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00:38 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, 00:42 and I'm so thankful that you are joining us. 00:45 Today, we're going to study part two 00:46 of a four-part series that we have entitled, 00:49 "Trust in the sure word of prophecy." 00:51 During this series, 00:53 we will be addressing four areas of study 00:55 and those four different messages 00:57 are entitled, number one, "Why was Bible prophecy given". 01:01 And number two, today's message is entitled, 01:04 "Who can show the dream?" 01:06 Number three will be, 01:07 "The four beasts and a little horn," 01:09 and we will conclude this series with number four, 01:12 "Seven heads and ten horns." 01:14 Again, today's message is entitled, 01:16 "Who can show the dream?" 01:17 And no doubt Pastor Kenny has taken part of his message 01:21 from Daniel Chapter 2. 01:22 So let's look at verses 1 through 6 01:24 and read those together. 01:26 "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, 01:29 Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams 01:31 where with his spirit was troubled, 01:33 and his sleep brake from him. 01:35 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, 01:38 and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, 01:40 and the Chaldeans, 01:41 for to show the king his dreams. 01:43 So they came and stood before the king. 01:45 And the king said unto them, 'I have dreamed a dream, 01:49 and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.' 01:52 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, 01:55 'O king, live for ever: tell the servants the dream 01:59 and we will show you the interpretation.' 02:01 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, 02:04 'The thing is gone from me: 02:06 if you will not make known unto me the dream 02:09 with the interpretation thereof, 02:11 ye shall be cut into pieces, 02:13 and your houses shall be made a dunghill. 02:16 But if you show the dream and the interpretation thereof, 02:19 ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: 02:23 therefore show me the dream, 02:25 and the interpretation thereof.'" 02:28 But, friends, 02:29 all of us know that the magicians, 02:31 the astrologers, the sorcerers, 02:33 and the Chaldeans 02:35 could not tell the king his dream, 02:37 and because of all of this, 02:39 the wise men of Babylon were to all be killed. 02:43 This execution included God's children, 02:46 Daniel and his three companions Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 02:50 And although the circumstances looked very bleak 02:54 at this point for God's messengers, 02:56 I'm sure we will find out with Pastor Kenny Shelton today 03:00 that God was still in control. 03:02 He was about to show Himself in a marvelous fashion 03:05 to King Nebuchadnezzar, 03:07 and to all of us throughout all world's history, 03:11 that He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords, 03:14 knowing the beginning to the very end of time. 03:17 It was God alone who gave the king the answers 03:20 to the questions that troubled him so greatly 03:23 so many years ago. 03:24 And it is He that through the interpretation 03:27 of the king Nebuchadnezzar's dream 03:29 will today build our trust and faith in Him. 03:33 So let's join Pastor Kenny, 03:35 but first, let's go to 3ABN 03:37 and we're going to be blessed by a song that is entitled 03:40 "Softly and Tenderly" 03:42 Jesus is calling as played by our friend, 03:45 Kendall Bacchus. 08:02 Thank you for joining us once again 08:03 here at Behold the Lamb. 08:05 We do appreciate you. 08:06 We're so glad that you take time 08:07 out of your busy schedule to make sure you sit down. 08:10 We hear it when cards and letters and phone calls, 08:12 we sit down and we study with you. 08:14 This is what it's all about. 08:15 It's not somebody getting up front 08:16 trying to tell you what you should believe. 08:18 But someone trying to steer you to the, what? 08:20 Word of God. 08:22 And that way you can study 08:23 to show yourself approved unto Him. 08:25 How wonderful that is. 08:27 We've been doing and we started last time 08:29 we came together we're talking about, 08:32 speaking about prophecy and the importance of prophecy. 08:35 And is there a need for prophecy now? 08:37 And is prophecy going to hold out? 08:40 Can we depend upon prophecy? 08:42 As I think we established from the Word of God 08:45 on our first study of this four part series 08:47 that we need in the prophecy. 08:50 It's there in the Bible, 08:52 God put it there for a reason 08:53 and as we go through these studies, 08:55 we'll see more and more 08:56 that it come to the conclusion that we need to, 08:59 that will help us understand the mark of the beast, 09:01 it will help us to understand the image to the beast, 09:03 it will help us to understand the little horn power, 09:05 and all of these powers that come against God's people, 09:08 especially in these last days. 09:10 So I believe we put it together. 09:12 So we're taking time out. 09:13 But we were studying, 09:15 as you well know the thin line between church and state, 09:17 and the things that we believe 09:18 is bringing about there in very rapidly, 09:21 but then there are those who question 09:22 and said, yeah, but you come to these, 09:24 you know, in conclusions, 09:25 and we're not sure how you, you came to those, 09:27 so it's good that we go back, at least we'll have it, 09:30 you know, for people who don't understand it, 09:31 and they can call in 09:33 and we can send them this information. 09:35 We're going to pray right now, 09:36 time that we have we always pray 09:37 that the Holy Spirit will help us 09:39 because we're going to talk about this part number two, 09:42 "Who can show the dream?" 09:44 Daniel Chapter 2, let's pray, shall we? 09:48 Loving Father in heaven, 09:49 truly, we thank You 09:51 for this opportunity and privilege. 09:52 Send Your Holy Spirit now. 09:54 We pray that You will take over all of our hearts, 09:56 our minds, our lives, may we hear the voice of Jesus, 09:58 may we understand 10:00 the prophecy of the book of Daniel, 10:02 how it pertains to the end time people 10:04 and help us to realize we are the end time people. 10:06 Bless us we pray through this study, 10:08 and bless each one who listens, 10:10 those who are studying, listening, watching 10:12 wherever it might be, 10:13 that it may be for Your honor and Your glory, 10:15 in Jesus' name, amen. 10:19 Let me give just quick if you don't mind, 10:21 just a little quick background of Daniel. 10:23 Now just to talk about Daniel and his life, 10:25 we could go on for a long, long period of time, 10:29 but I just picked out maybe 10 or 12 things here 10:31 that might just help us understand Daniel. 10:33 It's very important to understand 10:34 this man of God and what he had to say, 10:38 not only to his people of his day, 10:40 but to us today. 10:41 Remember, this is Daniel, 10:43 speaking to you and to me here in these last days. 10:47 Just some thought, 10:48 just a little bit of background here. 10:50 Daniel was taken captive into Babylon 10:53 when he was about 18 years old. 10:55 So he's quite a young man, 10:56 probably something he didn't think 10:58 would happen in his life. 10:59 He was a man that was right, 11:01 you know given to the cause of Christ 11:02 and all of a sudden 11:04 he finds himself into captivity. 11:05 But look what God can do 11:07 maybe and when we are in captivity. 11:09 Two, he had a series of visions 11:12 that were given to him, 11:14 that certainly pertained to his day 11:15 but maybe even more so to our day 11:18 that we need to pay attention to. 11:20 Three, through all of this, 11:22 he was made 11:23 the third highest ruler in Babylon. 11:25 Think about this, you're coming in 11:27 as, I use the word, 11:28 he came in as a captive, as a slave. 11:30 And it wasn't very long 11:32 where God pushed him right up into the third, right? 11:34 Power right behind the king and the queen as it were, 11:37 there was Daniel. 11:38 Four, 11:39 he acknowledged God 11:41 before kings and before statesmen. 11:43 Wherever Daniel went, he lifted up the name of God. 11:46 Remember I'm not just lifting up Daniel, 11:48 I'm talking about things that you and I should be doing 11:50 as little Daniel's dare to be a Daniel. 11:53 Five, he was allowed, notice this, 11:56 he allowed no earthly power 11:58 to come between him and God. 12:01 In our life we allow no power, no person, no place 12:04 anything to come between us and God. 12:06 Remember this is some of the reasons 12:08 that God blessed Daniel. 12:10 Number six, 12:12 Daniel always by the grace of God 12:14 conformed to God's will. 12:17 How important that is in our life today, 12:18 not our will not be done but what? 12:21 Thy will be done. 12:22 Number seven, 12:24 he was quiet within himself a sermon on health reform. 12:29 Just study the Book of Daniel and you'll see that for sure. 12:31 Eight, he chose to follow right, 12:35 notice this, instead of policy. 12:38 You will have a lot of policy 12:39 men and women in the world today 12:41 just to get along, 12:42 but he chose to do right regardless of policy. 12:45 Faith and Daniel notice this, 12:47 was founded on the sheer word of prophecy. 12:51 Daniel's faith was what? 12:52 Was founded on the sure word of prophecy. 12:56 This is very important 12:57 because we're studying about prophetic and prophecy 12:59 in the Word of God. 13:01 God blessed Daniel, 13:02 because he did what he knew to be right. 13:06 What did God do? 13:07 God blessed Daniel 13:09 because he did what he knew to be right. 13:12 This is what... 13:13 Do we want to be blessed today? 13:15 Absolutely, we want to be blessed today. 13:17 Then we need to do by the grace of God, 13:18 what we understand and know is right. 13:21 Number 11, last one. 13:24 Light was given to Daniel, 13:26 especially for his last day people. 13:29 See, this is why we're taking time 13:31 to study the Book of Daniel, 13:32 because the light that was given to Daniel 13:34 applies to us today, 13:37 and things that are going to happen 13:38 before Jesus comes, 13:40 and you will want to be aware of that, 13:41 and I want to be aware of that. 13:44 Part number two, who can show the dream? 13:47 Now I'm going to do a lot of condensing down 13:48 and so on and so forth. 13:50 So if you have your Bible, 13:51 you just turn it to Daniel Chapter 2, 13:52 and we're going to hit these verses, 13:54 boom, boom, boom, 13:55 and then we're trying to go through there 13:56 and explain what they mean. 13:58 First, I want to read Isaiah Chapter 46. 14:01 I'm gonna turn in my Bible, Isaiah Chapter 46. 14:03 There's a couple of verses that I think will help us 14:05 will fit in part of our foundation here. 14:09 Isaiah Chapter 46, gonna read verses, 8, 9 and 10. 14:16 Isaiah Chapter what? 14:17 Forty six. 14:18 We're going to read verses 8, 9 and 10. 14:22 Here's what the Bible says, notice this. 14:23 It says, "Remember this, and shew yourself men." 14:27 Ah, man, that's a challenge right there 14:29 and show yourself to be what? 14:30 Men. 14:31 "Bring it again to mind O ye transgressors." 14:34 Notice this, number nine, 14:35 "Remember the former things of old: 14:38 for I am God," 14:40 notice this, "and there is none else, 14:42 I am God and there is none like me." 14:46 Verse 10, and here's what He's doing, 14:48 "Declaring the end from the beginning, 14:51 and from ancient times 14:52 the things that are not yet done saying, 14:55 My counsel shall stand, 14:57 and I will do all my pleasure." 14:59 What is God telling us here quickly? 15:02 Is He telling us He's in control? 15:04 He said, "I'm God, and there's none else." 15:05 He's God, He knows everything going on in the universe. 15:08 He said, if there be any other God, 15:09 I don't know anything about it. 15:11 And I'm going to declare to you 15:13 the beginning from the end or the end from the beginning. 15:15 He's going to tell us everything 15:17 before it comes to pass. 15:18 Did we not study that in Amos 3:7? 15:21 He's going to reveal it to His prophets first 15:23 so we can be assured 15:24 that God's going to reveal 15:26 the things that will affect us 15:28 or His people here in these last days. 15:31 We're going to look at Daniel Chapter 2 15:33 in a very quick fashion on this four-part series, 15:38 and what is our purpose? 15:39 Our purpose is simply to discover 15:42 how that God sets up kingdoms and how God what? 15:46 He takes kingdoms down, 15:47 that can be found in Daniel 2:21. 15:51 God in charge, 15:52 God sets up all the people that are flooring around 15:54 spending millions and billions of dollars 15:56 to make sure who is elected and who is in office, 15:59 you're wasting your time. 16:01 I know it hurts a lot of people, 16:03 still wasting your time, 16:04 because my Bible says that God does what? 16:07 Oh, yeah, but we need Christians to win. 16:09 God is still in control. 16:11 Nice to have Christians and have, 16:12 you know Christ like mind. 16:14 Absolutely. 16:15 But God makes it very, very clear. 16:16 And as we look at history, right? 16:18 We look at Bible, 16:19 we're going to see that God did set up kingdoms 16:22 and He put kings there and then He took them down, 16:24 even though they didn't do everything that was right. 16:27 He used pagan, did you get it? 16:30 Pagan kings that set in the place 16:33 and He still used them. 16:34 Why? 16:36 He wanted to reach them 16:37 for His honor and for His glory. 16:38 We'll find that out a little bit more as we go. 16:41 Information is going to be brought forward 16:43 that I believe in my heart is essential 16:46 to those who are studying 16:48 who want heaven to be their home. 16:51 Any power that might upset 16:53 or come in contact with God's people 16:55 that might destroy them or kill them, 16:58 God said I'm going to warn you of this power first. 17:01 And notice what? 17:03 If it's destroying and persecuting My people, 17:05 it's going to be made known. 17:07 We're looking at a power that comes into existence 17:11 in 605 BC. 17:13 Keep that in mind, 600 years before Christ, 17:17 God is setting things all up for us, 17:19 and He's going to show us kingdoms and powers 17:22 put into existence. 17:24 Now listen, what's the purpose of things? 17:25 You say, well, I've studied it. 17:27 So it will help our faith to grow 17:29 as we get into deeper things 17:31 as how He sets up these nations, 17:33 how they come to an end, and how He says, 17:36 this is the one that's going to take 17:38 this one's place. 17:39 After that there's going to be another. 17:40 He tells us many, many years before it ever takes place. 17:44 That shows God's in control, isn't it? 17:46 It shows He's not just guessing, 17:47 He knows exactly what's taking place 17:49 and who He will use in that to be the king of that nation. 17:53 Now we'll see, we're going to look at history, 17:55 unfolding nation at a time as God reaches them. 18:00 Now, why is He trying to reach them? 18:02 Because He wants them to get acquainted 18:04 with the true God of heaven. 18:05 Why poor Daniel, you know, 18:07 a man of quiet eloquence, right, a brain, 18:09 I mean, obviously a smart man, educated, born in royal family, 18:13 why would he be taken into captivity? 18:16 Other than God wanted to reach King Nebuchadnezzar 18:19 and the whole kingdom for His honor and glory. 18:21 This is what it was all about. 18:23 Not who was boss, not who was the king, 18:25 not what nation it was, but God wants to reach people. 18:29 And so He allowed one of His guys, 18:31 also the three Hebrews and so many others 18:34 to simply be His witnesses, 18:36 and He allowed them to go into captivity. 18:38 Some people say, 18:40 "Well, I went innocently into the jail. 18:41 I went innocently and this and that. 18:43 Maybe there was a reason for that. 18:44 Reason bigger than what you and I can think about 18:46 that God always has a purpose for each and every one of us. 18:50 Daniel Chapter 2, we should study up on as we do, 18:53 it will strengthen us in the prophetic things. 18:56 It will help us in the things that are past, 18:59 it will help us in the things that are present, 19:01 and it's going to help us to believe things 19:03 that's going to happen in the future. 19:05 So we want to look at these things 19:07 here as quickly as we can. 19:08 Today. 19:09 History bears fact of the proof of these kingdoms 19:12 as they rise and as they fall. 19:15 Remember, Daniel Chapter 2, Daniel Chapter 7 and 8, 19:19 if you're jotting these things down, 19:21 are closely related. 19:24 Remember, we get down with this study, 19:26 we're going to go to Daniel Chapter 7, 19:27 because we're going to try to find 19:29 that little horn power there. 19:31 In Chapters 9 through 12, if you look at those, 19:34 they reveals things 19:35 are very troublesome to Daniel, 19:38 and, of course, God's people. 19:39 So all the books of the Bible certainly need to be studied, 19:42 and certainly the books of Daniel. 19:44 Daniel had a unique opportunity; 19:47 I think there's something we need to focus on. 19:48 He had a unique opportunity 19:51 of explaining to King Nebuchadnezzar 19:54 of the dream of the future empires. 19:57 Now again, 19:58 this is history of the world, right? 19:59 What we're looking at? 20:01 We look at the history of the world 20:02 from Nebuchadnezzar's time 605 BC 20:04 until the time Jesus comes. 20:07 This will, I mean to me 20:08 that should be so exciting to us 20:09 that somebody should shout, 20:11 I'm not saying jump over a pew, 20:13 but somebody should get excited to say, 20:15 "God cares enough about us that He's going to show us." 20:18 And then give us what? 20:19 Confidence in His Word 20:21 that what He says is going to take place. 20:23 Again, why go over some of this, 20:24 you'll say is elementary, 20:26 because they will help us 20:27 when we get into things 20:29 that are more difficult to swallow spiritually, 20:31 that's taking place in the world today 20:33 that we shake our head and say, that can't happen. 20:35 Don't fool yourself. 20:37 God has said that it will and He's going to show you, 20:39 I said before, 20:40 and it takes place exactly the way that I said. 20:43 And it will be different maybe than some may think. 20:46 So Daniel, we signed to Daniel here, 20:48 God's man, 20:50 God would have, you know, 20:52 Nebuchadnezzar to be the ruler of a Babylon, 20:55 no doubt, 20:56 but He wanted to make himself known to Him. 20:59 Daniel 2:29 said, 21:01 "What should come to pass here after?" 21:04 So what was the lesson? 21:07 Simply saying God saying, 21:09 "I'm going to use Nebuchadnezzar 21:10 and these kingdoms rising and falling right here, 21:12 so that I should kind of show things 21:14 that shall come to pass hereafter." 21:17 That should help us say, "Okay, I'm interested in that." 21:19 Let's break down what Nebuchadnezzar, 21:21 his dream of this great image in Daniel Chapter 2? 21:25 Now remember, 21:26 everything will be in Daniel Chapter 2, 21:28 and I'm just going to give you the verse 21:29 and try to give you a line or two of that 21:31 and then go back and try to explain it 21:33 in the time that we have. 21:35 Notice it, in Daniel Chapter 2, 21:36 that's where we're at in verses 1 through 11. 21:39 Now we're going to do all the verses, 21:41 we're not going to read them. 21:42 The verse, verses 1 through 11. 21:45 Notice it says, 21:46 "The king is disturbed by a," what? 21:49 "By a "dream," okay, right? 21:52 Holy Spirit, I believe gave Nebuchadnezzar what? 21:54 A dream. 21:56 But then what happened? 21:57 Nebuchadnezzar after he woke up, 21:59 he knew it was important but what? 22:00 He could not remember what it was. 22:03 You know, that might frustrate us 22:04 sometime today we have a dream, 22:06 think, oh, it's very important. 22:07 I need to get up, maybe write it down, 22:09 you don't do it, you get up the next morning, 22:10 it's gone. 22:11 Well, this thing was gone for him 22:13 and he couldn't make any sense of it, 22:14 but his spirit troubled him inside 22:15 because God wanted to be brought to light, 22:17 and that God would be magnified and certainly not man. 22:21 So then verses 12 through 16, 22:23 we see deals with the execution of the wise men. 22:28 Now remember, Daniel was among, 22:30 his Hebrew friends were among the what? 22:33 Were the wise men, weren't they? 22:34 They were going to be executed 22:36 along with all the pagan and heathen. 22:39 May I say that, right? 22:40 The wise men of Babylon 22:42 because they could not tell the king 22:43 what he wanted to hear. 22:45 In fact, because he said, "I want you to tell me." 22:47 And they say, "Well, tell me what the dream is 22:48 and we'll tell you interpretation." 22:50 Well, he couldn't remember what it was all about. 22:52 So he knew if he told them something, 22:53 they just make up something he wouldn't know the difference 22:56 and maybe they wouldn't know the difference. 22:57 So anyway, now the death decree 23:00 as it where goes out on Daniel 23:02 and his Hebrew friends, 23:03 and all the wise men there in Babylon. 23:06 Now in Daniel also we see there 23:08 in verses 17 through 23 of Daniel 2, 23:12 Daniel receives what? 23:13 Knowledge and express his gratitude. 23:16 In other words, they pray about it 23:17 and God gives what? 23:19 Interpretation of the dream. 23:21 So in verses 17 to 23, you can look at, 23:23 he just began to express his praise and thankful to God. 23:27 Daniel 2:24-25, 23:31 he begins to communicate the dream to the king. 23:35 Now, if I was under that death decree, 23:38 and we know the God of heaven, and you pray about it, 23:41 and God gives you that interpretation, 23:44 you would naturally want to go before the king, 23:45 would you not? 23:47 Not only to preserve your own life, 23:48 but because of the value of this dream. 23:51 And that needed to be out there and so, 23:53 and first it saved 23:55 all of the other pagan wise men, 23:57 and their family, and their children too 23:59 because God gave him this dream. 24:02 And Daniel 36 through 45, verses Daniel 2:36-45, 24:08 "He then begins to interpret the dream to the king." 24:12 To end it up, verses 46 through 49, 24:16 "The king then," what? 24:18 "He acknowledged God greatness." 24:21 In other words is something, now, 24:23 again he didn't make 24:24 a full commitment to God right then, 24:25 but he realized 24:27 there's something that went on here 24:28 that my wise men could not do. 24:29 It must be, they say out of this world, 24:31 it must be something, 24:32 Daniel's God must be really, really great. 24:34 So in order to save time again, 24:36 let's get it down right here just fast as we can. 24:40 Again I'm going to go over Daniel 2:1. 24:43 It simply says, the king did what? 24:46 He dreamed the dream, Daniel 2:5. 24:49 He said the thing is what? 24:51 It's gone from me. 24:52 Daniel 2:6, they said no other one, 24:56 when he went to his magicians and all these other, right, 24:58 all these soothsayers and all this, they said what? 25:02 There's no one can do it, no gods can do it. 25:05 No one can do it those who are dwelling here, 25:07 not with flesh. 25:09 So they're saying our gods are fake gods, 25:11 cannot do it. 25:12 That's basically what they're saying. 25:14 No one can do it. 25:15 So they put themselves in quite a position, 25:17 Daniel 2:13. 25:20 Did this satisfy the king? 25:23 Absolutely not. 25:24 King was not satisfied 25:25 because he knew it was important. 25:27 And he wanted an interpretation. 25:28 He wanted to remember somebody to bring his mind 25:30 remembrance of this dream. 25:32 So he didn't satisfy him. 25:34 And so again, again, the death decree. 25:36 Daniel 2:17 and 18. Here's the key. 25:39 Here's what Daniel did. 25:40 He took his friends 25:41 and they went and they prayed about it first, 25:44 something we should always do. 25:46 First thing you want to do 25:47 when you need an answer from God 25:48 is not ask everybody and their brother, 25:50 but pray about it, 25:52 and then certainly ask others to pray with you on it. 25:54 And then the dream was revealed, 25:56 that's what Bible said. 25:58 Daniel 2:19, it says, 25:59 "The secret was revealed by God." 26:03 Daniel 2:26-28, 26:05 "The king asked, 26:06 'Can you make known to me the dream?' " 26:08 And notice Daniel said, what did he say? 26:11 "Oh, yes, I can. Yes, I can." 26:14 No, he said what? 26:17 There's a God in heaven that reveals these secrets. 26:21 Too often we try to take, you know that which God has, 26:25 has delivered which God has given, 26:26 we try to give it credit for our own self, 26:28 we need to be very careful. 26:30 First thing that Daniel did was say, 26:32 No, basically, no, I can't do it. 26:33 But there's a God in heaven that can do it. 26:35 Why? 26:37 Because again, God was still trying to reach 26:38 Nebuchadnezzar and all of Babylon 26:40 with the message of salvation. 26:43 So Daniel, pointed him to God. 26:45 Daniel 2:30, 26:46 Daniel does not take any credit, 26:48 Daniel 2:31, 26:51 Daniel began to reveal what? 26:53 The dream, keep that in mind what? 26:55 Again, he began to reveal the dream. 26:57 Now here it where it comes in and maybe gets, 27:00 we're looking at a golden what? 27:02 An image, right? 27:04 We're looking at the image 27:05 which the image does reveal what? 27:07 From Nebuchadnezzar's time, 27:08 all the way down 27:09 till the stone's cut without hand, 27:11 hits on the feet, right, 27:12 the kingdom of Jesus till the end of the world. 27:16 Now Daniel starts in there. 27:17 Notice this in verse 38. 27:20 Daniel 2:38. 27:21 He said, "Thou he told the king Thou art the head of what? 27:25 He said, 27:26 "You are the head of gold or Babylon, 27:28 you are the head of gold that made the king feel what? 27:33 Pretty good. 27:35 Yeah, that makes him feel pretty good, 27:37 right that if he kept his mouth shut. 27:39 Let's say he didn't keep his mouth shut 27:41 and we shouldn't keep our mouth shut 27:43 because it may not be popular. 27:45 See, in the Advent movement, 27:47 we have a message to give from prophecy 27:49 that's not very popular, 27:50 but we need not keep our mouth shut. 27:52 God expected Daniel by giving him 27:54 the interpretation of the whole dream 27:56 to give the whole thing to the king, 27:58 But realizing the power of the king, 28:00 if he gave this, you know, there's going to be 28:02 another inferior to you that rise, 28:04 that means that battle is going to fade off 28:06 at the stage of history, and there'd be another one. 28:09 And sometimes kings don't want to hear that 28:11 and so they get rid of the guy that's saying it 28:12 and get in somebody 28:14 that will say the thing they want to hear. 28:15 But not Daniel, because he's a man of God. 28:18 So what he said, 28:19 "Thou art the head of gold Babylon." 28:21 But Daniel 2:39 says, but he goes right on, 28:24 but after, after thee shall arise what? 28:28 Another kingdom that's inferior, 28:32 right, to thee. 28:34 Well, that may be a little consolation, 28:36 but not a whole lot. 28:37 Right? 28:38 Babylon was going to go off of the scene but he said, 28:40 there's going to be another power 28:41 that's going to come and take over here. 28:42 They're going to defeat you, notice this, 28:44 because and then we had the image 28:46 was the head of gold. 28:48 That king said, "Oh, 28:49 that, that's exactly what I remember. 28:51 That's exactly what I dreamed." 28:53 Then he said, next I saw the chest of arms, right, 28:55 arms and chest of silver. 28:58 Silver is what? 29:00 Inferior to gold 29:02 because Daniel said there'll be another kingdom 29:04 who will come that will be inferior to you. 29:07 So it's laid out, right? 29:08 The gold and then silver. 29:11 And then God goes ahead to explain 29:12 that we'll look at it in a moment here. 29:14 "After thee shall arise another kingdom 29:16 inferior to the silver, inferior to gold" 29:19 and then he goes on and says, 29:20 there's going to be a third kingdom 29:22 and it's going to be of brass. 29:24 Brass then is inferior to silver. 29:27 You see how it's going down, going down, going down. 29:30 Okay, and then Daniel 2:40, he said, 29:33 there's going to be a fourth kingdom. 29:35 It shall be strong as iron. 29:37 Iron is inferior to what? 29:40 It's down to brass. 29:41 It was one that with brass that we were looking at. 29:43 Daniel 2:42, he said, 29:45 then it goes down to the fifth part. 29:46 It says we're going into the feet 29:48 and the toes, 29:50 part iron and part of what? 29:52 Card of clay. 29:54 The kingdom would be partly strong 29:55 and the kingdom would be partly weak 29:57 as it were or broken down. 30:00 Because when it went down, you had the legs of iron, 30:03 which goes to the fourth kingdom, 30:04 we look at, that one is Rome, we know that. 30:07 But then Rome would break up into 10 kingdoms after Rome. 30:10 And then it would be what? 30:12 You'd have iron, which is strong, 30:13 and then you had clay 30:15 that tried to stick it together. 30:16 Try to stick clay to iron. 30:18 It's just not going to happen. 30:20 And we'll see how they tried to do 30:21 that here in just a moment. 30:23 So let's break it down a little bit more again. 30:26 Pete and repeat is good. 30:27 But let's break it down and see if history then, 30:30 let's see if history agrees with Daniel's interpretation, 30:34 given to him by God. 30:36 If God is on His throne, 30:38 if God is telling the truth to Daniel, 30:40 and the dream is correct, 30:42 then history will also, 30:43 isn't that right when history comes back, 30:45 it will bear fact to this. 30:47 Now, does that happen? Let's see. 30:50 Head of gold clearly 30:51 as even history clearly represents Babylon. 30:55 Babylon was that 30:56 there was an abundance of gold in Babylon, 30:58 was there not? 31:00 It was in use to embellish Babylon 31:02 you know and the king, 31:04 one historic and... 31:07 I'll get to here in a minute. 31:08 One historian described this, he said, 31:10 "The image of gold and the throne 31:12 on which the king sat and even his table, 31:16 his altars were made of gold. 31:18 Everything that he sat on that was around him 31:21 was made of gold. 31:23 The walls were embellished with gold. 31:25 It's saying that what God's given 31:27 plenty of information, 31:28 say we need not guess 31:29 that definitely the head of gold was Babylon, 31:32 King Nebuchadnezzar. 31:34 In fact, the Prophet Jeremiah, 31:39 compares Babylon to a golden cup. 31:43 You see, there's information given over and over 31:44 so we need not be guessing. 31:46 If somebody has guessed or trying to say 31:48 outside of what we're talking about here, 31:50 they're not on the right track 31:52 because not only has the Bible said 31:54 but history has also bear fact to this. 31:57 Babylon lasted from 605. 31:59 Did it go down finally? 32:01 God said, there'd be one inferior to you 32:03 that would come up and see, 32:04 it lasted from 605 BC when it was the power 32:08 and it lasted to 539 BC according to history, 32:12 okay that there'll be another power 32:14 that would come and take over Babylon in 539 BC. 32:18 Did that happen? 32:19 Daniel goes on and he says there in Daniel 2:39, 32:22 another kingdom inferior, notice that, to thee. 32:27 The next power that came on the scene, 32:30 according to history was what? 32:32 Babylon and the next was Medes and the Persian. 32:37 The Persians come up there with, end up being you know, 32:40 a little more, have more powerful 32:42 and that you'll find that in Daniel Chapter 7, 32:44 when we get there 32:45 that is depicted by a bear 32:47 that's raising itself upon one side, 32:50 meaning was more powerful on one 32:52 that had three ribs in his mouth, 32:53 which we'll look at that as nations that they conquered. 32:56 You see God puts it all in 32:57 therefore some symbols that we can go down 32:59 and look at it and compare and say, 33:00 you know, we're on target here. 33:02 Another inferior to thee, 33:04 that again was history was Medes and the Persian. 33:07 They conquered Babylon and who they do it under? 33:12 They did it under Cyrus, you ever heard of Cyrus? 33:15 Yeah, absolutely. 33:17 So you read about it in history. 33:19 It's all in 539, right? 33:20 In fact, in Isaiah Chapter 45, jot it down chapter, verse 1. 33:25 Isaiah 45:1, 33:27 here's how God knows everything, 33:29 He sets it up, does He not? 33:30 He identified Cyrus would be the one 33:33 who conquered Babylon 150 years before Cyrus was ever born. 33:40 Somebody with me. 33:42 Isn't that wonderful? 33:44 Yeah, 150 years before he was born, 33:47 that he would be the one that God would use 33:49 and designate to conquer Babylon. 33:51 And that's exactly what happened. 33:54 All we're trying to do is just not trying to say, 33:56 oh, we're trying to learn something, 33:57 we're looking at and to reestablish once again 34:00 that when God through revelation 34:02 and through prophecy and through history, 34:04 we can say 34:05 that God has always been on target. 34:08 Every time He's never missed so why not the last little bit? 34:13 Why not the last little bit because right now He's saying, 34:15 I know the guy is going to do it 34:17 150 years before he's born. 34:18 That's awful. 34:19 Good. 34:21 It's good the way God does it. Praise the Lord. 34:23 Medes and Persians, 34:25 now they were represented then 34:26 by the chest and the arms of what? 34:28 Of silver, you remember, certainly of silver 34:30 and lasted from 539 34:33 until 331 BC according to history. 34:37 But after that, he said, oh my, 34:39 you know, Medes and Persian is not going to last forever. 34:41 There's going to be another kingdom 34:42 that's come in the world 34:44 and the third kingdom, right here of brass. 34:47 Interesting, 34:49 I'm sure you studied it in history, 34:51 or in school, 34:53 that you have the brass kingdom of Alexandra who? 34:56 Good. 34:58 Alexander the Great or it was the Greek 35:01 or the Grecian Empire in 331 BC, 35:05 that conquered the Medes and the Persians. 35:08 See, God knew this was going to happen. 35:10 And He knew the one that was going to do 35:11 under Alexander the Great. 35:13 Now, how could you kind of identify this 35:15 you know, because you identify 35:16 that you looked and you say, "Well, you know, 35:18 we look at Medes and Persians and silver 35:20 was used a lot you see it when they were in control, 35:23 and Babylon to gold. 35:26 Now, we look at brass. 35:27 Well, how about so we know that was Alexander the Great. 35:30 Well, because history always says 35:31 because they're the ones that conquered 35:33 the Medes and the Persians. 35:34 But notice there what happened with the brass? 35:37 Their armor that they had on was made of brass. 35:41 The weapons that they had were made of brass. 35:44 Ain't that interesting? 35:46 Their shields were made of brass, 35:49 their axes, as it were, 35:50 that they had at top with were made of brass. 35:53 So it helps us to say okay, 35:55 this is just more identifying marks 35:57 to make sure that we're on target here. 36:00 Prophecy said, it would rule all over the world, 36:03 you heard that Alexander the Great was, 36:05 there was no one could conquer like Alexander, did it. 36:08 And we'll see then in Daniel 7 becomes more clear, 36:12 even represented by a leopard and four wings, wings on it, 36:16 and so on and how he conquered. 36:19 But notice he died at a pretty young age, 36:21 wasn't like 32, 36:22 you know, from too much foolishness 36:24 evidently going on. 36:25 That's all I can say about it. 36:27 But he died, 36:28 but it was broken down into four others, 36:30 we will study about it next time. 36:31 He said it would be a power 36:33 that would stand above all the rest, 36:36 didn't necessarily mean the whole world. 36:38 It just said that power at that point in time, 36:40 there was like no power like it in the world. 36:43 In fact, Cyrus himself called, he called himself, 36:46 I am the king of the world. 36:49 Or sometime we need to be careful, 36:50 we don't get too prideful, isn't that right? 36:53 "I'm the king of the world." 36:54 Interesting but, 36:56 and he lasted from 331 36:58 as history tells us when he came up, 37:00 until the next power came up in 168 BC, 37:04 which is the verse 40, of the fourth kingdom, 168 BC. 37:10 Now remember when we talk about this fourth division, 37:13 we're not talking about that 37:15 which was divided into four kingdoms 37:17 after Alexander the Great. 37:19 We're talking about here, 37:20 we'll see more then in Daniel 7 and 8 37:21 that we talked about, 37:23 but the iron monarchy of Rome, 37:25 Rome who became the next power, Babylon here, 37:28 God said, then the Medes and Persians would come, 37:30 and they did. 37:31 Then He said Greece would come and it did and conquer them. 37:34 Then He said Rome would come and conquer them. 37:37 Yeah, the legs of what? Iron. 37:39 You've heard and you read sometimes out 37:41 that the iron monarchy of what? 37:43 Of Rome, it ruled with a wrong, you know, iron, 37:47 you know, mainly it's cruel, very cruel power. 37:50 But it came on the scene, God said that it would, 37:53 and they did after they conquered 37:55 we talked about as Greece would fell down 37:59 into what was four heads, 38:01 but then after that was all conquered and down 38:03 we study more on Daniel 7 38:05 that we realized this power here came up 38:07 Grecian Empire. 38:08 It made the next great world Empire 38:10 was Rome 38:11 and it lasted from 168 BC to 476 AD. 38:16 See 476 AD is starting getting climbing up to more 38:19 where we can relate 38:21 rather than BC, isn't that right? 38:22 See God said that's what when it would last. 38:25 Now, next we find is the, said the feet and the toes. 38:29 Isn't it what goes on? 38:31 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, right 38:33 and then Rome would be broken down into what, 38:36 10 kingdoms represented by the good, 38:39 the 10 toes, 38:40 corresponds then to the 10 horns 38:43 of the fourth beast of Daniel Chapter 7. 38:46 I know it's a lot of information, 38:48 but it means we need to study, 38:49 all we're trying to do is to convince each one here, 38:51 that when God says in prophecy, 38:52 this is what's going to happen, 38:54 it's going to happen 38:56 and it can be proven over and over and over. 39:00 Ten kingdoms, notice this, 39:01 Rome lost its strength 39:02 when Rome finally went down 39:04 and it went down was the 476 AD. 39:07 When they lost this powered strength, 39:09 it was divided into Rome, 39:10 the legs was divided into 10 kingdoms 39:13 represented we said by that what, 39:15 ten toes of iron and part of clay, 39:19 partly strong and then partly weak. 39:23 That means it was broken down according to Daniel 2:42. 39:27 Daniel 2:42 says, 39:29 "They mingle themselves with the seed of, " what? 39:32 "Of men, 39:33 but they should not cleave one to another." 39:35 Remember what God has said, we've just said, 39:37 "Well, there's going to be another world power." 39:38 You notice there's never ever been 39:40 another world power. 39:42 There's been a lot of attempts to do it. 39:44 But God has said after that went down, 39:46 it was divided into the 10 toes, 39:48 that they would not cleave one to another. 39:50 How did they try to cleave one to another 39:53 at the breakdown of Rome, the legs to the feet. 39:56 See, this is where we're at in the history of the world. 39:59 We're down into toenails. 40:01 See, there's nothing else 40:02 God's given the history of the world. 40:03 So that stone is cut, right? 40:05 Hits the image on the feet and is destroyed 40:07 and God sets up His kingdom. 40:09 So as we're in the toenails at the very end of time, 40:12 we look at and we say, 40:13 "My, what should we be doing if we realize 40:15 that we're actually in the end of time right now?" 40:19 Remember when they broke up what the nations didn't said, 40:22 look, we will try to weld together 40:24 as it was another kingdom, 40:26 or how did they try to put together kingdoms, 40:29 you know, back in even in your earlier centuries? 40:32 They did it by intermarriage. 40:34 You remember, one person that this kingdom 40:37 would have a daughter, 40:38 this other one over here in another kingdom would have, 40:40 you know, son, 40:42 they would bring those two together, 40:44 didn't even know each other, whatever it is, 40:46 but they would intermarry them that would lock them in then. 40:48 Then they would bring 40:50 another one over here and intermarry. 40:52 They said by doing this, listen, Hitler tried it. 40:54 Mussolini tried it. 40:56 Gasparri tried it. 40:58 All these guys tried to bring it 40:59 into another one world again kingdom, 41:02 but God said 41:03 they would not cleave one to another, 41:05 no matter how hard they tried by intermarrying, 41:07 trying to bring it together. 41:09 God said it would not ever happen again 41:10 like it happened with these kingdoms, notice it. 41:14 Bible said, Daniel 2:43. 41:15 I'll just read it again, "They shall not," what? 41:18 "They shall not cleave one to another." 41:20 Now, let's bring a quick point up 41:22 some of the minutes that we have here. 41:23 A point I think is worth bringing up is this. 41:27 Prophecy does not say 41:31 that there could not be a temporary union. 41:35 I think its food for thought. 41:37 There could be a temporary union 41:39 that seems like 41:41 there's going to be another world power again. 41:46 But remember, it can only be a temporary union. 41:49 And it could be through force, 41:50 it could be 41:51 through some kind of political domination. 41:55 In fact, we know from prophecy that the enemy 41:58 is going to be able to 42:00 at least for a little bit achieve 42:02 a temporary union of all nations. 42:05 Do you believe that? 42:09 The enemy before the coming of Christ 42:12 is going to seemingly bring it together 42:16 all the nations of the world 42:17 under as a world one government 42:20 you know, that could come to a lot of different things, 42:23 one world banking system, one world religion, 42:26 you know one world rest day Sunday, 42:28 let's get it right here what we're talking about. 42:31 Anything like this and certainly can happen, 42:33 it's going to seem right. 42:36 Now some of you say well, I'm not really sure, 42:37 I'm going to read just a verse 42:39 that we got a little bit of time. 42:40 Revelation Chapter 17. 42:43 Revelation Chapter 17, 42:44 there's a lot of information in here 42:46 too much to maybe go into right now, 42:47 but let's just look at it give you an idea. 42:49 Revelation Chapter 17 42:51 and we're going to look at verses 12-18 42:54 the best we can here, 12-8, notice this, 42:57 "And the ten horns which thou saw." 42:59 Are we there? Revelation what? 43:00 Seventeen. 43:02 Come on church, Revelation 17:12-18. 43:05 It says, "The ten horns 43:07 which thou sawest are ten kings." 43:10 Now if you've not understood some of this before, 43:12 when we get into the next study of Daniel 7, 43:14 we'll be able to identify these horns and powers 43:17 even more than we have right now. 43:19 Remember, God was just saying, 43:21 here's the kingdoms of the world, 43:22 here's going to be the breakdown. 43:24 But in Daniel Chapter 7, God said, Daniel says, in fact, 43:27 Daniel looks at this little horn 43:28 coming up among the ten, 43:30 this last ten and he got sick 43:33 because this little horn was going to persecute 43:35 and kill God's people. 43:36 There's going to be identifying marks to that. 43:38 So where we come to the point in our message 43:40 that we identify who the papacy, 43:43 we identified a little horn power, 43:45 because there are things that weakened it 43:47 because it lasts so long. 43:49 It kills God's people, 43:51 you know, at the timeframe that it lasted. 43:53 When it came up, how many powers did it uproot? 43:55 These are things that we will look at 43:56 that you can identify beyond a shadow of a doubt. 43:58 "The ten horns which thou sawest are ten," 44:00 what? 44:01 "Ten kings, which receive," notice this, 44:04 "no kingdom as yet, 44:07 but receive power as kings one hour with the beast." 44:10 What does that tell you? 44:12 One hour with the beast, 44:13 that's not a very long period of time. 44:15 Said there's going to come a time right now 44:17 that it's going to seemly 44:18 the world is going to come together. 44:19 Listen carefully, 44:21 the Pope has been saying 44:22 what to do for the common good of the world. 44:24 For the common good of the world. 44:26 Everything you hear now is for the common good. 44:30 And when you say common good, 44:31 that means you will be able to 44:32 or want to erase those who stand against you, 44:35 that usually it'll be a small minority. 44:38 This is more heavy duty than what people even think of. 44:40 You see Daniel, his friends right here, right? 44:42 They were under the death decree. 44:44 Where there other people in the Bible 44:45 were under death decrees? 44:47 Absolutely. 44:48 Because they simply stood for their faith. 44:51 How about Daniel? 44:52 Why in this world was he thrown to the den of lions? 44:54 Can somebody help me? 44:56 Why was he thrown in den of lions starving? 45:01 They could smell him a mile off, 45:03 before he got there. 45:06 Why? 45:07 Because he prayed to his God, 45:09 the only way they could get Daniel was what? 45:12 Again, trying to find something against his God 45:14 because they made a rule that you couldn't pray 45:15 to anybody else right for the month 45:17 or what where you can't pray to anyone else 45:19 and, but the king. 45:22 If you were caught, see, they knew Daniel every day, 45:24 three times a day, 45:25 he opened up his windows 45:26 and he prayed to the God of heaven. 45:28 They said, "We can't get Daniel 45:29 because he's such an honest man. 45:31 He has integrity." 45:32 This is where we ought to be as Christians, 45:34 that nobody can throw anything against you 45:35 because you're right there, 45:37 you're doing exactly what God would have you to do. 45:38 They said, "We can't find anything against this guy, 45:41 unless we find something against his God." 45:44 The law of the land, right? 45:46 The law of the land, 45:47 we make a law and passed it there, 45:48 nobody prays anybody but the king, you know. 45:52 It was political. Absolutely. 45:55 The law was passed. 45:56 And then the king, right, he was fooled. 45:58 You know what? Let me tell you. 46:00 There was a conspiracy going on. 46:03 The word everybody hates to hear, 46:04 oh, there's nothing. 46:05 There's conspiracy going on underneath your nose every day 46:08 and underneath my nose every day, 46:09 and people are so fraudulent and fake sometime 46:12 they don't even want to mention there's conspiracy going on. 46:15 There was conspiracy going on to get rid of Daniel. 46:20 They purposed in their heart and they knew 46:22 that he would throw up the windows 46:24 when the law was passed. 46:25 They knew he would continue to do 46:26 what he always did. 46:28 And there they had it and they said, okay, 46:29 he's been praying 46:31 and the king knew he had been had. 46:33 He was very concerned about, he paced, 46:34 he couldn't sleep all night, he worried about Daniel. 46:38 But when he went right he's over down, 46:40 is your God able to close the mouth of the lion. 46:42 Stories you've heard all your life but it's real. 46:46 I think he used one of those lines 46:47 or two till it gets warm. 46:51 I may use them for a pillow. 46:54 So you got to put your mind out there a little bit, 46:56 it wasn't that they just went overnight, 46:58 but they played dead. 46:59 I don't think. 47:00 I believe they were kitty cats. 47:02 All right, just let me have it my own way. 47:06 It weren't easy, like who's afraid, 47:08 you don't look cat comes in and you know what nearly, 47:11 how many of you have just been scared to death 47:12 as a grown up of a little cat? 47:14 No. They are little kitten. 47:16 These were big, ferocious starved to death. 47:20 Like a toad, you smell him a mile away. 47:22 Man, they couldn't wait to get him thrown in there. 47:24 But when he got in there, 47:25 the angel came and closed the lions' mouth 47:27 and, you know, he may went over there 47:29 and patted them and talk to them 47:31 and they got sleeping. 47:32 They all lay down. He used him as a pillow. 47:34 We don't know. 47:36 Could it be that way? 47:38 Very possible. Even more went on there. 47:40 They could have played, 47:41 they could, you know what I'm saying. 47:42 Nothing is impossible with God. 47:44 God made it easy for Daniel. 47:47 But see what people are looking at today 47:48 is trying to get something 47:50 against what's going on in the world 47:51 and laws passed in state to get rid of you 47:54 because you want to honor God's law. 47:58 This is where we are at, this is what is happening. 48:03 Here as we read, it says that they're going to have, 48:05 notice verse 13. 48:07 "And these shall have" what? 48:09 How many minds? 48:10 "One mind, 48:12 and shall give their power and strength unto the beast." 48:15 So we identify this Daniel 2, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, 48:18 if we had time to go through the goat 48:19 and so on so forth. 48:21 In Revelation 13, 48:22 we understand who the beast power is. 48:24 He said, the time comes, if everybody gives their mind, 48:27 right, for a very short period of time 48:29 to the beast. 48:30 Everybody's on the same page. 48:32 It's all common good, they say. 48:35 But it's not good. 48:37 Because it'll go against the God of heaven here. 48:39 Man's making those rules and those laws for sure. 48:42 Now notice there in verse 14, 48:43 "These shall make war with the Lamb, 48:46 and the Lamb shall, good news, overcome them, 48:50 for he is Lord of Lords, King of kings, 48:52 and they that are with him 48:54 are called chosen, and faithful." 48:57 You want to be called chosen, you want to be called faithful. 49:00 We have to be willing to as it were to be thrown 49:02 into the den of lions. 49:03 We have to be willing to go through the fiery furnace. 49:06 You know, we need not worry about our life 49:08 because He said, I'll preserve it 49:10 if He sees best to preserve it. 49:12 If not, you might burn. 49:13 There's been many faithful men and women and children 49:16 that have burned at the stake 49:17 because they just simply loved Jesus. 49:19 They simply loved Jesus, 49:21 they just simply did the right thing. 49:23 Nowadays, we say it's like they did for Job, 49:24 when he suffered, 49:26 sometimes a nice person, a good person. 49:28 Sometimes bad things happen to him, well, 49:29 he must be doing something wrong, 49:31 there might be something. 49:32 God allows a lot of things 49:34 for His honor and for His glory and He says, 49:36 "You go through that by My grace and My strength, 49:39 I've got a better place for you." 49:40 Isn't that we're looking for? 49:42 This world is not our home. 49:43 We're just passing through. 49:45 Blessings are certainly refreshing 49:47 along the way. 49:48 And God is telling us that right now, 49:50 it may come to that. 49:52 And we know that it will come to that 49:53 because He said there's a death decree 49:54 that goes out. 49:56 It's legislated. Why? 49:57 Because they're trying to get something against us 49:59 and our God, 50:01 they want to get rid of you. 50:03 One mine, notice this, went all their strength, 50:06 oh boy, verse 15, 50:08 "And he saith unto me, 50:11 'The waters which thou sawest, 50:12 where the whore sitteth, are, " what? 50:14 "Peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." 50:17 We look at that, keep it in your mind, 50:19 because we're going to look at that 50:21 because we look at next time, 50:22 there's going to be four beasts 50:24 that's going to come out of the sea. 50:26 What could that mean? 50:27 Four beasts coming up out of the sea. 50:28 What should that mean to me? 50:30 Revelation is highly symbolic as we well know. 50:32 But God gives you the interpretation, 50:34 you don't have to guess. 50:36 Praise God. 50:37 So yes, there'll be a, maybe a temporary union? 50:39 Absolutely, there's going to be. 50:41 Will it be forced? 50:42 I believe that's going to be forced. 50:44 I believe that, you know, it's going to be, 50:46 you're going to be forced into this situation. 50:49 Satan is going to be saying now 50:50 I am the world leader right now, 50:52 this temporary union. 50:54 In fact, let me turn, we're in Revelation 16, 50:56 you're there, one page back, Revelation 16:14. 50:58 You know this verse well. 51:01 Who's doing the work during this time? 51:03 We realize Revelation 16:14, it says, 51:05 "For they are spirits of devils, 51:08 working miracles, 51:09 which go forth unto the kings of the earth 51:11 and of the whole world, 51:13 to gather them to the battle 51:14 of the great day of God Almighty." 51:17 Wow. 51:18 Now this great day of God Almighty 51:19 is fought under the seventh plague. 51:22 Isn't that right? Their last plague. 51:24 Probation is already closed, 51:25 but there's going to be a great bell. 51:27 God's people is going to have to go 51:28 through a mess. 51:30 We just have a connection with God 51:31 that maybe we don't have right now. 51:33 Our faith is weak many times 51:34 and we're just not where we need to be 51:36 in our relationship with Christ. 51:38 Everything that we see, everything we hear, 51:39 we fall apart and everything goes haywire. 51:42 God's looking for men and women as it were of Daniel. 51:46 He's looking for those 51:47 who will stand straight and tall 51:48 when it comes to keeping the truth of God's Word, 51:51 setting example for others. 51:53 You know, may God help us to be that kind of an individual. 51:57 Remember, the spirits of devils are going out to do what? 52:01 To deceive the world. 52:02 And don't think that you're beyond 52:04 or I'm beyond being deceived because we are not. 52:08 The enemy is far superior, 52:10 I'm going to say instead of back away, 52:11 like some people back away, so I'm not giving, 52:13 I don't want to give him not one out of any kind of credit. 52:17 But you know, that put our head in the sand and act like, 52:20 you know, he was fourth in the kingdom. 52:22 You think God, 52:23 you think the devil's not there, 52:25 He knows exactly what to do. 52:26 He's had 6,000 years to get his craft sharpened up. 52:30 And he's done it on you and me by studying us 52:32 day in and day out, 52:34 that we serve one that's greater 52:35 is the good news. 52:37 And that's the one that we right now 52:39 are calling on us to help so that we are not deceived. 52:41 Be not deceived, Jesus said. 52:44 We realize this kingdom, this power 52:46 and we're seeing it gathered together now 52:47 by the calling of the Pope and different ones together 52:50 for these big, you know, world summits 52:52 and climate one or two on climate 52:54 or whether it's on economy, 52:56 but whatever it is, are coming together 52:58 for a common purpose right now. 53:00 But it's going to be very short lived. 53:02 Yeah, read Great Controversy when you have the opportunity 53:05 in page 656, 53:08 read that and I'll tell you, 53:10 it opens up every avenue to say, boy, oh, boy, 53:14 we need experience, God help us to be ready. 53:18 So God has set up the kingdoms, has He not? 53:21 Right, He said, I set them up. 53:23 He explained it what they were meant, 53:24 so we could not miss them. 53:26 And then He worked it all the way down to the bottom, 53:29 till that stone is cut without hand, 53:31 it hits the image on the feet. 53:33 And the God, Christ sets up His kingdom on this earth. 53:35 So that is the history of this world. 53:37 Maybe the main point if we don't get anything else, 53:39 if you're not studying anything else, 53:41 we have to realize 53:42 that is the history of the world 53:44 and where we are at right now. 53:45 Are we not in the toenails? 53:47 Are we not down in the tent? 53:49 Oh, absolutely, way past as it were, 53:51 there must be long toenails. 53:53 You know what I'm talking about. 53:58 Getting ready to be cut. 54:02 Next time and Daniel 7 to be even more explosive, 54:05 at least in my mind. 54:07 But notice what happens, 54:09 the good thing is God purpose is fulfilled 54:12 in Daniel Chapter 2. 54:14 At least at this stage in Nebuchadnezzar's life, 54:17 because verses 44-49, that's the last verse, 54:20 I think 49 there in Daniel Chapter 2. 54:23 It wraps up the history of the world. 54:26 As Nebuchadnezzar, as he says this, he says this to Daniel, 54:29 "Your God." 54:31 Remember, he's a pagan, he's a heathen. 54:33 He has all kinds of other little, 54:35 little g gods, 54:36 if you know what I'm talking about. 54:38 That they weren't, they said, "Daniel, your God," 54:40 after all, this is a God of gods. 54:45 "Daniel, your God is superior to any pagan god of Babylon." 54:50 This is what God wanted. 54:52 He wanted the king right, 54:53 turn his attention away from the pagan 54:55 and his people 54:56 and turn them toward the God of heaven 54:57 like he does us today. 54:59 We say, well, we don't have any other gods, 55:01 really you don't have any other gods before Him. 55:02 What is this taking all of your time, your energy, 55:05 your money or whatever it might be 55:06 that you have? 55:08 That separating you from God, you don't have time for Him. 55:10 It's a little God. That's what it is. 55:13 And God is telling us to put those things away, 55:15 we need to put them away right now. 55:20 What we've talked about here we're looking at the next time 55:23 in another vision that Daniel has there 55:25 in Daniel Chapter 7. 55:26 We see the power we mentioned coming up from the sea. 55:30 However, the ten kingdoms now it says out of the ten toes, 55:34 is called a little horn power. 55:38 This is a must for us to understand. 55:41 Now remember, you may have understood it, 55:43 you may be given the studies and whatever. 55:44 But I guarantee you there 55:46 are countless hundreds and thousands and millions 55:48 that have no idea what we're talking about. 55:50 This is why it has to go out. 55:52 This is why the Holy Spirit will impress 55:55 the minds and hearts of people 55:56 who don't know to tune in, to hear, to listen 55:58 and maybe save them 56:00 as you know, in the end of time, 56:02 so it's, we must understand these things. 56:04 It's life and death issue. 56:06 So we don't want to miss for sure. 56:09 Next time when we come together 56:11 about the four beasts, and a little horn power, 56:16 because it adds up, two plus two is four, 56:19 two more is six, and it goes on, 56:21 it all adds up. 56:22 We don't want to miss it. 56:24 So what a good start 56:26 that God has in Daniel Chapter 2, 56:28 right to build my confidence in my faith 56:30 in Scripture and in prophecy. 56:32 And then it begins to identify these powers 56:34 that will persecute and try to kill His people. 56:38 And then He says, 56:40 your job then is to identify this 56:42 in giving of the three angels' message. 56:44 Don't you want to be a part of that? 56:45 I want to be a part of that, 56:47 because it becomes so clear that we can't miss it. 56:48 In our last few seconds, 56:50 why don't we just pray about it? 56:51 You made that decision in your heart. 56:53 Those of you at home you made that decision. 56:54 Why don't we pray about it, 56:55 confirm it now with the Holy Spirit. 56:57 Father in heaven, 56:58 thank You for Your sweet spirit. 56:59 Thank You for Your truth that You give to us 57:01 quickly has gone over 57:03 only you can sort it out 57:04 by the power of thy Holy Spirit, 57:05 Lord, please sort it out. 57:07 Help us to all understand it 57:08 and be ready again as we come back 57:09 to study Daniel Chapter 7. 57:11 Lord, we thank You for conviction in Jesus' name. 57:12 Amen. 57:14 Thank you for joining us. 57:15 We'll see you next time. 57:18 Hello and welcome back. 57:19 What an amazing God we serve. 57:22 A God who can reach a heathen king 57:25 and turn his stubborn heart into a humble heart of flesh. 57:28 I'm certain that there will be many of us who are saved 57:32 that will someday want to meet King Nebuchadnezzar in heaven 57:35 and discuss his life 57:37 and his experience of God's hand of providence 57:40 in such a marked manner. 57:42 But until then, what lessons of faith, 57:45 hope and trust that we can glean 57:48 from an all-knowing God 57:50 who can show the dream 57:52 and then whom we can safely trust 57:54 to prepare each of us 57:56 for what lies ahead in these last days 57:59 of earth's history. 58:01 Would you like to have this four-part series 58:03 that we have entitled, 58:05 "Trust in the sure word of prophecy?" 58:07 I hope so. 58:08 All you have to do is call us here 58:10 at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 58:12 and we're offering it to you 58:13 for a love gift of just $29 or more. 58:17 Our phone number is (618) 942-5044, 58:21 that's Central Time. 58:23 You may write to us at Behold the Lamb Ministries, 58:26 PO Box 2030, Herrin, Illinois 62948. 58:30 You may also email your order 58:32 at BeholdTheLambMinistries @yahoo.com, 58:35 or go to our website BeholdTheLambMinistries.com. 58:38 You may order or donate. 58:40 Until next time, 58:41 may our precious Lord bless you. |
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