Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest,
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that he will send forth
laborers into his harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said I, "Here
am I. Send me, Send me!"
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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infected
harvest before the Lord.
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We now invite you into our
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classroom to
come, experience life.
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We just want to
welcome you back to
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the second program
in the Life On The Edge
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Bible study
series. You are here in our
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classroom at the Lay
Institute for Evangelism.
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In our first
program we went over how to
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mark our Bibles
and we also began the
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word of God
Bible study and so what
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we're gonna do right
now is we're gonna do
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just a little bit
of review of what we
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went over last
time and then we'll go
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straight into
today's Bible study.
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We have lots of
information to cover.
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And you want to
pay close attention not
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only to the
information that is covered from
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scripture but also
close attention to the
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instruction given on how you are
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to give a Bible
study. You're gonna find out
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throughout this
course of Life On The Edge,
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that you are going
to be learning the Bible
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study itself but
you are also going to be
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learning how to
deliver that Bible
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study or how to
give that Bible study.
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You're gonna learn tidbits
of information like this.
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How do you get
someone to turn the
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television off
when you are in a home?
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Well, the best way
to get somebody to turn
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the television
off when you go give
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them a Bible
study is to ask them to
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turn the volume
down. And then if the
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volume isn't
turn down enough you
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start the study
and then you ask them
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again you know
would you mind if we
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turn that down some
more. Usually the second
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time you ask
them they'll turn that
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Bible study,
they'll turn that television
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completely off, they'll keep the
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Bible study on;
they will turn the
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television off. So we are now go
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to our screen
now. Every one of our
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studies in this
"Life On The Edge" series
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has a purpose, and
the purpose of the word
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of God study is "to
show that God's word,
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the Bible, is
true and reliable."
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To show that
God's word, the Bible,
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is true and
reliable, there's lots of
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questions today
about whether is the Bible
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valid or not. And
in our first study
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you remember we
went over several
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references where God
distinguishes Himself
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above any other
so-called God because
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He can tell us the end
from the very beginning.
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He can tell us
things that have not taken
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place yet, before
they take place so that
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when they do
happen we will believe.
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We use
references like John 14:29,
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Jesus says, Behold I
tell you things before
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they come to pass
so that when they do
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come to pass, you may believe.
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Isaiah 46: 9-10,
God says, I am god and
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there is none like
me, there is no God like
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me because I can
tell the end from the
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beginning, things
that have not happened
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before they
happened. God can tell us that
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and God tells us
that my friends with 100
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percent
accuracy. So as we look at
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scripture today,
not only are we going
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to be looking at
God's word but God's word
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for those of us
that are skeptics maybe
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we are not
believers, maybe we are people
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that could
careless about the word of
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God but today's study
is going to show this,
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that God can indeed
predict the future with
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100 percent accuracy,
and if God can do that
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in a book called the
Bible then what about
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the rest of the
Bible. It too can be trusted
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and that's our goal
here in this Bible study.
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In this entire series
we are teaching people
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how to have that
relationship with God.
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We go to our next
slide, each one of our
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Bible studies are also
centered on Jesus Christ.
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Each study is centered on Jesus.
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You remember Jesus
said in John 12:32,
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"And I, if I be lifted
up, will draw all men to me."
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So when we give
the Bible study we want
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to make sure that
we are lifting up, who?
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That we are
lifting up Jesus Christ,
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you are absolutely
right. This Center it:
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Jesus wants to show you
that His word is reliable.
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He gives us enough evidence
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to base our faith
on. God is going to
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continue to give us
in this study on the word
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of God evidence that
we can base our faith on.
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If you ever heard the
expression blind faith,
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do you know that
blind faith does not exist?
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Faith is, believing
in something that you
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can't see, that you
can't hear, that you
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can't taste, so
blind faith is a same thing
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as faith, and God
is going to give us
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evidence to base
our faith on today.
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In this study, as
in every other study in
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the Life On The Edge
series, you will notice
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that at the
beginning of each study we have
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a list of texts
that we are going to mark
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either in the front
of our Bibles or in the
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back of our
Bibles. Now you see here
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when we get down
to the 6th reference,
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the 7th reference
there is followed by 9 but
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not really you
just have to look to the
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right of your
screen, and the 8th text is
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Daniel chapter
1:1. You'll notice there
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that each one of
these references 8, 10, 12,
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all of these
references have a W beside them.
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Because W is our
code for marking the
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word of God
study. That's why you see
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there at the top of
your screen, word of God W.
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The 1st text, the
2nd Timothy we did that
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in our last
program. Also 2nd Peter, also
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John 14, Isaiah 46,
and Daniel chapter 2
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verses 26 through
30. We found out in
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Daniel chapter 26
through 30 that there
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were two reasons that
God gave Nebuchadnezzar
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the king of Babylon this dream.
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It was to show
Nebuchadnezzar what
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would happened at
the end of time or in
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the later days and it
was also given to show
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Nebuchadnezzar what
would happen between
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Nebuchadnezzar's life
and the end of time or
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the later days.
You remember in our
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last program we
discussed that the
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Bible consists of
66 different books,
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66 different books.
There are 39 books in
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the Old
Testament and there are 27
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books in the New Testament,
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66 different books written on 3
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different
continents; Asia, Africa and
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Europe with approximately
40 different authors
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over a period of 1500 years.
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My friend that in
and of itself is evidence
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because this book
does not contradict
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itself in one
theological issue at all.
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It does not
contradict itself at all in any
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theological
issue. And so you have 40
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different authors
that write over period of
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1500 years and the Bible
is put together like this.
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So that you and I
can see that God is real,
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His word is reliable,
and Jesus Christ is the
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center of this
book. So what we will do
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now is we'll jump
right in to our Daniel
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2 or our word of
God Bible study and you
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can see, we left
off in Daniel chapter 2
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verses 26 through 30.
So today we pick it up
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in Daniel chapter 2
verses 31 through 35,
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now Nebuchadnezzar
just little background
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for those who that
haven't been here with
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us,
Nebuchadnezzar has had a dream.
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Nebuchadnezzar can
not remember that dream.
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So Nebuchadnezzar
calls his wise men and
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he says, I want
to know my dream and
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I want the interpretation.
And they of course
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say just like
you and I would say.
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Tell me the dream
and I will make up an
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interpretation,
and I will give you the
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interpretation.
King Nebuchadnezzar says,
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no, you tell me what
I dreamed and what it
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means and then I
will know that you can
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communicate with
the Gods, because in
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Babylon they believed
in a multiplicity of Gods.
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Well, they couldn't
do it. So he was going to
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cut them into pieces
and turn their houses
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into a place where
donkeys go to the bathroom.
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That's what the
Bible says there in Daniel
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chapter 2, a
dunghill. And they couldn't do
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it, so the captain
of the guard Arioch
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comes to Daniel who
is one of the wise men
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that evidently
have not been at that
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meeting and says,
Daniel I have come to
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take you and to cut
you in pieces and turn
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your house in to a place where
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donkeys go to
bathroom. And Daniel says,
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what are you talking
about? And so Arioch the
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captain of the king's
guard explains that to
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Daniel and Daniel
says, give me sometime,
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let me talk to God
and so God reveals to
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Daniel the dream and
the interpretation and
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so that's what we
will begin to read here.
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We're going to Daniel
Chapter 2 and verse 31.
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You are probably already there,
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for those who
are at home that are
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following along,
if you open your Bible
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to the middle you
will probably be in
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Psalms, the book
of Psalms or you will
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probably be in
Isaiah, and you'll want to the
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turn to the right from there.
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Just turn to the
right in your Bible's and
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you will come to
Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
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then Daniel, the Old
Testament book there.
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And we're gonna to
Daniel chapter 2 and
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we will begin
reading in verse 31 and so
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we're gonna hear the
dream itself and we'll
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ask Solita to read this for us.
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Daniel chapter 2 and verse 31.
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"Thou, O King,
sawest, and behold a
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great image:
this great image whose
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brightness was
excellent, stood before thee,
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and the form
thereof was terrible.
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This image's head was
of fine gold, his brass
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and his arms of
silver, his belly and his
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thighs of brass, his
legs of iron, his feet
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part of iron and part of clay.
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Thou sawest till
a stone was cut out
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without hands,
which smote the image upon
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his feet that
were of iron and clay,
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and break them to
pieces. Then was the iron, the
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clay, the brass, the
silver, and the gold,
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broken to pieces
together, and became
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like the chaff of the summer
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threshingfloors; and
the wind carried them
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away, that no
place was found for them:
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and the stone
that smote the image
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became a great
mountain, and filled
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the whole
earth". Alright now I was
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convicted of something,
what is that we forgot
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to do before begin
studying the Bible?
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Pray! We forgot to pray.
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So let's do that right now.
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Father in heaven we
just ask that you will
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help us to
understand your word, that your
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spirit will fill us
with wisdom, and that we
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will be able to know
that you are real from
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this study today,
that we will be able to
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begin a process of
faith building so that
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we can grow closure to you.
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Jesus you have
made bold claims in your
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word, and we are
studying that today
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and we ask that you
will open our hearts
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and our minds so
that we can understand it
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in your name we
ask this Jesus, Amen.
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For those of you
at home the Bible says
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in first
Corinthians chapter 2, that
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spiritual things are
spiritually discerned,
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so without the aid
of the Holy Spirit none
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of us here in the
classroom or you at
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home will be able
to understand what God
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has written in His
word. So that's the reason
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that we pray before
we study the Bible so
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thank you for
allowing me to learn
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here with you. So
what we just read,
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the Bible says, if
you notice on the graphic,
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the Bible says
that there was an image,
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there was an image
whose head was made of what?
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Gold! His chest
and arms were made of
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silver, his belly
and thighs were made of
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bronze, his legs were
made of Iron, his feet
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were made of Iron
and clay and then a
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stone was cut
out without hands and
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smote the image on it's feet.
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What does all of this
mean? And you can imagine
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Nebuchadnezzar's
probably sitting
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there on the edge of his throne.
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This kid, this
exile from over there in
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Jerusalem, knows
what I dreamed last night.
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And if you back
up there in the Bible
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and remember, the
reason you are giving
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this Bible study is
so people can understand
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that what God says is real.
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God exist and this
word can be trusted.
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So you just back
up there in verse 28,
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it says, but there
is a God in heaven,
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Daniel is speaking,
that reveals secrets,
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and makes known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar
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what shall be
in the latter days.
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So Nebuchadnezzar,
you can imagine his
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mind is probably
going crazy right now
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what is this
mean? A head of gold,
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chest and arms
of silver, belly and
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thighs of bronze,
legs of iron, feet of iron
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and clay, and the
stone that is cut out
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without hands becomes a huge
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mountain and
fills the whole earth.
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What does this
mean? Well, because God is
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a God that cares
about His people, not only
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that He give Daniel
the dream but He also
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gave Daniel the,
what? Interpretation.
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The
Interpretation, that's right.
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He also gave
Daniel the interpretation,
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so we'll just go
back to our graphic here,
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and we are just gonna
read the next section.
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As we read
through the section, what
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we're gonna to do
is we're going to read
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through parts of
it. We're gonna get the
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interpretation of
the dream in parts,
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the interpretation
of the dream in parts.
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So we're gonna
to Daniel chapter 2
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verses 36 through 38,
and we will let Robert
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read this for
us. Daniel chapter 2,
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Robert, verses 36
through 38, and this is
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the seventh text in
our word of God's study,
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so before you read that Robert,
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I just wanna go over
here to the screen and
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point some things
out. You see here 7W
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indicates that we
are in the 7th reference
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for this Bible
study. As you mark this in
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your studies
beside these verses are
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probably the end
of verse 38, you're
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gonna write 7W,
you're gonna put a
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circle around it
and draw the line.
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That's 7W represents the
reference that you are in.
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The reference
above the line is the
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reference that you came from,
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the reference
beneath the line is the
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reference you're
gonna go to next.
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So here we are
Daniel chapter 2 verse 36
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through 38, and if you
could read that for us.
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This is the dream;
now we will tell the
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interpretation
thereof before the king.
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Okay, so Robert what
is he fixing to tell us
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right now. The interpretation!
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The interpretation of
the dream, that's right.
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Thou, O king,
art a king of kings:
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for the God of
heaven has given you a
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kingdom, power,
strength, and glory.
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Thirty eight?
Yeah. And whatever the
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children of men
dwell, or the beasts of
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the field and the
fowls of the heaven he has
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given them into
your hand, and hath made
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thee ruler over them all.
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Thou art this head of gold.
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Okay, so Daniel
when he is giving
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Nebuchadnezzar
the dream, he looks at
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Nebuchadnezzar and
he says, you are this
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head of Gold. Who
is Daniel talking to?
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King Nebuchadnezzar.
King Nebuchadnezzar.
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So when you are
giving this Bible
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study because the
purpose of this entire
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series of Life On The
Edge of Bible studies,
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the entire reason
that you have this in your
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home is so that you
can't only learn the
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study but so that
you can give the study.
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So when you are
giving this study you
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have to make sure
that the person you are
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giving the study to understands
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what you are
doing. So we just read the
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first part of the
interpretation and
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Daniel says to
this king Nebuchadnezzar
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you are this head of
gold. Now here's where
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I always use an illustration
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in this Bible
study. If the Queen of
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England came to
the United States what
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country would she
represent? England.
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England. That's
absolutely right.
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So Nebuchadnezzar
is a king what kingdom
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does he represent? Babylon.
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I want a Bible
verse and a Bible text.
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The chapter and
the verse, because when
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we give Bible
studies, everyone must see the
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truth that we are
teaching them from scripture.
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If it does not
come from scripture then
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you don't say it. It
must come from scripture.
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You must have a,
Thus saith the Lord to
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back up everything
that you are doing.
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So those of you that
are at home make sure
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you have a Thus
saith the Lord for
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everything that you
share. I always like to prepare
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my studies before I
go out to give them even
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though I have these
that are pre-prepared
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for me, pre- prepared for me.
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Is there even a work, can you
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pre-prepare
something. I don't know.
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I don't know
either. But I always like to
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make sure that what I
am going to say has it
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Thussaith the
Lord. So you say that
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Nebuchadnezzar is
the king of Babylon.
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Let's go to our
next reference, you will
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notice on the
graphic there that our next
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reference is
Daniel chapter 1 verse 1,
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the reason we
are going to Daniel
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chapter 1 verse 1, is
to show biblically that
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Nebuchadnezzar is
the king of Babylon.
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So Daniel chapter
1 verse 1, and Mike
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Mud is going to
read that for us.
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Daniel chapter 1
and verse 1, brother.
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In the third year of
the reign of Jehoiakim,
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the king of Judah
came Nebuchadnezzar king
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of Babylon unto
Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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Okay, so very clearly
there, it says, the king
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Nebuchadnezzar
was the king of, what?
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Babylon. Babylon.
So when Daniel looks at
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Nebuchadnezzar
and says, you are this
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head of Gold. What kingdom is
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represented
there? Babylon. Babylon,
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because a king always
represents his kingdom.
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Now somebody may
say it to you right
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here, they may
say well, how do you
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know this is
talking about a kingdom?
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How do you know
that? Well, let's go to our
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next graphic then
we'll answer that question.
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Our next graphic you
see there on the screen.
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It says the head
of Gold is Babylon.
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Babylon began to
rule the then known world
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in 605 B.C. and it
ruled from 605 B.C.
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to 539 B.C. So how
do we know that, that
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graphic there is
just to show you that
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Babylon was the
head of Gold and in the
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time period that it reigned?
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How do we know
that when he says,
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you are this head
of Gold that he is
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literally
talking about a kingdom?
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We simply go to
the next reference and
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this will clear it
up. The next reference
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let's go back to well
we're still in Daniel.
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Let's go to Daniel
chapter 2 verse 39 and
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just the first part
and we're gonna to let
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Jessica read this
for us, Daniel chapter 2,
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the first part of verse 39.
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"But after your
kingdom comes to an
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end, another great
kingdom, inferior to
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yours, will rise
to take your place.
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After you're,
what comes to an end?
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After your
kingdom comes to an end,
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another, what?
Kingdom, inferior to
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yours, will come to
rise or come to power.
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So we see very
clearly that these medals in
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Daniel chapter 2
are talking about what?
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Kingdoms.
Kingdoms. And you notice and
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I pause here on
occasion to let you
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guys answer the
questions, that's one
00:21:18.18\00:21:20.94
very good way
for you to keep your
00:21:20.95\00:21:23.04
audience engaged
with you while you
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are giving a Bible
study. You ask questions,
00:21:25.70\00:21:28.45
let them answer.
You pause while you
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are reading and that makes them,
00:21:30.78\00:21:32.37
go back to what you
were reading so that
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they can answer
the question correctly.
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So very clearly
then these medals talked
00:21:36.90\00:21:42.02
about in Daniel chapter 2
are representing kingdoms.
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Well, it would not
be a miracle for Daniel
00:21:46.39\00:21:50.36
to say oh, yes,
Nebuchadnezzar that
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head of Gold represents you.
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That wouldn't have been a
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miracle at all,
would it? Daniel might have
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just been trying
to safe his own skin.
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But then Daniel
tells Nebuchadnezzar,
00:22:03.46\00:22:06.51
Nebuchadnezzar
after your kingdom,
00:22:07.35\00:22:09.28
another kingdom will
arise. Inferior to yours,
00:22:10.48\00:22:14.60
but there is going
to be a kingdom that
00:22:15.80\00:22:16.88
comes after you
that even though it's
00:22:16.89\00:22:18.50
inferior, it takes you
out. That puts Daniel's life
00:22:18.51\00:22:24.18
at risk, doesn't it?
It most certainly does.
00:22:24.19\00:22:26.92
So Daniel doesn't
just flatter the king by
00:22:27.18\00:22:30.08
saying you are
this head of Gold.
00:22:30.09\00:22:32.45
He follows that
after the very sobering
00:22:33.17\00:22:35.53
thought for Nebuchadnezzar.
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That Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom
00:22:37.70\00:22:39.39
would not last
forever. What is a typical
00:22:39.40\00:22:41.71
phrase that you
always see in maybe a
00:22:41.72\00:22:44.73
movie or a play when
there is a king it says,
00:22:44.74\00:22:47.64
oh, king, what? Live forever.
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Live forever, but
Daniel right here tells
00:22:49.42\00:22:51.79
Nebuchadnezzar
that Nebuchadnezzar is
00:22:51.80\00:22:53.29
not going to last
forever, and neither
00:22:53.30\00:22:55.65
will his kingdom. So
then this begs the question.
00:22:55.66\00:22:59.03
What kingdom is it
that came after the
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kingdom of Babylon
that was inferior to
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Babylon, yet, conquered Babylon?
00:23:06.64\00:23:11.12
Now you are
throwing things out but do we
00:23:13.08\00:23:15.47
have a Bible
reference to back that up.
00:23:15.48\00:23:17.79
Some people said,
Medo-Persia and you
00:23:17.80\00:23:19.78
are right. Let's go
to Daniel chapter 5,
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we are going to
see that in God's word,
00:23:24.37\00:23:26.74
God defines these kingdoms.
00:23:26.75\00:23:29.18
Daniel chapter 5
beginning with verse 1,
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Daniel chapter 5
verse 1, and Danielle is
00:23:36.06\00:23:39.07
going to read this for us,
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.25
and if you could
read verses 1 through 5.
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Belshazzar the king
made a great feast to a
00:23:45.39\00:23:47.98
thousand of his
lords, and drank wine before
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the thousand.
Belshazzar, while he
00:23:50.70\00:23:53.33
tasted the wine,
commanded to bring
00:23:53.34\00:23:55.00
their golden and silver
vessels which his father
00:23:55.01\00:23:58.14
Nebuchadnezzar
had taken out of the
00:23:58.15\00:23:59.81
temple which was
in Jerusalem; that the
00:23:59.82\00:24:02.44
king, and his
princes, his wives, and his
00:24:02.45\00:24:04.43
concubines, might drink therein.
00:24:04.44\00:24:06.22
Okay, stop right
there. Who else's name has
00:24:06.23\00:24:08.84
mentioned in
verse 2? Belshazzar and,
00:24:08.85\00:24:12.96
Nebuchadnezzar,
and it says, his father
00:24:14.19\00:24:17.24
Nebuchadnezzar.
Then I have got a
00:24:17.25\00:24:18.68
little one
beside that word father.
00:24:18.69\00:24:20.74
This is actually
Nebuchadnezzar's grandson.
00:24:20.98\00:24:23.79
This is Nebuchadnezzar's
grandson and you know,
00:24:24.87\00:24:26.73
just like a monarchy
is when the king dies
00:24:26.74\00:24:30.17
then somebody else
takes over but that's
00:24:30.42\00:24:32.37
somebody isn't
just another individual,
00:24:32.38\00:24:34.49
it's in the lineage of the king.
00:24:34.81\00:24:36.68
So what kingdom are we
still talking about here?
00:24:36.69\00:24:39.58
We are still
talking about Babylon that's
00:24:40.38\00:24:42.16
absolutely
right, Bill and Solita.
00:24:42.17\00:24:43.56
Okay, continue to
read there Danielle.
00:24:43.57\00:24:45.58
Then they brought
the golden vessels that
00:24:46.53\00:24:48.29
were taken out of the
temple of the house of
00:24:48.30\00:24:50.27
God which was at
Jerusalem; and the
00:24:50.28\00:24:52.96
king, and his
princess, his wives, and his
00:24:52.97\00:24:54.87
concubines, drinking in them.
00:24:54.88\00:24:56.11
They drank wine,
and praised the Gods of
00:24:56.63\00:24:58.69
gold, and of
silver, of brass, of iron,
00:24:58.70\00:25:01.87
of wood, and of
stone. In the same hour
00:25:02.31\00:25:05.40
came forth
fingers of a man's hand,
00:25:05.60\00:25:07.60
and wrote over against
the candlestick upon the
00:25:08.17\00:25:10.45
plaster of the wall
of the king's palace:
00:25:10.46\00:25:12.40
and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote.
00:25:12.81\00:25:15.29
Have you ever
heard the expression?
00:25:16.03\00:25:17.74
It's the
handwriting on the wall.
00:25:18.14\00:25:19.57
My friends even
professed atheists will
00:25:21.53\00:25:24.77
use that
expression but do you know
00:25:24.78\00:25:26.42
where that
expression comes from?
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Right here in
scripture. Do you know that the
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first submarine is also
talked about in the Bible?
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Did you know that
Bill? Will, there was a man
00:25:37.59\00:25:40.00
named Jonah swallowed
by a whale, by a big fish.
00:25:40.01\00:25:42.67
He goes down. Did you know that
00:25:43.20\00:25:44.31
first anesthesia is
recorded in the Bible?
00:25:44.32\00:25:46.47
In Genesis chapter
2, God calls Adam to go
00:25:48.31\00:25:51.48
into a deep sleep and
then He took a rib out
00:25:51.49\00:25:53.21
of him, the first
surgery, the first anesthesia,
00:25:53.22\00:25:56.03
the first
submarine; and the Bible says
00:25:56.04\00:25:59.95
here this is the
first time that somebody
00:25:59.96\00:26:02.24
used the expression,
the handwriting on the wall.
00:26:02.25\00:26:04.37
So Belshazzar, the grandson of
00:26:05.35\00:26:07.48
Nebuchadnezzar throwing a party
00:26:07.49\00:26:09.12
and he defiles the
sacred vessels that
00:26:09.70\00:26:12.25
were taken from Jerusalem when
00:26:12.26\00:26:15.09
Nebuchadnezzar
conquered Jerusalem.
00:26:16.04\00:26:18.17
They defiled
God's sacred vessels and
00:26:19.45\00:26:21.52
then this hand
comes out of nowhere and
00:26:21.53\00:26:23.71
writes on the wall.
Now this is a pretty
00:26:23.72\00:26:26.16
interesting
situation here, there is three
00:26:26.17\00:26:28.69
times that God writes with his
00:26:28.70\00:26:31.83
own fingers in the
Bible. The first time was
00:26:31.84\00:26:37.47
when He wrote
on tables of stone,
00:26:37.48\00:26:39.25
the second time was
when He writes on the
00:26:40.21\00:26:43.57
plaster in the wall
of Belshazzar's palace,
00:26:43.58\00:26:47.83
and the third time
is when Jesus kneels
00:26:48.45\00:26:51.35
down and Jesus
begins to write in the sand.
00:26:51.36\00:26:55.78
We think it was the
sins of those rulers.
00:26:57.74\00:27:00.15
They had accused
the lady of adultery
00:27:00.83\00:27:02.75
because all of
a sudden those men
00:27:03.14\00:27:04.67
began to leave.
They turned around
00:27:04.68\00:27:06.69
and they walked away
because they see their
00:27:06.70\00:27:09.74
sin written there in the sand.
00:27:09.75\00:27:11.79
So it's interesting
the sand of course the
00:27:12.36\00:27:14.03
wind can blow away
the sand and cover it
00:27:14.04\00:27:15.68
up, can't it? The
time can reduce the effect
00:27:15.69\00:27:20.90
of what has written
in plaster but God's law
00:27:20.91\00:27:25.19
stands forever
that's powerful, isn't it?
00:27:25.75\00:27:28.55
So we see here that Belshazzar,
00:27:29.91\00:27:32.20
the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar
00:27:32.60\00:27:35.43
profanes the
holy vessels in God's
00:27:36.80\00:27:39.32
temple, and a hand
comes out and writes
00:27:39.33\00:27:41.33
on the wall. And
this is what it wrote?
00:27:41.34\00:27:43.26
It wrote Mene,
Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
00:27:43.58\00:27:46.50
Now what is that mean?
It's very clear because
00:27:48.06\00:27:50.71
the Bible tells
us what it means?
00:27:50.72\00:27:52.09
Let's go now to
verses 25 through 31,
00:27:52.41\00:27:56.15
and we will go
ahead and let, Tom can you
00:27:56.54\00:27:59.47
read that for us. Daniel chapter
00:27:59.48\00:28:01.25
5 verse 25 through 31.
00:28:01.26\00:28:04.94
And this is the
inscription that was written,
00:28:08.92\00:28:11.37
Mene, Mene, Tekel,
Upharsin. This is the
00:28:12.21\00:28:16.33
interpretation
of each word, MENE;
00:28:16.34\00:28:19.31
God has numbered
your kingdom, and
00:28:19.47\00:28:21.61
finished it. What
kingdom is He talking about?
00:28:21.62\00:28:23.67
Babylon. He is
talking about Babylon,
00:28:24.41\00:28:25.76
that's right. Verse
27, TEKEL; Thou have
00:28:25.77\00:28:29.91
been weighed in the balances,
00:28:29.92\00:28:31.42
and found
wanting. Okay, now Tom,
00:28:31.43\00:28:34.41
when God says, you
have been waiting the
00:28:34.42\00:28:35.74
balances and
found wanting, is that a
00:28:35.75\00:28:37.32
good thing or bad
thing? That's a bad thing.
00:28:37.33\00:28:39.10
That's a bad thing.
So the sentence here
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.60
that is going to be
carried out against the
00:28:41.61\00:28:43.09
kingdom of Babylon is not good,
00:28:43.10\00:28:45.05
and what does it
say? PERES; your kingdom
00:28:45.49\00:28:48.80
has been divided,
and given to the Medes
00:28:48.81\00:28:52.17
and the Persians.
Okay, so then what
00:28:52.18\00:28:54.63
kingdom biblically
comes after Babylon?
00:28:54.64\00:28:59.03
Medes and
Persians. The Medes and the
00:28:59.04\00:29:00.93
Persians, now read
verses 29 through 31 there.
00:29:00.94\00:29:04.03
Then Belshazzar
gave the command and
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.81
they clothed Daniel
with purple, and put a
00:29:06.82\00:29:09.64
chain of gold
around his neck, and made a
00:29:09.65\00:29:12.51
proclamation concerning
him, that he should be
00:29:12.52\00:29:15.23
the third ruler in the kingdom.
00:29:15.24\00:29:17.02
That very night
Belshazzar, king of
00:29:17.83\00:29:20.98
the Chaldeans was
slain. And Darius the Med
00:29:20.99\00:29:25.87
received the kingdom, being
00:29:26.04\00:29:27.55
about sixty two years old.
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.15
So just like Daniel
said, what happened?
00:29:30.08\00:29:33.86
It happened? But Daniel was
00:29:35.08\00:29:37.91
alive during the
Medo-Persian Empire.
00:29:37.92\00:29:41.71
So it would not
has been much of a
00:29:42.60\00:29:44.48
miracle for Daniel
to have said, oh, the
00:29:44.61\00:29:49.35
kingdom that
comes after Babylon is
00:29:49.36\00:29:51.78
Medo-Persia
because Daniel was alive
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.69
then wasn't he?
It's when we get into
00:29:54.70\00:29:58.20
the next kingdom
that Daniel was not alive
00:29:58.21\00:30:02.40
when what was
prophesied about took place.
00:30:02.91\00:30:06.07
So it is this
kingdom, the next kingdom
00:30:06.26\00:30:08.73
that's coming up,
that God shows us that
00:30:08.74\00:30:13.00
He can tell us the
end from the beginning.
00:30:13.01\00:30:17.74
He can tell us
things that have not come to
00:30:18.11\00:30:20.30
pass before they
come to pass so that you
00:30:20.31\00:30:22.62
and I can have faith
in God and in this book
00:30:22.63\00:30:27.69
called the Bible.
So we go now to our
00:30:27.70\00:30:31.62
next reference but
first before we get to
00:30:31.63\00:30:33.81
our next reference
you will see on this
00:30:33.82\00:30:35.54
screen there,
chest and arms of silver
00:30:35.55\00:30:38.39
stood for the
Medo-Persian Empire.
00:30:38.40\00:30:41.46
Now Medo-Persia
of course over took
00:30:42.08\00:30:45.25
Babylon in 5:39 and
then ruled to 331 B.C.
00:30:45.26\00:30:51.15
And this is quite
amazing the Medo-Persian
00:30:51.77\00:30:54.54
Empire collected
its taxes in silver.
00:30:54.73\00:30:59.45
The Medo-Persian
Empire collected its
00:31:00.59\00:31:02.49
taxes in silver; of
course, Daniel could
00:31:02.50\00:31:06.27
have known that
because Daniel was
00:31:06.28\00:31:07.51
alive then. Now let's
get to the part that is
00:31:07.52\00:31:10.39
so very miraculous.
Daniel was not alive
00:31:10.40\00:31:14.62
when this next
kingdom comes upon the sin.
00:31:14.63\00:31:16.88
We will go back to
Daniel chapter 2 verse 39,
00:31:17.23\00:31:19.87
and we will get the
last half of verse 39
00:31:19.88\00:31:22.60
and we will go ahead
and let Bill read that,
00:31:22.85\00:31:24.32
Daniel chapter 2 and
verse the last part of
00:31:24.47\00:31:29.72
verse 39. It says,
then another third kingdom
00:31:29.73\00:31:33.80
of bronze, which shall
rule over all the earth.
00:31:33.81\00:31:36.87
So there is going
to be how many kingdoms
00:31:37.78\00:31:39.91
so far have we
seen? We saw Babylon,
00:31:39.92\00:31:42.80
then we saw
Medo-Persia and now we are going
00:31:43.01\00:31:46.38
to see a, what
kingdom? A third kingdom.
00:31:46.39\00:31:50.30
Now Daniel was
alive during Babylon,
00:31:51.49\00:31:53.44
Daniel was alive
during Medo-Persia
00:31:53.87\00:31:56.21
but Daniel was not
alive during this next
00:31:56.22\00:31:59.03
kingdom but my
friend Daniel actually
00:31:59.04\00:32:02.79
tells us in his
book who the kingdom is,
00:32:02.80\00:32:06.75
but he couldn't have
known that unless the
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.86
God of heaven had told him.
00:32:09.87\00:32:12.07
So let's look at
this. Let's go to another
00:32:13.22\00:32:15.37
chapter in Daniel.
We are going to Daniel
00:32:15.38\00:32:17.83
chapter 8, you will
see that on the graphic.
00:32:17.84\00:32:19.85
Daniel chapter 8
verses 20 and 21.
00:32:19.86\00:32:23.65
We are going to let
Mrs. Gloria read that.
00:32:23.66\00:32:25.88
So those of you
at home make sure you
00:32:25.89\00:32:27.13
are turning in
your Bibles there.
00:32:27.14\00:32:28.37
We are going to
Daniel chapter 8 verses 30,
00:32:28.66\00:32:33.03
I am sorry 20 and
21. And Mrs. Gloria if
00:32:34.72\00:32:39.16
you could read
Daniel 8 verses 20 and 21.
00:32:39.17\00:32:43.53
The ram which you
saw having the two
00:32:45.10\00:32:48.24
horns they are the
kings of Media and Persia.
00:32:48.25\00:32:52.13
Does the kingdom
of Media and Persia
00:32:52.36\00:32:54.36
sound familiar
to you Mrs. Gloria?
00:32:54.37\00:32:55.84
Yeah, that was
the second kingdom
00:32:57.11\00:32:58.33
during the
Daniel, wasn't it? Yes.
00:32:58.68\00:33:00.51
Alright, keep
going. And the Male goat is
00:33:00.52\00:33:03.98
the kingdom of
Greece: the large horn that is
00:33:03.99\00:33:09.00
between his eyes
is the first king.
00:33:09.01\00:33:12.39
Alright, now this
will probably, you will
00:33:12.95\00:33:14.82
probably need to
give a little bit of
00:33:14.83\00:33:16.47
background when you
get to Daniel chapter 8.
00:33:16.48\00:33:20.06
In Daniel chapter
8, what you have and
00:33:20.44\00:33:22.76
I will just put the
stuff here, what do you
00:33:22.77\00:33:24.46
have in Daniel
chapter 8 is you have
00:33:24.47\00:33:26.84
a goat with one
horn but you have a ram
00:33:27.33\00:33:33.05
with two horns so
I am just doing this
00:33:33.06\00:33:35.00
little mental picture
right up here in the sky.
00:33:35.01\00:33:37.34
You have this
goat with one horn;
00:33:37.73\00:33:39.39
you have this
ram with two horns.
00:33:39.40\00:33:41.04
We already heard that
the ram with two horns
00:33:41.74\00:33:43.85
were the kingdom
of Media and Persia.
00:33:43.86\00:33:46.76
Well, this goat
goes over here to
00:33:47.72\00:33:50.21
Medo-Persia, and ram
sacks it destroys it,
00:33:50.22\00:33:55.94
overtakes Medo-Persia.
So the Bible tells us
00:33:56.96\00:34:00.76
that the
kingdom that comes after
00:34:00.77\00:34:03.73
Medo-Persia is
the kingdom of Greece,
00:34:03.74\00:34:08.66
the kingdom of
Greece. So when I get this
00:34:09.42\00:34:11.22
Bible study Bill, I
literally do the little
00:34:11.23\00:34:13.17
two fingered ram and
the one fingered goat
00:34:13.31\00:34:17.65
and I killed the ram
and then it's dead and
00:34:17.66\00:34:20.70
then the goat is standing there.
00:34:20.71\00:34:22.10
It is amazing that
the king of Greece.
00:34:23.32\00:34:27.86
The first king of
Greece, the Macedonian
00:34:27.87\00:34:29.91
Empire was Alexander, the great.
00:34:29.92\00:34:32.39
Alexander, the
great, they estimate he was
00:34:33.73\00:34:35.88
between the ages of
31 to 33 when he had
00:34:35.89\00:34:39.49
completely finished
conquering the world.
00:34:39.50\00:34:42.51
Alexander, the great
we have a slide up here.
00:34:47.00\00:34:48.70
Let's just get to
this next slide because
00:34:48.71\00:34:50.15
that has our
kingdoms on it again.
00:34:50.16\00:34:51.73
Alexander, the great
the first king of the
00:34:52.41\00:34:55.67
Macedonian Empire or the Grecian
00:34:55.68\00:34:57.67
Empire, the
Grecians were out numbered
00:34:57.68\00:35:02.08
for every one
Grecian soldier, there were
00:35:02.34\00:35:06.02
twenty Medo-Persian soldiers.
00:35:06.18\00:35:09.03
So if you are a
betting person of course,
00:35:10.14\00:35:12.34
we are not, we are Christians.
00:35:12.35\00:35:13.69
If we were a
betting person, we would say
00:35:15.11\00:35:19.37
that Greece would
win or lose that battle.
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.25
They would lose it
because they only got
00:35:22.22\00:35:23.56
one soldier to every twenty men.
00:35:23.57\00:35:25.07
Do you ever
fought with more than one
00:35:25.47\00:35:26.60
person at a time? Oh, Mike has.
00:35:26.61\00:35:30.11
Is it, does it
get exponentially more
00:35:31.90\00:35:33.73
difficult to win,
the more people there are
00:35:33.74\00:35:36.21
to fight with you
and you are just one man.
00:35:37.14\00:35:38.91
Yes, so you would
think that Medo-Persian
00:35:39.44\00:35:41.00
would win but my
friend nothing stands
00:35:41.01\00:35:44.18
up against the
word of God and wins.
00:35:44.19\00:35:47.87
Medo-Persia had
twenty men for every
00:35:49.79\00:35:52.30
one Grecian
soldier. But the Greeks won.
00:35:52.31\00:35:56.65
It wasn't because
Alexander, the great
00:35:57.77\00:35:59.38
was somatic, it
was because the God of
00:35:59.39\00:36:03.20
heaven had said
that Greece would be the
00:36:03.21\00:36:06.75
third kingdom,
would be the kingdom
00:36:06.76\00:36:09.51
to rule after Medo-Persia.
00:36:09.52\00:36:12.25
What God says stands firm.
00:36:13.72\00:36:17.29
So when you give
this Bible study you need
00:36:19.40\00:36:20.98
to make sure that
the Person you are
00:36:20.99\00:36:23.18
studying with
understands that strong, strong
00:36:23.83\00:36:28.31
evidence that
even when one army is
00:36:28.32\00:36:31.97
outnumbered twenty
to one, that God is
00:36:31.98\00:36:36.68
going to win, His word
is going to stand firm.
00:36:36.69\00:36:41.25
Now Greece ruled
from 331 to 168 B.C.,
00:36:41.63\00:36:48.51
331 to 168 B.C. Let's go to our
00:36:48.92\00:36:54.17
next graphic
appear. We're gonna go back
00:36:54.18\00:36:57.56
to Daniel
chapter 2 and verse 40.
00:36:57.57\00:37:01.45
Daniel chapter
2, I close my Bible,
00:37:01.46\00:37:03.92
maybe you do the
same thing so it may
00:37:03.93\00:37:05.96
take me just a
second to get there.
00:37:05.97\00:37:07.54
Daniel chapter 2
and verse 40, and we're
00:37:08.27\00:37:12.26
gonna let Mike read
that, Daniel chapter 2
00:37:12.27\00:37:14.88
verse 40. And the
fourth kingdom shall
00:37:15.26\00:37:18.49
be as strong as iron:
as for as much as iron
00:37:18.50\00:37:21.83
breaketh in pieces
and subdueth all things:
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.35
and as iron that
breaketh all these,
00:37:24.90\00:37:26.91
shall it break in
pieces and bruise.
00:37:26.92\00:37:28.97
So here we see that
there is going to be,
00:37:29.98\00:37:32.03
a what number kingdom? A fourth.
00:37:32.44\00:37:34.44
A fourth kingdom,
so you can, you just
00:37:34.45\00:37:37.04
picture yourself,
your Daniel you have been
00:37:37.65\00:37:41.30
brought as a
captive from Jerusalem over
00:37:41.31\00:37:45.86
to Babylon,
they've educated you in the
00:37:45.87\00:37:48.86
schools of
Babylon. You are now one of
00:37:48.87\00:37:50.97
the king's wisemen;
Daniel was basically
00:37:50.98\00:37:55.78
putting a nail in his
own Coffin, by telling
00:37:55.79\00:37:59.28
Nebuchadnezzar you
are this head of Gold,
00:37:59.29\00:38:01.27
but after you,
will arise another
00:38:01.98\00:38:03.87
kingdom, inferior to
yours. It's not going to last
00:38:03.88\00:38:06.95
forever O king, live forever.
00:38:06.96\00:38:08.50
It's not going to last forever.
00:38:09.02\00:38:10.12
There will be
another kingdom, inferior to
00:38:12.03\00:38:14.32
yours then a
third kingdom of brass
00:38:14.33\00:38:16.65
shall be rule over all
the earth, then he says
00:38:16.66\00:38:19.72
here that this,
there will be a fourth
00:38:19.73\00:38:21.65
kingdom as strong as
what? As strong as Iron.
00:38:21.66\00:38:26.06
Notice here in
this succession of
00:38:26.98\00:38:29.70
kingdoms, you
start out with Gold which
00:38:29.71\00:38:33.35
is today the most
valuable metal that
00:38:33.36\00:38:36.10
we have right, and
then you have a lesser
00:38:36.11\00:38:39.78
value of metal
which is silver, then you
00:38:39.79\00:38:43.65
have a lesser value
of metal which is brass
00:38:43.66\00:38:47.03
or bronze, then you
have a lesser value of
00:38:47.04\00:38:49.35
metal which is
Iron, as we go down the
00:38:49.36\00:38:53.60
kingdoms get stronger
but the purity is reduced.
00:38:53.61\00:38:59.84
Do you see that?
The closure we get
00:39:00.49\00:39:03.63
to the end of
time because that's the
00:39:03.64\00:39:05.61
purpose of this Bible study.
00:39:05.62\00:39:08.10
The last pure
people will become,
00:39:09.76\00:39:11.95
it's amazing all of
the implications that are
00:39:14.15\00:39:16.21
in this Bible study
and so you are pointing
00:39:16.22\00:39:18.78
these out to the
person that you are giving the
00:39:18.79\00:39:20.81
study too because
the Gold is to impress
00:39:20.82\00:39:23.71
them with the fact, we
are not making any of this up.
00:39:23.72\00:39:27.31
History tells us, you
go to any history book
00:39:27.99\00:39:30.62
and it will
tell you that the Neo
00:39:30.89\00:39:32.44
Babylonian Empire
was followed by the
00:39:32.45\00:39:34.21
kingdom of Media and Persia.
00:39:34.22\00:39:36.60
Now have you ever
heard of the Median rug?
00:39:37.79\00:39:39.23
You have ever
heard of the Persian rug,
00:39:40.39\00:39:41.52
you have heard the Median Gulf?
00:39:42.09\00:39:43.44
You have heard the Persian Gulf?
00:39:45.11\00:39:46.40
You do. So which
of the two was strong,
00:39:47.29\00:39:49.11
the Medes or the
Persians? The Persians.
00:39:49.12\00:39:51.01
The Persians
were. And then in your
00:39:51.11\00:39:54.16
history books after
Medo-Persia you will
00:39:54.17\00:39:57.03
see that the next
kingdom to be rule
00:39:57.04\00:39:59.65
over all the earth, once Greece.
00:39:59.66\00:40:02.50
History does not
confirmed the Bible my friends?
00:40:03.98\00:40:06.42
The Bible tells us
what history book is
00:40:06.69\00:40:09.01
correct or not? Understand that
00:40:09.02\00:40:11.01
because God's word
is just that powerful,
00:40:11.67\00:40:14.42
not even being out
number 20 to 1 could
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.52
the Medo-Persians
pulled it off because
00:40:17.53\00:40:19.29
God said that it
wouldn't be like that,
00:40:19.30\00:40:21.35
that the
Grecians would conquer the
00:40:21.60\00:40:23.85
Medo-Persian Empire.
Now it says here that
00:40:23.86\00:40:26.76
there is a fourth
kingdom. This fourth kingdom
00:40:26.77\00:40:29.33
is a strong as
Iron, breaks in pieces the
00:40:29.34\00:40:33.75
Iron, and the clay,
and all of those metals.
00:40:33.76\00:40:36.77
Go to your graphic
here. This next kingdom
00:40:37.22\00:40:40.29
rules between
168 B.C. and 476 A.D.
00:40:40.30\00:40:45.22
That's the time
spend that this fourth
00:40:45.96\00:40:47.80
kingdom rules.
It's the longest of
00:40:47.81\00:40:50.08
the ruling kingdoms.
We see that Jesus was
00:40:50.59\00:40:54.98
crucified in the
spring of 31 A.D.
00:40:54.99\00:40:58.56
Now some people
will say, well, how
00:40:59.43\00:41:01.36
could He be
crucified in the spring of 31?
00:41:01.37\00:41:03.09
Wasn't He 33 when He
died? And doesn't A.D. mean
00:41:03.46\00:41:05.91
the year of our
Lord. We will get to that.
00:41:05.92\00:41:08.01
That will be answer.
Jesus was crucified in
00:41:08.42\00:41:12.05
the spring of 31
A.D. So Jesus is crucified
00:41:12.06\00:41:17.04
during the rule of
this fourth kingdom.
00:41:17.05\00:41:21.12
Everybody got
that. Jesus was crucified
00:41:21.42\00:41:23.94
during the rule of
this fourth kingdom.
00:41:23.95\00:41:26.03
What earthly
kingdom was in control when
00:41:26.37\00:41:30.40
Jesus was
crucified? I want a Bible book,
00:41:30.41\00:41:35.27
Bible chapter and
Bible reference and
00:41:35.99\00:41:38.17
you can see that
on the next graphic.
00:41:38.18\00:41:39.78
Let's go to Luke 23
verse 2, Luke 23 and
00:41:40.18\00:41:47.37
verse 2, we're gonna
let Jessica read this.
00:41:47.38\00:41:49.51
Luke the 23
chapter and the 2nd verse.
00:41:50.10\00:41:56.67
This is talking about
the trial of Jesus and
00:41:59.23\00:42:02.05
here we are, Luke 23
verse 2 They began at
00:42:02.06\00:42:06.17
once to state their
case: "This man has been
00:42:06.18\00:42:09.60
leading our people
to ruin by telling them
00:42:09.61\00:42:12.54
not to pay their
taxes to the Roman
00:42:12.55\00:42:14.54
government and by
claiming he is the
00:42:14.55\00:42:16.90
Messiah, a king." So
they accused Jesus of
00:42:16.91\00:42:22.40
telling the people
of the Jews nation that
00:42:22.41\00:42:25.40
they should not
pay taxes to whom?
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.41
Caesar, and what did
your version say there?
00:42:28.49\00:42:30.84
The Roman
government, Rome was the kingdom
00:42:30.85\00:42:36.36
in control from
168 B.C. to 476 A.D.
00:42:36.37\00:42:42.21
Christ was crucified
in 31 A.D. the fourth
00:42:43.30\00:42:46.47
kingdom is the kingdom of Rome.
00:42:46.89\00:42:50.39
Do you see that
from the Bible, it's very
00:42:51.17\00:42:53.55
powerful? God's word
is so powerful that no
00:42:53.56\00:42:58.03
matter what men tries
to do men cannot thwarted.
00:42:58.04\00:43:02.72
So let's go to now
back to our graphic,
00:43:03.16\00:43:05.67
you see there that the
head of Gold was Babylon.
00:43:06.70\00:43:11.31
Babylon is
followed by a Medo-Persia,
00:43:12.84\00:43:15.31
Medo-Persia is
followed by Greece,
00:43:15.99\00:43:19.21
Greece is followed
by Rome, and then we're
00:43:19.96\00:43:23.67
gonna go to our
fifth kingdom here or fifth
00:43:23.68\00:43:28.07
division and we are
going to see that the
00:43:28.08\00:43:31.41
Bible tells us that
Rome itself would not
00:43:31.42\00:43:35.23
last forever. So
let's go back to our screen
00:43:35.24\00:43:39.65
and let's go to our
next reference or our
00:43:40.03\00:43:42.48
next graphic. Daniel
chapter 2 verses 41 to
00:43:42.49\00:43:47.97
45. Daniel chapter 2
verses 41 to 45 and so
00:43:47.98\00:43:53.51
we are just turning
back to the left there.
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.41
Daniel chapter 2
verses 41 to 45 and
00:43:56.02\00:44:01.56
we will ask Solita
to read that for us,
00:44:01.57\00:44:04.38
and I may interrupt
you just a little bit.
00:44:04.95\00:44:07.00
I probably will
as we go through this
00:44:07.01\00:44:08.65
alright, okay,
so Daniel chapter 2
00:44:08.66\00:44:11.39
beginning in verse
41. And whereas thou
00:44:11.40\00:44:15.30
sawest the feet and
toes, part of potters'
00:44:15.31\00:44:18.86
clay, and part of
iron, the kingdom shall be
00:44:18.87\00:44:21.71
divided; but there
shall be in it of the
00:44:21.72\00:44:26.63
strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou
00:44:26.64\00:44:29.18
sawest the iron
mixed with miry clay.
00:44:29.19\00:44:31.43
And as the toes and
feet were part of iron,
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.28
and part of clay so
shall the kingdom be
00:44:34.76\00:44:37.07
partly strong,
and partly broken.
00:44:37.08\00:44:39.25
Okay, now this is
where I am going to
00:44:39.75\00:44:41.04
interrupt you.
Solita tell me how many
00:44:41.05\00:44:44.94
toes does the average
person have on their feet?
00:44:44.95\00:44:49.47
Ten. Now you see here in the
00:44:49.85\00:44:52.92
interpretation Daniel adds toes.
00:44:52.93\00:44:57.80
When the dream was
given, he just said the
00:44:58.72\00:45:01.47
feet part of,
potters' clay and part of iron.
00:45:01.48\00:45:05.20
Here in the interpretation it
00:45:05.71\00:45:07.15
says the feet and,
what? Toes, part of potters'
00:45:07.16\00:45:11.42
clay and part of
Iron and then it says,
00:45:11.43\00:45:13.88
it will be partly
strong and partly broken.
00:45:13.89\00:45:17.65
So the kingdom of
Rome is not, let's see
00:45:18.72\00:45:21.53
here in verse 41,
it says, the kingdom
00:45:21.54\00:45:25.86
shall be divided. Rome was not
00:45:25.87\00:45:29.93
conquered, Rome was divided.
00:45:29.94\00:45:33.70
Now was Babylon
conquered by whom?
00:45:34.92\00:45:37.65
Medo-Persia. You pick up those
00:45:38.70\00:45:40.20
microphones so we can hear you.
00:45:40.21\00:45:41.28
Was Medo-Persia Conquered?
00:45:41.73\00:45:42.81
Yes. By who? Greece. Greece.
00:45:43.30\00:45:45.86
Was Greece conquered? Yes.
00:45:45.87\00:45:47.76
By whom? Rome.
Was Rome Conquered?
00:45:47.77\00:45:50.53
No. Rome was divided and when we
00:45:51.69\00:45:55.19
get to our Bible
study in Daniel chapter 7,
00:45:55.20\00:45:59.48
we will see that
Rome was indeed divided
00:45:59.49\00:46:02.55
into 10 different
nations. So the Bible says that
00:46:02.56\00:46:09.00
Babylon is going to be
conquered by Medo-Persia.
00:46:09.01\00:46:11.14
Medo-Persia is
going to be conquered by
00:46:11.52\00:46:13.12
Greece, Greece is
going to be conquered
00:46:13.45\00:46:15.29
by Rome, but Rome
is not going to be
00:46:15.30\00:46:19.49
conquered, Rome is going to be,
00:46:19.50\00:46:21.22
divided, that's
right. So let's just keep
00:46:22.63\00:46:26.50
reading there, verse 43. Okay.
00:46:26.51\00:46:30.93
And whereas thou
sawest iron mixed
00:46:31.43\00:46:33.54
with miry clay,
they shall mingle
00:46:33.55\00:46:35.84
themselves with the
seed of men: but they
00:46:35.85\00:46:38.14
shall not cleave one
to another, even as iron
00:46:38.15\00:46:41.14
is not mixed with
clay. Okay, Solita, how
00:46:41.15\00:46:43.58
long would you have
to stir clay and iron
00:46:43.59\00:46:46.82
before you got clarion.
It won't, it won't what?
00:46:46.83\00:46:52.33
It won't mix, it
won't mix, it won't mix.
00:46:52.94\00:46:57.40
Notice there in
verse 43 and whereas thou
00:46:57.58\00:46:59.91
sawest iron mixed
with miry clay, they
00:46:59.92\00:47:02.87
shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men.
00:47:02.88\00:47:06.09
What is the seed
of men? What is that?
00:47:06.10\00:47:09.82
That's their
children or their offspring.
00:47:11.43\00:47:13.38
So this division
of Rome, When Rome is
00:47:13.95\00:47:17.24
divided they
will try to unite Rome
00:47:17.25\00:47:20.58
by intermarriage.
Do you realize that
00:47:21.16\00:47:25.19
lots of people try to
re-unite divided Rome?
00:47:26.06\00:47:29.25
Charlemagne tried
it, Henry the some
00:47:30.76\00:47:35.54
number, I forget
his number, tried it,
00:47:35.55\00:47:37.33
the VIII, somewhere
in there, XIV maybe,
00:47:37.34\00:47:40.71
Hitler tried it,
many different rulers have
00:47:43.00\00:47:46.82
tried to unite divided
Rome but they couldn't.
00:47:46.83\00:47:52.52
Do you know why they couldn't?
00:47:52.53\00:47:53.58
Because God said, it
wasn't going to happen.
00:47:55.40\00:47:57.25
My friend God's word
is true, it's reliable,
00:47:58.81\00:48:04.55
it can be trusted.
God's word is going
00:48:05.46\00:48:10.05
to take you all
the way to the kingdom
00:48:10.06\00:48:12.75
of heaven if you
will believe in Him and
00:48:12.76\00:48:17.27
trust in Him. So
let's go back to the study,
00:48:17.28\00:48:19.78
just keep
reading there. Verse 44.
00:48:19.79\00:48:23.76
And in the days of
these kings shall the
00:48:25.36\00:48:27.41
God of heaven set
up a kingdom, which
00:48:27.42\00:48:30.01
shall never be
destroyed: and the kingdom shall
00:48:30.02\00:48:32.29
not be left to
other people, but it shall
00:48:32.30\00:48:34.97
break in pieces
and consume all these
00:48:34.98\00:48:37.14
kingdoms, and it
shall stand for ever.
00:48:37.15\00:48:39.45
Forasmuch as thou
sawest that the stone
00:48:40.16\00:48:42.75
was cut out of
the mountain without
00:48:42.76\00:48:44.54
hands, and that it
brake in pieces the
00:48:44.55\00:48:46.97
iron, the brass, the
clay, the silver, and
00:48:46.98\00:48:50.62
the gold; the
great God hath made
00:48:50.63\00:48:52.56
known to the king
what shall come to
00:48:52.57\00:48:54.34
pass hereafter: and
the dream is certain,
00:48:54.35\00:48:57.48
and the
interpretation thereof sure.
00:48:57.59\00:48:59.68
Okay, so let's go
back to our graphic now,
00:49:00.24\00:49:02.06
you see there,
the head of Gold is
00:49:02.07\00:49:04.07
Babylon, then
you have Medo-Persia,
00:49:04.08\00:49:06.27
then you have
Greece, then you have Rome,
00:49:06.69\00:49:08.69
then you have divided Rome.
00:49:09.05\00:49:10.56
Now divided Rome,
Rome was completely
00:49:10.91\00:49:12.80
divided into 10
divisions. In 476 A.D.
00:49:12.81\00:49:16.20
for those who of
you that want more
00:49:16.21\00:49:17.28
information on that
you're gonna need to
00:49:17.29\00:49:19.41
look on our
website and we will have a
00:49:20.03\00:49:22.50
class there on the
books of Daniel and
00:49:22.51\00:49:24.75
the books of
Revelation. Robert Taylor is
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.47
going to do that for
us or you can order the
00:49:26.48\00:49:28.83
DVD set and see
it on those DVDs.
00:49:28.84\00:49:31.96
So Rome is completely
divided into 10 divisions
00:49:32.94\00:49:37.07
in 476 A.D. My
friend you and I still live
00:49:37.08\00:49:42.21
during the time of divided Rome.
00:49:42.22\00:49:45.58
So 476 A.D. to
the present we go 605
00:49:46.85\00:49:51.15
years before the
turn of the calendar from
00:49:51.16\00:49:54.92
B.C. into A.D. All
the way down to the year
00:49:54.93\00:49:58.74
that you and I are
living. And Jesus says that in
00:49:58.75\00:50:03.57
the time of these
kings, the Bible tells
00:50:03.58\00:50:06.00
us in the time of
these kings, in the time of
00:50:06.01\00:50:08.60
divided Rome, the
God of heaven will
00:50:08.61\00:50:12.34
set up a
kingdom. The God of heaven
00:50:12.35\00:50:16.10
set up a kingdom.
Now the Bible said
00:50:16.61\00:50:21.06
there that there
was a stone in the dream
00:50:21.07\00:50:23.58
itself, there was a
stone that was cut out
00:50:23.59\00:50:25.52
without hands.
What does that stone
00:50:25.53\00:50:28.96
represent? We will go
to our next reference.
00:50:28.97\00:50:31.48
Let's go to
Matthew 21 and verse 44
00:50:31.49\00:50:35.57
because we want to
have a Thus saith the
00:50:35.58\00:50:37.07
Lord for
everything we are doing.
00:50:37.08\00:50:38.45
Matthew 21 and
verse 44, Matthew the 21st
00:50:38.84\00:50:46.86
chapter, the 44th
verse, and Mrs. Gloria
00:50:47.49\00:50:52.67
if you could read
that for us, why don't you
00:50:52.68\00:50:54.46
start in verse 43 rather
than 44, start in verse 43.
00:50:54.47\00:50:58.58
Matthew chapter 21, verse 43.
00:50:59.46\00:51:03.29
Therefore say to
you, The kingdom of God
00:51:08.19\00:51:11.32
will be taken from
you, and given to a
00:51:11.33\00:51:14.41
nation bringing
the fruits of it And
00:51:14.42\00:51:17.28
whosoever falls
on this stone will be
00:51:17.29\00:51:20.62
broken: but on whomever it fall,
00:51:20.63\00:51:24.00
it will grind him to powder.
00:51:24.58\00:51:26.36
Okay, who is this stone there?
00:51:26.95\00:51:28.39
What is the
stone? The stone there in
00:51:28.40\00:51:32.36
verse 43, it says,
the kingdom of God shall
00:51:32.37\00:51:34.92
be taken from you,
and given to a nation
00:51:34.93\00:51:36.87
bringing forth
the fruits thereof and
00:51:36.88\00:51:38.74
whosoever fall on
this stone, whosoever fall
00:51:38.75\00:51:41.26
on the kingdom of
God. Look back up in 42,
00:51:41.27\00:51:43.59
the stone which
the builders rejected,
00:51:44.08\00:51:46.29
the same is going
to become the head of
00:51:46.30\00:51:48.02
the corner: this is
the Lord's doing, and
00:51:48.03\00:51:50.55
marvelous in our eyes?
It is marvelous in our eyes.
00:51:50.56\00:51:55.16
Then he says there
that the kingdom of
00:51:55.41\00:51:56.53
God is going to
be taken from God's
00:51:56.54\00:51:59.34
people and given to a nation
00:51:59.35\00:52:01.65
that brings forth
fruit. It says, and whosoever
00:52:01.66\00:52:04.46
shall fall on this
stone shall be broken but on
00:52:04.47\00:52:08.58
whomsoever it the
stone shall fall it will
00:52:08.59\00:52:12.19
do, what? It will
grind him to pieces or grind
00:52:12.20\00:52:15.98
him to power.
Doesn't that sound like
00:52:15.99\00:52:17.71
language that we just read.
00:52:17.72\00:52:19.15
The kingdom of God
is the stone that is cut
00:52:20.30\00:52:24.33
out without human
hands that falls on this
00:52:24.34\00:52:31.45
image at his feet
at the base of it,
00:52:31.95\00:52:35.39
up at this time,
let' say, we don't have
00:52:36.91\00:52:38.68
another slide that
has those things on yet,
00:52:38.69\00:52:40.13
but up to the
present time it's, while you
00:52:40.14\00:52:43.61
and I are alive that,
that stone is going to
00:52:43.62\00:52:45.61
become a great
mountain and fill the
00:52:45.62\00:52:48.56
whole earth. My question is are
00:52:48.57\00:52:52.14
you ready for
that stone to come?
00:52:52.15\00:52:55.31
Are you ready for
that stone to come?
00:52:56.23\00:52:57.81
We're gonna now
to our next reference
00:52:58.21\00:53:00.12
which is an
Ezekiel 21, Ezekiel 21.
00:53:00.13\00:53:03.61
You're gonna be
quite amazed even Ezekiel
00:53:03.62\00:53:05.76
prophesied about
this. Let's go to Ezekiel so
00:53:05.77\00:53:08.96
you are just one book
to the left of Daniel.
00:53:08.97\00:53:11.65
We are going to Ezekiel the 21st
00:53:12.92\00:53:16.16
chapter and verses 26 and 27.
00:53:16.80\00:53:20.89
Andre Bertho we're
gonna to let you read this.
00:53:20.90\00:53:23.55
Ezekiel 21 verse 26 and 27.
00:53:25.17\00:53:29.66
Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Remove the
00:53:32.68\00:53:35.61
diadem, and take
off the crown: Not this
00:53:35.62\00:53:39.47
shall remind the same: exalt the
00:53:39.48\00:53:42.17
humble, and the
humble exalts it.
00:53:42.18\00:53:46.12
Overturn,
overturn, I would make it
00:53:46.67\00:53:49.55
overturn, it shall
be no longer, until he
00:53:49.56\00:53:52.89
come whose right it is;
and I will give it to him.
00:53:52.90\00:54:00.10
Here we see, that
the word of the Lord
00:54:01.09\00:54:03.66
comes to Ezekiel
and Ezekiel prophesied
00:54:04.02\00:54:08.73
about the diadem
being removed from
00:54:09.05\00:54:12.54
the king that was
ruling Jerusalem at
00:54:12.95\00:54:15.80
this time by the
way the king that was
00:54:15.81\00:54:17.29
ruling Jerusalem
at this time was none
00:54:17.30\00:54:18.70
other than Nebuchadnezzar,
of course, he had an
00:54:18.71\00:54:21.09
under king over
their in Babylon that had
00:54:21.10\00:54:23.77
rebelled and it
says, remove the diadem
00:54:23.78\00:54:27.65
and take off the crown.
Look at the next line here.
00:54:28.06\00:54:30.74
I will overturn Babylon
to Medo-Persia, overturn
00:54:31.05\00:54:34.77
from Medo-Persia to
Greece, overturn from
00:54:35.20\00:54:37.79
Greece to Rome and
it shall be no more.
00:54:37.80\00:54:42.16
There will no
longer be a one world ruler
00:54:42.40\00:54:45.33
or a one world
government until he
00:54:45.49\00:54:49.68
come whose right it is
and I will give it to him.
00:54:49.69\00:54:53.47
Who is that? Who
alone has the right
00:54:54.13\00:54:56.84
to rule this
world under one world
00:54:56.85\00:54:59.05
government that's
Jesus Christ you are
00:54:59.06\00:55:00.70
absolutely right,
you are absolutely right.
00:55:00.71\00:55:03.52
Jesus says, I will
overturn it, Babylon
00:55:04.99\00:55:07.63
to Medo-Persia, overturn it Medo
00:55:07.64\00:55:09.18
Persia to Greece,
overturn it Greece to
00:55:09.19\00:55:10.89
Rome and then it
shall be no more until Jesus
00:55:10.90\00:55:15.37
comes, until that stone
that has cut out of that
00:55:15.73\00:55:18.28
mountain without
hands, strikes that
00:55:18.29\00:55:20.69
image on the feet
of it and grinds it to
00:55:20.70\00:55:23.26
powder and then
the wind comes and just
00:55:23.27\00:55:26.03
blows it away.
Our next reference
00:55:26.04\00:55:29.86
is 2nd Peter
chapter 1 verses 10 and 11.
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Turn with me there
2nd Peter chapter 1
00:55:33.63\00:55:36.14
verses 10 and 11,
2nd Peter chapter 1
00:55:36.15\00:55:41.53
verses 10 and 11 and
I will read this one.
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Second Peter
chapter 1 verses 10 and 11,
00:55:48.87\00:55:51.01
the word of God
says, wherefore the rather,
00:55:51.73\00:55:55.31
brethren, give diligence to make
00:55:55.32\00:55:58.67
your calling and election sure:
00:55:58.68\00:56:01.80
for if ye do these
things, ye shall never fall:
00:56:02.94\00:56:06.64
For so an entrance
shall be ministered
00:56:07.45\00:56:10.37
unto you abundantly
into the everlasting
00:56:10.63\00:56:14.37
kingdom of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:56:14.38\00:56:19.25
My friends God today
has given us evidence.
00:56:21.41\00:56:26.89
He knew that
Babylon would be followed by
00:56:27.28\00:56:29.58
Medo-Persia, He knew that Medo
00:56:29.59\00:56:31.42
Persia would be
followed by Greece,
00:56:31.43\00:56:34.12
He knew the Greece
would be followed by
00:56:34.32\00:56:36.34
Rome and He knew
that Rome would not
00:56:36.35\00:56:38.54
be conquered but
Rome would be divided.
00:56:38.55\00:56:40.78
The diadem would
have been taken off
00:56:41.11\00:56:42.96
that kingdom of
Rome and saved for
00:56:42.97\00:56:46.61
the one whose right it
is and that's Jesus Christ.
00:56:46.62\00:56:50.23
Jesus Christ has given
us this book, the Bible
00:56:52.31\00:56:56.69
so that we can understand God's
00:56:58.22\00:56:59.81
basic instructions
before leaving earth,
00:56:59.82\00:57:02.53
so that you and I
would actually get to
00:57:03.93\00:57:05.21
leave this earth and
spend eternity with Jesus.
00:57:05.22\00:57:09.08
Won't you give
Jesus the opportunity to
00:57:09.79\00:57:14.33
continue to show
you truth from this book
00:57:14.34\00:57:18.29
called the Bible so
that you can see that
00:57:18.68\00:57:22.87
God is real? Jesus
Christ is the center of
00:57:22.88\00:57:27.60
this book and we pray
through out this series
00:57:27.61\00:57:31.15
that Jesus Christ
will become the very
00:57:31.16\00:57:33.03
center of your
life. Give Jesus the
00:57:33.04\00:57:37.35
opportunity and He will prove
00:57:37.36\00:57:39.04
Himself to be real to you.
00:57:39.05\00:57:41.69
With 20 DVDs in
each package life in
00:57:44.39\00:57:47.43
the edge is great
for sharing at prayer
00:57:47.44\00:57:49.19
meetings, small
groups or even during
00:57:49.20\00:57:51.96
a personal Bible
study, may he would
00:57:51.97\00:57:54.36
like to come join
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00:57:54.37\00:57:55.99
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00:57:56.71\00:58:00.72
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00:58:01.21\00:58:06.66
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