Hello there. Happy
Sabbath. Come on in.
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We're about to
meet with the King.
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Hello.
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It's so good, you could join us
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as we welcome in
another Sabbath day,
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I'm Aunty Leah and
this is Uncle Daniel
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and he's got a lot to
tell us about the Bible,
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including Bible prophecy.
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Welcome, Uncle Daniel.
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Thank you, Aunty Leah,
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and hello to each
one of you here today.
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It's so good to be here with you
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and take part in our
worship time together.
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It's good to be
sharing this time with you
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as well, Aunty Leah.
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Would you like to tell the
boys and girls what you do?
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Well, I love
working with children
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in Sabbath School.
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And one day I hope to be
a full-time Bible worker.
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But what do you
do during the week?
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I teach science
at a local school.
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A school teacher?
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Well, so you must
love teaching kids
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and hanging out with them?
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I do. I really do.
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And I've got some
amazing Bible stories
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to share over the coming weeks.
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And we can't wait for that.
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It's wonderful to know
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that children all
around the world are watching.
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I even know of
children in Scotland
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who watch A Day with the King.
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So I'd like to say
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hello to Tiana, Delano,
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Caleb, Anaya, Lily,
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and all the children
in Aberdeen, Scotland,
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who watching A
Day with the King.
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Hello!
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Before we
commence our worship time,
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Bailey, would you like
to say a prayer for us?
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Dear, Lord,
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thank You for keeping us
safe through other weeks.
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Please send us the Holy Spirit
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as we worship in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thanks, Bailey.
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Aunty Leah, I can
see a new jewel box.
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What's up for?
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It's sparkly and
pretty, isn't it?
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Have you ever been
on a treasure hunt?
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They're fun aren't they?
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Well, this jewel box
contains some treasure,
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beautiful gemstones.
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You know, the
greatest treasure hunt of all
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is in the Bible
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because it
contains many precious gems
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or promises to help
us to live a rich life
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full of God's blessings.
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We can be sure the Bible is true
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and is from God
through prophecy.
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Prophecy tells important things
that will happen in the future.
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Prophecy is like
history told ahead of time.
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Only God knows
the future completely.
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Each week our
treasure hunt will reveal
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something important
about Bible prophecy.
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We'll discover
precious Bible gems
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messages from
God to encourage us
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and give us
certainty about the future.
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Our jewel box contains clues
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to help us unlock
the codes and symbols
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that we're going to learn about
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in our Bible study time.
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The Bible contains
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all we need to understand
God's prophetic messages.
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We'll discover why God has given
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these prophetic messages to us.
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Now, let's see how this works.
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Bethany, would you
like to get out the gemstone
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and Bible gem that's
hidden in our jewel box?
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Sure.
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Wow!
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What does that
Bible gem represent?
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Isaiah 42:9.
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Caleb, would you
please read that for us?
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Yes.
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"Behold, the former
things have come to pass,
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and new thing I declare.
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Before they spring
forth I tell you of them."
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This text tells us
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that God promises to
let us know important things
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that are going to
happen in the future.
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God is so good to us.
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What are the clues we
have in our jewel box, Bethany?
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Prophecies,
history told ahead of time.
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Yes, prophecy tells
us about the future.
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People who
prophesied are called prophets.
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Later in our Bible study,
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we're going to learn about a boy
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who became a prophet.
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But remember now,
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God promises to
reveal the future to us.
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He cares about us so much.
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He's watching
over us constantly,
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and He never leaves us
without guidance or direction.
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The clues to
understanding prophecy
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are all in the Bible.
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What an adventure of
discovery this is going to be.
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Thanks, Aunty Leah.
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I can't wait to see
what other gems are of.
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Hey, everyone,
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Braedan is here to sing with us.
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Hello, Braedan. Hello, everyone.
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It's good to be
here with you all
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to welcoming the Sabbath.
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We're gonna start
with a Sabbath song called,
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"We will gather to
meet with the King."
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On Friday eve
when the sun goes down
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A special day of
the week comes 'round
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On Friday eve
when the sun goes down
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We will gather to
meet with the King
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On Friday eve
when the sun goes down
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When all of our
work and our play is done
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On Friday eve
when the sun goes down
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We will
joyfully worship the King
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Braedan, can we
sing "Whatsoever?"
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That's a great choice. I
really enjoy scripture songs.
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Whatsoever things are lovely
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Whatsoever things are pure
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Whatsoever things are
just and of good report
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These are the
things to think about
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Whatsoever things are honest
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Whatsoever things are true
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Whatsoever things are
virtue and are excellent
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These are the
things to think about
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These are the
things to think about
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These are the
things to think about
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Braedan, can we please
sing "Dare to be a Daniel?"
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Hey, that's a great choice
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'cause I think you
guys are learning about
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Daniel at the moment.
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Let's sing it together.
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Standing by a purpose true
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Heeding God's command
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Honor them, the faithful few!
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All hail to Daniels band!
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Dare to be a Daniel
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Dare to stand alone
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Dare to have a purpose firm!
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Dare to make it known
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Many mighty men are lost
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Daring not to stand
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Who for God had been a
host by joining Daniel's band
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Dare to be a Daniel
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Dare to stand alone
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Dare to have a purpose firm!
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Dare to make it known
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Thanks, Braedan, I
like the new songs we sang.
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Guess what's next?
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Dr. John!
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He has another story for us.
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Hello, boys and girls,
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and hello to boys and
girls all around the world.
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I'm Dr. John.
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I want to tell
you about a little boy
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who was born quite some time ago
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and his name was Nikki.
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And as he says
the girl, he thought,
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I don't like Nikki as a name.
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Call me Nick.
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And when he got to about 15,
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he said, you
better start calling me,
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Prince Nicholas.
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And then he became Emperor.
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And he was a very grand person.
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And here he is in
his uniform, magnificent.
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And as Emperor,
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he was called
the Tsar Nicholas II.
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And he lived in
a beautiful palace.
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He had palaces everywhere.
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He loved flowers.
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One day, in the
middle of winter,
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he looked out the window
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and away in a distance
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he saw a guard
standing at attention
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with a rifle,
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guarding
something and he thought,
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I wonder what he is guarding.
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The next morning he looked
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and there was another soldier
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standing at
attention with his rifle.
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What is he guarding?
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So he said,
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I'm gonna go
out and have a look.
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And so he got on his hat
because it was very, very cold.
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Now this is a hat from Russia.
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And it gets so cold,
this is made from mink
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and he put on his hat.
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You know, when
it gets really cold,
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you can actually
pull the flaps down.
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And he pulled the flaps down.
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And he went out to
where the guard was.
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He snuck up behind
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and then he said,
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good morning and
the guard jumped,
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he turned around.
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Oh! It was Tsar.
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He bowed down.
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Sir, he didn't know
whether to bow or salute.
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And the Tsar said,
"What are you doing?"
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I'm guarding.
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Yes? What are you guarding?
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Ah, I don't
know. Why are you here?
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Because I was told to come here
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and guard here.
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Go and get a sergeant.
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So the sergeant came.
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Oh, your majesty.
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He said, "What is
this soldier doing here?"
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Ah, he's guarding.
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What?
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I don't know.
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They're always here.
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Why?
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Go and get the book,
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the official book and
so they opened the book.
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And for 100 years,
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they didn't know
what they were guarding.
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It turned out that his great,
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great, great grandmother
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was an Empress, Catherine.
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And she had a visitor one day
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who brought her a
beautiful rosebush.
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She loved it.
She had it planted.
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She said, I
don't want it stolen.
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Get a guard and you
will guard that rose bush
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not 10 hours a
day, not 12 hours a day,
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24 hours a day
guard my rosebush.
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You know, she died.
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The bush died.
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But they kept on guarding
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where the rose used to be
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for 100 years.
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What a waste of time.
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And, you know,
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we'll be
studying about Jerusalem.
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In Jerusalem they
forgot how to worship God.
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And they just
worshiped him the same way
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and they didn't know why.
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You know, I went to Jerusalem
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and I saw some people
walking quickly to church
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and walking slowly back
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and I say, why do
you walk quickly there
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and slowly back?
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Don't know. That's
the way we always do it.
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I saw they're walking fast
to church, slowly from church.
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And, you know,
they only worshiped
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because that was the
way they had always done it.
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Just like the king.
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The Emperor, the Tsar Nicholas,
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the guard didn't
know what he was guarding
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and the people in
Jerusalem didn't know
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who and why
they were worshiping.
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And that is why
Jesus came there.
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So he could teach them
that He was the true God.
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Never forget the
story of Tsar Nicholas,
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the rosebush and the guard.
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It's time for our Bible study.
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I hope you'll join in
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and look up the
text in your Bible
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as we read together.
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Jeremiah, would
you please ask God
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to be with us as
we read the Bible?
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Dear, Father,
thank You for our Bibles.
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Please send Your
Holy Spirit to help us
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understand the things we read,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Jeremiah.
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We've come a long way
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since King Solomon's
famous reign over Israel.
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There were good
kings and bad kings
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in the generations of
rulers who followed him.
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God sent many prophets
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like Isaiah and
Jeremiah to warn His people
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to turn from
their wicked practices,
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but they continue to rebel.
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Finally, God had no choice
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but to let them
go into captivity.
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So they would learn
that doing things God's way
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was the best.
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Today's lesson
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starts with the fulfillment
of Jeremiah's prophecy
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that Israel would go
into captivity for 70 years.
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Open your Bibles
to the first chapter
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in the Book of Daniel.
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In verse 1, we read
that Nebuchadnezzar,
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King of Babylon
captured Jerusalem
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during the rule
of King Jehoiakim.
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Nebuchadnezzar took the
king and many of the people
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and marched
them back to Babylon.
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Several weeks walk away.
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Aunty Leah, could you
please point to the map
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and show us where Babylon is?
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You see that
path that they took.
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That's how long it took
them to get from Jerusalem
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to Babylon.
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That's pretty amazing, isn't it?
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Nebuchadnezzar
took something else too.
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Bethany, could you
please read the second part
00:14:06.51\00:14:09.78
of Daniel 1:2?
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"Some of the
articles of the house of God,
00:14:13.55\00:14:15.65
which he carried
into the land of Shinar
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to the house of his God."
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Okay.
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"And he brought the articles
00:14:21.72\00:14:23.69
into the treasure
house of his God."
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Now keep in mind
that many golden objects
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were taken from God's sanctuary.
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We'll learn more about
these in a few weeks time.
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Nebuchadnezzar
had a special plan
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for some of the most intelligent
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and the best looking Israelites
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once he got them to Babylon.
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Caleb, can you
please read verse 4 for us?
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"Young men in whom
there was no blemish,
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but good-looking,
gifted in all wisdom,
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possessing knowledge
and quick to understand,
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who had ability to
serve in the king's palace,
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and whom they might teach
the language and literature
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of the Chaldeans."
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Nebuchadnezzar
wanted the brightest people
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to work for him.
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Who wouldn't?
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He hoped that by
bringing them to his palace,
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by giving them pagan
names and teaching them
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all about Babylonian
religion and culture,
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they would forget
their God of their heritage
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and follow heathen
Babylonian customs.
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Among these specially chosen men
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from the royal
household and nobles
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were four teenage youth,
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Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah.
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King Nebuchadnezzar
gave them new pagan names.
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In verse 7 we
read that Daniel's name
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was changed to Belteshazzar,
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Hananiah's name became Shadrach,
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Mishael was changed to Meshach
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and Azariah's name
was changed to Abednego.
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In verse 5,
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we discover that King
Nebuchadnezzar thought
00:15:52.95\00:15:56.12
he was doing these
young Israelites a favor.
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Bryce, would you
please read verse 5 for us?
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"And the king appointed for them
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a daily provision of
the king's delicacies
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and of the wine which he drank,
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and three years
of training for them,
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so that at the end of that time
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they might serve
before the king."
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Now you might be
tempted to think.
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Wow!
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Party food every single day
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but remember,
00:16:24.08\00:16:25.41
the king's delicacies
included rich desserts,
00:16:25.45\00:16:28.85
unclean meats,
like pig, or pork meat,
00:16:28.88\00:16:32.39
food offered to
idols, and alcoholic wine.
00:16:32.42\00:16:36.09
Now we talked
about unclean foods
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in the Book of Leviticus
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and how God did
not want these foods
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to be eaten.
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These items would
fuzzy their thinking,
00:16:43.30\00:16:45.83
impair their capacity to learn,
00:16:45.87\00:16:48.44
lower their resistance to evil,
00:16:48.47\00:16:50.41
and lead them into sin.
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Daniel and his three friends
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had been faithfully
trying to follow God's laws
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as young children.
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Now they face the
biggest test of their lives.
00:16:57.78\00:17:01.02
If they rejected
the king's provisions,
00:17:01.05\00:17:03.25
he could be insulted and
they could be put to death.
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If they went along
with the king's plan,
00:17:06.69\00:17:08.99
they could become
00:17:09.02\00:17:10.36
very important people in Babylon
00:17:10.39\00:17:11.99
and live a much
more comfortable life
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than most of the other captives.
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How are they going to
deal with this temptation?
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Chemiah, I think
you can find the verse,
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the answer to that in verse 8.
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Can you please read that for us?
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"But Daniel
purposed in his heart
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that he would not defile himself
00:17:31.95\00:17:33.85
with the portion of
the king's delicacies,
00:17:33.88\00:17:36.42
nor with the
wine which he drank,
00:17:36.45\00:17:39.82
therefore he requested
of the chief of the eunuchs
00:17:39.85\00:17:43.32
that he might
not defile himself."
00:17:43.36\00:17:46.16
Hmm. Thank you.
00:17:46.19\00:17:47.80
Now Ashpenaz,
00:17:47.83\00:17:49.70
the chief of the
eunuchs like Daniel,
00:17:49.73\00:17:52.87
but he also feared the king.
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Jeremiah, can you
please read verse 10?
00:17:55.44\00:18:00.08
"And the chief of the eunuchs
said to Daniel, 'I fear my lord
00:18:00.11\00:18:04.11
the king, who has
appointed your food and drink.
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For why should he see
00:18:07.48\00:18:08.88
your faces looking
worse than the young men
00:18:08.92\00:18:11.89
who are your age?
00:18:11.92\00:18:13.92
Then you would endanger my head
00:18:13.96\00:18:16.09
before the king.'"
00:18:16.12\00:18:17.46
Hmm.
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Healthy living Daniel style
00:18:18.86\00:18:20.70
was a completely new
concept to the Babylonians.
00:18:20.73\00:18:24.27
They had no knowledge
00:18:24.30\00:18:25.63
of God's laws in
relation to health.
00:18:25.67\00:18:28.34
What a wonderful opportunity
for Daniel and his friends
00:18:28.37\00:18:31.01
to educate the Babylonians
00:18:31.04\00:18:32.44
about the many blessings
of God's health message.
00:18:32.47\00:18:35.78
Daniel's behavior had
been kind and respectful.
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And he cooperated
wherever he could.
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So Melzar, the man
who Ashpenaz had appointed
00:18:42.12\00:18:45.85
to look after the
day to day welfare
00:18:45.89\00:18:48.12
of the four young Hebrews
00:18:48.16\00:18:50.19
took Daniel's request seriously.
00:18:50.23\00:18:52.96
Sai, could you please read
00:18:52.99\00:18:54.83
about this in verses 12 and 13?
00:18:54.86\00:19:00.40
"Please test your
servants for ten days,
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and let them give us vegetables
to eat and water to drink.
00:19:04.14\00:19:08.58
Then let our appearance
be examined before you,
00:19:08.61\00:19:12.48
and the
appearance of the young men
00:19:12.51\00:19:14.55
who eat the portion
of the king's delicacies,
00:19:14.58\00:19:18.39
and you see fit, so
deal with your servants."
00:19:18.42\00:19:22.96
Now Melzar was reluctant,
00:19:22.99\00:19:26.03
but he agreed to
give them just 10 days
00:19:26.06\00:19:28.96
to prove their claim.
00:19:29.00\00:19:30.63
He was worried
00:19:30.67\00:19:32.00
that they might get
week or skinny and sick.
00:19:32.03\00:19:35.20
Well, of course,
00:19:35.24\00:19:36.57
'cause they weren't used
to this health message, right?
00:19:36.60\00:19:39.24
Do you think 10 days
00:19:39.27\00:19:41.04
is enough time to make
a noticeable difference?
00:19:41.08\00:19:44.81
What do you think? No!
00:19:44.85\00:19:47.05
Yeah, yeah, may
be. Let's find out.
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Aunty Leah, can you
please read this in verse 15?
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"And at the end of ten days
their features appeared better
00:19:53.15\00:19:56.73
and fatter in flesh
than all the young men
00:19:56.76\00:19:59.49
who ate the portion of
the king's delicacies."
00:19:59.53\00:20:03.26
Wow. Can you imagine that?
00:20:03.30\00:20:05.77
Ten days that made a
big difference, didn't it?
00:20:05.80\00:20:09.44
How did Melzar
react in verse 16?
00:20:09.47\00:20:12.41
Bethany, can you
please read that for us?
00:20:12.44\00:20:16.14
"Thus the steward took
away their portion of delicacies
00:20:16.18\00:20:19.38
and the wine that
they were to drink,
00:20:19.41\00:20:21.18
and gave them vegetables."
00:20:21.22\00:20:23.42
Wow, what a huge victory
00:20:23.45\00:20:25.95
and witness for God's
formula for healthy living.
00:20:25.99\00:20:29.76
Right in the center of influence
00:20:29.79\00:20:32.06
over the whole
nation of Babylon,
00:20:32.09\00:20:34.76
God honored the stand for truth
00:20:34.80\00:20:37.03
of the four young
men in a special way.
00:20:37.07\00:20:39.93
Caleb, could you
please read verse 17?
00:20:39.97\00:20:42.90
Sure.
00:20:42.94\00:20:44.51
"As for these four young men,
00:20:44.54\00:20:46.17
God gave them
knowledge and skill
00:20:46.21\00:20:47.94
in all literature and wisdom,
00:20:47.98\00:20:49.98
and Daniel had understanding
in all visions and dreams."
00:20:50.01\00:20:54.08
Wow, that's incredible.
00:20:54.12\00:20:55.85
Now let's have a
look at our torchlight,
00:20:55.88\00:20:58.39
Mrs. White shines some
additional light on this
00:20:58.42\00:21:01.36
in her book
00:21:01.39\00:21:02.72
Counsels on Diet
and Foods, page 155.
00:21:02.76\00:21:06.33
Bryce, could you
please read that?
00:21:06.36\00:21:07.76
"Indulgence of the
appetite would have involved
00:21:13.10\00:21:16.07
the sacrifice of physical vigor,
00:21:16.10\00:21:18.44
clearness of
intellect, and spiritual power.
00:21:18.47\00:21:21.64
One wrong step would
probably have led to others,
00:21:21.68\00:21:24.11
until, their connection
with heaven being severed,
00:21:24.15\00:21:26.82
they would have been
swept away by temptation."
00:21:26.85\00:21:30.29
Isn't that incredible?
00:21:30.32\00:21:31.85
So all four men were blessed
00:21:31.89\00:21:33.79
because of their
faithful obedience to God.
00:21:33.82\00:21:37.03
Even down to
eating only the best foods
00:21:37.06\00:21:39.93
for the physical
health and mental sharpness.
00:21:39.96\00:21:43.23
Daniel was given
a particular gift
00:21:43.26\00:21:45.43
to understand
visions and dreams.
00:21:45.47\00:21:48.27
We will learn
in the coming weeks
00:21:48.30\00:21:50.04
how important
that gift proved to be.
00:21:50.07\00:21:52.71
And it gets even better.
00:21:52.74\00:21:54.41
After three years of
study, they had a big exam.
00:21:54.44\00:21:57.45
You wouldn't want to
get too many questions wrong
00:21:57.48\00:21:59.61
if you were being out
tested by the king now,
00:21:59.65\00:22:01.58
would you?
00:22:01.62\00:22:02.95
He could order you,
your head to be chopped off,
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.09
if he didn't like
your test results.
00:22:05.12\00:22:07.09
And remember, they had
to learn a new language
00:22:07.12\00:22:09.79
during this study time as well
just to be able to understand
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.36
the questions in the
language of the Babylonians.
00:22:13.40\00:22:17.00
Verse 19 tells us
00:22:17.03\00:22:19.20
that when the king
interviewed Daniel,
00:22:19.23\00:22:21.34
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
at the end of the three years,
00:22:21.37\00:22:24.87
he was amazed
at their knowledge.
00:22:24.91\00:22:27.14
Chemiah, could you
please read that in verse 20?
00:22:27.18\00:22:32.41
"And in all matters of
wisdom and understanding
00:22:32.45\00:22:35.92
about which the
king examined them,
00:22:35.95\00:22:39.62
he found them ten times better
00:22:39.65\00:22:41.49
than all the
magicians and astrologers
00:22:41.52\00:22:44.19
who were in all his realm."
00:22:44.23\00:22:46.93
Wow. Ten times?
00:22:46.96\00:22:49.16
God honored
Daniel and his friends
00:22:49.20\00:22:51.70
because they
studied it diligently
00:22:51.73\00:22:54.00
and were obedient to God's laws,
00:22:54.04\00:22:56.14
including God's health laws.
00:22:56.17\00:22:58.31
As we read our
memory verse together,
00:22:58.34\00:23:00.78
let's remember,
00:23:00.81\00:23:02.14
that all God's
commands are promises.
00:23:02.18\00:23:04.58
He will give us
the power to obey.
00:23:04.61\00:23:07.42
Turn in your Bibles
to 1 Corinthians 10:31
00:23:07.45\00:23:11.42
in the New Testament.
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.09
Now some of us
00:23:13.12\00:23:14.46
will have learned
this verse already.
00:23:14.49\00:23:16.42
Now let's say
it together, ready?
00:23:16.46\00:23:19.29
"Therefore,
whether you eat or drink,
00:23:19.33\00:23:22.63
or whatever you do, do
all to the glory of God."
00:23:22.66\00:23:28.60
Claim this promise.
00:23:28.64\00:23:30.04
Follow this command
00:23:30.07\00:23:31.41
and see how God will
bless you in your body
00:23:31.44\00:23:34.24
and your mind.
00:23:34.28\00:23:35.61
We hope you
enjoyed that Bible study
00:23:35.64\00:23:37.11
as much as we did.
00:23:37.15\00:23:38.58
If you want to study
more about today's topic,
00:23:38.61\00:23:40.92
check out our devotionals.
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.78
Matthew and
Caleigh will tell you how.
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.72
What do you want? Are you bored?
00:23:48.92\00:23:51.89
Yes. Look what I got.
00:23:51.93\00:23:56.70
Whoa!
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.27
Look at that! Cool.
00:23:58.30\00:24:00.27
Where did you get this?
00:24:00.30\00:24:02.67
adaywiththeking.com.
00:24:02.70\00:24:06.34
Thanks, Matthew and Caleigh.
00:24:06.37\00:24:08.34
Uncle Daniel, what are we
going to learn about next week?
00:24:08.38\00:24:12.51
Well, next week we are
going to discover why Daniel,
00:24:12.55\00:24:16.02
his three friends and
all the king's wise men
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.92
were given the death sentence
00:24:18.95\00:24:20.49
and how God delivered them
out of this awful situation.
00:24:20.52\00:24:24.16
That will be exciting.
00:24:24.19\00:24:25.73
Aunty Leah, can we
practice our memory verse again?
00:24:25.76\00:24:28.60
Yes.
00:24:28.63\00:24:29.96
And why don't you
say it along with us?
00:24:30.00\00:24:31.80
The words are on your screen.
00:24:31.83\00:24:34.10
"Therefore,
whether you eat or drink,
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.61
or whatever you do,
00:24:37.64\00:24:39.57
do all to the glory of God."
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.48
1 Corinthians 10:31.
00:24:42.51\00:24:46.15
That's a verse worth remembering
00:24:46.18\00:24:47.75
at the beginning of every day.
00:24:47.78\00:24:49.82
Bailey, what did you
learn about the King today?
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.22
Yeah, well, whether we ate
or drunk will affect my mind
00:24:52.25\00:24:55.39
for good or bad.
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.76
That's so true.
00:24:56.79\00:24:58.13
And I'm so glad
that God has given us
00:24:58.16\00:25:00.43
so many healthy, yummy
options to choose from.
00:25:00.46\00:25:03.80
Well, that brings our
worship time to a close.
00:25:03.83\00:25:07.14
We're going to finish
with our blessing song.
00:25:07.17\00:25:09.90
You can sing along with us.
00:25:09.94\00:25:11.64
May God bless you and keep you
00:25:16.98\00:25:22.15
And fill your heart with love
00:25:22.18\00:25:27.19
May God guide and protect you
00:25:27.22\00:25:32.43
And watch you from above
00:25:32.46\00:25:37.60
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:25:37.63\00:25:42.70
We greet the day of rest
00:25:42.74\00:25:47.88
The day the King of glory
00:25:47.91\00:25:52.98
Has sanctified and blessed
00:25:53.01\00:25:58.15
Goodbye, my friend
00:25:58.19\00:26:00.86
Till we meet again
00:26:00.89\00:26:03.36
For another day with the King
00:26:03.39\00:26:08.80
Goodbye! Happy Sabbath!
00:26:08.83\00:26:11.50
I know Jesus loves me
because He's blessed me
00:26:20.88\00:26:23.11
with amazing family and friends.
00:26:23.14\00:26:24.68
I know Jesus loves me
00:26:29.85\00:26:31.19
because He keeps me
safe from day to day.
00:26:31.22\00:26:33.15
I know Jesus loves me
because He gave me animals.
00:26:39.19\00:26:41.86