> I wanna welcome you again to
another edition of Bible Alive.
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I'm so glad that you're here.
before we get started, in the
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Book of Daniel, some exciting
things. I have two guests.
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Pastor Mark, glad that you're
here, as >> Glad to be > always.
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As always. > As always. >>
Yes, sure > and Rudy, glad that
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you're here. >>> It's... its
always exciting to study God's
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Word. It really is. > Isn't it?
>> Uh hmm. >>> It teaches us so
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much. > And... and... and when
we can put this... that's why we
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call the program, Bible Alive.
>> Uh hmm > We make the Bible
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come alive, by making it
practical because these messages
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that started five, six thousand
years ago, whenever, a long time
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ago, thousands, from the
Old Testament, to after Christ's
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death, just a little bit
after that, >> Uh hmm. > it's
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practical for us. >> That's
right. > You know, and the Bible
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just comes alive. It... it means
something for you and I. So,
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anyways, we're gonna get
started. Before we do, let's
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have a Word of prayer. >> Uh
hmm. > Pastor Mark, would you
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have prayer for us today?
>> Sure, Let's pray. Heavenly
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Father, we just thank you
that you have given us Your Word
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> Hmm. >> and You've given
us the Holy Spirit > Amen. >> to
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give us understanding. You've
told us that spiritual things
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must be interpreted by the Holy
Spirit, not by our finite minds.
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So we ask Lord, that the Holy
Spirit will be given now as we
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> Yes. >> study Your Word, not
just to us but to our viewers
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> Hmm. >> and that He would
speak to our hearts and our
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minds to give us clear
understanding of Your truth, we
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ask in Jesus Name. Amen. > Amen.
>>> Amen. > OK, Daniel. Daniel
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what? >>> Daniel 2. > Daniel
Chapter 2. If you don't have
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your Bibles, go get them. Let's
open the Word together. Daniel
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Chapter 2 and Pastor, let's...
I'll let you start. Where would
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you like to start on this?
>> Well, actually, I'm thinking
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of a text in John. I'll
reference our viewers to it.
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We're in Daniel 2 > OK. >> and
we'll stay there and that's in
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our Remnants, if they are using
a Remnant Study Bible, we have
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it on page... we're gonna be
starting on page 1007, in Daniel
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Chapter 2 > OK. >> but we're
looking at a prophecy, that is
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one of the most powerful
and simple prophecies in all the
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Bible and some people may ask
why and our viewers may ask why,
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you know, we are gonna look
at this and why study prophecy
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at all. In John 13:19, Jesus
says, that I tell you... He told
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His disciples, "I tell you these
things before they happen and
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before they come to past, so
that when they do come to pass,
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you'll know that I am He. >
Uh hmm. >> Says something very
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similar in John 14:29 and what
God is saying there is, what the
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Lord is saying there is, that
prophecy is one of the things
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that God's given > That's right.
>> to give us confidence in His
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Word because people ask me
all the time, "Well, how am I
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supposed to trust the Bible when
it was written by a bunch of
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men?" and while it's true that
God used human beings to write
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it, one of the reasons God has
prophecy in the Bible, is, when
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you see things predicted,
hundreds and thousands of years
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before they happened and they
happened just like the Bible
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said >>> Exactly >> that gives
us >>> in precision that they
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was predicted they would
> Right. >>> happen > That's
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right. >>> and they happen.
>> Exactly, that gives us
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confidence that may be men
wrote the Bible but no man can
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foretell the future like
God > Yeah. >>> Absolutely.
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>> there has to be Divine
>>> Absolutely >> and so that's
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what they're looking at, in
Daniel 2 actually, is a... is a
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prophecy just like that. There's
a lot to Daniel 2, it's a great
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chapter, I would encourage
readers to spend some time
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reading through it. We don't
have time to get through every
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aspect of Daniel 2 > We just
couldn't make it >> but just a
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little background here, in
Daniel Chapter 2 > OK. >> Daniel
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was a Hebrew captive. >
Yes. >> He was taken from his
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homeland in Jerusalem and he was
taken into the land of Babylon
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> Uh huh >> like King
Nebuchadnezzar, his armies and
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in Daniel Chapter 2, what
happens is, the King has a dream
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that he can't remember and
it really unsettles him. He
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remembers enough about his
dream to know, it got him all
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unsettled but he couldn't
remember what it was and he had
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> The particulars. >> Yeah,
the particulars and he had these
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wise men on his staff, that
he paid to explain to him these
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kinds of things and typically
when he had a dream, he'll
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remember the dream and he'll
call the wise men in and say,
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"Hey, tell me what it means.
" > What this means. >>> And he
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would tell them, he would
tell them what the dream was
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>> Exactly. >>> and they
would tell him what it meant.
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>> That's right and... and, you
know, anybody can really come up
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with a meaning to something,
which evidently was what they
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were doing because in this case
he didn't remember the dream. No
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problem, he figured, "I'll call
my wise men in and this time
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I'll tell them, since you guys
have this connection with the
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gods, you can tell me not only
what the dream means but you
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can tell me what the dream
was. " > Yeah. >> Well, they...
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they started hedging on it and
he said, you know, he began to
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get suspicious, to the point
where finally he said, "you guys
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are just trying to buy time.
You don't know" >>> Absolutely,
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yeah. >> the dream, do you?"
and so, you > In other words,
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you don't have a real connection
with these gods? >> Yeah. > You
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have said and it's almost like,
"Oh, oh, they got... they got
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their hands caught in the
cookie jar. " I mean, >> That's
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right. > Now, they're caught
because like you said before,
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they just interpreted the dream,
as he said it. I mean, you and I
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could come up with >>
That's right > and we could call
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ourselves wise men and say, "Oh,
O King, this is what it means"
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>> That's right. > but now, they
have to tell what the dream was.
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>> That's right, so he basically
sends... makes a decree to begin
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killing all the wise men.
Daniel, if you read in Daniel,
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Chapter 1, it tells about how
he came to be classed among the
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wise men > Yeah >> and the word
comes to Daniel and somebody
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comes knocking on his door
in the middle of the night and
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basically says, "OK guys, come
on. We're rounding you up for
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execution. " But you can
only imagine, Daniel respond by
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saying, "What... what's going
on? Why is the King's decree so
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hasty?" And they fill him in
and Daniel says, "You go back
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and you tell the King. We'll
bring him, the dream and its
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interpretation," You know, "if
you give us some time" and then
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as the messenger goes, he and
his friends prayed to the God of
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Heaven > Amen. >> and God gives
Daniel the dream, that he gave
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Nebuchadnezzar and the
interpretation and so, and again
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we're just reviewing this. We
are gonna jump into the... the
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Bible, in just a moment.
So, when Daniel goes before the
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King and he tells him
the dream, he basically says,
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"Nebuchadnezzar, this is what
you dreamed. You dreamed of this
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great metal image. It was made
up of different metals. It's
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head was made up of gold, it's
chest and arms were made up of
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silver, its belly and thighs
were made up of bronze, it's
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legs were made of iron and its
feet were made of iron and clay
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and while you were watching this
image, a stone came out, cut out
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without hands and it smashed
the image on the feet, the image
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burst into pieces and blew
away. " All the pieces of it
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blew away and then he gives
the interpretation and what's
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interesting is, you know, so
far, we are talking about this,
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this is interesting.
It's ancient, ancient, ancient
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history but what we're gonna see
is, this dream was a dream that
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God revealed to that King,
Nebuchadnezzar and to Daniel
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and to you and me about what
would happen from that day all
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the way down to the coming of
Jesus and we picked that up, as
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we look at the story.
>>> Pastor, don't you believe
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though that, Nebuchadnezzar
at least knew enough about the
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dream, to know that yes,
that's what I dreamed, you know,
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because >> Oh, absolutely.
>>> Daniel, you... like you...
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you said, he... he forgot what
he dreamed but I don't think
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he... he had to have some idea
or else Daniel could... could
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have just made up a story.
>> Absolutely. >>> So he knew,
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he knew part of what he was...
he... he... maybe not every the
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detail >> Well, it's like one
of those times when you... when
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you, something is foggy, if you
and a friend were at some event
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together and you >>> Right.
>> don't remember the details
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and your friend says, "No, no,
no, you remember Rudy... you...
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you... this guy, he did this"
and you're like, "Oh yeah, oh
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yeah" and it comes to mind.
>>> So he knew that was the
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dream that he dreamed. >> Yeah,
>>> That's my >> he was >>> my
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point. >> convinced. >>>
That... that... >> Absolutely.
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>>> Right. >> You... you see
that... that the King was... was
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definitely, when Daniel came up
with... with what the dream was,
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the King knew right away
>>> That... >> that was exactly
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>>> That is... >> what I
dreamed >>> exactly what I
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dreamed. Yeah. >> and can you
imagine the hair on the back of
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his neck was standing up
and everything else to imagine,
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"well this guy knows what I
dreamed. " >>> That's right.
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>> You know, after he lost
confidence in his own wise men.
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>>> But... but would
give him confidence in the
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interpretation before he ever
gave it because >> That's right.
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>>> if you can't tell me this,
you get that right, I'm sure
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that the interpretation would be
right. >> Absolutely and so in
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verse 36, Daniel says,
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Verse 37.
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>>> So he's... > Right >>> he's
feeling pretty good right now.
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>> Oh yeah. >>> That's right.
>> Yeah, until the next verse.
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>>> So, I like it so
far, Daniel. Verse 39 says,
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In period here, so when... when
Daniel looks and this image that
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he saw and the head of gold and
he says, "You Nebuchadnezzar,
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are the head of gold. " We know
when he comes to verse 39, he
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says, "after you shall rise
another Kingdom. " That, the
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head of gold, was not just
Nebuchadnezzar > Right. >> but
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his Kingdom, the
Kingdom of Babylon. He says,
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In verse 39.
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That's important to us. > That's
right. >> When we start to plug
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this in because that... that
tells us that the kingdoms we're
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dealing with are... are world
empires. They're not little
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Kingdoms somewhere but they are
world empires, they ruled over
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all the Earth. > That's right.
>> It makes it easier for us, to
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track them, when we go
back in history to plug this in.
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Verse 40 says,
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Verse 41.
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Hmm
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"They will not cleave
together," King James says.
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> I love the way it ends.
>> Yeah. >>> That's right. > I
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mean... I mean, there is no
question, the dream is certain
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and its interpretation is
sure. >> That's right. > That's
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amazing, isn't it? So, this
is... this is what we're gonna
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be talking about. I know that...
that before we take a break,
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this is where it goes through
a lot of history. I mean, this
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ought to make people believers
of the Scripture. >> Absolutely.
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Verifiable history. > Yes. >>
We can go to... to... to secular
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history books and verify
what the Bible has written here.
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Incidentally, about 600
B.C. that > 600 B.C. >> this was
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written, when Daniel wrote this
account. >>> So, you're saying
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Pastor, that you can go to your
local library >> Yep. >>> and
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look this stuff up and
see exactly how this happened.
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>> That's right. >>> Amazing
>> Absolutely. >>> and that's
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truly amazing. > You know,
I have to say that this and a
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couple other prophecies, when
I gave my heart to the Lord, I
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wanted to know if the Bible was
true and I could trust it and
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this prophecy with a couple of
others, is what changed my whole
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life. >> Uh hmm. > When I read
this and checked it out in my
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history books, I thought, "Wow!
There is... " >> That's right.
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> "truly of God that lives... "
>> That's right. > that's living
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today, that knows the beginning
from the end >> That's right.
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> and I've never questioned
it, since then. Never, never.
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>> Amen. > We're gonna have
to take a quick break, we'll be
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right back. So, don't go away.
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>>>> Be more efficient
and organized with your Bible
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studies and homework with
the new Pentel pencil. This
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incredible tool has 8 bright
non-bleed colors in just one
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pen. When you are ready
to change the color, turn the
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clip and you're ready
to go. Just hear what these
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enthusiastic Bible Students
have to say about the Pentel
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pencil. >>>> I love
using the Pentel pencil with my
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Remnant Study Bible but
I also love using it for my
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school work and as I study
and I highlight the things I
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need to remember but if
there is a special word that I
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need, I go back and I
change the color, highlight
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it and it's sure to pop
off the page. >>>> For me, the
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pencil comes in handy
when I am studying my Sabbath
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School lesson. This week's
lesson is about faithfulness.
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As I am studying I use
the pencil to highlight things
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that I want to share
on Sabbath. Another simple
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and practical way to use
my pencil is here at home. It
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helps me to prioritize
things on my To-Do list. The
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things that have to be
done right away I underline in
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red and I use blue for things
that can wait until later.
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>>>> As a Minister I
have found the Pentel marking
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pen to be a great help
to me in my Ministry in both
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preparation of sermons and
Bible studying materials but
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also in the delivery of those
messages. Let me explain to
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you real quick. When I'm
studying I'll come across a
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word that I'd like to
highlight to pull my mind to
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later on and I'll use a color
like red if I am dealing with
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> I'm glad that you stayed
with us. Bible Alive and we're
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talking about Daniel. Daniel,
Chapter 2, especially and we
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ended, Pastor Mark, which...
which we kind of, I... I just
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think it's neat. In Chapter 2,
verse 45 >> Uh hmm. > I love the
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ending of verse 45.
"The dream is certain and its
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interpretation is sure. " Now,
>> That's right. > what we need
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to do, for the last half that
we've got, OK, what was certain
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and what interpretation was
sure. How do we know and what
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took place? I think that's
>> Yeah. > where we need to go.
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>> Well, as I mentioned,
the Book of Daniel was written,
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according to the Bible, in 600
B.C. There are people that argue
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that > Yeah. >> but Jesus
himself in Matthew 24, warned
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about the abomination of
desolation spoken of by Daniel
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the prophet. > Yeah. >> In other
words, some... there are some...
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even Christians call us today,
who question whether Daniel
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wrote the Book of Daniel.
Jesus didn't question it, Jesus
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believed Daniel > That's
right. >> was written by Daniel.
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> Yeah. >> but... but we
have verifiable archaeological
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evidence, with the Dead Sea
Scrolls of the Book of Daniel,
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no later than 200 B.C. > Right.
>> It was in existence there and
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yet what we find is, that
this prophecy carries us well
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beyond that. > Yeah. >> I mean,
it's just beyond question. "The
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dream is certain and the
interpretation is sure. " The
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Lord says, "Go ahead and
fight against it if you want but
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you'll be wrong. " > Well,
you know... >> I mean, it's just
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that clear. > The... the...
the... when they found those
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Dead Sea Scrolls, obviously,
they... they knew that those
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scrolls were written before
Christ >> Yeah. > and the Roman
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Empire was during the time
of Christ >> That's right. > you
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know, it never fell until
476 A.D. so, >> That's right.
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> the... the point is, is
it... there's no way you can get
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around >> No. > this right here.
>> No. what's happening here, is
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basically, if we look at
what we have just read, we are
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starting with the Kingdom of
Babylon, we talked about even
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in the prophecy, there were
gonna rule over the whole Earth,
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these are > Yeah. >> world
empires, which makes them easier
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to spot. From Babylon, it
says, "There was going to come
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another kingdom and then a
third kingdom and then a fourth
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kingdom. " And then the fourth
kingdom would be broken into
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pieces. So, all we have to do
is, go back, we've got the first
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kingdom, it's Nebuchadnezzar,
Babylon, that first kingdom,
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that world Empire which Babylon
was, according to history
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> Because he said, he...
his head was the head of gold,
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>> Right. > which was Babylon.
>> So... > OK. >> who... who...
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what world Empire, according
to the history books, conquered
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Babylon? You remember your
history? >>> Persia. >> It was
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the Persian Empire. > Yeah.
>> Sometimes Media or Persia.
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The Bible calls the Medes and
the Persians and then, you know,
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some history books have just
said Persian, because it was a
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larger part of the Empire, so
you get > Right. >> the Persian
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Empire. Who conquered the
Persians? >>> Greece. > Greece.
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>> The Greeks. So, we've got...
the Babylon and then there's the
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second Kingdom, that was
the Persian Empire. You get the
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third kingdom, that was
the Greek empire. Who conquered
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Greece? >>> Rome. >> Rome.
>>> And... and once again, you
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can check this out, you...
you obviously need the Bible for
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your >> That's right. >>>
Spiritual being but you can
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do with that in any library
>> That's right. >>> Just
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looking at history. >>
Any history book will tell you
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> That's right. >> that
sequence, Babylon, Media,
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Persia, Greece, Rome. The
important question is, who
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conquered Rome? You go to the
history books, you'll find that
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nobody conquered Rome. Rome was
divided and interestingly enough
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Rome was initially divided up
into 10 parts. >>> Just like the
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10 toes. >> Just like the 10
toes > That's right. >> that we
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see and... and those... those...
that... those divisions became
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the modern nations of Europe
and so we've got the... the...
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the divisions so far, mapping
right out, second kingdom, third
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kingdom, fourth kingdom,
Babylon, Media, Persia, Greece,
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Rome, then we come to the fourth
kingdom, divided up, into 10
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parts. Then it says, "They
were going to try to cleave
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together. " They were going
to try to unite and come back
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together but they wouldn't mix.
>>> And hist... >> Just like...
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>>> history tells us that
too. There was >> That's right.
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>>> people throughout history,
even... even some not that
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far back >> That's
right. >>> that tried to make it
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united, either through
marriages, through war >> Yep.
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>>> or through other means, to
unite the kingdoms but it never
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happened and to Christians, that
shouldn't be a surprise, should
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it? >> Not at all because
it's written, in fact > Right.
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it's interesting, there
was inter-marrying that came up
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>>> Yeah. >> There were people
like Napoleon, people like
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>>> Yeah. >> like Kaiser
Wilhelm, people like Adolph
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Hitler >>> Hitler. >> and... and
>>> Yeah. >> others that could
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be listed and mentioned,
Charlemagne and > Yeah.
00:19:11.61\00:19:14.21
>> Charles V of Spain and
you have this big long list of
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people who tried to make a one
world, dominating power again
00:19:17.87\00:19:23.03
in Europe from where those
10 toes, where those... those
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divisions, those dividing Kings.
> Right. >> The interesting
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...I'll tell you, an interesting
point is, that Rome was the last
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of those world empires, it was
ruled by the Caesars. When you
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come to Germany, as they were
trying to gain dominion, their
00:19:35.79\00:19:38.82
rulers were called the Kaisers.
You know what a Kaiser > Yeah.
00:19:38.85\00:19:41.43
>> is? >> It's German for
Caesar and then you come to
00:19:41.46\00:19:44.51
Russia, you have the Czars. You
know what Czar is? Caesar and
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so even their titles, > Yeah.
>> like there was this desire,
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just like the Bible says,
for them to regain that dominion
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and yet they... it... nobody was
able to do it, they failed. Even
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to the point where I know
stories, I know a story of a man
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was a soldier but he was a
Christian, he was a soldier in
00:20:00.28\00:20:03.58
Hitler's army, in World War
II and ended up having a Bible
00:20:03.61\00:20:08.24
study with some of his
Commanders and told them, you
00:20:08.27\00:20:11.17
know, my conviction is, "There's
no way that Europe can win this
00:20:11.20\00:20:13.17
war. " "Why?" "Because, the
prophecy in the Bible. " And his
00:20:13.20\00:20:15.59
Commanding Officer actually
accepted that and believed that
00:20:15.62\00:20:20.39
and actually held fuel rations
back, for when the war... war
00:20:20.42\00:20:24.26
would end because he said,
"Wow! You can't fight against
00:20:24.29\00:20:26.77
this. The dream is certain
and its interpretation sure. "
00:20:26.80\00:20:29.02
> That is amazing. >>> Because
what? Like the little kids'
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song, "Cause the Bible
tells me so. " >> That's right.
00:20:31.58\00:20:34.34
>>> Amen. > That's right.
>> So... so we... >>> Now, is
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there any other kingdoms after
that? >> Well, that's the thing,
00:20:36.95\00:20:39.98
there is... well, there is one
Kingdom, isn't there? >>> Amen.
00:20:40.01\00:20:42.34
>> The... the >>> Try to trick
the Pastor. >> That's right. You
00:20:42.37\00:20:46.33
know, well and I've shared this
before with people and I talk
00:20:46.36\00:20:48.91
about the... the... the last
world Empire, the dominating
00:20:48.94\00:20:52.78
empire. You know, people think,
"Who is it gonna be? Is it gonna
00:20:52.81\00:20:54.88
be Russia? Is it gonna be
China?" Well, according to this
00:20:54.91\00:20:57.18
prophecy, the last world Empire
is gonna be that coming Kingdom
00:20:57.21\00:21:01.28
of Jesus. That's >>> Amen.
>> what it says, >>> The second
00:21:01.31\00:21:02.78
coming. >> there's gonna be
one more... these... the... the
00:21:02.81\00:21:04.86
kingdoms of the earth are gonna
try to come together but it
00:21:04.89\00:21:07.33
says, "They won't be
able to. They shall not cleave
00:21:07.36\00:21:09.42
together. " But, it
says, "In the days," verse 44,
00:21:09.45\00:21:11.86
And that's... that's gonna
be the final kingdom. That's...
00:21:23.67\00:21:27.38
that's where we are. If we look
at this, in our time, in our
00:21:27.41\00:21:31.20
place in history, what the
Bible's done, it has showed us
00:21:31.23\00:21:34.12
way back from Daniel's day and
takes us all the way through our
00:21:34.15\00:21:36.60
day and we see... we've seen
a lot of people come and go.
00:21:36.63\00:21:39.30
> That's right. >> and we
see a push, even now, for... in
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.31
Europe, we have the... the Euro
trying to unite the economic...
00:21:42.34\00:21:45.78
well, you know, even the...
I mean, that's just one example
00:21:45.81\00:21:49.62
but there are >>> A new...
a new World Order, >> Yeah.
00:21:49.65\00:21:53.33
>>> they're talking about, as
far as the nations all getting
00:21:53.36\00:21:55.92
together and being of one accord
and... >> That's right. A one
00:21:55.95\00:21:59.28
world >>> But the Bible says
that not >> economic systems
00:21:59.31\00:22:00.78
>>> that's not really gonna
happen. >> No, it's gonna be
00:22:00.82\00:22:02.85
an attempt >>> Yes. >> but it's
gonna be happening right before
00:22:02.88\00:22:06.19
this... this stone, right before
Jesus comes again and we're
00:22:06.22\00:22:09.16
seeing this prophecy fulfilled
to the letter. >>> So, you're...
00:22:09.19\00:22:14.65
>> We... >>> would you say to
anybody that wanted to know if
00:22:14.68\00:22:18.02
the Bible could be trusted,
to go to this passage? >> Oh
00:22:18.05\00:22:21.32
absolutely, listen, I was...
I used to, when I... when I used
00:22:21.35\00:22:24.07
to do electrical work. I had one
of our wholesale houses we did
00:22:24.10\00:22:26.98
business with, a lighting
store, there was a guy there
00:22:27.01\00:22:29.34
that was... he was not a
Christian and he had some... he
00:22:29.37\00:22:34.05
was actually a... a singer in a
punk band > Yeah. >> and he was
00:22:34.08\00:22:37.73
working on his punk magazine and
he had some interesting thoughts
00:22:37.76\00:22:40.38
about God but he didn't believe
in the Bible. He was telling me
00:22:40.41\00:22:42.83
this one day, "I just don't
believe the Bible. It's written
00:22:42.86\00:22:44.37
by a bunch of men. " I said,
"What would happen if I can
00:22:44.40\00:22:45.88
show you a prophecy in the
Bible, that foretold the future
00:22:45.91\00:22:50.14
of human history and it happened
just like the Bible said?" He
00:22:50.17\00:22:52.54
said, "Oh, you couldn't. " I
said, "But what if I could?" He
00:22:52.57\00:22:55.69
said, "Oh, you couldn't. " I
said, "Well, how would you like
00:22:55.72\00:22:58.14
to sit down. " I said, "I think
I could. There is a prophecy. "
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.27
He said, "Oh, you couldn't. "
He didn't even wanna go there.
00:23:00.30\00:23:02.26
> Yeah. >> Never did give the
opportunity. I'll tell you, this
00:23:02.29\00:23:05.17
prophecy, in Daniel, is plain
enough for a child to see it
00:23:05.20\00:23:08.38
>>> Amen. >> and yes, I would
refer people to this prophecy
00:23:08.41\00:23:11.20
because it... it... like I said,
you can take a history book, a
00:23:11.23\00:23:14.77
secular history book and confirm
the Words of Scripture and see
00:23:14.80\00:23:18.75
that this foretold, in great
detail, things that were to come
00:23:18.78\00:23:23.36
to pass and they happen just
like the Bible said. > You know,
00:23:23.39\00:23:25.52
I want to put a little plug
in. You know, I've... I've been
00:23:25.55\00:23:30.71
sitting and listening and
really, I mean, there's...
00:23:30.74\00:23:35.33
there's other reasons that this
was put in the Scriptures too
00:23:35.36\00:23:38.84
>> Uh hmm. > but I do
believe that this was a very
00:23:38.87\00:23:41.28
important one. That this...
this, this prophecy came through
00:23:41.29\00:23:46.07
to the letter >> That's exactly
it. > and when... it does
00:23:46.08\00:23:49.01
and if people would just check
it out in their history books.
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.68
It... it... it... you don't have
to... what you're doing in your
00:23:51.71\00:23:55.16
history books is saying, "Wow!
The Bibles said this, it's in
00:23:55.19\00:23:58.32
the history books, it's true. "
I mean, there has to be a power
00:23:58.35\00:24:01.90
outside of me, outside of
science, that can come up with
00:24:01.93\00:24:06.66
this prophecy because that's
proven >> Uh hmm > and I'm just
00:24:06.69\00:24:09.83
thinking, you know the book that
we have today, I... I just have
00:24:09.86\00:24:13.41
to say it and if... if you have
not read it, you need to get it.
00:24:13.44\00:24:15.87
I've read this book, I don't
know how many times >> Uh hmm.
00:24:15.90\00:24:19.31
> I know you know what I'm
going to say. >> I know exactly
00:24:19.34\00:24:20.95
what you're going to say.
It's the book called, "The Great
00:24:20.98\00:24:22.18
Controversy" and... and... and
the subtitle is, "Between Christ
00:24:22.21\00:24:26.05
and Satan" >> Uh hmm. > "The
Great Controversy-Between Christ
00:24:26.08\00:24:27.76
and Satan" and that's what this
whole Bible is about. It all
00:24:27.79\00:24:30.88
goes through... it's about the
controversy between Christ and
00:24:30.91\00:24:33.20
Satan but this Book, The Great
Controversy, that I've read so
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.47
many times and I'm... I'm sure
many of you have read it, if not
00:24:36.50\00:24:38.69
get that book. It gives
prophecies about the end of time
00:24:38.72\00:24:43.01
>> That's right. > and
when you read them and it takes
00:24:43.04\00:24:45.50
place, there'll be no question
in your mind. It's true and I
00:24:45.53\00:24:48.79
love it, again, I have to say
it. We would be saying, every
00:24:48.82\00:24:51.83
one that... that reads
this, what happens, you would be
00:24:51.86\00:24:54.17
saying, if you don't read
it beforehand, "The dream is
00:24:54.20\00:24:56.22
certain and its interpretation
is true. " It gives us a
00:24:56.25\00:25:00.96
foundation >> Absolutely. >
to trust in this Word of God. I
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mean, if you can... if you
can go through this many years,
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>> Yeah. > I mean, there's a
lot of years between Babylon and
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Rome >> Yeah. > or... or
even >> Well, think about this
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> to the 10 toes >> in a
practical sense. Say, I take
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take a young couple and I say,
"You know what, you guys are
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gonna... your wife," tell the
young man, "Your wife's gonna
00:25:18.59\00:25:20.95
get pregnant, she's gonna have
a son and that son is gonna have
00:25:20.98\00:25:23.20
dark hair. When he's 12 years
old, he is gonna excel all over
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his classmates in... in swimming
> Yeah. >> and when he turns 18
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years old, he's gonna... when he
turns 16 years old, is going to
00:25:30.02\00:25:32.71
enter college early. He's going
to graduate with honors. When
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he turns 25 years old,
he's gonna win the Nobel Peace
00:25:35.85\00:25:37.95
Prize. " If all those things
happen, the whole world will be
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following me around. >>> That's
right. >> "How this guy knows
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everything?" And that's over a
span of one person's life. > If
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I know. >> When you look at
this, I mean, the... the rise
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and fall of kingdoms over
the thousand year period, it's
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absolutely phenomenal. > Yeah.
>> Why would you not believe?
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>>> And... and to prove that,
you know, we didn't really read
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that but verse 46. You know,
what was the King's response to
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this? >> Hmm. >>> I mean,
I... I just like, it says,
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First of all, how often do you
think the King was accustom to
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falling on his face in front of
a slave? >> That's right, that's
00:26:16.52\00:26:19.33
right. >>> I mean, I don't
think that happened every day.
00:26:19.36\00:26:20.94
I don't think that he did that
every day and they believed in
00:26:20.97\00:26:24.81
"The "God's," not the >> That's
right. >>> God of Heaven and
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he's commanding a burnt offering
to honor >> That's right.
00:26:27.14\00:26:31.19
>>> the God of Heaven and that's
how surprising the King, the
00:26:31.22\00:26:35.18
Golden King was, >> That's
right. > Yeah, that's true.
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>>> the head of gold and I don't
think he got surprised by much
00:26:37.16\00:26:40.18
but... but this reaction
>> Yes. >>> is absolutely
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uncanny. Ours should be, almost
the same, I mean, we should
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Proverbs 47 >>> should be in awe
>> "Truly your God is the God of
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gods. >>> God of gods. In other
words, forget ours, I mean, this
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God knows what he's doing.
>> That's right. > Well, you
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know, just wanna... just
challenge, each one that's
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watching today, if you
have any questions that
00:27:01.63\00:27:05.92
God's Word is
true, you need to read
00:27:05.95\00:27:08.24
this. Go to your library, search
it... on... on Google, Yahoo, I
00:27:08.27\00:27:12.90
don't care. Check those history
books out and you'll find out,
00:27:12.93\00:27:16.48
this happened perfectly, at that
time, which should tell you that
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God's Word is always true
>>> Amen. > and you can believe
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in God's Word and you need
to believe in God's Word. Why?
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Because the Lord is coming
so soon and I just want to
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encourage you again, you know,
that you can have a better way
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of life, you deserve to have
a better way of life. So what?
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Until next time,
don't... put it off.
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