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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I'm Aunty Leah,
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and we're glad to
have you back with us
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as we enjoy another
opening Sabbath worship time.
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And it's so good to
have you here Uncle Daniel,
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as well as each
of the happy children
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who are here with us.
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Hello, Aunty Leah.
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I look forward to
the Sabbath every week,
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and I know there
are some children
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who love to join
us each week too.
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I'd like to say hello
to Aria, Ella and Caleb
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who live in
Rangataua, New Zealand.
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Hello!
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Let's start our
worship time with prayer.
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Who would like to do that?
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I will. Thanks, Bryce.
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Dear Lord, thank
You for the Sabbath.
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Please bless all of the
boys and girls watching at home,
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in Your name, amen.
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Amen. Thank you, Bryce.
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Last week we
learnt about a new word
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called prophecy.
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Does anyone
remember what that means?
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Telling the future.
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That's it, Jireh.
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God uses people to
send messages to us
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about the future.
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We call the people
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who give these
messages from God, prophets.
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The ability to tell the
future is a gift from God.
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We can't just decide
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that we're going
to tell the future.
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In 1 Corinthians Chapter 12,
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it tells us that
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"This gift is
given by the Holy Spirit
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to people He chooses,
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people who are
obedient servants of God."
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Later in our Bible study,
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we'll learn how God
used Daniel as a prophet.
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Daniel's prophetic
gift saved his life
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and the life of
his three friends,
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as well as the
other wise men of Babylon.
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Let's go on our
treasure hunt to discover
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why God sends messages
to us through His prophets.
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Sai, would you like
to open our jewel box
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and find the bible gem for us?
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Yeah.
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Wow! That's so pretty.
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What does the Bible gem say?
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John 14:29.
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Bryce, would you
like to read that for us?
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"And now I have
told you before it comes,
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that when it does come
to pass, you may believe."
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Thank you, Bryce.
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This text tells
us fulfilled prophecy
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is given to
strengthen our belief.
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It proves that the
messages in the Bible
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come from God,
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because only God
knows the distant past
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and the distant future.
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The Bible also tells us
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in the first few
verses of Deuteronomy 13, that
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"Even if false prophet
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or dreamer of dreams can
tell the future accurately,
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we know that they are false
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if they try to draw
us away from God's Word
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and His commandments."
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Romans 15:4 says that
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"God tells us the
future to encourage us,
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and to comfort us,
and to give us hope.
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God also tells us
the future to warn us,
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and prepare us for difficulties
that may lie ahead."
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Amos 3:7 says
that "God does nothing
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unless He reveals His secrets
to His servants, the prophets."
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So remember,
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God has given us
prophecy to guide us.
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We don't need to be
anxious about anything
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or uncertain about the future.
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God is caring for us
every step of the way.
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Prophecy has given
me great confidence
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that the Bible is God's Word.
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Hey, Uncle
Daniel, Braedan is here.
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So he is.
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Welcome Braedan.
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Thanks, Uncle Dan.
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Hi, everyone.
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I hear that you've been
learning about prophecy.
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What is prophecy?
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History told ahead of time.
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That's it.
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Let's sing about it.
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Prophecy is
history told ahead of time
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God is good
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He's so good
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God reveals the future
to build your faith and mine
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In His word, in His word
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Prophecy is
history told ahead of time
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Thank you Lord, Thank you Lord
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Prayerfully big
deep and the truth
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You'll always find
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In His Word, in His Word
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Braedan, can we
sing "The King's dream?"
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We can.
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And that's a very,
very important dream.
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Let's sing about it.
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God showed the King of Babylon
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What was to
happen when he'd gone
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A mighty image of a man
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Was used to show
God's master plan
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Golden head the
chest and arms of silver
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Thighs and belly
were all of brass
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The legs were
iron the feet were too
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Mixed in with miry clay
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The head of gold was Babylon
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The silver - Medo-Persia strong
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Then Greece, the brass
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Would rule with might Iron Rome
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Would nations, turn to flight
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The iron and clay
in the feet and toes
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Would never mix
together God knows
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A stone uncut by human hands
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Would crush the image of a man
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That is the kingdom of our Lord
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Who'll reign on
earth for evermore
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Braedan, can we please
sing "It's the Sabbath?"
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Yeah, that's a
good one. Let's sing it.
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It's the
Sabbath it's the Sabbath
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We will worship as we sing
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For our God has come to join us
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Let us spend time with our King
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It's the
Sabbath it's the Sabbath
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We will all sing and rejoice
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As we leave our week behind us
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And we praise God with one voice
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For God's day is the seventh day
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Of ev'ry week, we know
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He gave us time
to spend with Him
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Because he loves so
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It's the
Sabbath it's the Sabbath
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Do you hear Him call today
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As we come here
now to worship Him
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On His appointed day
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Thanks, Braedan, I liked
the prophecy song we sang.
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Now it's time for
story with Dr. John.
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He always has something
interesting to show us.
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Yes, he does.
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I wonder what he
has for us this time.
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Hello, boys and
girls. And I'm Dr. John.
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I'm so glad that
you're here with me.
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And I'm saying hello
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to all the boys and
girls right around the world
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as almost that they
are sitting with us today.
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And I want to tell you
the story of Elias Howe.
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He was a good man,
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and he wanted to make
the world a better place.
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And he wanted
to invent something
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that'd make such a
difference to a lot of ladies.
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And that was,
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he noticed that when
people did their sewing,
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it took such a long
time, you had a needle,
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and you had a thread, and
you had to push it through,
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and then another stitch,
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and it would take days
to make a dress or a shirt.
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He thought, "I
want to invent something
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that can do that quickly,
hundreds of stitches a minute."
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Well, he couldn't.
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He tried and he tried.
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And every time he did,
that thread would get tangle
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or he'd put the
needle into his finger.
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And one night,
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he worked till
about four in the morning.
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He was so tired, he
put his head on his bench,
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and he went to
sleep, and he had a dream.
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You all have dreams?
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I never remember my dreams.
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I do sometimes. But
he has a strange dream.
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He's got his head on his
bench, he's gone to sleep,
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he's exhausted.
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He dreamed he was in Africa,
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and he was being
chased by cannibals.
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And in your dreams,
you quite often get caught.
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And they caught him,
and they tied him up,
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and they took
him to their village.
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There he saw a
great, big oven pot.
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He thought "No,
they're gonna whip me,
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they're gonna cook
me," and they put him in.
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This is just a dream.
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And as the water got
hotter, he tried to climb up.
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And every time he put
his hand over the edge,
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one of them would get a spear
and push him back in again.
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But in his dream,
he noticed something.
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He noticed that the
spear had a hollow point.
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He'd never seen that before.
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Here is the close
up of the picture.
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A spear with a
hollow point and he thought,
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"I know what to do."
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He woke up,
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he shook his head,
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he said, "I've
invented something,
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the needle
should go at the end."
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And so he made himself
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the first sewing machine.
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And that looks
like a sewing machine,
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that's a very old one.
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And if you look at the needles,
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the hollow is at the end.
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And, you know, that
was such a great invention
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that when another
man called Mr. Singer,
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he decided to
copy the same design
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and every time he made a needle,
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a sewing machine,
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he had to pay Mr.
Elias Howe some money.
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And, you know, they say
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that was one of
the greatest invention
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of all time
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because it could do a
hundred stitches and just...
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You see mom do sewing.
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How many of
you've seen dad do sewing
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with the sewing machine?
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I wouldn't have a clue.
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But, you know, his
dream was so important.
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And if you look back,
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because your lessons
that you'll be studying
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are on the Book of Daniel,
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and the Bible is full of dreams
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where God gave somebody a dream.
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And the first dream
that I could remember
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that I've read about
is the dream of Pharaoh
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about the cows and the corn,
and nobody could translate it,
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and Joseph did,
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and that changed the
life of a whole nation,
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and he became prime minister.
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And there is a king,
he's in the Book of Daniel.
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He's got a name
that's hard to spell,
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Nebuchadnezzar.
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And God gave
him a dream one day.
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And when he woke up,
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he couldn't even
remember the dream.
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And Daniel said, "I
won't tell you the dream,
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but God will and
he gave him a vision.
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You know, the Bible says
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that He gives
dreams and visions,
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and the mind is a human thing
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but God works through our minds.
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And so you'll be studying
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about
Nebuchadnezzar and his dream
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and how it changed,
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how we know all about
the history of the world
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because of the
dream of a heathen king.
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Thank you, boys and girls.
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Hello again.
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We're ready for
another Bible study together.
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Do you have your Bible with you?
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I hope you do so that
you can follow along with us.
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Now, who would like to
offer a prayer to start us off,
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to invite God to be with us?
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I would. Thank you, Chemiah.
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Dear Jesus, please bless
us as we learn more about You,
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please bless the minds
and hearts of the children
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who have joined us,
in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Chemiah.
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Now, Bryce, do you
remember some of the things
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that we learnt last week?
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Can you remind us
about what they were?
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Daniel, and his
three friends refused
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to eat the
food, the king's food,
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instead they had
vegetables and water.
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Okay. Yeah, that's right.
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And when the king gave an
exam, how did they perform?
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They performed 10 times
better than anyone in Babylon.
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Very good.
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Yes, so they studied diligently
and God blessed their efforts.
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Our story today
begins in Chapter 2.
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Things were
going along just fine
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for Daniel and his friends
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until something
happened to the king.
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Jireh, would you
please read verse 1?
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"Now the second year
of Nebuchadnezzar's reign,
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Nebuchadnezzar had dreams,
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and his spirit was so troubled
that his sleep left him."
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Hmm.
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It seems like the
king had a nightmare.
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Well, whatever he saw,
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it left a very
deep impression on him
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but he had
forgotten the details.
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His well paid band of magicians,
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astrologers, and sorcerers
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claim to have special gifts
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to understand and
interpret dreams and visions.
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So he summoned
them to the palace
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to recall and
explain his dreams.
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Let's see what the
wise men of Babylon
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had to say to the king.
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Caleb, could you
please read that in verse 4?
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Sure.
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"O King, live forever!
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Tell your servant the dream,
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and we will give
you the interpretation."
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Well, the most powerful
king in the whole world,
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very quickly lost his patience
with the so-called wise men
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who claimed to have
these mystical powers.
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Verse 5 tells us more.
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Bryce, can you please read that?
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"The king answered
and said to the Chaldeans,
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'My decision is firm:
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if you do not make
known the dream to me,
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and its interpretation,
you shall be cut in pieces,
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and your houses shall
be made an ash heap.'"
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Ouch, the death sentence?
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That's a bit extreme, isn't it?
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And if they can
tell the king his dream
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and its interpretation.
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What does verse 6
say they will receive.
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Chemiah?
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"However, if you tell the
dream and its interpretation,
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you shall receive from me gifts,
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rewards, and great honor.
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Therefore tell me the
dream and its interpretation."
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The wise men were now
looking quite foolish.
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In desperation,
they pled once more
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for the king to
tell them his dream
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so that they could make up
some kind of an interpretation
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that would satisfy him,
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but the king was well
aware of their deceptive scheme.
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He knew they were
just playing for more time.
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Jeremiah, can you
please read verse 9?
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"If you do not make
known the dream to me,
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there is only
one decree for you!
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For you have
agreed to speak lying,
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and corrupt words before
me till the time has changed.
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Therefore, tell me the
dream, and I shall know
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that you can give
me its interpretation."
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Ooh!
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The king is very quickly,
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or I can see that the king
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is very quickly
losing his patience there.
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But these men used
witchcraft to trickery and lies.
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Not even Satan knew the dream.
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So he couldn't
work through these men.
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The men knew they were beaten.
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In verse 11, they
pled with the king
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to be more reasonable.
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Thanks, Sai.
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"It is a difficult
thing that the king requests,
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and there is no other
who can tell it to the king
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except the gods,
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whose dwelling
is not with flesh."
00:16:37.13\00:16:40.20
Now, did the king feel
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he needed to be more reasonable?
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Not in the slightest.
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He flew into a rage
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and ordered Arioch, the
captain of the king's guard
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to carry out his decree
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to destroy all the
wise men of Babylon.
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When Arioch arrived
at the house of Daniel
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and his three companions,
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Daniel asked Arioch,
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"Why the king had
made such a decree?"
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Arioch explained to
him about the king's dream,
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and how he became very angry
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when the wise men failed
to recall his dream to him.
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Now remember last week,
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we learnt that God
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had already
blessed faithful Daniel
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with the spiritual gift
00:17:18.10\00:17:19.43
of understanding
visions and dreams.
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So Daniel swung into action.
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Aunty Leah, could
you please read verse 16?
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Yup.
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"So Daniel went in
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and asked the
king to give him time,
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that he might tell the
king the interpretation."
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There must have been something
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about Daniel's
confidence and sincerity
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that caused the king to
agree to give him more time.
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Daniel rushed
home as anyone would
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and explain the
situation to his companions
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Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah.
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They immediately held a
very earnest prayer meeting.
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Let's have a look
at our torchlight,
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Mrs. White's writings
in Prophets and Kings,
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page 493
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which shed some
more light on this.
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Sai, could you
please read that for us?
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"Together they sought for wisdom
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from the Source of
light and knowledge.
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Their faith was
strong in the consciousness
00:18:20.26\00:18:22.86
that God had placed
them where they were,
00:18:22.90\00:18:27.17
that they were doing His work
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and meeting the demands of duty.
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In times of
perplexity and danger,
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they had always turned to
Him for guidance and protection,
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and He had proved
an ever-present help.
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Now with contrition of heart,
00:18:41.98\00:18:44.35
they submitted themselves
anew to the Judge of the earth,
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pleading that He
would grant them deliverance
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in the time of special need."
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Wow.
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Notice that they
humbled themselves
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before God,
00:19:01.44\00:19:02.77
and recommitted their
lives to total obedience.
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God loves to help His people.
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.68
Our memory verse
is a marvelous promise
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about God's gift
for each one of us.
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Can you all turn
to 1 Peter 5:6-7?
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1 Peter is in the New Testament
towards the back of the Bible.
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Let's all read that.
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We're ready.
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Okay.
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"Therefore, humble yourselves,
under the mighty hand of God,
00:19:29.10\00:19:33.90
that He may
exalt you in due time,
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casting all your care upon
Him, for He cares for you."
00:19:37.21\00:19:42.44
Wow! That's beautiful, isn't it?
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How loving, and
caring, and powerful
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is the God we serve.
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One thing we have to remember
00:19:49.85\00:19:51.22
is that answered
prayer is conditional.
00:19:51.25\00:19:53.86
Being willing to turn
away from every known sin
00:19:53.89\00:19:56.42
is always a
condition of answered prayer.
00:19:56.46\00:19:59.39
Proverbs 28:9 warns us
00:19:59.43\00:20:02.03
that if we continue
in our disobedience,
00:20:02.06\00:20:04.40
God cannot answer our prayer,
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.43
so we need to obey
God's commandments.
00:20:06.47\00:20:09.70
James 4:3 tells us
of another condition.
00:20:09.74\00:20:13.94
It says, "We
shouldn't just ask God favors
00:20:13.98\00:20:16.88
for selfish purposes."
00:20:16.91\00:20:18.91
Can you read James 4:3, Jireh?
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"You ask and do not
receive, because you ask amiss,
00:20:24.39\00:20:27.72
and you may spend
it on your pleasures."
00:20:27.76\00:20:31.83
So Daniel and his
companions understood this.
00:20:31.86\00:20:35.20
They had already
demonstrated their commitment
00:20:35.23\00:20:37.90
to following God
00:20:37.93\00:20:39.37
regardless of the peer pressures
00:20:39.40\00:20:41.04
of worldly
customs and amusements.
00:20:41.07\00:20:44.14
Remember the
issue over the diet,
00:20:44.17\00:20:46.81
they refused to eat or drink
00:20:46.84\00:20:49.48
anything that
would dull their minds
00:20:49.51\00:20:51.31
or weaken their physical health.
00:20:51.35\00:20:53.65
They believe that
everything God said mattered
00:20:53.68\00:20:56.75
and that they should
take God's word seriously.
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Do you think God heard
00:21:00.16\00:21:01.69
and answered
their sincere prayer?
00:21:01.72\00:21:04.03
Let's see.
00:21:04.06\00:21:05.39
Caleb, please read Daniel 2:19?
00:21:05.43\00:21:09.56
"And the secret was revealed
to Daniel in the night vision.
00:21:09.60\00:21:13.00
So Daniel blessed
the God of heaven."
00:21:13.03\00:21:15.87
What's the first
thing we should say to God
00:21:15.90\00:21:17.77
when He answers our prayer?
00:21:17.81\00:21:19.54
Thank you.
00:21:19.57\00:21:20.91
That's right.
00:21:20.94\00:21:22.28
We are supposed to thank Him,
00:21:22.31\00:21:23.65
and that's
exactly what Daniel did.
00:21:23.68\00:21:26.01
His prayer was
full of joyful praise
00:21:26.05\00:21:28.75
and gratitude.
00:21:28.78\00:21:30.15
God had just saved their lives.
00:21:30.19\00:21:32.55
Let's take a moment
00:21:32.59\00:21:33.92
to read part of Daniel's prayer.
00:21:33.96\00:21:35.82
It's good for us to
keep Daniel's prayer
00:21:35.86\00:21:37.46
in the back of our
minds when we pray.
00:21:37.49\00:21:40.16
Bryce, could you
please read that in verse 20?
00:21:40.20\00:21:45.67
"Daniel answered and said:
00:21:45.70\00:21:49.00
'Blessed be the name
of God forever and ever,
00:21:49.04\00:21:52.27
therefore, for
wisdom and might are His.' "
00:21:52.31\00:21:54.44
Hmm.
00:21:54.48\00:21:55.81
And, Chemiah, can
you please read verse 21?
00:21:55.84\00:21:59.65
"And He changes the
times and the seasons,
00:21:59.68\00:22:02.38
He removes kings
and raises up kings,
00:22:02.42\00:22:05.29
He gives wisdom to the wise,
00:22:05.32\00:22:06.89
and knowledge to those
who have understanding."
00:22:06.92\00:22:10.89
Amen.
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.26
So we see that the
rulers of the earth may think
00:22:12.29\00:22:14.83
they are in control.
00:22:14.86\00:22:16.60
But they are really
only in those positions
00:22:16.63\00:22:19.27
because God allows them
the opportunity to rule.
00:22:19.30\00:22:23.20
How they use that
opportunity is their choice.
00:22:23.24\00:22:26.71
They can use their
power for good or for evil
00:22:26.74\00:22:30.05
as we discovered
with the various kings
00:22:30.08\00:22:32.28
who ruled over Israel.
00:22:32.31\00:22:34.48
Well, immediately
after his prayer of thanks,
00:22:34.52\00:22:37.42
Daniel hurried back to Arioch,
00:22:37.45\00:22:39.49
the man who the
king had appointed
00:22:39.52\00:22:41.19
to destroy the
wise men of Babylon.
00:22:41.22\00:22:43.83
Daniel gave
Arioch the exciting news,
00:22:43.86\00:22:46.63
and Arioch
quickly brought Daniel
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.50
before the king.
00:22:48.53\00:22:50.40
But we'll have to
wait till next week
00:22:50.43\00:22:52.77
to find out what happened next.
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.00
So put a bookmark in your Bible,
00:22:55.04\00:22:56.60
in Daniel Chapter
2, ready for next week
00:22:56.64\00:22:59.34
when we solve the puzzle
00:22:59.37\00:23:00.71
of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
00:23:00.74\00:23:03.04
You can review his dream
by getting our devotionals,
00:23:03.08\00:23:06.25
and here's how you
can get access to those.
00:23:06.28\00:23:08.52
What do you want?
00:23:13.02\00:23:14.62
You bored?
00:23:14.66\00:23:15.99
Yes.
00:23:16.02\00:23:17.36
Look what I got.
00:23:17.39\00:23:20.70
Whoa!
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.23
Look at that! Cool.
00:23:22.26\00:23:24.13
Where did you get this?
00:23:24.17\00:23:26.70
adaywiththeking.com.
00:23:26.74\00:23:30.21
Thanks Matthew and Caleigh.
00:23:30.24\00:23:32.04
Uncle, Daniel,
00:23:32.07\00:23:33.41
what are we going to
learn about next week?
00:23:33.44\00:23:36.14
Some exciting things.
00:23:36.18\00:23:37.65
Next week, we
will solve the puzzle
00:23:37.68\00:23:40.12
of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
00:23:40.15\00:23:43.32
It is one of the most
amazing Bible stories.
00:23:43.35\00:23:46.96
So watch next
week to find out why.
00:23:46.99\00:23:50.49
These prophecies
actually fascinated me
00:23:50.53\00:23:52.93
ever since I was a child.
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.30
Aunty Leah, can we
say our new memory verse?
00:23:54.33\00:23:56.83
Yes, we sure can.
00:23:56.87\00:23:58.27
And you can say it
along with us at home,
00:23:58.30\00:23:59.90
the words are on your screen.
00:23:59.93\00:24:01.97
"Therefore, humble yourselves,
00:24:02.00\00:24:04.51
under the mighty hand of God,
00:24:04.54\00:24:07.14
that He may
exalt you in due time,
00:24:07.18\00:24:10.51
casting all your care upon Him,
00:24:10.55\00:24:13.25
for He cares for you."
00:24:13.28\00:24:15.52
1 Peter 5:6-7.
00:24:15.55\00:24:19.25
Isn't it comforting to know
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.96
that God cares about us so much.
00:24:20.99\00:24:23.89
Jeremiah, what did you
learn about the King this week?
00:24:23.93\00:24:27.10
That God hears and
answers our prayers.
00:24:27.13\00:24:29.40
He sure does.
00:24:29.43\00:24:31.03
God never lets us down.
00:24:31.07\00:24:33.23
And God offers us the power
to not let Him down either.
00:24:33.27\00:24:37.27
Well, time flies,
00:24:37.31\00:24:38.77
and we have to say
goodbye till next Sabbath.
00:24:38.81\00:24:40.91
Ready everyone to
sing our blessing song?
00:24:40.94\00:24:43.04
May God bless you and keep you
00:24:47.65\00:24:52.75
And fill your heart with love
00:24:52.79\00:24:57.93
May God guide and protect you
00:24:57.96\00:25:03.03
And watch you from above
00:25:03.06\00:25:08.24
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:25:08.27\00:25:13.48
We greet the day of rest
00:25:13.51\00:25:18.51
The day the King of glory
00:25:18.55\00:25:23.69
Has sanctified and blessed
00:25:23.72\00:25:28.86
Goodbye, my
friend till we meet again
00:25:28.89\00:25:34.03
For another day with the King
00:25:34.06\00:25:39.47
Goodbye! Happy Sabbath!
00:25:39.50\00:25:41.84
I know Jesus loves me
because He first loved me.
00:25:50.81\00:25:53.48
I know Jesus loves me
00:25:59.99\00:26:01.32
because He's coming
to take me home with Him.
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.22
I know Jesus loves me
because He died for me.
00:26:09.23\00:26:11.83