Hello there, happy Sabbath.
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Come on in, we're
about to meet with the King.
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Welcome to our lounge room
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at the commencement
of another Sabbath day.
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I'm Aunty Leah
and we're so pleased
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to have Uncle
Daniel with us too.
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Hello, Aunty Leah.
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Hi, Uncle Daniel.
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And hello to each
one of you here with us.
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I love the way you help
out with our worship time.
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Hello!
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Is there anyone else
you'd like to say hello to?
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I would. Who's that?
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I want to say hello
to my friend Talitha.
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She lives in Beaudesert
in Queensland, Australia.
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Hello, Talitha!
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Bryce, would you
please say a prayer for us
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to invite Jesus to be
with us today as we worship?
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Dear, Lord, thank You
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for keeping us safe this week.
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Please be with us
now in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Bryce.
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Aunty Leah,
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what clue to Bible prophecy
do you have for us today?
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Well, last week we
learned about prophetic time.
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Our jewel box
contains another Bible gem
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about prophetic time.
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Who would like to find that?
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I would.
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Wow!
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What does that
lovely gemstone represent?
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Ezekiel 4:6.
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In this text, God
tells to Prophet Ezekiel
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to lie on his side
for a set amount of time
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as a symbol of
what God is going to do
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to rebellious Israelites.
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Chemiah, would you
please read that for us?
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Sure.
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"Lie again on your right side,
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then you shall bear
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the iniquity of the
house of Judah forty days.
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I have laid on you
a day for each year."
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Thank you.
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Like our verse last week,
God uses a day in prophecy
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to represent one
literal or one calendar year.
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We need to work out
some more time prophecies
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which we'll use
in the weeks ahead.
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How long does one day
in prophecy represent?
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One year!
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If a prophecy
talked about seven days,
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how long would that be?
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Seven years!
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Yes.
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If a prophecy
talked about one week
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in prophetic time,
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how many literal
years would that equal?
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Seven years! Yes.
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Because one week
equals seven days.
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If the Bible talked
about the middle of the week,
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it would be talking about
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halfway through the week, right?
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So what is half of seven?
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Three and a half!
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If a prophecy talks
about three and a half days,
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how many years is it
referring to in real time?
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Three and a half years!
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Very good.
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We're going to
learn about a prophecy
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that is 70 weeks long.
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Wow!
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That's 70 times
7, which is 490 days.
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So 490 prophetic
days is how many years?
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Four hundred and ninety years!
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Excellent, guys. Good work.
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In a few weeks time
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these clues will
help us to understand
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a beautiful
prophecy about Jesus.
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Meanwhile, in
today's Bible story,
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we'll learn about another
mysterious prophetic message.
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I can't wait to
find out more about that.
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So remember, the
Bible explains itself.
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Jeremiah, what clue do
we have in our jewel box
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to help us
understand symbolic prophecies?
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Dig deep.
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So we don't need to go
outside the Bible to understand
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what the Bible has to say.
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We have to dig deep
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into different
parts of scripture
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to find out the
meaning of some symbols.
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It's gonna be a
wonderful journey of discovery.
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It's the best treasure
hunt you'll ever go on.
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We don't even have
to be good at maths
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to understand time prophecies.
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One day equals one year.
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That's pretty simple, isn't it?
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Uncle Daniel, Braedan's here.
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You're right. Braedan, welcome.
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Thanks, Uncle Daniel.
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I'm so glad that
it's a Sabbath once again.
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We've actually
got a brand new song
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that's called "This is
the day the Lord has made."
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It's a Sabbath song.
Let's sing it together.
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This is the day
the Lord has made
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He calls this day His own
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Let us be glad, and welcome Him
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This Sabbath to our home
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Let us be glad and welcome Him
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This Sabbath to our home
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Braedan, can we sing
"Books of the Bible?"
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Ooh, wow!
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That's a challenging
one, but we'll give it a go.
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
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Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel
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1st and 2nd Kings,
1st and 2nd Chronicles
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Ezra, Nehemiah,
Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
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Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations, Ezekiel
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Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos
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Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk
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Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
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Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John Acts
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Romans, 1st and 2nd Corinthians
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Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians
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1st and 2nd Thessalonians
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1st and 2nd Timothy,
Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James
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1st and 2nd Peter
1st and 2nd, 3rd John
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Jude and Revelation
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That's the Old and New Testament
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Amen!
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Can we sing "What so ever?"
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We can sing that song.
It's a really good one.
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What so ever things are lovely
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What so ever things are pure
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What so ever things
are just and of good report
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These are the
things to think about
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What so ever things are honest
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What so ever things are true
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What so ever things
have virtue and are excellent
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These are the
things to think about
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These are the
things to think about
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These are the
things to think about
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Thanks for
singing with us, Braedan.
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Now, Dr. John has
another story for us.
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Hello, boys and
girls, I'm Dr. John.
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And I'm so happy to see you,
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and I'm so happy to
see the boys and girls
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watching on their televisions
right across the world.
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David Douglas
was born in Scotland
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and as he grew up
he had one passion.
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He loved trees.
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And wherever he went, he
would plant a little tree,
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and when he left
school, they said,
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"I think you're going to
have to work with trees."
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So he got a job in a garden
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and he was so
good at growing trees.
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They said, "We want you to
go all the way across to America
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and explore and
bring home some new trees."
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Oh, boy!
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That was a job he
really wanted and off he went.
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And he was
travelling in the woods
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and he didn't know that
Indians were stalking him.
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They've never seen
a white man before.
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And all of a sudden
they jumped out at him.
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He was not only good at trees,
he was a very good runner,
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and he started to
run as fast as he could
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and they
couldn't keep up with him.
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But he was carrying a box
on his bag called a vasculum
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for carrying little seedlings.
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And that was bumping on his back
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and there was one Indian
who was catching up with him
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and when he was
just about to grab him,
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he suddenly stopped, bent down,
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and the Indian went
ahead of a hill, splat.
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And then the rest of
the Indians caught him.
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And they sat him down
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and they looked at him
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and they said, "We've
never seen a white man before.
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We'll give you some food."
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So they gave him
some fruits, some fish,
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and it wasn't very good.
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And he was feeling
upset in the tummy.
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And in his bag, he
asked for some water.
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He did something that
absolutely amazed them.
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He got his medicine.
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And when I pour this in,
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it'll look as
though it's boiling
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'cause Indians all
thought that it was boiling.
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And he put it in
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and he stirred with his,
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"How could he put his
finger in boiling water?"
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And then he drank it.
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And they said, "He is magic."
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We'll show you
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all the strange
trees in America.
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And, you know, he found a tree
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that was a beautiful big tree.
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He just loved
the tree like that.
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But he then found a tree
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that is now named after him,
it is called the Douglas fir,
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and it is the most
popular Christmas tree
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in the whole world.
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He decided that he
would take one home.
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And he got a little
seedling just like that,
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and he wrapped it up,
he put it in his vasculum,
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and he took it all
the way back to Scotland.
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And when they looked at it,
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and they saw in the
roots there was gold.
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He's got it from an
area where there was gold.
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And they said,
"Look at the gold."
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And you know what he said?
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"I'm not interested
in looking at the gold.
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I'm only interested
in looking at the tree
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because the tree
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is more precious than the gold."
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And, you know, the Bible
has a lot to say about trees
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and they are
very, very important.
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Because right in the
very first book of the Bible,
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it talks about the tree of life.
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And the tree of
knowledge of good and evil.
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And through the
Bible, it talks about Abraham
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resting under a
great big oak tree.
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And Jesus talks about
different types of trees
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and in the very
end of the Bible,
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that talks about
the tree of life.
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And trees are things
that people used to worship
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but God said, "It is a symbol
of My strength and My love,
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and it's a
symbol of eternal life."
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Because when we get to heaven,
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we will eat from
the tree of life.
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And God has given
that tree special powers.
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Remember David
Douglas, the man who loved trees
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and risked his life to
give us beautiful trees.
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Thank you, boys and girls.
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Hello, again. Ready
for our Bible study?
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Open your Bible
to Daniel Chapter 5,
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in readiness for today's story.
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Who would like to offer a prayer
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to ask the Holy
Spirit to be with us
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as we study our Bibles today?
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I will. Thank you, Sai.
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Dear God, thank You
for these Bible stories.
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Please send Your Holy
Spirit to help us understand
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what we read.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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Chemiah, what did we
learn about last week?
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That God humbled the
king for seven years.
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Yes, He did.
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And did King Nebuchadnezzar
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finally submit to God's control?
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Yes. Yes.
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Nebuchadnezzar
ruled till he was old,
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his son took over the throne
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and then Nebuchadnezzar's
grandson, King Belshazzar
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became co-ruler of the kingdom.
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Belshazzar knew about
his grandfather's experience
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of being humbled by
God for seven years,
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but he was young,
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self-centered, and rebellious.
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He liked big
parties and getting drunk.
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Our story today
starts in Daniel 5:1.
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Could you please
read that, Bethany?
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Oh, "Belshazzar,
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the king made a great feast
for a thousand of his lords
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and drank wine in the
presence of the thousand."
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That's not a very
upright king, is it?
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But it didn't stop there.
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In drunk and defiance of
God, King Belshazzar commanded
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that the gold and
silver vessels taken
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from the temple in
Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar
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to be brought out.
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They put intoxicating wine
into the holy temple vessels.
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Belshazzar, his
lords, his wives,
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and his concubines
all drank from them
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and mocked God by praising
the god of gold and silver,
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bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
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Now, that was an act
which forced God to respond.
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Let's see what our
torchlight, Mrs. White's book
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Prophets and Kings,
page 530 shines on this.
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Would you please
read that, Caleb?
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Sure.
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"In that last
night of mad folly,
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Belshazzar and his
lords had filled up
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the measure of their guilt
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and the guilt of
the Chaldean kingdom.
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No longer could
God's restraining hand ward
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off the impending evil.
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Through manifold providences,
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God had sought to teach
them reverence for His law."
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Then a really
scary thing happened.
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Bryce, could you please
read about that in verse 5?
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"In the same hour the
fingers of a man's hand appeared
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and wrote opposite the lampstand
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on the plaster of the
wall of the king's palace,
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and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote."
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God sent King
Belshazzar, a text message
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written on the wall
with a bloodless hand.
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What a party stopper.
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You can see
from our picture here
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that it certainly would
have given everyone a fright.
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Can you read that
in verse 6, Chemiah?
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"Then the king's
countenance changed,
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and his thoughts troubled him,
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so that the joints of
his hips were loosened,
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and his knees
knocked against each other."
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Can you imagine that?
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The king's knees
knocking together.
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He was really scared.
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He screamed for
those useless astrologers,
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Chaldeans and soothsayers
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and offered them a
purple robe, a gold chain,
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and even a third
place in the kingdom
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if they could interpret
the writing on the wall.
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But do you think they could?
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No! No, they couldn't.
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Panic broke out.
00:16:06.39\00:16:07.86
They were drunk
and screams of terror,
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as the letters
glowed larger and brighter
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so much so that the
queen mother heard about it
00:16:12.27\00:16:14.70
and came into the banquet hall
to try to settle the situation.
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She told
Belshazzar to call Daniel in.
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So Daniel was
brought in before the king.
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The king had heard about
00:16:24.85\00:16:26.41
Daniel's ability
to interpret dreams
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in relation to his
grandfather King Nebuchadnezzar.
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Jireh, will you please read
00:16:32.25\00:16:34.22
what the king said
to Daniel in verse 16?
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"And I have heard of
you, that you can give
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interpretations
and explain enigmas.
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Now if you can read the writing
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and make known to
me its interpretation,
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you shall be clothed with purple
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and have a chain of
gold around your neck,
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and shall be the
third ruler in the kingdom."
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Daniel had a reputation
for solving mysteries,
00:17:00.45\00:17:03.18
riddles, and puzzles.
00:17:03.22\00:17:04.95
That's what
explaining enigmas means.
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Daniel was an
elderly man at this point.
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He had been in
Babylon for nearly 70 years,
00:17:10.36\00:17:13.76
and he remained faithful to
God amidst all the attractions
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and luxurious
lifestyles of the palace court.
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According to historians,
00:17:21.17\00:17:22.64
Belshazzar was co-ruler
of Babylon with his father.
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So do you think
Daniel was excited about
00:17:26.71\00:17:29.94
being made the third
ruler in the kingdom?
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No!
00:17:32.55\00:17:34.25
Let's find out.
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Sai, can you please
read about that in verse 17?
00:17:35.65\00:17:40.32
"Then Daniel answered
and said before the king,
00:17:40.36\00:17:43.99
'Let your gifts be for yourself,
00:17:44.03\00:17:46.09
and give your
rewards to another,
00:17:46.13\00:17:49.80
yet I will read the
writing to the king,
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and make known to
him the interpretation.'"
00:17:52.63\00:17:56.60
Daniel told the king
that he could keep his gifts
00:17:56.64\00:17:59.71
and went to give him
a family history lesson.
00:17:59.74\00:18:02.54
Aunty Leah, could you please
read that in verses 18-20?
00:18:02.58\00:18:05.78
Yes.
00:18:05.81\00:18:07.15
"O king, the Most High God
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gave Nebuchadnezzar
your father a kingdom,
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and majesty, glory, and honor.
00:18:11.69\00:18:14.02
And because of the
majesty that He gave him,
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all peoples, nations,
and languages trembled
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and feared before him.
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Whomever he wished, he executed,
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whomever he
wished, he kept alive,
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whomever he wished, he set up,
00:18:25.57\00:18:27.64
and whomever he
wished, he put down.
00:18:27.67\00:18:29.97
But when his
heart was lifted up,
00:18:30.01\00:18:31.81
and his spirit
was hardened in pride,
00:18:31.84\00:18:34.08
he was deposed
from his kingly throne,
00:18:34.11\00:18:36.31
and they took
his glory from him."
00:18:36.34\00:18:39.31
And, Bethany, could
you please read verse 21?
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"Then he was driven
from the sons of men,
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his heart was
made like the beasts,
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and his dwelling was
with the wild donkeys.
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They fed him grass like oxen,
00:18:50.43\00:18:52.39
and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven,
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till he knew
that the Most High God
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rules in the kingdom of men,
00:18:56.43\00:18:57.97
and appoints over it
whomever He chooses."
00:18:58.00\00:19:00.64
Then Daniel gave Belshazzar
addressing down in verse 22.
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He accused
Belshazzar of refusing
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to humble his heart,
00:19:07.21\00:19:08.54
even though he knew of
all the supernatural things
00:19:08.58\00:19:11.11
that had happened
to his grandfather,
00:19:11.15\00:19:12.88
King Nebuchadnezzar.
00:19:12.91\00:19:14.58
Caleb, could you
please read verse 23
00:19:14.62\00:19:17.09
where Daniel
continues to rebuke Belshazzar?
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Sure.
00:19:20.16\00:19:21.72
"And you have lifted yourself up
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against the Lord of heaven.
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They have brought the
vessels of His house before you,
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and you and your
lords, and your wives,
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and your concubines,
have drunk wine from them.
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And you have praised
the gods of silver and gold,
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bronze and iron, wood and stone,
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which do not
see or hear or know.
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And the God who holds
your breath in His hands
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and owns all your ways,
you have not glorified."
00:19:46.01\00:19:49.28
Daniel told Belshazzar
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that the fingers of
the hand was sent from God
00:19:51.09\00:19:54.12
as a direct result of
his God defying behavior.
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Verse 25 tells us that
this mysterious bloodless hand
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write the words "MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN."
00:20:01.06\00:20:05.33
Then Daniel gave
the interpretation.
00:20:05.37\00:20:07.84
Daniel uses the word
"PERES" in his explanation.
00:20:07.87\00:20:10.97
This is the singular
form of the word "UPHARSIN."
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Bryce, could you please
read the next two verses,
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verses 26-28?
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"This is the
interpretation of each word.
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MENE: God has
numbered your kingdom,
00:20:25.85\00:20:27.86
and finished it.
00:20:27.89\00:20:29.22
TEKEL: You have been
weighed in the balances,
00:20:29.26\00:20:31.03
and found wanting.
00:20:31.06\00:20:32.46
PERES: Your
kingdom has been divided,
00:20:32.49\00:20:35.20
and given to the
Medes and Persians."
00:20:35.23\00:20:37.27
So as promised,
00:20:37.30\00:20:38.63
Belshazzar commanded that
Daniel be clothed with purple,
00:20:38.67\00:20:42.17
with a gold
chain around his neck.
00:20:42.20\00:20:44.34
And he proclaimed Daniel,
the third ruler in the kingdom.
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The only problem was
00:20:47.74\00:20:49.28
that the kingdom
didn't even last that night.
00:20:49.31\00:20:52.81
As Daniel was explaining
00:20:52.85\00:20:54.28
the mysterious
writing on the wall,
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.02
the Medes and
Persians were already at work
00:20:56.05\00:20:58.69
diverting River Euphrates
00:20:58.72\00:21:00.89
which ran through Babylon
wine opening in the wall.
00:21:00.92\00:21:04.06
Cyrus marched his
soldiers up the drained riverbed
00:21:04.09\00:21:07.10
and through the
huge metal river gates
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.03
that had been
accidentally left open.
00:21:09.06\00:21:11.57
Amazingly Cyrus's
ability to enter Babylon
00:21:11.60\00:21:14.80
because the gates
were left open that night
00:21:14.84\00:21:17.34
was prophesied around 150 years
earlier by the Prophet Isaiah.
00:21:17.37\00:21:22.94
So we know that
God was in control
00:21:22.98\00:21:25.38
as Cyrus conquered Babylon.
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You can read about
that in Isaiah 45:1-5.
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Chemiah, can you please tell us
00:21:32.12\00:21:33.86
what happened
next in verses 30-31?
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"That very night Belshazzar,
00:21:40.33\00:21:41.90
king of the
Chaldeans, was slain.
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And..."
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Darius.
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"Darius the Mede
received the kingdom,
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being about 62 years old."
00:21:51.24\00:21:54.88
Let's turn to Proverbs 16:18.
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And read our
memory verse together.
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This is a warning about pride.
00:22:01.42\00:22:03.79
It also talks
about a haughty spirit
00:22:03.82\00:22:06.52
which means being conceited,
stuck up, or snobbish.
00:22:06.55\00:22:10.46
Are we ready to do that?
00:22:10.49\00:22:12.53
All right, let's
read it together.
00:22:12.56\00:22:14.40
"Pride goes before destruction,
00:22:14.43\00:22:17.53
and a haughty
spirit before a fall."
00:22:17.57\00:22:21.17
Sadly, King
Belshazzar demonstrated
00:22:21.20\00:22:23.51
how true that proverb really is.
00:22:23.54\00:22:26.57
His pride led to
his own destruction
00:22:26.61\00:22:28.51
that very night and his haughty,
00:22:28.54\00:22:30.95
conceited spirit led to the fall
00:22:30.98\00:22:33.25
of the Babylonian Empire.
00:22:33.28\00:22:35.75
So let's remember to stay humble
00:22:35.78\00:22:38.12
and give God the glory
00:22:38.15\00:22:39.85
for all our
achievements and prosperity.
00:22:39.89\00:22:43.19
Thank you for joining
us in our Bible study.
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The daily
devotional goes into more depth
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on our study today.
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Here's how you
can obtain your copy.
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adaywiththeking.com.
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Uncle Daniel, what are we
going to learn about next week?
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Well, next week,
we're going to learn about
00:23:15.39\00:23:18.09
what happened to Daniel
00:23:18.13\00:23:19.69
after the night
Babylon was captured.
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.10
We have an amazing animal story
00:23:22.13\00:23:25.10
which will
strengthen our trust in God
00:23:25.13\00:23:26.90
in all circumstances.
00:23:26.94\00:23:29.07
I like animal stories.
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It's time to say
our memory verse.
00:23:31.37\00:23:33.61
All together.
00:23:33.64\00:23:35.48
"Pride goes before destruction,
00:23:35.51\00:23:38.71
and a haughty
spirit before a fall."
00:23:38.75\00:23:42.08
Proverbs 16:18.
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Some Bible verses are warnings.
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They are given to protect us
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.16
and to save us from
making fools of ourselves.
00:23:49.19\00:23:52.49
Janina, what did you
learn about the King this week?
00:23:52.53\00:23:55.73
I need to stay
humble like Jesus.
00:23:55.76\00:23:58.37
Yes.
00:23:58.40\00:23:59.73
Jesus is our
example in everything,
00:23:59.77\00:24:02.14
and we don't need
to brag and boast.
00:24:02.17\00:24:04.84
And Jesus also gives us
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.37
the power to follow His example,
00:24:06.41\00:24:08.34
because we can't do
anything good without Him.
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.21
Aunty Leah, I think it's
time to close our worship time.
00:24:11.25\00:24:13.98
Already?
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.35
Can we sing the blessing
song to the children at home?
00:24:15.38\00:24:18.09
Yes, we can. Ready, everyone?
00:24:18.12\00:24:20.36
May God bless you and give you
00:24:25.53\00:24:30.67
And fill your heart with love
00:24:30.70\00:24:35.80
May God guide and protect you
00:24:35.84\00:24:40.91
And watch you from above
00:24:40.94\00:24:46.05
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:24:46.08\00:24:51.25
We greet the day of rest
00:24:51.29\00:24:56.39
The day that King of glory
00:24:56.42\00:25:01.60
Has sanctified and blessed
00:25:01.63\00:25:06.70
Goodbye, my
friend, till we meet again
00:25:06.74\00:25:11.67
For another Day with the King
00:25:11.71\00:25:17.05
Goodbye! Happy Sabbath!
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.55
I know Jesus loves me
because He first loved me.
00:25:28.72\00:25:31.39
I know Jesus loves me
00:25:38.00\00:25:39.33
because He's coming
to take me home with Him.
00:25:39.37\00:25:41.30
I know Jesus loves me
because He died for me.
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.74