Hello there, happy Sabbath.
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Come on in,
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we're about to
meet with the king.
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Hello, I'm Uncle Daniel,
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and we're so
happy, you can join us
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in our opening
Sabbath worship time
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and welcome to you Aunty Leah,
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and to all of
you boys and girls,
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it's so great to
have you all here
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to help us open
the Sabbath together.
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Hello, Uncle Daniel,
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I think Caleb has someone
he wants to say hello to too.
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Who is that? My grandma.
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Hello, grandma.
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Where does your grandma live?
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She lives in South Korea.
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We're glad to know
that moms and dads,
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and grandmas and granddads,
watch A Day with the King.
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When Dr. John
travels around the world,
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people of all ages
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tell him that they have learned
so much from his stories.
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Before we
commence our worship time,
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Bethany, would you
please say a prayer for us?
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Yeah.
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Dear God, thank You for Jesus,
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please teach us about
Your love this Sabbath.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Bethany.
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Aunty Leah,
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what clue to
understanding prophecy
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do you have for us today?
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Well, we've been learning
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that there are
different kinds of prophecy.
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What was the prophecy
given to Nebuchadnezzar's dream?
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Symbolic.
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Yes, Daniel had to
interpret the meaning
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of the dream.
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And who did he get that from?
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God.
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Yes, there are lots of symbols
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used in the prophetic
books of Daniel and Revelation.
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Sometimes we have to
dig deep in the Bible
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to discover the
meaning of these symbols.
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Alesha, would you
like to open our jewel box
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so we can understand
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what clue is to
understanding prophecy?
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Wow! That's pretty.
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What does that say?
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Numbers 14:34.
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All right,
Bailey, would you like
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to read that for us?
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"According to the
number of the days
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in which you spied out the land,
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forty days, for each day
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you shall bear
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your guilt one year,
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namely forty years,
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and you shall
know My rejection."
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Do you remember the
story of the Israelite spies?
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He spied out the Land of Canaan.
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They saw how good it was,
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but they brought back
a discouraging report.
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Because of their lack of faith,
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God send them the
message that we have just read.
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God said that for each day
they were spying in the land,
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they would have to
wander in the wilderness
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one more year.
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The spies searched
out the land for 40 days,
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so how many
years does the text say
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they had to wander for?
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Forty.
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Yes, and that's
exactly what happened.
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So one day in prophecy
equals one year in real time.
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Later in our Bible study
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we will need to
use this prophetic day
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for a year rule
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in order to
understand today's story.
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Let's have some practice?
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What does one day in
prophecy represent in real time?
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One year.
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So how many would
two prophetic days be?
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Two years.
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And how long would
three prophetic days be?
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Three years.
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And how long would
seven prophetic days be?
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Seven years.
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Good, there's another
word used in the Bible
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to describe a year.
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Alesha, would you like
to get that out of our box
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and tell us what it says?
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Time.
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We know it by
comparing Daniel 7:25
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with Revelation 12:6
that time means one year
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and times refers to two years,
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three times
refers to three years.
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Do you want to guess
how many seven times means?
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Seven years.
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Excellent.
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So remember, a day in
prophecy represents a year.
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Prophecy may seem mysterious
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to those who
don't study the Bible,
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but God has revealed
the secrets of prophecy
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including the
meaning of prophetic time.
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Thanks, Aunty Leah.
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Now it's time for Braedan,
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but we don't have to wait
it a whole year to see him.
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He's here right now.
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Good to have you
with us again, Braedan.
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Well, Uncle Daniel, it's
good to be back with you all.
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Let's start
with the Sabbath song
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called "Remember the Sabbath."
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Looking forward, looking back
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We're going to keep on track
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Looking forward, looking back
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We're gonna keep on track
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Looking forward to salvation
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Looking back on God's creation
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We'll remember we're to keep
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God's Sabbath holy
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Looking forward, looking back
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We're gonna keep on track
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Looking forward, looking back
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We're gonna keep on track
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Looking forward to salvation
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Looking back on God's creation
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We will worship our
Redeemer every Sabbath.
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Braedan, can we please
sing "God is my best friend."
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Absolutely, we can, I
really, really love this song.
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Let's sing it together.
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My very best
friend is God on high
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He never lets me down
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God gives me all I need and more
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His blessings all abound
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God of mercy, God of love,
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God of earth and heav'n above
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He is so good to me
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God is my best Friend
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I trust in Him
who made our world
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With beauty and with order
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He listens when I talk to him
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I'm like His son or daughter
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God is faithful, God is true
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He'll deliver me and you
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He is so good to me
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God is my best Friend
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Braedan, can we
please sing "By My Spirit."
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We certainly can,
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and this song
is based on a verse
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we're about to look
at in our Bible study.
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Let's sing it together.
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Not by might, no, not by power
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But by My Spirit
says the Lord to me
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Not by might, no, not by power
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But by My Spirit
you'll have victory
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Thanks, Braedan, I
like singing Bible songs.
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I think Dr. John
has a story for us now.
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Hello, boys and girls,
I'm Dr. John and welcome back,
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and welcome to
all the boys and girls
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around the world
who are watching.
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A little girl, called Yang Yun
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she had to be Chinese.
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She lived in
China, and she grew,
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she learned to swim
and she loved animals,
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and she wanted to have a job,
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where she could swim
and swim with animals.
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And she heard
that there was a job
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at the animal park,
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and she went and applied.
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And they said,
"Well, you're pretty small
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and you got to
swim in cold water
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and you are
swimming with whales."
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Hmm, but we have
to give you a test,
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and the test is you gonna
get into a tank of cold water,
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and you got to go
right to the bottom
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above five or six meters
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and you must stay
there and hold your breath
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and the whale will be there.
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We don't think
it's going to hurt you.
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Are you prepared to do that?
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Yes, well, the problem was
she lived in the town of Harbin
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in Northern China
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and it is one of
the coldest places
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in the whole world
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and this is the weather
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as we look at it
in Harbin, it is what?
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You tell me. Minus 31 degrees.
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Minus 31 degrees,
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and she has to swim in the tank.
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She jumped in took a deep breath
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and she went down, and down,
and down, and down, and down
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until her feet
touched the bottom
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and swimming
around her was a whale
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and its name was Mila.
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She was watching Mila
and Mila was watching her,
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and then she said,
"I got to go to the top?
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I got to breathe?"
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And as she tried to push up,
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the cold was so great,
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she got cramps in her legs
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and she couldn't swim
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and she
thought, I'll be drowned.
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I'm not gonna drown with a whale
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and just as she
was going unconscious,
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she felt the whale's
jaw come around her legs
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and she thought I'm
gonna die of drowning,
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I'm gonna die of cold
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and I'm gonna
die inside a whale.
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Now whales have very big teeth,
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you wouldn't
want that to bite you,
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that is a whale's tooth
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and they are very, very strong,
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you know, and as it took her,
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it held it
gently and it pushed her
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all the way to the top.
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Well, that's what
it sort of look like
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and the whale, it
was called a beluga whale
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and that is a picture of Mila.
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You know,
something about this whale.
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It is the only
creature in the world
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that God has made
with muscles to smile.
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I know dogs can look
as though they're smiling,
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but they haven't got the muscles
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that the beluga whale
is actually quite gentle.
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And, you know, it pushed
her all the way to the top
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holding her in his mouth
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and she was almost unconscious
as she came to the surface,
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took a deep breath
and they pulled her out.
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After she recovered they
said, "You have got the job,
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because you were brave
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and you have
entered the cold water."
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You know, in our Bible study
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that you will be studying later,
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Daniel will be in a den of lions
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and God closed their mouths.
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God even uses wild
animals to protect us.
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I heard of a man once
who decided to be Daniel,
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and he climbed
into the lion's den
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and he didn't have
these angels with him
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and the lions
had an early lunch.
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But God used a
lion to save Daniel,
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shut their mouths
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and he used a
beluga whale called Mila
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to save Yang Yun.
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Isn't that a beautiful story?
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Thank you.
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Welcome to our Bible study,
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it's often said that
truth is stranger than fiction,
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and that's certainly
the case in today's story.
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But before we begin,
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Caleb, would you please
offer a prayer to ask God
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to be with us as
we study our Bible.
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Sure.
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Dear God, please be with us
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and the children
who are watching,
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as we learn more about You,
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please send Your Holy
Spirit to help us understand
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what we read, in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Thank you, Caleb.
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Jeremiah, what did
we study last week?
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That God saved the three Hebrews
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from the fiery furnace.
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Yes, He Sure did.
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They were
promoted in the kingdom
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for their
faithfulness, won't they?
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Today our story begins
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in the Book of Daniel Chapter 4.
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King Nebuchadnezzar
write this chapter,
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he's telling his own story.
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His kingdom flourished
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until the golden city of Babylon
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became one of the
wonders of the world.
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But overtime he slipped
back to his proud arrogant ways.
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He forgot God and once again
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believed that all his
fabulous wealth and prosperity
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was by his own clever doing.
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So God in His mercy
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sent
Nebuchadnezzar another message.
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Well, it was more
like a wake up call.
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Bethany, can you read that
in verse 4, 5 of Chapter 4?
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"I saw a dream
which made me afraid,
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and the thoughts on my bed
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and the visions of
my head troubled me."
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King Nebuchadnezzar
called in the magicians,
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soothsayers,
astrologers and Chaldeans
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and told them the dream.
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But unsurprisingly,
they were no more use
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than the last
time he had a dream.
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Finally he called in
Daniel, the king was confident
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that Daniel could
explain the dream to him
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because he knew
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that God's Holy
Spirit was in him.
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Caleb, can you
please read verse 10, 11,
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and let's find out
about the king's dream.
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"These were the visions
of my head while on my bed,
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I was looking, and behold,
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A tree in the
midst of the earth,
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and its height was great.
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The tree grew and became strong,
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its height
reached to the heavens,
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And it could be seen to
the ends of all the earth."
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Hmm. And verse
12, 13 please, Bryce?
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"Its leaves were
lovely, its fruit abundant,
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and in it was food for all.
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The beasts of the
field found shade under it,
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the birds of the
heavens dwelt in its branches,
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And all flesh was fed from it.
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I saw in the visions of
my head while on my bed,
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and there was a watcher,
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a holy one,
coming down from heaven."
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And verse 14, please, Jireh?
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"He cried aloud and said thus,
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'Chop down the tree
and cut off its branches,
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strip off its leaves
and scatter its fruit.
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Let the beasts
get out from under it,
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and the birds
from its branches."
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And verse 15, please, Jeremiah?
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"Nevertheless leave the
stump and roots in the earth,
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bound with a band
of iron and bronze,
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in the tender
grass of the field.
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Let it be wet
with the dew of heaven,
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and let him
graze with the beasts
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on the grass of the earth."
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And verse 16, Sai?
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"Let his heart be
changed from that of a man,
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Let him be given
the heart of a beast,
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And let seven
times pass over him."
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And verse 17,
please, Aunty Leah?
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"This decision is by
the decree of the watchers,
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and the sentence by
the word of the holy ones,
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in order that
the living may know
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that the Most High
rules in the kingdom of men,
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Gives it to whomever He will,
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and sets over it
the lowest of men."
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The image of the king's dream
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that we studied
in Daniel Chapter 2
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told the king that
it is God who declares
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or allows someone to rule.
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But Nebuchadnezzar
clearly needed reminding.
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Daniel was horrified at
the meaning of the dream.
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It was a prophecy, a
prediction about the future.
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Daniel began his interpretation
by informing the king
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that the dream was
from the Most High God.
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Daniel faithfully explained
that the huge strong tree
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represented Nebuchadnezzar
and his vast dominions
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and that the
holy watcher was God.
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Verse 23 says, "Let him graze
with the beasts of the field,
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till seven times pass over him."
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So the tree
represented a person,
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the king himself.
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Bethany, please read verse 25,
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where Daniel tells the
king what will happen to him?
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"They shall drive you from men,
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your dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field,
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and they shall make
you eat grass like oxen.
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They shall wet you
with the dew of heaven,
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and seven times
shall pass over you,
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till you know that the Most High
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rules in the kingdom of men,
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and gives it to
whomever He chooses."
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It doesn't sound like
all the luxury of the palace
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with fancy palace food,
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seems like a tough
way to learn a lesson,
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but sometimes
that's the only way
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a loving God can get through
to stubborn prayed hearts.
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Now, seven times
in prophetic language
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means how long?
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Seven years. Seven years.
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Yes, there is
some comfort in this
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otherwise terrible
judgment on the king.
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Caleb, would you
please read verse 26?
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Sure, "And in as much
as they gave the command
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to leave the stump
and roots of the tree,
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your kingdom
shall be assured to you,
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after you come to
know that Heaven rules."
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Daniel begged the king to
turn from his wicked ways,
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in the hope that God
would hold back His judgment.
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Bryce, please read verse 27.
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"Therefore, O
king, let my advice
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be acceptable to you,
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break off your sins
by being righteousness,
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and your iniquities by
showing mercy to the poor.
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Perhaps there
may be a lengthening
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of your prosperity."
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Jireh, would you please read
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what our torchlight
Mrs. White's writings
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in Prophets and Kings,
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page 519 shines on this?
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"For a time
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the impression of the warning
and the counsel of the prophet
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was strong upon Nebuchadnezzar,
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but the heart
that is not transformed
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by the grace of God
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soon loses the
impressions of the Holy Spirit.
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Self-indulgence and ambition
had not yet been eradicated
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from the king's heart,
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and later on
these traits reappeared.
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Hardening his heart,
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he used his God-given
talents for self-glorification,
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exalting himself above the God
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who had given
him life and power."
00:19:34.50\00:19:37.74
Yes, God gave King
Nebuchadnezzar a full year
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to change his ways.
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How patient is God.
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Then one day
the king was walking
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about the royal palace
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admiring the amazing gold
00:19:50.29\00:19:52.19
and colored
buildings and arch wise
00:19:52.22\00:19:54.36
and the
magnificent hanging gardens
00:19:54.39\00:19:56.89
which was one of the
wonders of the ancient world.
00:19:56.93\00:19:59.79
Babylon was a spectacular city,
00:19:59.83\00:20:02.13
for the boys and
girls who watch us in Europe
00:20:02.16\00:20:04.47
perhaps one day you
could get your mom and dad
00:20:04.50\00:20:06.74
to take you to the
Pergamon Museum building
00:20:06.77\00:20:10.07
in Germany,
00:20:10.11\00:20:11.44
there you can see one
of the beautiful blue gates
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from the city of Babylon.
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Let's see what King
Nebuchadnezzar says.
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Jeremiah, can you
please read verse 30?
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"Is not this great Babylon,
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that I have built
for a royal dwelling
00:20:26.72\00:20:29.36
by my mighty power
00:20:29.39\00:20:30.76
and for the
honor of my majesty?"
00:20:30.79\00:20:33.50
What happen next?
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Sai, can you
please read verse 31?
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"While the word was
still in the king's mouth,
00:20:38.47\00:20:41.40
a voice fell from
heaven, King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:20:41.44\00:20:45.17
to you it is spoken,
00:20:45.21\00:20:46.78
the kingdom has
departed from you!"
00:20:46.81\00:20:50.01
That prophecy was
fulfilled that very hour,
00:20:50.05\00:20:53.21
let's read about it.
00:20:53.25\00:20:54.58
Thanks, Aunty Leah.
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Verse 32 says,
00:20:56.02\00:20:57.49
"And they shall
drive you from men,
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.49
and your dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field.
00:20:59.52\00:21:02.22
They shall make you
eat grass like oxen,
00:21:02.26\00:21:04.83
and seven times
shall pass over you,
00:21:04.86\00:21:07.20
until you know
that the Most High rules
00:21:07.23\00:21:09.70
in the kingdom of men,
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.07
and gives it to
whomever He chooses."
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.57
And verse 33 says,
00:21:13.60\00:21:15.54
"He was driven from men
and ate grass like oxen,
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his body was wet
with the dew of heaven
00:21:18.97\00:21:21.84
till his hair had
grown like eagles' feathers
00:21:21.88\00:21:24.51
and his nails
like birds' claws."
00:21:24.55\00:21:27.48
The king became a
weird looking tragic sight.
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He was humbled
before the whole world.
00:21:32.62\00:21:35.19
After seven
years of eating grass
00:21:35.22\00:21:37.36
and crawling
around on all fours,
00:21:37.39\00:21:40.03
he had learned the lesson
taught in our memory verse.
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Let's all turn
to the second part
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of 1 Peter 5:5.
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Are we ready?
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All right let's read.
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"And be clothed with humility,
for 'God resists the proud,
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but gives grace to the humble.'"
00:21:58.78\00:22:01.68
King Nebuchadnezzar's reason
returned after seven years,
00:22:01.72\00:22:06.55
he blessed and praised God.
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.22
God restored the
kingdom to Nebuchadnezzar
00:22:09.26\00:22:12.19
and he became
greater than ever before,
00:22:12.23\00:22:14.70
but this time he
gave God the credit
00:22:14.73\00:22:17.13
for all his prosperity.
00:22:17.17\00:22:18.83
He also acknowledge that
God was the superior ruler,
00:22:18.87\00:22:22.34
the king of an
everlasting kingdom
00:22:22.37\00:22:24.81
whose ways are true and just.
00:22:24.84\00:22:27.24
Finally converted in his heart,
00:22:27.28\00:22:29.11
King Nebuchadnezzar
lived the rest of his life
00:22:29.14\00:22:31.68
giving unreserved
glory and honor to God.
00:22:31.71\00:22:35.18
I hope you have been downloading
00:22:35.22\00:22:36.69
our devotionals each week.
00:22:36.72\00:22:38.55
So you can review our story
00:22:38.59\00:22:40.36
and try the activities
that go along with it.
00:22:40.39\00:22:43.22
If you haven't
done so yet, here's how.
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What do you want?
00:22:50.60\00:22:52.10
You bored?
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Yes.
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Look what I got.
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Whoa!
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Look at that. Cool.
00:22:59.87\00:23:01.64
Where did you get these?
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adaywiththeking.com.
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Thanks, Matthew and Caleigh.
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Uncle Daniel, what are we
going to learn about next week?
00:23:09.62\00:23:12.65
Well, next week we
are going to looking
00:23:12.69\00:23:14.49
on a very grand
luxurious royal party
00:23:14.52\00:23:17.46
that went horribly wrong.
00:23:17.49\00:23:19.83
So don't forget to join us
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.20
and make sure you
have your Bibles with you.
00:23:21.23\00:23:23.67
Let's go upon our memory verse,
you can say along with us.
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"And be clothed with humility,
for God resists the proud,
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but gives grace to the humble."
00:23:33.21\00:23:35.74
1 Peter 5:5.
00:23:35.78\00:23:39.05
It pays to be humble.
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.82
You know that Proverb says,
"Pride goes before a fall."
00:23:40.85\00:23:44.82
Alesha, what did you
learn about the king today?
00:23:44.85\00:23:48.42
If I do things God's way,
I can avoid a lot of trouble.
00:23:48.46\00:23:52.73
You know, that is so true.
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.03
God wants to help
us, have a happy life
00:23:55.06\00:23:58.00
and we're the happiest
when we're serving others
00:23:58.03\00:24:00.60
and not just
thinking about ourselves
00:24:00.64\00:24:02.10
and how good that
we are at something.
00:24:02.14\00:24:04.51
Uncle Daniel, is it
time for our blessing song?
00:24:04.54\00:24:08.01
Yes, it is
00:24:08.04\00:24:09.38
and we would love to
have you sing along with us.
00:24:09.41\00:24:13.42
May God bless you and keep you
00:24:17.32\00:24:22.29
And fill your heart with love
00:24:22.32\00:24:27.40
May God guide and protect you
00:24:27.43\00:24:32.50
And watch you from above
00:24:32.53\00:24:37.71
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:24:37.74\00:24:42.84
We greet the day of rest
00:24:42.88\00:24:47.98
The day the king of glory
00:24:48.02\00:24:53.12
Has sanctified and blessed
00:24:53.15\00:24:58.39
Good bye my friend
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.80
Till we meet again
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.40
For another day with the king
00:25:03.43\00:25:08.60
Goodbye.
00:25:08.64\00:25:09.97
Happy Sabbath.
00:25:10.01\00:25:12.21
I know Jesus loves me
because He's blessed me
00:25:20.88\00:25:23.05
with amazing family and friends.
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.72
I know Jesus loves me
00:25:29.92\00:25:31.26
because He keeps me
safe from day to day.
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.33
I know Jesus loves me
because He gave me animals.
00:25:39.13\00:25:41.84