Hello there, happy Sabbath.
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Come on in, we're
about to meet with the king.
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Hello, I'm Aunty Leah.
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And we're looking
forward to another Sabbath
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where we can put
aside all our work and play
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and spend
special time with Jesus.
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Thank you so much
for joining us at home.
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We love to have your company,
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and it's always good
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to have you here
with us, Uncle Daniel,
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as well as each of our boys
and girls who worship with us.
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Thank you, Aunty Leah.
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It's always
wonderful to be here in
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and share our
worship time together.
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Now, I'm just wondering,
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does anyone have a blessing
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that they would
like to share with us?
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I have.
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Thank you, Jireh. What is it?
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Well, my friend recently
started coming to church
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and her parents
aren't Christians.
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Wow, that's
incredible. Praise God for that.
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Before we begin
our worship time,
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who wants to invite the
Holy Spirit to guide us?
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I will. Thanks, Jireh.
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Dear Lord,
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thank You for keeping
us safe during the week.
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Please send Your
Holy Spirit to guide us
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during our worship
time, in Jesus' name, amen.
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Thanks, Jireh.
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We had quite an adventure
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finding out all about
King Nebuchadnezzar's dream
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in last week's
Bible study, didn't we?
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I love the Book of Daniel,
it's an exciting treasure hunt.
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The great thing
about the mysterious dream
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in Daniel Chapter 2
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is that God told
Daniel what the dream meant.
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So it's easy for us
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to solve the puzzle
of the symbols used.
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Let's find a
Bible gem that explains
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why Daniel was able
to reveal the prophecy
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and its interpretation
to King Nebuchadnezzar.
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Janina, would you
like to open our jewel box
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and get our Bible gemstone.
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Wow, isn't that pretty.
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What does that
gemstone represent?
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2 Peter 2:21.
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Sai, would you
like to read that?
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"For prophecy never
came by the will of man,
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but holy men of God
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spoke as they were
moved by the Holy Spirit."
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Thanks, Sai.
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This Bible gem reveals
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that every word
written by the prophets
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was inspired by God.
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We know Daniel's
prophetic interpretation
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of the king's
dream was inspired by God
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because over two and a
half thousand years of history
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has proven Daniel's
prophetic interpretation
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to be correct in
every single detail.
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Only God could predict
that far ahead accurately.
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Do you remember what
the head was made of?
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Gold.
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What kingdom
had gold everywhere?
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Babylon.
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And what were the
chest and arms made of?
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Silver.
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That represented the
Medo-Persian kingdom.
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What were the
belly and thighs made of?
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Bronze.
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Who were known
for the bronze armor
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on their soldiers?
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Greeks.
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That's it.
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Now the strong legs
of iron, who were they?
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The Romans. Yes.
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And finally,
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the feet mixed
with iron and clay
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represented the nations
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that now
represent modern Europe.
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Then, this symbolic man
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was destroyed by
stone cut out without hands.
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Who did the stone represent?
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Jesus.
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Yes, Jesus, that's it.
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He's going to put an
end to all the fighting,
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destruction and
struggle for power
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and set up his
everlasting kingdom of love.
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And He wants to us to
share that kingdom with Him.
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In our Bible study today,
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we'll discover
that King Nebuchadnezzar
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didn't like the idea
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of someone
taking over his kingdom,
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so he tried to defy God.
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But God is always in control.
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What is our
hidden message, Janina?
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"Fulfilled prophecies
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prove that God's
promises always come true."
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Thanks, Janina.
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That's so good news for us,
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especially when we are
going through some hard times
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and we're struggling,
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and things seem
beyond our control.
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Let's remember,
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we can always
trust God's promises
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to help deliver us
out of difficulties
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as we'll learn later.
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Thank you, Aunty Leah.
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Knowing what is going
to happen in the future
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helps us to get ready
for Jesus' soon return.
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Uncle Daniel, Braedan is here.
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So he is.
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Welcome, Braedan,
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it's always good to
have you here with us.
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Hi, thanks, Uncle Daniel.
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Guys, it's really good to
be back with you guys again.
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Does anyone know this song,
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"Anywhere with Jesus." Yes.
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You all know it? You know it.
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You're about to learn in
your upcoming Bible study
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that it's always
safe to be with Jesus.
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Let's sing this song together.
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Anywhere He leads
me in this world below
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Anywhere without Him
Dearest joys would fade
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Anywhere with
Jesus I am not afraid
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Anywhere,
anywhere Fear I cannot know
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Anywhere with
Jesus I can safely go
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Braedan, can we please sing
the King has a treasure house?
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We can and this is actually
one of my favorite songs.
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The King has a
treasure house of promises
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Gifts from heaven above
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In His world are
many, many promises
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Offered us in love
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God gives us courage to repent
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And turn away from every sin
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He gives us
wisdom faith and trust
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And power to follow Him
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The King has a
treasure house of promises
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Promises for you and me
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In His word are
many, many promises
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To give us the victory
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To give us the victory
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Victory!
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Braedan, can we
please sing the seventh
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is the Sabbath of the Lord.
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That's a really big
name for a song, isn't it?
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Let's sing it together.
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One, two, three,
four, five, six days a week
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God gave to us for work and play
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One, two, three,
four, five, six days He made
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Then rested on the seventh day
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God invites us all to join
Him On the seventh day of rest
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For He called
that day the Sabbath
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And He promised we'd be blessed
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One, two, three,
four, five, six days for us
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The seventh is the
Sabbath of the Lord Amen!
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Thanks for
singing with us, Braedan.
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It's story time
again, we talk to John.
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Hello, boys and
girls, I am Dr. John,
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and it's so wonderful
to see your happy faces.
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And I'm looking
at the boys and girls
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right around the world,
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and I'm glad that
you're with us too.
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I will tell you about Dr.
Harry and his seasickness.
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He lived in America,
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and he decided to go
to China as a missionary.
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He'd never been on a boat before
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and he got so seasick.
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He did nothing but
vomit for three weeks.
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And when he got to
Japan, he was so weak,
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and he went to a
cook and he said,
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"I've got just a thing for you."
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And he got out this
strange looking stuff
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that Dr. Miller
had never seen before.
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You know what that's called?
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Tofu.
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And it doesn't
taste much by itself
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but if you fry it and
put vegetables with it,
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it is very nice he said.
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How did you make that?
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Oh, that's made
from the soya bean.
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Really!
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It's very good.
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And so he went to China
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and he never forgot
the soya bean and the tofu.
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And when he got
to China as doctor,
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he saw the saddest sight,
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he saw little
babies dying all the time
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because they were orphans
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and they didn't
have mother's milk.
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He decided,
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I need to invent
something and somebody said,
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"You can actually
make milk from soya beans."
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Really!
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So he got some
and he boiled them up
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and he strained it up
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but, you know, soya
bean has a very bitter taste
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and it took him
a long, long time
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until he found a way
of doing without boiling,
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but using steam.
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And you know,
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Dr. Miller came to my
house, when I was little.
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That's what he looked
like when he went to China.
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And he thought, I need
to look like a Chinese.
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And all the Chinese men,
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you can't see it there
that they had pigtails,
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they call them a queue.
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And he thought,
I better have one.
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That's gonna
take a long, long time
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so he got some hair,
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he said to his wife, sew
it to the back of my hat,
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I'll put it on
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and I will look just like
a Chinese man with my queue.
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And he wore that for a
little while until one day
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the dreadful accident happened.
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He went in front of a
very important Chinese,
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and the Chinese was impressed
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that Dr. Miller
was wearing a queue,
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and as Dr. Miller walked in,
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the door slammed
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and he kept walking,
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and everybody laughed at him.
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He didn't have a queue.
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And so after that,
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he decided that he
would grow his own hair
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and when he went back to
America many years later,
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they were so
amazed at his long hair
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except he used to have
to curl it up inside his hat
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and wear it like that so
they wouldn't laugh at him.
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But, you know,
he came to my house
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and he borrowed my
mother's sewing machine
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and he made up a bag,
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and he put soya beans in it
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and he steamed
them and then he said,
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"I want your washing machine."
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Oh, no, let me do
the washing for you.
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No, no, no, he
put the soya beans in
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and he spun that and out it came
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and it was beautiful milk,
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and I've got here
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a glass of soy milk
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invented by Dr. Harry Miller.
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He saved so many lives.
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He said, "People will be good
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if they eat the right food."
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And in the Bible,
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there were these four young men
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who said they would not eat
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the filthy food
of the Babylonians.
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They used to have whole
dishes of humming bird tongues,
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and goats, and pigs, and birds
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and they said we
will eat healthy,
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just like Dr. Miller
did so many years later.
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And the world owes
Dr. Miller a big debt.
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He saved the lives
of millions of babies
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because he invented soy milk.
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Thank you, boys and girls.
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Welcome to our Bible study time,
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isn't it exciting to learn about
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amazing people like Daniel?
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I hope you're
ready to read along
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as we set off on
our next adventure.
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Bethany, would you please
say a prayer for us to begin?
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Dear Father,
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thank You for all
the stories in the Bible.
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Please help us
to learn from them,
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and please bless the
children who are joining us.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Thanks, Bethany.
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Our story today
begins in Daniel 3.
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King Nebuchadnezzar, the
most powerful king on earth
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gets to thinking about Daniel's
interpretation of his dream.
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He is not fussed on the idea
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that anyone should
take over his kingdom,
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not ever.
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So he tries to
assert his iron authority
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above God's authority.
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Bethany, could you please read
verse 1 of Daniel Chapter 3.
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"Nebuchadnezzar the
king made an image of gold,
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whose height was sixty
cubits and its width six cubits.
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He set it up in
the plain of Dura,
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in the province of Babylon."
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In our measurements,
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this golden statue was gigantic
and unbelievably expensive.
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It stood about 30 meters tall,
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as tall as a 10 storey
building and 3 meters wide.
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That's nearly a 100
feet tall and 10 feet wide,
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on top of a pedestal base
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it could be seen for
kilometers or miles around.
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The image of gold from the head
right down to the feet and toes
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was designed to
send a clear message
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that King
Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest.
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He wanted his
kingdom to rule forever
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and just to
reinforce his message,
00:14:03.34\00:14:05.01
he ordered all the
princes and important people
00:14:05.04\00:14:08.01
throughout the
lands he controlled,
00:14:08.04\00:14:10.01
to come and
worship the golden image.
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When the large throng
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was gathered on
the Plain of Dura,
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a herald
announced the king's command
00:14:16.22\00:14:18.32
to bow down and
worship the gold image.
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And if anyone refused
to obey the kings command,
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what would happen to them?
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Well Caleb, could
you please read verse 6?
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"And whoever does
not fall down and worship
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shall be cast
immediately into the midst
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of a burning fiery furnace."
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Does that sound like
forced worship to you?
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Yes!
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Yes, I think so.
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Verse 7 tells us that
the sound of the horn,
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flute, harp and lyre
with all kinds of music
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all the people,
nations and languages fell down
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and worshiped King
Nebuchadnezzar's golden image.
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That is everyone
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except Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
00:15:04.30\00:15:08.17
Now some of the Chaldeans,
00:15:08.20\00:15:09.90
the so-called wise men
00:15:09.94\00:15:11.81
were jealous of
the ruling positions
00:15:11.84\00:15:13.84
given to Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
00:15:13.88\00:15:16.95
They thought this was
the perfect opportunity
00:15:16.98\00:15:19.31
to get rid of them,
00:15:19.35\00:15:20.68
so they dobbed
them into the king
00:15:20.72\00:15:22.65
for not bowing down
to the golden image.
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How's that for gratitude?
00:15:25.39\00:15:27.16
These were the
men whose lives Daniel
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saved by telling the
king about the dream.
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Anyway,
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what did the
Chaldeans tell the king
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about Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego?
00:15:35.40\00:15:37.97
Jireh would you
please read verse 12?
00:15:38.00\00:15:40.37
"These men, O king,
00:15:43.71\00:15:45.04
have not paid due regard to you.
00:15:45.07\00:15:47.21
They do not serve your
gods or worship the golden image
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which you have set up."
00:15:50.81\00:15:52.25
Yes, King
Nebuchadnezzar was furious.
00:15:52.28\00:15:55.98
He could hardly believe
anyone would defy his orders,
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let alone Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.
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These men had proven to
be reliable and trustworthy
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in overseeing the
affairs of Babylon,
00:16:06.29\00:16:09.06
so the king commanded
that they be brought to him
00:16:09.10\00:16:11.93
and he offered
them a second chance
00:16:11.97\00:16:14.70
but with a warning.
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Chemiah, could you please
read the last half of verse 15?
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"But if you do not worship,
you shall be cast immediately
00:16:21.68\00:16:26.21
into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace.
00:16:26.25\00:16:29.02
And who is the god
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who will deliver
you from my hands?"
00:16:30.42\00:16:33.62
With those last words,
00:16:33.66\00:16:35.72
King Nebuchadnezzar
invited a cosmic showdown.
00:16:35.76\00:16:39.73
The issue was
over forced worship
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and false worship,
00:16:42.56\00:16:44.63
neither of which God approves.
00:16:44.67\00:16:46.87
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
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let the king know
00:16:49.34\00:16:50.71
that they were not
obliged to defend their actions.
00:16:50.74\00:16:54.14
The king was already
well aware of the powerful God
00:16:54.18\00:16:57.48
these men served.
00:16:57.51\00:16:58.88
They went on to say
these words in verse 17 and 18.
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Thanks, Jeremiah.
00:17:02.98\00:17:04.55
"If that is the case,
00:17:04.59\00:17:06.82
our God whom we
serve is able to deliver us
00:17:06.86\00:17:10.09
from the burning fiery furnace,
00:17:10.13\00:17:11.99
and He will deliver us
from your hand, O king.
00:17:12.03\00:17:15.26
But if not, let it
be known to you, O king,
00:17:15.30\00:17:18.00
that we do not serve your gods,
00:17:18.03\00:17:20.30
nor will we
worship the gold image
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which you have set up."
00:17:23.61\00:17:25.47
Well, they couldn't have
made it any clearer than that,
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could they?
00:17:28.71\00:17:30.05
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
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resolved to worship
00:17:32.48\00:17:33.82
the true living
God and Him only.
00:17:33.85\00:17:37.39
They would have been
aware of God's promises
00:17:37.42\00:17:39.85
to his faithful
servants in Isaiah 43:2.
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Let's read the
last part together
00:17:44.46\00:17:46.83
as our memory verse.
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Okay, let's read it.
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"When you walk through the fire,
00:17:51.37\00:17:54.04
you shall not be burned,
00:17:54.07\00:17:56.24
nor shall the flame scorch you."
00:17:56.27\00:18:00.31
Amen.
00:18:00.34\00:18:01.68
This promise must
have given them courage
00:18:01.71\00:18:04.31
to stand true for God,
00:18:04.35\00:18:07.08
but they were also
prepared to give up their lives
00:18:07.12\00:18:10.69
rather than dishonor God.
00:18:10.72\00:18:12.55
If God's plan did not include
delivering them from the fire.
00:18:12.59\00:18:17.03
Nebuchadnezzar had
no power to convince
00:18:17.06\00:18:19.23
or force these
God fearing young man
00:18:19.26\00:18:21.63
to worship his golden image.
00:18:21.66\00:18:24.00
When he
couldn't get his own way,
00:18:24.03\00:18:26.94
he flew into a rage
as verse 19 reveals.
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Sai, could you
please read that for us?
00:18:31.31\00:18:35.98
"He spoke and commanded
00:18:36.01\00:18:38.18
that they heat the furnace
00:18:38.21\00:18:40.32
seven times more than
it was usually heated."
00:18:40.35\00:18:44.32
Nebuchadnezzar's
mighty men of valor
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bound up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego
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with ropes and
threw them into the fire.
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Verse 23 says,
"They fell down helpless
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still bound into the midst
of the burning fiery furnace,
00:18:57.57\00:19:01.84
but the fire was so hot
00:19:01.87\00:19:04.11
that the soldiers
who threw them in,
00:19:04.14\00:19:06.14
they died instantly."
00:19:06.17\00:19:08.74
Then what happened?
00:19:08.78\00:19:10.48
Aunty Leah, could
you read verse 24?
00:19:10.51\00:19:13.68
"Then King
Nebuchadnezzar was astonished
00:19:13.72\00:19:16.69
and he rose in haste and spoke,
00:19:16.72\00:19:18.99
saying to his counselors,
00:19:19.02\00:19:20.86
'Did we not cast three men
00:19:20.89\00:19:22.69
bound into the
midst of the fire?'
00:19:22.72\00:19:25.06
They answered
and said to the king,
00:19:25.09\00:19:26.96
'True, O king.'"
00:19:27.00\00:19:28.66
Now here comes the amazing part,
00:19:28.70\00:19:31.23
what did the king see?
00:19:31.27\00:19:33.50
Bethany, can you
read that in verse 25?
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"Look he answered,
I see four men loose,
00:19:37.84\00:19:40.88
walking in the midst of the fire
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and they are not hurt,
00:19:42.91\00:19:44.25
and the form of the
fourth is like the Son of God."
00:19:44.28\00:19:47.08
Notice the ropes
that bound the men
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had burnt off
00:19:48.98\00:19:50.32
and they were moving
around freely in the flames.
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Aunty Leah, you have a
picture to show us this.
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Who do you think the
man in the middle is?
00:19:58.69\00:20:02.30
Jesus! Jesus.
00:20:02.33\00:20:04.30
Yes, then the king
called to them and said,
00:20:04.33\00:20:08.67
"Servants of the most high
God, come out and come here."
00:20:08.70\00:20:13.24
So they walked out
from the midst of the fire.
00:20:13.27\00:20:15.78
Verse 27 tells us the satraps,
administrators, governors,
00:20:15.81\00:20:20.15
and the king's
counselors gathered together
00:20:20.18\00:20:22.65
and were watching all of this,
00:20:22.68\00:20:24.95
what did they notice?
00:20:24.99\00:20:26.62
Caleb, can you
please read verse 27?
00:20:26.65\00:20:30.83
"And they saw
these men on whose bodies
00:20:30.86\00:20:34.43
the fire had no power,
00:20:34.46\00:20:36.50
the hair of their
heads were not singed
00:20:36.53\00:20:41.04
nor were their
garments affected,
00:20:41.07\00:20:44.24
and the smell of
fire was not on them."
00:20:44.27\00:20:48.08
That's amazing,
00:20:48.11\00:20:49.44
have you ever
been near a camp fire?
00:20:49.48\00:20:51.51
Your cloths smell of
smoke when you're close, right?
00:20:51.55\00:20:55.48
Well, let's see
what our torchlight,
00:20:55.52\00:20:57.52
Mrs. White's writing
says about Shadrach, Meshach,
00:20:57.55\00:21:00.66
and Abednego in
Prophets and Kings, page 511.
00:21:00.69\00:21:04.86
Jireh, would you
please read that for us?
00:21:04.89\00:21:06.90
"And in a marvelous manner
their faith in the living Word
00:21:11.10\00:21:16.94
had been honored
in the sight of all.
00:21:16.97\00:21:19.47
The tidings of their
wonderful deliverance
00:21:19.51\00:21:21.74
were carried to many countries
00:21:21.78\00:21:23.81
by the representatives
of the different nations
00:21:23.85\00:21:29.92
that had been
invited by Nebuchadnezzar
00:21:29.95\00:21:33.49
to the dedication.
00:21:33.52\00:21:36.26
Through the
faithfulness of his children,
00:21:36.29\00:21:38.99
God was glorified
in all the earth."
00:21:39.03\00:21:42.03
Thank you.
00:21:42.06\00:21:43.40
What an outstanding
witness these men were for God.
00:21:43.43\00:21:47.04
Not even a whiff of smoke
00:21:47.07\00:21:48.80
could be smelt on their clothes.
00:21:48.84\00:21:50.91
Now, Nebuchadnezzar
00:21:50.94\00:21:52.27
changed his attitude completely.
00:21:52.31\00:21:54.71
Chemiah, can you
please read verse 28?
00:21:54.74\00:21:59.38
"Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying,
00:21:59.41\00:22:02.28
'Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
00:22:02.32\00:22:03.99
Meshach, and Abednego,
00:22:04.02\00:22:05.59
who sent His angel
and delivered His servants
00:22:05.62\00:22:10.03
who trusted in Him,
00:22:10.06\00:22:11.63
and they have
frustrated the king's word,
00:22:11.66\00:22:16.00
and yielded their bodies,
00:22:16.03\00:22:17.43
that they should not serve
00:22:17.47\00:22:19.13
nor worship any god
except their own God.'"
00:22:19.17\00:22:22.64
Yes, then what did
King Nebuchadnezzar do?
00:22:22.67\00:22:26.78
Jeremiah,
00:22:26.81\00:22:28.14
would you please read verse 29?
00:22:28.18\00:22:32.58
"Therefore I make a
decree that any people, nation,
00:22:32.61\00:22:36.15
or language which
speaks anything amiss
00:22:36.18\00:22:39.32
against the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
00:22:39.35\00:22:42.92
shall be cut in pieces,
00:22:42.96\00:22:44.76
and their houses
shall be made an ash heap,
00:22:44.79\00:22:48.46
because there is no other
God who can deliver like this."
00:22:48.50\00:22:52.37
Nebuchadnezzar
changed his mind about God,
00:22:52.40\00:22:55.37
but he still had a
few things to learn.
00:22:55.40\00:22:58.37
God never forces worship,
00:22:58.41\00:23:00.28
not even to
Himself as the true God.
00:23:00.31\00:23:03.04
He is a God of love,
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.61
He has given us complete freedom
00:23:04.65\00:23:06.45
to choose or reject Him,
00:23:06.48\00:23:08.22
but who wouldn't
want to be on God's side.
00:23:08.25\00:23:10.62
He is such a
wonderful, caring God,
00:23:10.65\00:23:13.12
who hears and
answers our prayers
00:23:13.15\00:23:15.22
and our pleas for help.
00:23:15.26\00:23:17.06
As for Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego,
00:23:17.09\00:23:19.89
the king honored
their stand for God
00:23:19.93\00:23:22.00
by giving them an even
higher promotion in Babylon.
00:23:22.03\00:23:25.83
Well, we hope you
enjoyed reading along with us.
00:23:25.87\00:23:29.34
Matthew and Caleigh
00:23:29.37\00:23:30.84
will tell you how to
get the daily devotionals
00:23:30.87\00:23:33.54
that go along with the story.
00:23:33.58\00:23:35.81
Got a pen and paper
ready to take down the details?
00:23:35.84\00:23:38.31
What do you want?
00:23:42.58\00:23:44.09
You bored?
00:23:44.12\00:23:45.45
Yes.
00:23:45.49\00:23:46.82
Look what I got.
00:23:46.86\00:23:50.29
Whoa!
00:23:50.33\00:23:51.79
Look at that. Cool.
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.70
Where did you get these?
00:23:53.73\00:23:56.20
adaywiththeking.com.
00:23:56.23\00:23:59.60
Thanks, Matthew and Caleigh.
00:23:59.63\00:24:01.14
Uncle Daniel, what are
we learning about next week?
00:24:01.17\00:24:03.57
Well, next week, we gonna
learn about a very strange
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.94
but true story
00:24:06.98\00:24:08.48
where King
Nebuchadnezzar forgot about God
00:24:08.51\00:24:11.95
and he became very
proud and boastful.
00:24:11.98\00:24:14.65
We have to wait until next week?
00:24:14.68\00:24:16.25
Yes, we do.
00:24:16.28\00:24:18.35
Aunty Leah, can we
review our memory verse?
00:24:18.39\00:24:21.09
That's a great idea, Sai.
00:24:21.12\00:24:23.06
You can learn it too,
00:24:23.09\00:24:24.43
just follow the
words on your screen
00:24:24.46\00:24:25.79
as we say it once more.
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.76
"When you walk through the fire,
00:24:27.80\00:24:30.30
you shall not be burned,
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.40
nor shall the flame scorch you."
00:24:32.43\00:24:35.17
Isaiah 43:2.
00:24:35.20\00:24:38.64
God is always there
to protect us from harm,
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.41
even when things
look pretty scary.
00:24:41.44\00:24:44.11
Jeremiah,
00:24:44.15\00:24:45.48
what did you learn
about the King this week?
00:24:45.51\00:24:47.32
That Jesus is always with us,
00:24:47.35\00:24:49.88
even when we can't see Him.
00:24:49.92\00:24:51.99
He sure is.
00:24:52.02\00:24:53.42
He hears us when we talk to Him,
00:24:53.46\00:24:55.59
and if we listen very carefully,
00:24:55.62\00:24:58.59
His voice is guiding
us through our conscience
00:24:58.63\00:25:01.60
and through His Word, the Bible.
00:25:01.63\00:25:04.20
Aunty Leah,
00:25:04.23\00:25:06.00
is it time for
our blessing song?
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.30
Yes, it is Janina.
00:25:08.34\00:25:10.01
Are you guys ready to sing it?
00:25:10.04\00:25:11.87
Yes.
00:25:11.91\00:25:13.24
May God bless you and give you
00:25:17.51\00:25:22.58
And fill your heart with love
00:25:22.62\00:25:27.79
May God guide and protect you
00:25:27.82\00:25:32.93
And watch you from above
00:25:32.96\00:25:38.00
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:25:38.03\00:25:43.20
We greet the day of rest
00:25:43.24\00:25:48.34
The day that King of glory
00:25:48.38\00:25:53.45
Has sanctified and blessed
00:25:53.48\00:25:58.65
Goodbye my friend
till we meet again
00:25:58.69\00:26:03.79
For another Day with the King
00:26:03.83\00:26:09.10
Goodbye.
00:26:09.13\00:26:10.47
Happy Sabbath.
00:26:10.50\00:26:11.83
I know Jesus loves me
because He first loved me.
00:26:20.74\00:26:23.38
I know Jesus loves me
00:26:30.12\00:26:31.45
because He's coming
to take me home with Him.
00:26:31.49\00:26:33.09
I know Jesus loves me
because He died for me.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.80