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Series Code: KCBG
Program Code: KCBG190002A
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00:01 Hey, Campers, welcome to Bible Gems.
00:02 Today, we are gonna be learning about Nebuchadnezzar's dream, 00:05 and how God used Daniel to witness to the king. 00:08 Isn't that right, Julie? 00:10 Julie. Julie. 00:14 Whoa! Where I am I? 00:17 Welcome to your dream. 00:19 I'll be your tour guide today. 00:21 Right here we have the dream board. 00:23 Press any button and it will transport us 00:25 to a different place in your mind. 00:27 Can I try it? 00:28 Yeah, press a button. 00:31 Good. 00:32 Oh, that's a strange statue. 00:35 Yeah, a man from the Bible 00:37 had a strange statue in his dream once. 00:39 His name was King Nebuchadnezzar. 00:41 Wow, it looks so real. 00:44 I could almost... 00:51 Help me, get me out of here. 00:55 Oh, that was not a statue. 00:58 I could have told you that. 00:59 Let's try another place. 01:04 May I have the greatest pleasure 01:06 of introducing you to the King of Babylon? 01:11 Your majesty. 01:14 Uh-huh, not again. 01:19 Julie, Julie, Julie, Julie. 01:23 Julie, wake up. 01:25 They're about to start Bible Gems. 01:27 Thank you all for tuning in, have fun. 01:54 This is so awesome, I just love it, 01:56 I'm so excited about it, I can hardly wait. 02:00 Auntie Linda, Auntie Linda, look, we found the new gem. 02:04 Oh! 02:06 They are beautiful, but it's not the real gem, 02:08 this is the real gem. 02:10 Hi, boys and girls. 02:12 Welcome to Bible Gems! 02:15 We are so glad, you are here. 02:16 And we have a special gem today. 02:19 Miss Jody, 02:21 do you think you could sing about that? 02:25 Yes. All right. 02:27 I think so. 02:29 Whether you eat or drink 02:33 Or whatever ye do, 02:37 Do all to the glory of God. 02:45 Whether you eat or drink 02:49 Or whatever ye do, 02:53 Do all to the glory of God, 03:02 1 Corinthians 10:31. 03:09 Awesome. 03:10 Uncle Aaron, do you think, you could also tell about that? 03:14 Yes, I've got a Bible gem story just for you guys today. 03:19 Awesome. 03:22 The story I'm telling today begins with a nation of Israel. 03:27 And they continued to rebel against God to the point, 03:31 where God had to let them go 03:33 and God brought another nation, the nation of Babylon. 03:39 And they came in and they destroyed Jerusalem 03:42 and they took with them 03:44 many of the young princes and boys. 03:47 How would you feel, 03:48 if you were taken away from home as a slave? 03:52 How would you boys and girls feel? 03:53 Would you feel good or bad? 03:55 Bad! Bad. 03:57 Daniel was felt bad and he was sad. 04:00 But he still had some friends that came along with him. 04:03 Daniel's friends were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 04:09 And once they got to Babylon, 04:11 there the king, the king's name. 04:13 What was the king's name? 04:14 Who knows the king of Babylon's name? 04:16 Nebuchadnezzar. 04:17 That's right, Nebuchadnezzar. 04:19 You guys wanna say that together. 04:20 Nebuchadnezzar! 04:22 Wow, that's along one, isn't it? 04:24 Well, King Nebuchadnezzar was there 04:26 and he had a plan to change all of their names, 04:31 so they changed Daniel's name to Belteshazzar 04:34 and the other three, too. 04:36 Who knows the three Babylonian names? 04:38 Right here. 04:40 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 04:42 That's right, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 04:45 What they try to do 04:46 was to change their names and change their identities, 04:50 so that they would forget their God, 04:52 they would forget their homeland of Jerusalem 04:55 where they came from. 04:56 But during that time they were served, 04:59 they were asked to eat certain foods 05:01 and certain drinks that they knew weren't right. 05:05 They knew that drinking wine was bad. 05:07 And so Daniel and his friends decide to stand up 05:11 for what was right and say no, we are not gonna eat 05:14 the king's delicacies or the wine. 05:17 Well, do you think 05:19 that the Babylonians thought that, that was okay? 05:22 No. No! 05:24 They said you need to eat this, or else you guys will look weak 05:28 and it just won't be good. 05:30 But they said no, test us for 10 days, 05:33 give us vegetables and water and... 05:36 We know that we will be okay if we do that. 05:39 And so they agreed and for 10 days 05:42 they ate vegetables and water. 05:45 And guess what happened after those 10 days? 05:47 They looked healthy. 05:48 And they said okay, 05:50 we'll let you for the remainder of the time about three years, 05:53 go by eating fruits and vegetables. 05:55 And after three years go by, 05:58 the King Nebuchadnezzar came and he evaluated, he tested, 06:02 he looked at all of the wise men, 06:05 all of the Hebrew boys, 06:08 to see who really was the wisest 06:11 and the most knowledgeable. 06:13 And guess what? 06:14 Four boys were the smartest and the wisest of them all. 06:19 Yeah. 06:23 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 06:26 Yes, and Daniel. 06:27 That's right, the four Hebrew boys 06:29 who chose to purpose in their heart, 06:32 to be faithful to God. 06:34 Now, they were shown to be so much wiser than all 06:38 and they were given knowledge and wisdom. 06:41 And Daniel was given a special gift 06:43 of understanding dreams and visions. 06:47 In fact, one night 06:49 King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream. 06:56 Oh! 07:00 That was a terrible dream. 07:03 I can't remember what it was. 07:07 The king had the dream and like he said 07:10 he couldn't remember what it was. 07:12 So he decided to call his wise men 07:14 and magicians together, 07:15 so that they could help understand the dream. 07:19 Guard, 07:20 go get my magicians and wise men 07:22 and bring them here at once. 07:28 And so the magicians and the wise men 07:31 were brought and they came all before the king. 07:35 All of them came 07:38 and they bowed low to the king. 07:40 Arise. 07:44 I have been troubled in the night seasons 07:46 with a terrible dream. 07:48 But I cannot remember the dream or what the dream means. 07:53 Tell me what I dreamt and give me the interpretation? 07:58 Do we have the answer for such a question? 08:00 No, no. 08:03 Your Majesty, 08:05 no king has ever made such a request. 08:08 Tell us your dream and we will make up... 08:10 I mean we will tell you the interpretation. 08:13 You are the Chaldeans, 08:15 you claim to interpret dreams and know the future, 08:19 but you are not able to answer my dream. 08:22 If you cannot give me my dream and its interpretation, 08:26 you will be killed 08:28 and your houses will be leveled. 08:30 Guard, take them away, 08:32 begin the process of destruction. 08:34 So, then the decree went out and the wise men 08:37 were beginning to get apprehended. 08:39 But then they found Daniel and Daniel came before the king 08:42 and said to him, "King, please, give us more time." 08:47 And the king agreed to give some time to Daniel 08:50 and his three companions, 08:51 that they might pray and ask their God 08:55 to give them skill and wisdom to understand. 08:58 So Daniel came together with his friends 09:01 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah 09:03 and they pray to the God of heavens 09:06 and they asked him to give them wisdom 09:09 and to reveal the dream. 09:11 And what happened, 09:12 did God reveal the dream to Daniel and his friends? 09:15 Yes! 09:17 Yes, God came through just... 09:20 Just like you and me. 09:21 Today, if we pray for God to answer our prayers, 09:25 He always answers them. 09:27 So Daniel prayed this prayer 09:29 and with boldness came back to the king. 09:32 And as he approached the king, 09:34 the king said, 09:36 "Daniel can you tell me, 09:37 the dream and its interpretation?" 09:40 O king, no mere man can tell you the dream 09:44 or the interpretation. 09:45 What? 09:46 But king, there is a God in heaven, 09:49 who knows the dream and He has revealed to me 09:52 the dream and its interpretation. 09:55 So with the help of God, 09:56 I will now reveal to you the dream 09:58 and its interpretation. 10:00 Say on. 10:01 Well, O king, 10:03 you saw in your dream a great image 10:07 and this image, his splendor was awesome. 10:10 That's right. Ah! 10:12 It had a head made of gold. 10:14 Yes. 10:16 And a chest of silver. 10:17 That's right. 10:19 And its belly and thighs were made of bronze. 10:22 Yes. 10:23 And its legs, oh, its legs were long and made out of iron. 10:29 That's exactly it. 10:30 And as it went down to the feet and the toes, 10:33 it was a mixture of the iron and with clay. 10:36 And then you saw O king, an amazing thing, 10:40 you saw a stone that was cut out without hands 10:43 from a far away mountain and that stone came 10:46 and it came all the way down 10:48 and it struck the image on the feet. 10:51 And then the whole statue was destroyed. 10:56 This, O king, is the dream. 10:58 Now the God of heaven 11:00 will reveal to you the interpretation. 11:03 Are you ready, O king, for the interpretation? 11:05 Say on. 11:07 The interpretation is that each part of metal 11:11 represents a kingdom 11:13 and you, O king, are this head of gold. 11:18 Of course. 11:20 But after you, unfortunately, king, 11:24 there will come another kingdom, 11:27 a kingdom inferior to yours, made out of silver. 11:31 And then a third kingdom of bronze 11:34 which will conquer the whole world. 11:37 Then a fourth kingdom of iron will come, 11:41 but after that fourth kingdom, 11:42 no one will defeat it, it will be divided. 11:46 And after its divisions, 11:48 O king, that's where the great stone 11:52 which is God's kingdom will come 11:54 and destroy all the kingdoms of this earth, 11:59 for God is the great King, 12:01 He sets up kings and He does away with kings. 12:04 God is the one who's truly in charge of the world. 12:08 Wow! 12:10 Do you boys and girls believe 12:11 that God's in charge of everything? 12:13 Yes! 12:15 O, great king, this is the dream 12:18 and its interpretation is sure. 12:20 Daniel, you have given me the dream 12:25 and its interpretation, 12:28 there is no other God but the God of heaven. 12:31 I acknowledge and worship the God of heaven. 12:37 And that's when Nebuchadnezzar 12:39 first began to get grasp of the truth 12:42 of the power of Yahweh, the God of Daniel 12:46 and of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 12:50 Now, boys and girls, here and boys and girls at home, 12:55 do you want to put your trust into the hands of a God, 12:58 who has the power to raise up kings 13:01 and to bring them down? 13:03 Do you wanna be faithful like how Daniel was faithful? 13:06 And he purposed in his heart not to defile himself 13:09 with the bad food or the bad drinks, 13:11 but to be faithful to God? 13:13 Yes! 13:14 I stand for God. 13:15 Do you stand for Him? 13:17 Yes! 13:18 Oh, boys and girls, the excitement is that some day 13:23 we are gonna get to go home with Him. 13:25 But until then, 13:26 we must let Him keep us faithful. 13:28 So search the scriptures, find those hidden gems 13:32 and put them in your hearts 13:33 because truly Jesus is coming again. 13:37 Well, that's all the time we have, 13:39 come back and see us at Bible Gems. 13:42 Bye-bye! 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Revised 2019-10-07