.619
 let the king

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.640
 tell his servants

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.279
 the dream

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.359
 and we will show

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.059
 the interpretation.

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.819
 The king answered

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.099
 and said,

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.960
 I know with certainty

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.700
 that you are trying

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:11.039
 to gain time.

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.880
 If you do not

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.599
 make the dream

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.240
 known to me,

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.480
 there is but one

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.279
 sentence for you.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.299
 You have agreed

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.519
 to speak lying

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.359
 and corrupt words

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.079
 before me

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.000
 till the times

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.740
 change.

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:22.720
 Therefore,

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.420
 tell me the dream

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:25.180
 and I shall know

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.319
 that you can show me

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.400
 its interpretation.

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.039
 The Chaldeans

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.700
 answered the king

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.079
 and said,

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.299
 there is not a man

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.779
 on earth

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.740
 who can meet

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.559
 the king's demand

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.240
 for no great

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.359
 and powerful king

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.240
 has asked

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.900
 such a thing

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:39.160
 of any magician

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:40.119
 or enchanter

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.940
 or Chaldean.

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.599
 The thing

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.099
 that the king

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.319
 asks is difficult

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.200
 and no one

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.119
 can show it

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:46.659
 to the king

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.480
 except the gods

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.879
 whose dwelling

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.779
 is not

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.339
 with the flesh.

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.460
 Right at the outset

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.919
 we see in verse 4

00:25:54.919 --> 00:25:55.960
 this progression

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:58.500
 of interaction

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.259
 that's taking place

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.000
 between the king

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.099
 and these counselors.

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.559
 First,

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.899
 it begins in verse 4

00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:04.299
 with great respect.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.759
 Notice,

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.859
 O king,

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.879
 live forever.

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.740
 Recognizing his position,

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.679
 seeking prosperity

00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.600
 and the continuance

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.320
 of his reign

00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:15.720
 but then it all

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.960
 ends in complete

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.000
 defiance.

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.560
 Verse 10,

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.140
 there is not a man

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.700
 on earth

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.180
 who can meet

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.860
 the king's demand

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.100
 for no great

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:25.019
 and powerful king

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.259
 has asked such a thing

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.060
 of any magician

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:28.400
 or enchanter

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.740
 or Chaldean.

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.380
 You're insane.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.820
 This is ridiculous.

00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:35.080
 Your request

00:26:35.080 --> 00:26:36.019
 is impossible.

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.140
 You are out

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.900
 of your mind.

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.820
 What in the world

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.420
 are you thinking,

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:39.880
 king?

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.580
 What a turn.

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.340
 What a change

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:42.840
 has happened.

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.680
 So why is the king

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.360
 so resolute?

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.620
 Well,

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.560
 the king is resolute

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.700
 because the king

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.519
 understands

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:51.060
 that in that era

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:54.100
 these wise men

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.880
 and astrologers

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:56.360
 did have some skill

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:58.160
 in interpreting dreams.

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.960
 There were manuals

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.779
 that had explained

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.779
 the various dream symbols.

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.940
 Samples of those

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.620
 in Akkadian dream manuals

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.580
 have been discovered.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:09.019
 So all the wise men

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.140
 needed were to know

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.279
 what the symbols were,

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.539
 how those symbols

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.839
 interacted with one another.

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.799
 They could look up

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.819
 in their index,

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.339
 in their manual,

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.500
 and they could provide

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.460
 some approximation

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.740
 of the dream

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.619
 and its interpretation.

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:24.039
 But Nebuchadnezzar

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.160
 was not interested

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:26.539
 in an approximation.

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.819
 Nebuchadnezzar understood

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.619
 this message

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.500
 was from God

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.500
 and he wanted

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.200
 the real interpretation.

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:35.640
 And if they couldn't do it,

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.819
 the consequences

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.580
 were severe.

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.120
 I'm going to tear you

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.779
 limb from limb.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.580
 I'm going to burn

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.640
 down your houses

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:44.360
 and turn it into ruins.

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.920
 Why would Nebuchadnezzar

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.180
 be so willing

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.420
 to dispose

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:51.100
 of all of his wise men?

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.740
 Well, I believe

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.960
 it's because Nebuchadnezzar

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.140
 understood the seriousness

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.840
 of the dream that he had.

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.960
 He recognized

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:59.140
 that in some way

00:27:59.140 --> 00:28:00.120
 his kingdom

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:01.300
 or he

00:28:01.300 --> 00:28:02.660
 was represented

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.680
 in this image

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:05.420
 and when this rock

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.780
 is cut out of the mountain

00:28:06.780 --> 00:28:08.320
 and thrown at the statue,

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.920
 it blows into bits.

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.840
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.880
 has some indication

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:13.600
 that something significant

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:14.780
 is about to happen

00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:16.100
 and it's not going to be good.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.440
 He wants to know

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.200
 the specifics.

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.840
 He wants the interpretation

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.040
 to be clear.

00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:23.940
 He's not messing around.

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.820
 He does not want

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:27.060
 an approximate answer.

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.820
 He wants the real answer.

00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:30.660
 And he's convinced

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:32.020
 of the integrity

00:28:32.020 --> 00:28:33.180
 of this message.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.220
 And in this way,

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.740
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.759
 perhaps

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.520
 even here

00:28:39.520 --> 00:28:41.080
 is preserving

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.940
 the message

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.840
 of the word

00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.880
 even more

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:45.560
 than most of the captives

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.500
 that came out of Judah.

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:48.340
 Those captives

00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:48.900
 who had had

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.560
 the word of God

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:51.400
 but did not

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.960
 align their hearts

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.180
 to respond

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.860
 to that word

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.960
 and that's why

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.940
 they were in captivity

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.860
 in the first place

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:59.379
 because of their idolatry,

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.719
 because of the rebellion

00:29:00.719 --> 00:29:01.859
 against God,

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.859
 their unwillingness

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.579
 to hear

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.439
 and obey

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.119
 the message

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.859
 that God had sent

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.559
 to the prophets.

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.559
 They treated

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.539
 the word of God

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.519
 as common.

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.959
 But Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:11.959 --> 00:29:13.459
 recognizes

00:29:13.459 --> 00:29:14.339
 the significance

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.939
 of the word

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.379
 and wants to preserve

00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.259
 the integrity

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.119
 of that word

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.240
 and demands

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.279
 this impossible request

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:23.259
 so that he can know

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.859
 for sure

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:25.899
 what God says.

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.779
 Although

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:30.299
 we'll see

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.819
 that Daniel

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.700
 is not a part

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.319
 of this group

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.240
 and it puts him

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.920
 at risk,

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:36.160
 this is another way

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:37.039
 that God

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.839
 is preserving

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:38.559
 the integrity

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:40.379
 of his messenger.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.019
 Because if Daniel

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.720
 had been a part

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.279
 of this group

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.379
 and we know

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.139
 that he had risen

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.660
 through the ranks,

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.500
 he had established

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.059
 himself

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.639
 as being

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.079
 ten times wiser

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.000
 than all

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.899
 of the wise men

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.759
 of Egypt,

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.980
 or excuse me,

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.539
 of Babylon.

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.759
 If he had been here

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.720
 and been part

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.220
 of this group

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.259
 and been part

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.819
 of the solution

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.919
 of interpretation,

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.259
 God's word

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.700
 would have been

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.119
 corrupted

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.679
 in that

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.759
 it would have come

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.039
 from the collective

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.019
 and not come

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.139
 from God.

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.000
 God himself

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.319
 is preserving

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.099
 his word as well.

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.980
 Notice as we turn

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:15.159
 to verse 12

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.859
 and 13,

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.720
 the king's attempts

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.980
 to get an answer

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.700
 are frustrated.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.539
 His desire

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.640
 to understand

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.819
 the dream

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.720
 and its interpretation

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:26.059
 is frustrated.

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.539
 Notice,

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.420
 because of this,

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.660
 the king was angry

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.480
 and furious

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.960
 and commanded

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:33.000
 that all the wise men

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.480
 of Babylon

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.200
 be destroyed.

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.100
 So the decree

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.819
 went out

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.079
 and the wise men

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.360
 were about to be killed

00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:40.019
 and they sought Daniel

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.700
 and his companions

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.339
 to kill them.

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.940
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.640
 is hot.

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.940
 We're going to see

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.559
 this rage

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.440
 that's going to come out,

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.880
 this violent rage

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.580
 of Nebuchadnezzar

00:30:49.580 --> 00:30:50.360
 is going to come out

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.340
 time and time again

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.880
 throughout this narrative.

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.660
 Probably

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.820
 not just because

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:57.620
 of the fact

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.759
 that his wise men

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.640
 let him down

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.880
 but also because

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:02.360
 of the insults

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.000
 he received.

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.400
 He feels

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.259
 a little duped.

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.580
 He feels

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.059
 as though

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.799
 his power

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.559
 is limited.

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.840
 He is frustrated

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:10.900
 about the fact

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.779
 that a message

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.480
 has been given

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.759
 and he can't

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279
 discern

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.259
 its interpretation.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.099
 Perhaps he also

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.779
 feels weak

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.819
 invulnerable

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.259
 a bit embarrassed

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.460
 a bit challenged

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.980
 a little foolish.

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:26.240
 He wants to remove

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.019
 this threat

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.819
 against him

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.940
 he doesn't know

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.799
 where that threat

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.339
 lies.

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.379
 So he sends

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.519
 out this urgent

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.539
 command to destroy

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.480
 all the wise men

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.559
 of Babylon.

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.679
 Babylon.

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.599
 And it was

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.119
 carried out

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:41.259
 immediately

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.720
 and thoroughly.

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.000
 And then a man

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.839
 named Ariok

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.399
 comes

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.639
 and begins

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.399
 and knocks

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:50.039
 on Daniel's door.

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.359
 Ariok

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.480
 his name means

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.879
 lion-like

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:55.379
 and I can imagine

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.960
 that he got

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.639
 that name

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:58.639
 for obvious

00:31:58.639 --> 00:31:59.440
 reasons.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.240
 This was not

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.879
 a puny

00:32:02.879 --> 00:32:04.319
 emaciated

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.319
 kind of person.

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.500
 He was probably

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.319
 renamed

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.059
 because of his

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.559
 appearance

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.599
 because of his

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.119
 job

00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.159
 and because of

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.679
 the way he

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.359
 carried out

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.899
 his orders.

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.720
 He was

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.619
 ferocious.

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.980
 And let me tell you

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.359
 Ariok didn't get

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:19.099
 this job

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.720
 for nothing

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.019
 either.

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.500
 He knew how

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.319
 to follow orders

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.460
 he was skilled

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.919
 in his craft

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.919
 and I think

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.599
 it's safe to say

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.399
 he was not

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.659
 a man of mercy.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.299
 He was cold

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.359
 he was methodical

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.259
 and he was

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.000
 unstoppable.

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.960
 You could not

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.079
 come against

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.480
 this lion-like

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.860
 man.

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.799
 He was a

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.420
 champion

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.700
 of death.

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.380
 He wasn't

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.620
 going to be

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.279
 reasoned with.

00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.640
 He receives

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.120
 his orders

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:45.240
 and he executes

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.360
 them without

00:32:46.360 --> 00:32:46.880
 question.

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.960
 No life is

00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.180
 spared.

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.039
 But he shows

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.779
 up at Daniel's

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.019
 door

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.240
 and the

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.740
 remarkable

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.700
 happens.

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.680
 Because God

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.480
 not only

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.519
 sets himself

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.980
 apart

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.720
 as giving

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.500
 revelation

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.140
 but God

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.779
 sets himself

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.180
 apart

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.440
 in providing

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.940
 a spokesman

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.920
 providing

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.660
 a servant.

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.440
 The general

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.039
 revelation

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.560
 that God

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.060
 had given

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:11.100
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.580
 was insufficient

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.180
 was not

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:13.500
 enough

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.100
 and so

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:14.560
 God

00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:15.259
 has set

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.820
 himself

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:17.060
 a servant

00:33:17.060 --> 00:33:18.200
 a spokesman

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.360
 to communicate

00:33:19.360 --> 00:33:20.360
 his word

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:21.220
 to Nebuchadnezzar.

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.700
 He desires

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.799
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.480
 knowing

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.259
 his word.

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.279
 So notice

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.160
 verse 14

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.740
 Daniel

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.580
 replied

00:33:29.580 --> 00:33:30.420
 with prudence

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.480
 and discretion

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.560
 to Ariok

00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.279
 the captain

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.900
 of the king's

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.200
 guard

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.000
 who had

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.360
 gone out

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.660
 to kill

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.080
 the wise

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.360
 men of

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.640
 Babylon

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.240
 he declared

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.120
 to Ariok

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.840
 the king's

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.160
 captain

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.000
 why is

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.519
 this decree

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.200
 of the king

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.800
 so urgent?

00:33:42.800 --> 00:33:43.340
 Then Ariok

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.060
 made the matter

00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.740
 known to Daniel

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.880
 and Daniel

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.500
 went in

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.640
 and requested

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.259
 the king

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.980
 to appoint

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.680
 him a time

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.640
 that he might

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.600
 show the

00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.019
 interpretation

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.960
 to the king.

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.700
 Daniel

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.400
 is not

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.779
 surprised

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:59.620
 at this

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.240
 opportunity

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.900
 that God

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.640
 has placed

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.519
 in his

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.579
 lap

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.559
 to be

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.519
 a spokesman

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.460
 for the

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.840
 message

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.220
 that God

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.600
 has given.

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.400
 Daniel

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.139
 sees

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.880
 God

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.380
 through this

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.119
 he recognized

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.159
 that this

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.840
 is God's

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.300
 revelation

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.599
 he recognizes

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:14.960
 that he

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.420
 has been

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.240
 specially

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.119
 and uniquely

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.059
 set aside

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.760
 for this

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:20.039
 very task

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.639
 Daniel

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.000
 knows

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.480
 that God

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.519
 provides

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.259
 spokesman

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:24.759
 he's seen

00:34:24.759 --> 00:34:25.199
 that through

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:26.019
 the course

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.539
 of the history

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.980
 of Israel

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.980
 and here

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.820
 he rises

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.539
 to the occasion

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.579
 and recognizes

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.340
 that God

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:32.000
 is at work

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.599
 and God

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.099
 has chosen

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.619
 him

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:35.340
 to speak

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.460
 for God

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:37.659
 before Nebuchadnezzar

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.320
 there is a

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.039
 calmness

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.699
 in Daniel

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.780
 I imagine

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:44.099
 this commanding

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.639
 figure

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.420
 while he's

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.119
 still young

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:47.300
 still commands

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.780
 this respect

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:50.239
 he's not

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.699
 demanding

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.659
 he's not

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:52.480
 argumentative

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.199
 but he's

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.820
 confident

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.740
 and calm

00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:56.039
 Daniel

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.559
 knows

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.320
 that God

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.019
 is in

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.440
 this

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.460
 he doesn't

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.079
 need to worry

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.679
 he doesn't

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.420
 need to run

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:02.800
 he only needs

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:03.219
 to follow

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.820
 God's lead

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.820
 he only needs

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:05.599
 to be available

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.539
 for the plan

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.280
 that God

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:07.800
 has put

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.500
 into place

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.740
 and Daniel

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.840
 seems genuinely

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.639
 interested

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.199
 in the king

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.820
 Daniel

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.639
 is interested

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.760
 in the message

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.179
 that God

00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.780
 has given

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:18.900
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.360
 and you get

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.920
 the sense

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.139
 in Daniel's

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.680
 questioning

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.340
 of Ariok

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.019
 that Daniel

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.760
 is genuinely

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.420
 interested

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.460
 in the welfare

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.420
 of the king

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:27.920
 himself

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.880
 and in this

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.200
 way

00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.240
 God's servants

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:32.019
 are also

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.559
 distinct

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.500
 we're going to

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.940
 see this

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.639
 throughout the

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.000
 narrative

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:36.039
 of Daniel

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.180
 that God's

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.639
 servants

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.200
 care

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.180
 for people

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:40.880
 not just

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.639
 their friends

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.360
 that God's

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.920
 servants

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.880
 as Jesus

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.559
 will say

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.260
 in the

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.700
 sermon on the

00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:45.880
 mount

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.660
 they bless

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.160
 those who

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.519
 curse

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.840
 them

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.960
 they bless

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.559
 and curse

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.000
 not

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.000
 that's what

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.500
 Daniel is

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.880
 doing

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.059
 Daniel could

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.460
 have viewed

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.180
 this as a

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:55.300
 golden opportunity

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.900
 this was his

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.740
 ticket to

00:35:57.740 --> 00:35:58.460
 eliminate the

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.039
 competition

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.559
 this was his

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.140
 opportunity

00:36:01.140 --> 00:36:03.320
 for Nebuchadnezzar

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.039
 to carry out

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.559
 his sentence

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.400
 and destroy

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.160
 all the other

00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:07.059
 wise men

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.640
 of Babylon

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:08.880
 but Daniel

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:09.940
 cares for them

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.740
 as well

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:12.119
 he cares

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:13.460
 about them

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.619
 even though

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:14.880
 they were

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.460
 mixed up

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.840
 in this

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.820
 dark arts

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:18.800
 Daniel

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.539
 replies

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.260
 with wisdom

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.159
 and prudence

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.780
 Daniel is

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.260
 careful

00:36:22.260 --> 00:36:24.019
 to respond

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.559
 to Ariok

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.059
 in a way

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.079
 that leads

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.940
 to the

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.699
 right response

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.320
 from Ariok

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:30.159
 one commentator

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.720
 puts it this

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:30.980
 way

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:31.880
 quote

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.380
 the word

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:32.980
 translated

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.539
 discretion

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.639
 is related

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.000
 to the

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.699
 Hebrew word

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.400
 taste

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:37.659
 here it

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.159
 conveys

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.639
 those

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.260
 spiritual

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.960
 instincts

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.659
 of judgment

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.679
 discernment

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:41.960
 and what

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.340
 we might

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:42.760
 call

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.579
 a sense

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.880
 of the

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.360
 realities

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.019
 of the

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.559
 situation

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.620
 Daniel's

00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:47.140
 wisdom

00:36:47.140 --> 00:36:48.220
 was well

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.880
 developed

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.660
 this shows

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:49.900
 his

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.640
 spiritual

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:51.620
 sense

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:52.400
 of taste

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.079
 end quote

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:56.059
 he knew

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.260
 how to

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.539
 talk to

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.900
 Ariok

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.680
 he had

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:58.860
 this

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.420
 commanding

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.059
 presence

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.920
 and was

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.440
 able to

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.900
 speak

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.539
 with him

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.039
 in a way

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.539
 that was

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.120
 convincing

00:37:04.120 --> 00:37:05.920
 we're not

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.320
 given the

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:06.760
 words that

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.300
 Daniel said

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.860
 but perhaps

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.740
 something along

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:09.320
 these lines

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.800
 Ariok

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:11.039
 I can

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.580
 answer

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:11.780
 the

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.260
 king's

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:13.120
 impossible

00:37:13.120 --> 00:37:13.920
 request

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.420
 and if

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.800
 you take

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.019
 me to

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.160
 the

00:37:15.160 --> 00:37:15.440
 king

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.300
 you'll

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.580
 get the

00:37:16.580 --> 00:37:16.880
 credit

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.460
 for

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.760
 finding

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.080
 me

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:20.180
 what do

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.600
 you have

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:20.960
 to lose

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.600
 after all

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.980
 Ariok

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.080
 if I'm

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:23.400
 wrong

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.820
 you can

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.140
 kill me

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.400
 anyway

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.760
 so Daniel

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:26.200
 stands

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.640
 before the

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:26.940
 king

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.780
 and what

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.240
 we find

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.920
 is fascinating

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.539
 notice this

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:30.900
 phrase

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.740
 and Daniel

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.560
 went in

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:33.780
 and requested

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:34.780
 the king

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.400
 to appoint

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.760
 him a

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.060
 time

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:37.500
 again

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.400
 we see

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:38.840
 that God

00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:39.280
 is working

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.940
 because remember

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:41.239
 the wise

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.980
 men had

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.699
 requested a

00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.039
 time

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:44.440
 and in

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.699
 Daniel

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.199
 chapter 2

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.639
 verse 8

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.219
 I know

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.239
 with certainty

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:48.480
 you are just

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.340
 trying to gain

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:49.800
 time

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.719
 and Nebuchadnezzar

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.460
 says no

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.760
 way

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:53.099
 but here

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.539
 with Daniel

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:55.599
 Daniel

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.139
 requests a

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.420
 time

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:58.119
 and Nebuchadnezzar

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.639
 gives him

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.920
 time

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.280
 God is

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.639
 working

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.000
 and Daniel's

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.539
 confidence

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.340
 in God

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.179
 is coupled

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.139
 with faith

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:07.059
 he knows

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.940
 that God

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.380
 is able

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:09.139
 to answer

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:10.079
 Nebuchadnezzar's

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.500
 request

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.279
 he knows

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.679
 that God

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.320
 has given

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.239
 instrumentally

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.059
 this dream

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.759
 and desires

00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:15.779
 for Nebuchadnezzar

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:16.940
 to be led

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:18.059
 in understanding

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.559
 of who God

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:18.880
 is

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.940
 and finally

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.460
 we find

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:21.880
 in verses 17

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.259
 and 18

00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:23.139
 Daniel asks

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.659
 God

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.559
 for the answer

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:26.119
 Daniel knows

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.679
 where to go

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:28.059
 he doesn't go

00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.759
 to the counselors

00:38:28.759 --> 00:38:30.059
 he goes to God

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.779
 the dream

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.480
 has come

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.099
 from him

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.559
 notice

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.460
 then Daniel

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.639
 went to his house

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:36.360
 and made the matter

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:37.360
 known to Hananiah

00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:38.180
 Mishael

00:38:38.180 --> 00:38:38.900
 and Azariah

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.599
 his companions

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.720
 and told them

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.720
 to seek mercy

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.820
 from the God

00:38:42.820 --> 00:38:43.300
 of heaven

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.640
 concerning this mystery

00:38:44.640 --> 00:38:45.920
 so that Daniel

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:46.720
 and his companions

00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:48.099
 might not be destroyed

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.920
 with the rest

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.660
 of the wise men

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.180
 of Babylon

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:52.519
 Daniel goes home

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.740
 he tells

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:54.720
 his three friends

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:57.500
 they bow their hearts

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.460
 in their heads

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.640
 before the God

00:38:59.640 --> 00:39:00.120
 of mercy

00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:01.039
 and they plead

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.559
 with God

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.180
 to reveal

00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.960
 to them

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.780
 the answer

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:05.120
 this word

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.619
 for mercy

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.099
 is the word

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.699
 compassion

00:39:06.699 --> 00:39:07.400
 the word

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:08.079
 for kindness

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.259
 it's the description

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:09.880
 that God

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:11.079
 uses of himself

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.139
 when he shows up

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.819
 to Moses

00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:14.159
 in Exodus chapter 34

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.679
 where it says

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.059
 the Lord

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:17.199
 passed before him

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.960
 and proclaimed

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.619
 the Lord

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:19.420
 the Lord

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:19.880
 a God

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.579
 merciful

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.480
 and gracious

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.799
 slow to anger

00:39:22.799 --> 00:39:23.539
 and abounding

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:25.119
 in steadfast love

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.900
 and faithfulness

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.400
 this is the God

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:27.940
 to whom

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.579
 Daniel

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.339
 and his friends

00:39:29.339 --> 00:39:29.759
 pray

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:31.579
 this is the God

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.079
 they seek

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.159
 God

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.279
 delights

00:39:34.279 --> 00:39:35.119
 in mercy

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.819
 and Daniel

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.900
 recognizes

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:38.000
 that God

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:39.199
 is present

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:40.440
 to show mercy

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.679
 not only

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.519
 to he

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.460
 and his friends

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:44.579
 but especially

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:46.159
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:48.400
 another commentator

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.920
 says this

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.639
 I think it's helpful

00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:50.219
 for us

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:51.279
 quote

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:52.420
 why this

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.259
 concentration

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.119
 on mercies

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.699
 were they concerned

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.219
 primarily

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.319
 for their own skins

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.440
 were they self

00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:58.920
 centered

00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.079
 in asking God

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:02.019
 to see them

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:03.199
 in their plight

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:04.500
 and come to their aid

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:06.099
 on the contrary

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:07.719
 they sought mercy

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.599
 from God

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:10.099
 because they recognized

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:11.179
 that they

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.779
 and perhaps

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.779
 they only

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:14.079
 were his appointed

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.619
 servants

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.279
 there in Babylon

00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:16.840
 they were men

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.519
 of destiny

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.659
 who had been placed

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:19.239
 in Babylon

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:20.119
 for his glory

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.719
 to make his name known

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:23.279
 it was because

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:24.019
 their lives

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:25.219
 were so intimately

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:26.279
 intertwined

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:27.619
 with God's glory

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.639
 that they sought

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.460
 his mercy

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.320
 in order

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.300
 that his glory

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.559
 might be displayed

00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.139
 in Babylon

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.940
 in revealing

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:35.500
 the dream

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.159
 and its meaning

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.699
 Daniel explains

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.220
 that God

00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:38.900
 had a purpose

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:40.240
 in Nebuchadnezzar's

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.599
 life

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.619
 as well

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:43.000
 even there

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.500
 he stresses

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.300
 that the mystery

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:45.340
 had been revealed

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.740
 quote

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:47.619
 for our sakes

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.820
 that's in

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:49.720
 verse 30

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.440
 end quote

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.920
 Daniel

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.800
 recognizes

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:54.440
 that he and his

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:55.119
 friends are there

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:55.679
 in Babylon

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:57.440
 as representatives

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.720
 of the God

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.200
 of mercy

00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:00.880
 they are there

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.639
 to reveal

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:02.780
 this dream

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.599
 to Nebuchadnezzar

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.059
 to help him

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.720
 to understand

00:41:05.720 --> 00:41:07.000
 who God

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.579
 was

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.820
 so that Nebuchadnezzar

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.440
 ultimately

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.700
 could bow the knee

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.960
 before that God

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:14.200
 and could be rescued

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.220
 himself

00:41:15.220 --> 00:41:18.220
 God has also

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:19.659
 allowed us

00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.460
 to be agents

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.619
 of mercy

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:23.820
 in how we reveal

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:25.200
 the word of God

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.439
 to those around us

00:41:26.439 --> 00:41:28.199
 and just like

00:41:28.199 --> 00:41:29.779
 we find in our story

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:31.439
 we are to reveal

00:41:31.439 --> 00:41:32.579
 God's gospel

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.460
 God's message

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:34.339
 in two different ways

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:35.439
 first we reveal

00:41:35.439 --> 00:41:36.639
 God's message

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.679
 God's gospel

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.439
 in the way

00:41:38.439 --> 00:41:39.199
 that we

00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:40.299
 behave

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:42.179
 Philippians chapter 1

00:41:42.179 --> 00:41:43.419
 verses 27 and 28

00:41:43.419 --> 00:41:44.019
 says this

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:45.819
 only let your conduct

00:41:45.819 --> 00:41:46.339
 be worthy

00:41:46.339 --> 00:41:46.939
 of the gospel

00:41:46.939 --> 00:41:47.480
 of Christ

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:48.419
 so that whether

00:41:48.419 --> 00:41:49.759
 I come and see you

00:41:49.759 --> 00:41:50.919
 or in absent

00:41:50.919 --> 00:41:52.579
 I may hear

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.319
 of your affairs

00:41:53.319 --> 00:41:54.559
 that you stand fast

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.539
 in one spirit

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.360
 with one mind

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.539
 striving together

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.159
 for the faith

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.739
 of the gospel

00:41:58.739 --> 00:42:00.619
 and not in any way

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:02.139
 terrified by your adversaries

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:03.679
 which is to them

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:05.799
 a proof of perdition

00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:06.699
 but to you

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.420
 of salvation

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.299
 and that from God

00:42:08.299 --> 00:42:10.759
 God has called us

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:12.940
 as his children

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:15.039
 as followers of Christ

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.480
 to be distinct

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:17.059
 from the world

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:18.380
 as God is distinct

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:19.059
 be holy

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:20.199
 for I am holy

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:21.880
 and that's what

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.840
 positioned Daniel

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.500
 and his friends

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.539
 for this significant

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.200
 task

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.320
 they had resolved

00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:27.120
 in their hearts

00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:27.980
 that they would not

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.940
 defile themselves

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:29.880
 with the king's food

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:31.059
 they set themselves

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.559
 apart

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:34.200
 they desired to live

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:35.860
 in a worthy way

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.880
 and so God was able

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.519
 to use them

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:39.039
 we're called

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.820
 to the same thing

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:40.300
 we're called

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:42.519
 to have worthy lives

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:44.019
 and as Paul

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.660
 will pray

00:42:44.660 --> 00:42:45.460
 he says

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.480
 Lord that we would

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:47.300
 walk worthy

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:48.440
 so that we'd be filled

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:49.260
 with the fruits

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:50.320
 of righteousness

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:51.960
 which are to the praise

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.100
 and glory of God

00:42:53.100 --> 00:42:54.960
 we can show

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:55.900
 the gospel

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.800
 through our life

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:58.200
 we must show

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:59.000
 the gospel

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.840
 through our life

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.060
 but that is not enough

00:43:01.060 --> 00:43:03.300
 not only general revelation

00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:05.240
 but also special revelation

00:43:05.240 --> 00:43:05.900
 as we find

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:07.560
 in our final verse

00:43:07.560 --> 00:43:08.820
 in Romans chapter 10

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:10.220
 verses 14 and 17

00:43:10.220 --> 00:43:11.420
 it says this

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:13.039
 how then shall they

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:14.079
 call on him

00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:15.519
 in whom they have not

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.400
 believed

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.539
 how shall they believe

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:19.280
 in him

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:20.619
 on whom they have not heard

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:22.220
 and how shall they hear

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.880
 without a preacher

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:24.780
 and how shall they preach

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:26.200
 unless they are sent

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.940
 as it is written

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.920
 how beautiful

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:29.480
 are the feet of those

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.500
 who preach the gospel

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.059
 of peace

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:32.800
 who bring glad tidings

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.599
 of good things

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:34.460
 so then faith

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.280
 comes by hearing

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:36.180
 and hearing

00:43:36.180 --> 00:43:37.360
 by the word

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:37.860
 of God

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:39.500
 all of us

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.420
 who are called

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.099
 to God

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:42.300
 through the word

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.780
 are now given

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.559
 the privilege

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.960
 of sharing

00:43:45.960 --> 00:43:47.220
 that gospel word

00:43:47.220 --> 00:43:47.680
 to others

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:48.480
 so they too

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.119
 can know

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:49.920
 the God

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.720
 who saves

00:43:50.720 --> 00:43:52.159
 come to terms

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:53.139
 with their own sin

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:54.480
 ask for forgiveness

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.960
 and bow the knee

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:57.059
 to Jesus Christ

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:58.340
 and enjoy him

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.559
 as the one

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:01.099
 who forgives their sin

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.960
 and leads them

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:03.099
 to life in God

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:04.579
 have you done that

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.059
 this morning

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.639
 have you ever

00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:08.539
 come to a place

00:44:08.539 --> 00:44:10.000
 of recognizing

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.940
 yourself as a sinner

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:11.780
 and asking God

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.260
 for forgiveness

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:13.960
 have you ever

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.300
 bowed the knee

00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:16.139
 to Christ

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:17.280
 and recognized

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:18.019
 that he alone

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:18.699
 is the one

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.699
 who can save you

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.340
 from your sin

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.159
 if not

00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:22.559
 now is the moment

00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:24.260
 you can believe

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:25.480
 and for those of us

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:27.380
 who have believed

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:28.539
 we have this

00:44:28.539 --> 00:44:29.960
 amazing opportunity

00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.000
 to show

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.679
 the gospel

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.699
 and to speak

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:33.219
 the gospel

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:34.920
 through our life

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.780
 and through our words

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:37.019
 may God help us

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.559
 to be faithful

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.239
 let me pray

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:39.879
 oh Lord

00:44:39.879 --> 00:44:40.279
 we thank you

00:44:40.279 --> 00:44:40.919
 for the example

00:44:40.919 --> 00:44:41.419
 of Daniel

00:44:41.419 --> 00:44:43.279
 thank you

00:44:43.279 --> 00:44:44.359
 that he recognized

00:44:44.359 --> 00:44:45.779
 that the God

00:44:45.779 --> 00:44:46.439
 of heaven

00:44:46.439 --> 00:44:48.379
 was over

00:44:48.379 --> 00:44:49.199
 this dream

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.919
 and he was willing

00:44:50.919 --> 00:44:51.639
 to be useful

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.239
 for you

00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.339
 to trust

00:44:54.339 --> 00:44:56.079
 in your revelation

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.559
 to him

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.779
 so that he could

00:44:57.779 --> 00:44:58.559
 speak to the king

00:44:58.559 --> 00:44:59.339
 the interpretation

00:44:59.339 --> 00:45:01.319
 God I pray

00:45:01.319 --> 00:45:01.899
 that you help us

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:02.319
 as well

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:04.039
 help us

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:04.559
 not

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:05.640
 to

00:45:05.640 --> 00:45:07.100
 be

00:45:07.100 --> 00:45:08.080
 selfish

00:45:08.080 --> 00:45:09.660
 with this word

00:45:09.660 --> 00:45:11.080
 help us

00:45:11.080 --> 00:45:12.140
 not to constrain

00:45:12.140 --> 00:45:12.620
 that word

00:45:12.620 --> 00:45:13.400
 to ourselves

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:14.640
 but help us

00:45:14.640 --> 00:45:16.160
 to be faithful

00:45:16.160 --> 00:45:17.460
 and gracious

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.360
 in distributing

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:19.220
 that word

00:45:19.220 --> 00:45:19.600
 to others

00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:20.180
 because we know

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:20.580
 that faith

00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:21.440
 comes only

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:22.280
 through hearing

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.260
 and hearing

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:23.620
 through the word

00:45:23.620 --> 00:45:24.000
 of God

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:25.720
 and God

00:45:25.720 --> 00:45:26.280
 there is

00:45:26.280 --> 00:45:26.880
 a world

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.580
 around us

00:45:27.580 --> 00:45:28.220
 that is dying

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:29.720
 and will ultimately

00:45:29.720 --> 00:45:30.380
 be separated

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:30.900
 from you

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.900
 and we have

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:32.280
 the words

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:32.740
 of life

00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:33.700
 the words

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.480
 that we received

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:35.220
 from your son

00:45:35.220 --> 00:45:35.900
 and so Lord

00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:36.340
 I pray that you

00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:36.639
 help us

00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:37.160
 to be faithful

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:38.460
 help us

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.019
 to be faithful

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.700
 agents

00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:40.780
 of the gospel

00:45:40.780 --> 00:45:42.160
 in Jesus name

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:42.579
 amen

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.820
 God bless you

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.519
 have a great week