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>> Hello, friends. We have
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is Ryan Day and we're so blessed
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world, because, yes, we're
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Frankfort, Illinois. We have to
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southern Illinois. But I'll tell
you, in the middle of this
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to be throwing down some
incredible Bible study. I've got
my brother from another
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mother Chester, James Love you.
My brother. It's good to have
you back in and the in in
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your hear you. >> You know,
you're here. You when you fly
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and many, many times through you
almost moved place. I'm still
part of the family, you receive
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your are a blessing to this
ministry. And we just thank you,
my brother, for all that you do
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and tell us a little bit because
there's probably someone
watching right now that
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doesn't know who Pastor James
Rafferty is and what you do for
3ABN. So tell us a little
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bit about that. We are blessed
to be part of the 3ABN team in
the 3ABN family. We've been
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here for about a year in a few
months starting May of 2021 and
director of disciple Ship
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Ministry, which is basically
coming alongside mentoring,
passing on what I've learned
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ministry encouraging people
Bible studies with people
individually, small groups, et
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cetera. And of course, all the
different programs that we do
with a question asked this in
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and lives in Canada meetings and
everything else. So my wife is
working part time for
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like there's any like That's
where you start. We're used to
it. She's working part time
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for 3ABN. She works part-time as
a registered dietician,
nutritionist and functional
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medicine. And she is doing
health talks and health research
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and writing health articles
she's one of these men shape.
Yeah. Brings a little appraisal.
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Well, you know, when you guys
come in and spending their here
several weeks out of the year
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and it's just a blessing to have
you. When you come in my
brother, you're part of the
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team tonight, my friends. Let me
tell you what I have here. But
we got here. We've got the
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word of God, Bible, you're going
to need this. Okay. If you don't
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have with you, go find your
Bible where it is in the house
and bring it back, sit down and
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get ready because we're going to
go on an incredible excursion
through God's word.
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>> We're going to be diving deep
into Bible prophecy. Tonight
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before we're going have a song
in just a few moments that we're
going to be blessed by some
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wonderful music. But before we
do, let me set this up to kind
of explain to you what's
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happening. So a few months ago,
Pastor afternoon, I had the
wonderful privilege of
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starting a program. This is kind
of still the beginning of a
program that you and I
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started a few months ago called
what is the calm, prophetic way?
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My prosthetic waymarks and the
last program. If you haven't
seen it, just go look it up on
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YouTube or find it on 3ABN.
Plus. But the profit of Waymarks
program from last time from a
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few months ago, we kind of just
took a survey of Bible prophecy
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from Daniel in revelation. We
kind of hit all of the main
bullet points of all of the
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major prophecies. And then it
wasn't, I think maybe not even a
week or 2. After that, I get a
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phone call from pastor after he
said brother we've got we've got
to go back through all of these
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prophecies except this time.
Give it to our live down a
little wind down and go deeper
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into each one of those
individual profit chapters in
profit. A topic. So we're
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starting with Daniel to tonight.
We're going to be in Daniel,
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too. So if you had questions
about Daniel, too, and this is
just a little bit, but he's want
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to toss it to you right now to
set us up. You for Daniel to
talking about you'll get this
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kind of an overview of what it
is we're going to be starting
tonight. Well, we're going to
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be looking at one of the most
significant prophecies ever
given to through a human
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being. And what's really
interesting is who God gives the
prophecy to write. And
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it's interesting because he
doesn't give it to one of his
people. And then you have to
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ask the question, why does he
give it to a gentile, right? All
right. And then you have
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to ask the question >> Why did
Daniel, what's Daniel doing in
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captivity in the first place?
Like why did he even got even
let him go there? You know,
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what's the purpose, right, Kay?
And why was Daniel included with
this decree to kill all the wise
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battle on? >> When he was even
part of the weizmann about on
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yet, right? Right. So these
kinds of questions we still
about. And we're encouraging our
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viewers, please send in your
questions. We'd love to answer
questions. We're going go
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through this process, the but we
know that your students of the
Bible or that you're new
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to the Bible or that you're
somewhere in between and you
have questions you'd like to
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ask. And we've been at this for
a few years and we love to share
with you the knowledge
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that we have in the things that
we know. Absolutely that
speaking of questions, we're
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going to tell you right now, in
fact, get your your PIN your
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right with maybe pick up your
cell phone next to you and get
ready to record this number.
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There it is. >> If you want to
text in your question, you need
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to send that to 6, 1, 8, 2, 2,
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is 6, 1, 8, 2, 2, 8, 3, 9, 7, 5,
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You can text us your questions
or there's another option.
There's only 2 options
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tonight, by the way, to send in
your questions, either text or
as it's if you see on your
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screen there, you can e-mail us
your questions as well. It's
life that's L I V E at 3
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a being in DOT TV again, that's
alive at 3, a B in DOT TV. So
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text in send us an email.
Whichever one you prefer. We're
going to bring this back up a
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couple of time. Maybe 3 or 4
more times tonight to remind you
of how you can send those
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questions. But as we get deeper
into the study over the next
hour in 2 hours, actually,
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perhaps there's a question that
comes to your mind, your heart
that you really want an answer
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to. I want to put Pastor James
Rafferty on the spot for you
tonight because he's got all
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the answers. Haha, actually the
word of God has answers. But
that phrase a little we're
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going to get into those. But
Daniel, to get your Bible, get
your friends together. We're
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going to be diving into this as
soon as we get finished with
this powerful, powerful
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song that is coming to us from
our brother Lake Jones. And of
course, we have a friend Tim
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partner on the piano and man,
this brother's voice, something
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late. Jones has an incredible
voice. God has blessed him so
much. And of course, my friend
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Tim Pardon. I mean that in my
opinion, the best pianist in the
world, I love them to death.
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Such a humble guy and they're
going to be bringing us one of
my favorite songs written by one
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of my favorite gospel song, a
songwriters. And the song is
that sounds like home to me.
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>> on. >> last >>
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>> used be the >> to
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thank we knew the as
his >> Live this too. >> a
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¤ ¤ >> A made a full. Thank you,
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Lake Jones and my brother, Tim
part. Thank you guys so much for
that beautiful song. Wow.
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>> That's one of my favorites
written by Aaron Wilbur, my good
friend. Aaron will burn
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is resting in Jesus now, but
he's written some of the best in
gospel music and just such
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a blessing to hear that again.
Thank you guys so much. >> All
right. Here we are, my
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friends. If you're just now
tuning in, you're watching 3 ABM
Thursday night live.
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That's right. We're coming to
you live right now. As we're
speaking, we're in studio and
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we have Pastor James Rafferty
with us. And we're about to dive
deep into the Bible were
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going to be taking a profit
journey through the second
chapter of Daniel. before we
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pray, cousin or going to pray
before we get into the study.
But I just want to ask you
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real quickly, a pastor Rafferty.
Many people have asked this
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question, especially those who
probably are for a little bit
familiar with Bible prophecy had
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this question before. Why? Why
should we start with Daniel to
why? Why Daniel, too? Well,
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there are a number of reasons
why Daniel to is really
significant. I'm going to give
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you one. You may never have
heard before. Okay. If you have
are not. All right. And
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it has to do with a couple
questions that I asked you to
begin with. The reason why we
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need to start with Daniel to
this because Daniel 2 shows the
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world, the God is interested in
them even when his church is not
just unpack that a little bit.
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Her on a K K God's people,
Israel were supposed to be a
light to the gentiles. They were
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supposed to be sharing the
beautiful gospel, the beautiful
hope of messiah with the world.
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And they did. All right. They
close themselves into themselves
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and in order for got to reach
the Gentile world, he had to
allow them to go into captivity.
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I call it Captive Angeles. OK,
alright, The dream that was
given 2 in Daniel to was not
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given to Daniels was not given
to one of God's people. It was
given to even King, right,
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right, right. And God is
expressing got a showing. In
fact, the whole 1st half of the
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book of Daniel isn't written
Heber's mix. Come tonight. Yeah.
Danny Lush a God is showing his
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care and his love for the entire
world. You could say that the
picture that we have in
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Daniel, too, is a picture. >>
That reflects John Chapter 3
verse 16 cars of the world.
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The game's only got McCain has
through you. I want the whole
world to know that that's the
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reason that may be. We don't
hear all the tiger, but it's one
that I think is very Ali.
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That's a great point. And, you
know, I find it, you know, and
then my years of experience in
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study, we do not just with that.
That but I was raised at finish
just like you weren't.
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>> And you know, so many people
will find in the misinterpreting
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or misunderstanding future Bible
prof prophecy events or further
prosthetic chapters
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that were going to study. You
know, Daniel 7 and a new 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, you know,
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revelation chapter 12, 13, 14,
as you go on. They they attend
to misinterpret some of the
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major aspects of those chapters
based on the fact that they get
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Daniel to wrong or they simply
don't study it appropriately.
And so I'm excited. I'm excited
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to be able to study and to
revisit this powerful chapter.
So get ready. My friends were
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about to dive deep into this
right now. Pastor referee, will
she have a prayer for? Some will
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get started. Towns Goodlett
Spring father and him. We just
want to thank you for this
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opportunity to open your word.
You've asked us to pray for the
Holy Spirit to lead us to
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guide us to teach us instruct
us to convict us to comfort us.
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>> We're praying right now for
ourselves for all those who are
listing for those who will
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be listing. We're asking you
that promise will be for Phil
tonight. Not only in us, but
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also in every single person that
is going to be listening to this
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broadcast. This message. We're
also asking for that you would
cleanse us that you would make
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us vessels that could be used to
communicate the love in truth
and the Gospel Jesus Christ
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through these prophecies to
those who are listening so guide
and direct this program bless
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each component of it. We pray we
get into your hands ourselves
and your hands are views into
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your hands in Jesus name
mean that. >> Amen. Amen. Amen.
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>> Just a little bit of a
background as we begin to set up
Daniel chapter to the
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children of his room. With
Moses, Mount Sinai. God
establishes coming up between
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him and people says I want you
to be my my holy people. My
brought chosen people, my
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royal nation, my my kingdom of
priest. as you said, they were
to be a light to the world and
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right there at Mount Sinai got
says, look, if you will be my
voice to keep my covenant and
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you'll be my special chosen
people to go in. Take this
gospel can take this good news
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and what change the world,
right. But unfortunately, the
Bible records shows us and we
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find this all the way through
the Old Testament. It's flooded
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with more than 840 years of
rebellion on the martyrdom of
Israel. Also from Mount Sinai to
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the time that we see is real
falling into this babylonian
captivity. It's about 140 years.
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You want to talk about Grace.
You want to talk about patience
and compassion. God did
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everything he could to wake up
Israel and multiple occasions.
But now we we find Israel many,
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many of the people of Israel,
including a young man and his 3
friends. But young man by
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the name of Daniel, Daniel,
probably a teenager, at least a
young man being carried off
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with his 3 friends. And me
showing that Saraya and they
find themselves in an
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interesting predicament. But now
we come to Daniel Chapter 2 and
maybe something you want
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to add to this. But set us up
for entering into the study on
Daniel too. Well, the first
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thing that we see in the context
of Daniel Chapter 2 is the Cross
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of Calvary, OK, Alright, Fine.
Philippians chapter 2. >> The
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Bible tells us in versus 5, 6,
7, 8, that Christ did not
consider something to be grasped
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on to be equal with God. humbled
himself right? He came in the
form of a man, the form of a
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servant. He helped himself to
death. Even the death of the
cross. That's what we see in
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Daniel Chapter one. When you
think about God in the context
of Christianity, we think of a
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sovereign got an all powerful
God, a God. They can do whatever
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he wants. And what does he do
with his people? He lets them be
taken captive to Babylon. That
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is reflection on him. That's
reflection his character member.
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Moses prayed. >> Don't let your
people be destroyed in the
woman's because what will the
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rest of the nation's think of
you, right? Right. So God
humbles himself. And Daniel
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Chapter 2 when the vessels of
the sanctuary taken into the
sanctuary, the temples of the
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babylonians that's got humbling
himself before the nation's. In
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a sense, OK? But why does God
humble themself winds Christ
himself? So that he can be
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lifted up and when he's lifted
up, all men will be drawn on
him. Okay. That's what's going
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to happen. So Daniel, want who
are really reflections across?
You know, job of the preacher.
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It's to make it across country
to Calvary as fast as possible.
Okay. And whenever we look at
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prophecy, we need to see west
across and this was the Gospel
and all right. We already
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touched on one point and that is
God loves and you can answer.
You know, I never even
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as there is a tyrant, maybe can
as it is bad dude, like my whole
Cabinet, you guys are
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going down 8. You can interpret
my dream that I can't remember.
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You should be able to interpret
it right? So that God loves him.
God loves the entire babylonian
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world. God is seeking after
them. He wants to reach after
them. And this is the picture.
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This is the story of the cross
of the last possible. Oh, my
goodness. I've never I've
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never heard it said like that
before. But you were told. But
each each one of our major
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true that we study should be
taught in the light of the
cross. As I love that.
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>> All right. So what are we
starting to start with one?
Yeah, let's start with Daniel
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Chapter 2 verse one So to have a
neighbor says you want to read
before we stop, I want to
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give you time to make some
points in between all kind of
follow up with you. Well,
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let's go all the way through to
about verse. 13 know 12, 12 O k
so Murray through. And if
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you need to stop me any time
that we must Daniel Chapter 2,
my friends were going to begin
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in verse one. It's isn't in the
second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar maybe can as
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your dream, the dreams where
with his spirit was troubled in
his sleep broke from him.
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Then the Keane commanded to call
the magicians of the astrologers
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and the sorcerer's in the
Chaldeans for the show. The
keen, his dreams. So they came
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and stood before the king and
the King said to them, I have
dreamed a dream in my spirit was
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trouble to know the dream then
spoke the Chaldeans to the king
of Syria. O King live for ever
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tell your servants the dream.
And we will show the
interpretation first 5. This is
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the King answered and said to
the Chaldeans the thing is gone
for me. If you will not make
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known to me the dream with the
interpretation thereof, you
shall be cut in pieces and
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your houses shall be made. A
dunghill. But if you show the
dream and the interpretation
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thereof, you shall receive of
me. Gifts and rewards and great
honor. Therefore, show
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me the dream. And the
interpretation thereof. They
answered again and said let
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the keen tell his service the
dream. And we will show the
interpretation of it. The King
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answered and said, I know of
certainty that you would gain
the time, but you see the
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thing is gone from me because
you see the thing is gone for
me. But if you will not make
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known to me the dream there is.
But one decree for you for you
have prepared, lying and
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corrupt words to speak before me
till the time be changed.
Therefore, tell me the dream.
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And I shall know that you can
show me the interpretation
thereof. The cow, the INS
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answered before the Keenan said
there was not a man up on the
earth that can show the
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Kings batter. Therefore, there
is no king Lord know ruler that
asked such things at any
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magician or straw linger or
Chaldean. And it is a rare thing
that the king requires
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that there is no other that can
show it before the king except
the gods whose dwelling
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is not with us verse 12 for this
calls. The King was angry and
very furious and commanded
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to destroy all the wise Men of
Babylon. Wow. And this is a
great set up right here. Yes,
00:21:35.96\00:21:42.13
that's a couple of elements here
that we need to recognize that
relate to us as human
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beings are. The first thing
is. >> Life troubles us. Life
00:21:45.53\00:21:50.14
troubles us. The thing about
beacon has and he's going to
realize very soon. Is this the
00:21:50.14\00:21:53.81
stream that he can't remember
troubles him because he did
actually know it when he was
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dreaming it. What troubled him
about it as we're going to find
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out is that was a revelation of
the And the revelation, the
future that he saw in these
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images was bleak, right? It
wasn't positive. And when you
look at humanity today, when you
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look at the world today, I'm
speaking from my own experience
for the future. Doesn't look
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that great. I mean, I was raised
under the umbrella of communism
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in the USSR was raised in
London, England, but the USSR
loom to begin the world. When I
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was a young man, of course, a
lot of young people, they can't
relate to that. But I remember
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thinking, well, Mize will party
and do whatever because we could
be Newt out of existence by
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tomorrow. You know, the whole
idea of a future that was filled
with hope. Is gone from
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the minds of millions of people
in our world today. Even
billions of people in our
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world today. This is why God
wants to bring this to the
forefront dollars to bring to
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the forefront that, you know,
even if you're King of Babylon,
diffuse your ruler of
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the world, there's a future that
is bleak for you and less. I
introduced myself to
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you and I give you a picture of
something better. All right. So
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got introduces the king in this
vision that he can't remember.
But troublesome enough, Tori
00:23:03.75\00:23:07.52
knows it's important. Introduces
him to this future that's bleak
in hopes that he'll be able to
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in time and see something that a
number 2. All right. Real quick.
Got also wants to help.
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And if you can answer, realize
the futility of all of his wise
men all all year for us
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and of all the people he trusts
right? He thinks these are the
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good guys that are going to help
him in there on the side. He
realizes they're just a bunch of
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liars. That's right. And they
just want to they're just
they're just try to figure out
00:23:34.64\00:23:37.31
how they can lie to him a trick
and it's all open. And what
we're going to realize is in
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life, the people that are
closest to us, the people that
we could trust the most outside
00:23:42.58\00:23:46.69
of gotten outside of the path of
God chooses for us. Those people
are really after it's just doggy
00:23:46.69\00:23:52.73
Dogg. Chester Rat Race is just
one P person stepping up on
another. It's very hard to find
00:23:52.73\00:23:56.40
a faithful friend. Very hard to
find someone who puts up for
themselves or even put your
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equal with themselves. Right?
There's always this selfish
motive that lies at the heart
00:24:01.70\00:24:06.44
of human and maybe can as is
realizing this. And really it's
speaking to us today. So
00:24:06.44\00:24:11.58
troubling thoughts. Trouble is
times ahead of us and who can we
turn to can rely on? Who
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can we trust? Who can help us?
We go through these trying just
have to you know, you
00:24:16.42\00:24:20.06
have to just capture the irony
of the situation because, you
know, again, for 840 years,
00:24:20.06\00:24:24.56
Israel has been, you know, often
on being fallen into pasta, see
00:24:24.56\00:24:29.53
fallen into. >> Pagan worship
falling into these. He's in ways
and practices and cultures. And
00:24:29.53\00:24:34.57
so, you know, others just off
and on again relationship you
see got, you know, having to
00:24:34.57\00:24:38.61
redeem them and they fall back
into a posse in ridding them of
fog and come and now it's
00:24:38.61\00:24:43.24
interesting that, you know, at
the end of the state in 40
years, God it's takes a step
00:24:43.24\00:24:45.35
back is OK, you want to even you
want to be like to hear that you
want to worship like
00:24:45.35\00:24:51.12
the then I'll send you to the
epicenter motion due to the
mecca of false pagan worship.
00:24:51.12\00:24:56.29
And so now they find themselves
in Babylon. And I love what you
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brought out about these. These
these magicians, the ledgers. >>
You these pagan religions
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in these and this is our world
is still flooded with these
pagan religions. You know,
00:25:05.57\00:25:09.67
they put so much emphasis on
these false cause and it's also
a major focus on man,
00:25:09.67\00:25:15.71
Man, Man, man, in wanting to big
be got men wanting to rise up.
00:25:15.71\00:25:18.35
>> To be like gods. But yet in
contrast, got is going to show
through the gospel message
00:25:18.35\00:25:25.45
what sets the Christian God of
parties, he's they're actually
there for his me He's about to
00:25:25.45\00:25:29.96
be Gore 5. But of course,
through this, the message of the
cross, we see that the
00:25:29.96\00:25:33.40
Christian God separate and
different from all of the other
Pagan got surrounding
00:25:33.40\00:25:35.96
all of the other nations around
them. This is our himself to
00:25:35.96\00:25:42.70
become a And so I just love
this. This contrasting view your
God is about to expose the lies
00:25:42.70\00:25:47.71
of Satan. Miss paganism this
false worship, this false You
know, you can imagine they
00:25:47.71\00:25:52.08
would, you know, throw their
fairy dust in the air and make
the little signs and, you
00:25:52.08\00:25:55.98
know, can, you know, breed their
palms into their visions. But
00:25:55.98\00:25:58.99
yet God is about to expose them
exactly for who they are. bunch
of aches and maybe can as we're
00:25:58.99\00:26:02.72
seeing right through them.
Absolutely seeing right through.
Absolutely. And it's
00:26:02.72\00:26:05.49
interesting because when this
war lets us down cars there for
us, that's right. Even if
00:26:05.49\00:26:09.80
were not his people got is their
first people if they will turn
00:26:09.80\00:26:12.27
to him also there for us, he's
going to be different if you can
answer absolutely. And then I
00:26:12.27\00:26:17.41
love it. I love it starts would.
Where would we read on? want to
go now. We want to read for
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says 13 all the way down for us
20. >> All right. So let's to 13
00:26:20.44\00:26:27.85
through Versed. 23, it says in
the decree went forth at the
weizmann should be slain and
00:26:27.85\00:26:33.92
they sought Daniel and his
fellows to be slain. Then Daniel
answered and counseled
00:26:33.92\00:26:39.53
and whisk them too re act. The
cap to move the King's Guard
which was gone for to Slay the
00:26:39.53\00:26:44.63
Wise Men to Babylon. He answered
and said to Arioch the Kings
captain, why is the
00:26:44.63\00:26:49.40
decree so hasty from the keen?
Then area made the thing known
to Daniel. Then Daniel went in
00:26:49.40\00:26:56.14
and desired of the king that he
would give him time and that he
would show the keen
00:26:56.14\00:27:01.72
the interpretation or 17. Then
Daniel went to his house and
made a thing known to Michelle
00:27:01.72\00:27:08.02
and as a riot, his companions,
that they would desire mercies
of the God of heaven
00:27:08.02\00:27:13.03
concerning this secret. Then
Daniel and his fellow should not
that Daniel, his fellow
00:27:13.03\00:27:19.03
should not perish with the rest
of the Wise Men of Babylon. Then
00:27:19.03\00:27:23.54
what's the secret revealed to
Daniel in a night vision. Then
Daniel Bless the God of Heaven.
00:27:23.54\00:27:29.71
Daniel answered and said blessed
be the name of God for ever and
ever for wisdom and
00:27:29.71\00:27:32.41
might are his. >> And he changes
the Times in the seasons. He
00:27:32.41\00:27:38.49
removes Kings and steps up
kings. He gives wisdom to the
wise and knowledge to them that
00:27:38.49\00:27:43.66
no understanding he reveals the
deep in secret things. He knows
what is in the darkness
00:27:43.66\00:27:47.56
and the light dwells with him. I
think you in praise you. >> You
o God of my fathers who
00:27:47.56\00:27:55.40
has given me wisdom and might it
has made known to me now what we
desired of you for you
00:27:55.40\00:28:01.88
have now made known to us the
Kean's matter 20 for the first.
24 can read that. It
00:28:01.88\00:28:09.68
therefore, Daniel went into area
whom the king had ordained to
00:28:09.68\00:28:12.25
destroy the wise men of Avalon.
And he went in said dusty him,
destroy not the wise men about
00:28:12.25\00:28:19.26
on. Bring me in before the king
and I will show to the king the
interpretation I mean, many
00:28:19.26\00:28:26.80
people as they to the many
people would hear this decree
and find out if they were a
00:28:26.80\00:28:31.87
part of this decree that all if
you're going to kill, including
yourself some of us
00:28:31.87\00:28:35.28
would probably lack a little bit
of faith and start looking for a
backdoor exit right to
00:28:35.28\00:28:39.45
run out the back door, try to
sneak away in save themselves.
>> But Daniel turns to egos
00:28:39.45\00:28:46.12
his brothers. We've got a lives
are stake here. God has got the
answer isn't so they
00:28:46.12\00:28:52.66
they kneel down and they pray.
What makes this brother head and
need to be. And when we
00:28:52.66\00:28:56.93
say all the time to be like
Jesus, and that's the ultimate
goal. But, know, I wish that I
00:28:56.93\00:29:00.97
could be have in the Daniel was
because he was a powerful man of
faith. He was and look
00:29:00.97\00:29:04.64
at this. Look at the way that
Daniel handles the situation. So
00:29:04.64\00:29:06.98
>> he goes when he finds out
that he's going to be killed
with he had a 9 and Michelle
00:29:06.98\00:29:12.95
and has a right be killed with
the rest of the weizmann. The
battle he was going to say,
00:29:12.95\00:29:16.89
wait a minute when it part of
the weizmann about like we
didn't get a chance like, hey,
00:29:16.89\00:29:21.92
can we reason with the king
here? Look, these guys are the
ones to let you down. You
00:29:21.92\00:29:24.93
know, we just got hired into the
company. I mean, we've been here
00:29:24.93\00:29:29.13
about 3 months in the company's
fall and that's not our full
right. He could reason that's
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.23
not our fault. You know, we just
came in. >> But what does he do?
He said, you know what? What's
00:29:31.23\00:29:36.54
wrong with the king? I mean,
what's troubling him? Maybe I
can see Daniel is other
00:29:36.54\00:29:41.78
center. Daniel is thinking out
of himself. He's thinking toward
others. All we need to
00:29:41.78\00:29:46.75
do whatever we find ourselves in
a situation where trouble we're
with facing death, where
00:29:46.75\00:29:51.62
we're struggling. All we need to
do is put ourselves in someone
else's place is think
00:29:51.62\00:29:56.26
of how we can help someone else
is think of in need that someone
else has. Daniel could
00:29:56.26\00:30:01.13
be all consumed with themselves.
going die wanted. I just a
teenager and his gun
00:30:01.13\00:30:05.43
or what not. But he isn't. He's
thinking what's troubling. The
00:30:05.43\00:30:10.04
king? You know what? What's
going on in the King's life that
he would actually want to kill
00:30:10.04\00:30:14.28
all his cabinet always was. And
what what struck Eric Talley
with troubling. Okay. Maybe I
00:30:14.28\00:30:17.95
could help. All right. Maybe I
can. If that. And here's here's
the deal. I think it's just over
00:30:17.95\00:30:22.42
the top. Let me let me go in and
talk to the king who wants to
kill all the wise men about
00:30:22.42\00:30:29.06
long run. Let me put in to them
to get you know, when someone's
in a bad who want to
00:30:29.06\00:30:36.33
kill you all, I don't know if
I want to go >> But he does. he
00:30:36.33\00:30:42.50
Daniel and this is what he does.
I I love this part right here.
Daniel. When in design to the
00:30:42.50\00:30:48.91
king, he would give him time
that he was show the king
interpretation units, Russians
00:30:48.91\00:30:52.25
my face right there, OK, faith.
He believes Daniel has a purpose
there to be a Daniel
00:30:52.25\00:30:59.22
there to make it known. did have
a purpose from there to be a
Daniel there to stand
00:30:59.22\00:31:03.09
alone. Did have a purpose from
there to make it not. Daniel
knows by now. All right, that
00:31:03.09\00:31:07.73
he's there for a reason right?
Got seat. This is the
interesting thing about the
00:31:07.73\00:31:12.93
whole picture. God promised
Israel. Listen, you'll be like
gentiles. You'll be the head.
00:31:12.93\00:31:17.91
You won't be the tail bless you.
You're just going to shine fry
00:31:17.91\00:31:22.51
and Israel just falls on their
face. I mean, they just let go
down. Like you said, over 100
00:31:22.51\00:31:26.58
years again and again and again
in the game. But God's promises
never fail meant for those who
00:31:26.58\00:31:31.12
will take hold of them, even if
it's only for people out of
thousands or hundreds of
00:31:31.12\00:31:35.96
thousands. >> The with me if so,
Daniel says, and you say and I
00:31:35.96\00:31:39.33
say and each one of you can say
no matter what the rest of this
world is doing, no matter what
00:31:39.33\00:31:44.60
this country is doing, no matter
what my neighbors are doing, no
00:31:44.60\00:31:47.64
matter what my church is doing,
no matter what people around me
doing. I'm going to take hold of
00:31:47.64\00:31:51.74
the promises of God. And when
you take all the promises of
God, he will make sure those
00:31:51.74\00:31:56.08
promises awful feel for you
in spite of others. >> So we get
00:31:56.08\00:31:59.35
ahead of the story here. But
Daniel becomes the head. Yes,
Daniel becomes the lie of Daniel
00:31:59.35\00:32:05.89
becomes everything with his 3
friends that God wanted for the
nation of Israel. We are not
00:32:05.89\00:32:09.96
dependent on others for the
blessings that God wants to give
to us. Absolutely. Amen.
00:32:09.96\00:32:14.93
>> You may just be just tuning
in with us right now. You're
watching 3, A B in Thursday
00:32:14.93\00:32:19.60
night live and what Daniel,
excuse Pastor Rafferty myself.
We're talking about Daniel
00:32:19.60\00:32:24.57
Daniel chapter 2 were studying
Bible prophecy. This is profit.
00:32:24.57\00:32:28.24
When March, we're looking at
God's dream for us. And we're
we're just now getting started
00:32:28.24\00:32:32.88
were impacting this verse by
verse that my friends, you might
have questions. You might have
00:32:32.88\00:32:36.82
some Bible prophecy related
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00:32:36.82\00:32:40.96
This image this to this and the
interpretation of this dream and
00:32:40.96\00:32:45.59
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00:33:08.15\00:33:16.19
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We're in Daniel Chapter 2. We
00:33:16.19\00:33:21.00
read up to about 24 missile now
past 41 years on from here.
Here's one of the thing
00:33:21.00\00:33:28.14
that's so amazing. Okay. So
Daniel goes into this prayer,
you know, prayer meeting with
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.21
his friends. >> And as soon
as he gets the answers revealed
00:33:30.21\00:33:35.38
ensues. He gets as the phrases
Scott right, right raises got
it. So this is all your time
00:33:35.38\00:33:39.21
right? Sometimes we go in, you
know, I've for specially as
pastors, you know, preachers,
00:33:39.21\00:33:43.49
teachers, evangelists. Sometimes
we go into our prayer time with
God, we get into the world with
00:33:43.49\00:33:48.19
God and then got shows us
something. And it's like all of
us and it's You know, all
00:33:48.19\00:33:52.13
of a sudden, my book. You know,
it's my message hits. You know,
00:33:52.13\00:33:56.06
it's my thing, you know. And and
we attach our name to people
attach their names to
00:33:56.06\00:33:59.67
ministries. And that's what I
love about. 3ABN 3ABN isn't
Anybodys. 3ABN is a facilitator
00:33:59.67\00:34:06.74
of the ministry for everybody.
And you know, and that's the way
God intended for us to be, which
00:34:06.74\00:34:09.11
vessels with specials. And so
Daniels like price, God, he
knows he knows this has
00:34:09.11\00:34:16.52
nothing to do with him, right?
How do you how's he going to
00:34:16.52\00:34:20.69
figure this out? >> And he is so
overwhelmed. Check this out
because prayer changes us. Yes,
00:34:20.69\00:34:25.66
changes. He's so well when he
goes in to his friends, he says.
We need to pray verse 18 that
00:34:25.66\00:34:31.93
were not destroyed with the rest
of the wise men about a lot
right when comes out a prayer
00:34:31.93\00:34:36.07
and this is the part that's the
first I wanted to read. Rice's
first thing he says destroy
00:34:36.07\00:34:41.58
not the wise men a battle. You
think they would have been
saying that destroy not Daniel
00:34:41.58\00:34:44.65
and his friend to take them out
by the time. 6 is exactly what
they're doing. Yes, yes,
00:34:44.65\00:34:49.22
exactly. But here we have that
the essence of what prayer does
00:34:49.22\00:34:56.89
a human heart it continues to
transform. It continues to take
it higher. Not only does Daniel
00:34:56.89\00:35:03.30
get the request that he had
originally and that is that
he'll be saying he will be
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.40
shorter this time. He says, you
know what? >> Destroyed at the
weizmann about on the says this.
00:35:05.40\00:35:10.21
Bring me in the for the king.
You get the picture. You're
right, right. Don't kill them.
00:35:10.21\00:35:14.18
Don't destroy that. Bring the in
before the king all take this
chance all step into this He
00:35:14.18\00:35:18.08
knows by faith ago I'm going to
step in. I'm going to mediate.
00:35:18.08\00:35:24.09
I'm going and I'm going to I'm
not going to it for me. My
friends only right? That's
00:35:24.09\00:35:27.46
selfish. If we're thinking, oh,
yeah, us Christians. Word. No.
I'm going to mediate for them to
00:35:27.46\00:35:32.73
write all those people. All
those liars as people are trying
to trick you can as
00:35:32.73\00:35:37.93
people are trying to, you know,
look, I'm going to ask that
their lives be saved.
00:35:37.93\00:35:41.47
Also, that's what a Christian
us. That's that Daniel is a type
00:35:41.47\00:35:45.04
of Christ in that situation. is
exactly what Jesus did. That's
what we're so that all the lines
00:35:45.04\00:35:47.84
look at all the centers. But
Jesus stepped in to let me go
before the king. pay the father.
00:35:47.84\00:35:54.02
Forgive them. It's the gospel
through through city. Daniel is
this beautiful picture of
00:35:54.02\00:35:58.65
righteousness by race and that
is awesome. Brother. Praise the
Lord. All right. So what
00:35:58.65\00:36:02.06
do we go from here? I'm getting
I'm getting from getting anxious
00:36:02.06\00:36:05.49
for that. Now we've got to
brothers. Now we've got to read
the dream. But, you know, we
00:36:05.49\00:36:07.56
need to do first as we do
reverses 25 down to 28. OK? 25
versus 25 through 28 and a new
00:36:07.56\00:36:15.87
2. Here we go. Then area brought
in Daniel before the keen in
haste and said thus to him, I
00:36:15.87\00:36:21.91
have found a man of the captors
of Judah that will make known to
00:36:21.91\00:36:26.25
the King. The interpretation. >>
The king answered and said to
Daniel whose name was Bill
00:36:26.25\00:36:29.78
tensions are. She's being yes.
Petitions are. >> Are you able
00:36:29.78\00:36:33.92
to make known to me the dream
which I have seen and the
interpretation thereof.
00:36:33.92\00:36:37.79
>> Daniel answered in the
presence of the Kenyan said the
secret which the king has
00:36:37.79\00:36:41.90
demanded can not the wise moon.
The astrologers, the magicians,
00:36:41.90\00:36:46.43
the Seuss soothsayers show to
the king. But there is a God in
heaven that reveal secrets and
00:36:46.43\00:36:53.41
makes known to the team that we
can as or what shall be in the
latter days, your dream and
00:36:53.41\00:36:59.25
the vision, the visions of your
head up on your bed are these. I
00:36:59.25\00:37:03.65
love them. I love that. Comes in
from the note. Again, just to
make this point here to most
00:37:03.65\00:37:08.42
people would have run in and
have been anxious to say, okay,
here's what you dream But yet,
00:37:08.42\00:37:13.43
Daniels kind of like, you know
what gotten control of this and
he won't walk soon before saying
00:37:13.43\00:37:17.10
I've got to answer. I'm going to
reveal this to keen so that he
can get all the he stops to
00:37:17.10\00:37:25.07
keep prices the stops to give
honor to you know what King out.
I don't have the answers.
00:37:25.07\00:37:30.01
But there's a gotten and
doesn't. And he has revealed to
00:37:30.01\00:37:31.68
me. >> What you dreamed that's
It's so beautiful. In fact,
there's a contrast here
00:37:31.68\00:37:37.52
because you see something here
is really interesting. Really
right, right? Area thought,
00:37:37.52\00:37:43.69
Daniel in before the key in
haste, he said unto him. >> I
found them at area, if
00:37:43.69\00:37:47.66
you did really what you do, look
at the open, what we used to
Google. What how did you
00:37:47.66\00:37:54.27
find this, Kyra? It then it must
hard You know, we all want to
take a little bit of
00:37:54.27\00:37:59.21
Laura and by this time
Pretty certain. >> Well, Daniels
00:37:59.21\00:38:02.88
already gone through the process
of asking the King of France
said or Daniels already said,
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.98
don't share the wise and he's
pretty sure the Daniels got the
streaming like, OK, I want to
00:38:06.98\00:38:10.55
get on the right I want to get
on the Kings. Good side. I want
to you have a little bit
00:38:10.55\00:38:14.76
of something from the king. He's
going remember me for saying I
have found a man. He
00:38:14.76\00:38:17.79
didn't do anything to find right
fit into any further. But we
like to take a little
00:38:17.79\00:38:21.80
bit of that. Glory belongs to
God. And so that kind of sets up
for the contrast now
00:38:21.80\00:38:26.63
because when Arioch says that
the king's old suddenly king's
focus and attention really can
00:38:26.63\00:38:31.77
you interpret the Dream? Yes, I
love the way Daniel does this
because the first thing
00:38:31.77\00:38:37.31
he does it showed the absolute
falsity the the absolute
inability of all the weizmann
00:38:37.31\00:38:43.62
about he reminds him. Yeah. The
dream that you had, the wise
man, the astrologers how
00:38:43.62\00:38:50.23
the none of them can figure it
out. You know, it's interesting.
00:38:50.23\00:38:53.56
Just not enough to interrupt
you, but just thought of as a
part of my head, the spirit of
00:38:53.56\00:38:58.67
area in the situation as well as
the other wise men who would
have taken that glory reminds me
00:38:58.67\00:39:03.87
of the way Jesus rebuked the
that spirit of the pharisees of
wanting to be seen by don't
00:39:03.87\00:39:10.95
praise the pharisees. Do to be
seen by manner. Don't fast and
blurted everybody. You know
00:39:10.95\00:39:15.55
what, Newt in secret and the
world toward you in secret. you
can see the spirit of
00:39:15.55\00:39:18.69
Daniels brought the opposite of
this big it area. Okay. I found
00:39:18.69\00:39:22.29
him in AM. >> You know? And so
it's just another lesson tonight
that that that God has revealed
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.19
to me that, you know what, we
need to humble ourselves. and
that, you know, God will
00:39:26.19\00:39:29.56
reward us if we were just some
ourselves before him. And one of
the way we humble ourselves
00:39:29.56\00:39:33.50
before God is to read stories
like this and relate ourselves
to dance. So, you know, I want
00:39:33.50\00:39:37.21
to be like him and then on
to be like that guy. >> Because
00:39:37.21\00:39:40.71
Daniel, in this situation, he's
reminding he's doing something
that we find in Romans chapter
00:39:40.71\00:39:45.71
3. There's not there's no one's
good. No, not there's no in the
seats have to got. Now Weizmann
00:39:45.71\00:39:49.92
can help you another Anderson,
helping you do not want as
risking their lives. They not
00:39:49.92\00:39:53.05
intelligent. You can rely upon
them. This is another gospel
thing. There's no one that can
00:39:53.05\00:39:57.66
help you then. Can you help me,
Daniel? Maybe you're going to
the right church, maybe use
00:39:57.66\00:40:02.23
of the right card? No, actually,
I can't either see a lot of
times we say, well,
00:40:02.23\00:40:06.00
that religion is bad and that
religion is bad. And that really
just down the world's
00:40:06.00\00:40:10.24
all that. But me, you know, I
know. So Daniel has the perfect
00:40:10.24\00:40:13.27
opportunity to put himself in
the limelight. There's no one on
this earth that can help you
00:40:13.27\00:40:17.91
right? Can you help me, Daniel?
But there is a God in heaven.
The most curious himself goes
00:40:17.91\00:40:22.95
right past himself direct people
act. And that's really our job.
That's jobs. Preachers
00:40:22.95\00:40:28.16
and teachers as pastors is as
Christians. Our job is to bypass
ourselves and it's hard
00:40:28.16\00:40:30.66
to do that. Oh, man, I can
relate area games and right. But
as I read the story, I'm
00:40:30.66\00:40:37.43
like, OK, Daniel, you able to do
this. So it's possible it is
possible. And this is the
00:40:37.43\00:40:41.64
highest place that we can get to
as a Christian to humble
ourselves to follow the
00:40:41.64\00:40:48.64
example of Christ in Philippians
chapter 2 is the goal for the
00:40:48.64\00:40:53.11
Christian. Once we get to that
place, all the sure that comes
into our heart when we're not
00:40:53.11\00:40:58.65
seeking after the highest place,
anyone when the disciples got to
this place, they once did it
00:40:58.65\00:41:02.19
just explore the gospel just
exploded, right? Because they
concerned about who gets the
00:41:02.19\00:41:07.00
glory. Who gets the credit? Who
is in line like you see on the
right Jesus to see on
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.70
that? That all went. And when
that went, they were man. It's
hard get Rose Court. I mean,
00:41:09.70\00:41:16.67
we just oh, you want little bit
of that. And the only way they
can come is by keeping
00:41:16.67\00:41:19.87
our focus on Christ. Absolutely.
So this is the beautiful picks
00:41:19.87\00:41:23.75
that we see it. And before that
we can as even here's the tree.
He's already He's already like
00:41:23.75\00:41:28.68
while the standing. That's a
little bit different. I mean,
even area that's a little bit
00:41:28.68\00:41:31.29
different that he would just.
Exclude himself in his go
directly to God, right? And
00:41:31.29\00:41:36.29
now he's ready for the for the
next versus which are the dream
itself. We're going to
00:41:36.29\00:41:39.83
see that in verses 29 through
36. All right. Then a chapter 2
versus 29 through. 36.
00:41:39.83\00:41:51.54
First, 29 says as for keen, your
thoughts came into your mind up
on your bed, what you
00:41:51.54\00:41:54.74
should. What should come to pass
hereafter. >> And he that reveal
00:41:54.74\00:41:58.81
secrets makes known to you. What
shall come to pass. But as for
me, the secret is not revealed
00:41:58.81\00:42:06.02
to me for any wisdom that I have
more than anything. Any living
thing. But for their sakes,
00:42:06.02\00:42:11.03
that show make known they shall
make no the interpretation to
00:42:11.03\00:42:15.70
the king and that you might know
the thoughts of your heart. And
here's worst. 31. King saw and
00:42:15.70\00:42:22.97
be held a great image. An this
great image whose brightness was
excellent, stood before
00:42:22.97\00:42:28.51
you and the form thereof was
terrible. The images head was a
fine gold, its breast and
00:42:28.51\00:42:33.75
its arms of silver, its belly
and its thighs of brass, its
legs of AI and its feet part
00:42:33.75\00:42:40.86
of iron and part of clay, you
saw to the stone to a stone was
cut out without hands,
00:42:40.86\00:42:47.03
which Smokey image up on its
feet that were of iron and the
clay and broke them in pieces.
00:42:47.03\00:42:54.90
Then was the iron, the clay, the
brass, the silver and the gold
00:42:54.90\00:43:00.48
broke into pieces together.
became like the chaff of the
summer threshing-floors and the
00:43:00.48\00:43:05.28
wind carried them away that no
place was found for them. And
the stone that smoke the image
00:43:05.28\00:43:09.88
became a great mountain and feel
the whole Earth. This is the
dream. And we will tell
00:43:09.88\00:43:16.22
the interpretation thereof
before the keen. All right. just
have to picture this.
00:43:16.22\00:43:20.40
just have to picture this. Okay.
>> Nebuchadnezzar. Can't talk
00:43:20.40\00:43:25.90
right now. You know, there's
brothers the like God had to
pick his jaws up off the He
00:43:25.90\00:43:30.61
cannot talk right now. Can you
imagine? I mean, all right. He I
just think about this. You
00:43:30.61\00:43:35.61
have a dream. You know,
significant. You can't remember
it. You're perplexed
00:43:35.61\00:43:42.08
right? You're telling your
friends. Pray for me, man. I had
a dream. I can't remember.
00:43:42.08\00:43:45.79
One your friends comes over. He
says sit down, Ryan, sit down. I
00:43:45.79\00:43:49.49
got to tell you something. I'm
going to tell you dream that you
had. All right. need to tell
00:43:49.49\00:43:58.93
you, I have a going to tell you
the dream he had. And then he
lays it out and you can't
00:43:58.93\00:44:03.87
remember he lays out and as he's
laying it out. And you know,
you're going to say as a
00:44:03.87\00:44:12.51
Christian, you say that's about
thing, right, right. let you go
and you have to take in the fact
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.62
that this is not your average
dream like most of the time when
we have dreams and I know
00:44:15.62\00:44:19.59
people can have weird dreams.
I've had weird dreams, dreams
woken up from like what the
00:44:19.59\00:44:22.76
world that I just dream. But you
think about this is a dream like
no other. No one is
00:44:22.76\00:44:28.33
dreaming of an image, a statue
with made of different types of
metals and elements. No one
00:44:28.33\00:44:34.64
is dreaming of that. And most of
the time we dream, you know,
there's people in other
00:44:34.64\00:44:37.11
people in our dream in this
case. >> He's just dreaming of
00:44:37.11\00:44:39.14
the statue in the short can. And
you just have to imagine that
this brother was even more
00:44:39.14\00:44:46.51
overwhelmed because secret one
thing got allowed him to forget
the dream he couldn't.
00:44:46.51\00:44:50.89
He couldn't remember the dream.
And now as soon as you can
imagine that as soon as
00:44:50.89\00:44:54.06
Daniel saw, the said, the first
words you'll king saw. Behold a
great image, too. I
00:44:54.06\00:45:01.03
could just immediately hit ball.
And then all of the intricate
00:45:01.03\00:45:03.77
details. It's one thing if he
would come to him to come said,
I think you dreamed of an image,
00:45:03.77\00:45:10.77
but now God has given him all
the details. So this is
powerful. You have to know that
00:45:10.77\00:45:14.68
God is involved in this and in
the interpretation is even more
So we take this now back to our
00:45:14.68\00:45:18.48
gospel thing. Yeah, right. And
what we realize we get back to a
gospel theme is for those of
00:45:18.48\00:45:25.22
you who are God knows things
about the falling human being
about the fallen natural
00:45:25.22\00:45:30.39
heart. Write that we went when
he discovers them to us. We like
00:45:30.39\00:45:36.33
this must be. >> The true God,
right when we read the Bible,
when you read the Bible and you
00:45:36.33\00:45:42.30
begin to realize that God knows
your heart, the God understands
the human condition and he knows
00:45:42.30\00:45:47.18
the need that we have a cause.
Well, God is doing here is he's
he's dealing with the
00:45:47.18\00:45:54.12
trouble that the human
condition, the trouble we're in
and the need. We have to
00:45:54.12\00:45:57.29
know they need. We have to have
some hope the need. We have to
understand the future
00:45:57.29\00:46:02.26
got is dealing with that in this
experience with the beacon as
00:46:02.26\00:46:07.46
Earth. This is a small picture
of the whole human need right?
>> The picture of the plan of
00:46:07.46\00:46:11.30
salvation, if you will. And it's
going to get even more.
Interestingly, as we move into
00:46:11.30\00:46:16.71
the interpretation, get to the
end and parts here and that God
wants us to know that when
00:46:16.71\00:46:20.78
you read the Bible, God is going
to speak to you. Yes, he's going
00:46:20.78\00:46:25.68
to tell you about yourself is
going to tell you things that
maybe you don't know that you
00:46:25.68\00:46:29.88
can't remember the forgotten but
things that you'll be able to
resonate with and you start to
00:46:29.88\00:46:32.85
realize, wow, there's a God in
heaven and that's got And then
speaking on that note, let's
00:46:32.85\00:46:37.06
take a take a moment here to
remind our guest if you're just
now tuning in with us or
00:46:37.06\00:46:41.13
you, you've been watching over
the past few minutes and
wondering what the world's
00:46:41.13\00:46:44.40
going on. We're studying. Daniel
Chapter 2 were studying Bible
prophecy. This is the
00:46:44.40\00:46:48.77
first of many, many, many more
to our Bible studies and
prophecies that are kind of
00:46:48.77\00:46:51.84
prophecy. That's coming. >> But
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send in your questions. We can't
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00:47:04.82\00:47:08.52
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00:47:35.92\00:47:41.32
and send in your questions as
well. Let's let's for a moment.
00:47:41.32\00:47:46.53
Just talk about a dream because
dreams, right? everyone has
dreams, at least know of us have
00:47:46.53\00:47:51.40
dreams. But I know that there's
got to be some people that may
not be as church may not have
00:47:51.40\00:47:55.50
ever read the Bible. It
extensively. I mean, when they
hear the word dream, the honor
00:47:55.50\00:48:02.51
on that automatically or skip to
in, what do you think? God chose
a dream instead of maybe a
00:48:02.51\00:48:05.11
vision because there are there
is a difference between dreams
and vision. You know, a
00:48:05.11\00:48:09.78
vision. You know, the profit was
the division and they go into
almost like a trance-like
00:48:09.78\00:48:13.92
state and the breathing is is is
is different. And, you know,
there's there's do you
00:48:13.92\00:48:17.09
want most like to run an almost
like they're But there's
interesting details
00:48:17.09\00:48:19.66
pertaining to that. But just
speak for a moment because,
again, I I meet people all the
00:48:19.66\00:48:26.20
time to take all I had a dream
last night in the Lord. I know
it was from the Lord and this
00:48:26.20\00:48:30.34
is what I saw. And this is what
I think it means. So, you know,
speak all never just a
00:48:30.34\00:48:35.08
moment why God gave a dream. And
in the last days we're told the
people are going to
00:48:35.08\00:48:38.08
receive dreams and to know your
your young men shall see visions
or old men shall dream
00:48:38.08\00:48:41.52
dreams and but how do we know
for sure if we we have received
a dream that is from
00:48:41.52\00:48:46.72
the Lord? Well, the title, thus
the subtitle for our Program
00:48:46.72\00:48:50.03
Tonight, You know, Prophetic
Waymart stand up to 2 God's
dream for okay. All right. So
00:48:50.03\00:48:57.80
one of the reasons why God gives
Nebuchadnezzar the stream. One
of the reasons why God is
00:48:57.80\00:49:00.80
speaking in against through a
dream and vision. >> Is because
God has chosen you can answer
00:49:00.80\00:49:07.74
out of all the people in the
world got its chosen this
gentile. He then King right is
00:49:07.74\00:49:11.45
about ready to annihilate his
cabin because they can't
remember interpret the dream.
00:49:11.45\00:49:16.22
God has chosen him to give him
right. His dream for him and us.
Okay. The book, Daniel Chapter
00:49:16.22\00:49:25.16
to the Vision of Daniel Chapter
2 is God's dream for us. What I
mean by that right? Well, you
00:49:25.16\00:49:30.70
know, earlier we were talking
with market who I think the
director, right? Project is
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.34
the director and he was talking
about, you know, God's dream for
00:49:34.34\00:49:37.81
a streams. That sounds kind of,
you know, wishy-washy streams on
always certain dreams always
00:49:37.81\00:49:40.64
come true. What's really
interesting about this one is
Daniel tells him at the end of
00:49:40.64\00:49:45.51
this will get tonight. Okay.
To dream a certain, OK, the Khan
00:49:45.51\00:49:49.65
stream for us is different than
the dreams that we have front.
And when God speaks to us in a
00:49:49.65\00:49:54.02
dream, it is something that is
certainly he's got stream for
us. can answer. There are
00:49:54.02\00:49:59.63
kingdoms in this world that a
rise to going to rise to power.
They're going control. They're
00:49:59.63\00:50:02.80
going to be in charge. They're
have some time to do some
things. But eventually they're
00:50:02.80\00:50:08.24
going to fall because those
streams, those kingdoms are
based on principles that are
00:50:08.24\00:50:15.88
selfish and self-serving. And
we'll see that we know we can as
a chapter 3 before right?
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Their self-serving. And then
another team's going to you
know, a different kingdom. And
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so this kingdom, you know, maybe
the pair more right to some or
just, you know, and
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they're going to, you know, do
away with the they're going to
bring judgment on this other
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came in and they're going to But
then they're going to eventually
00:50:32.33\00:50:36.53
become a self-serving. Sure, so
than in other countries going to
come in and they're going to
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actually, you know, they're
going to be people are going to
be thankful that this other
00:50:39.13\00:50:42.60
kingdoms have been displaced.
Another king comes in, but then
eventually that can
00:50:42.60\00:50:44.87
become self serving. And so
another King was going all that.
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He was long time. There's a
pattern here that that is an
added here. And guess what? That
00:50:50.31\00:50:53.52
pen is continued on down through
history, even as we come down to
the United States of
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America, which those the land of
the free and the home of the
brave in land of the free,
00:50:57.15\00:51:03.32
even in this country. Now in
Bible prophecy will get to this
revelation chapter 13,
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you know, the principles of
Islam but speaks like a drag.
Okay. Okay. Goss's. But you
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know what? I want you to know
that can answer and I want
Daniel Tell you this, that
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there is going to come a kingdom
that is going to be established
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and it's going to take away all
these other kingdoms. It's going
to feel the whole Earth and that
00:51:18.94\00:51:22.41
King is going to be a kingdom of
justice is going to be king of
clubs going to mercy. It's
00:51:22.41\00:51:25.61
going to be team of goodness.
It's got not going to be a king
and it's going to turn to
00:51:25.61\00:51:30.05
selfishness. So that's going to
be God's came and got him a
lasting kingdom. And so that's
00:51:30.05\00:51:34.22
my dream to, you know, So that's
my dream. For all humans. I want
00:51:34.22\00:51:38.49
all humanity to know that in
spite of all the rise and fall
of all this, the schemes that
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seem just become selfish. All of
that happening over and over and
over and over again. There is
00:51:43.33\00:51:47.50
eventually going to be a
kingdom. My king is going to be
restored to planet Earth.
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We see that relationship to
21. And 22 beautiful, beautiful
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appreciate that response. My
brother. All right. So say we we
dive into the Internet age, get
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in the interpretation, by the
way. All right. So we have about
5 minutes. We can read through
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this and you can kind of us
general breakdown, but will
probably come back in the
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second hour. My friends, we have
a hold of the hour. I'm excited
00:52:07.79\00:52:11.79
because we get to continue on in
our study even in the next hour
or so. 7.45? >> First, 37 on
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diverse. 45? Here we go. This is
King or King of Kings for the
God of Heaven has given you a
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kingdom, power and strength and
glowing and wherever the
children of men do well, the
00:52:22.77\00:52:27.28
beast of the field and the 1000,
the heaven he has given into
your hand and has made
00:52:27.28\00:52:34.28
you ruler over the mall and you
are this head of Goldman. There
it is. First. 39 after
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you shower eyes. Another kingdom
inferior to you. And another 3rd
00:52:40.22\00:52:45.93
kingdom of brass which show bear
rule over all the Earth and the
4th kingdom shall be strong as
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iron for as much as I and breaks
in pieces and some dues, all
things. And as that breaks, all
00:52:51.77\00:52:58.84
things show that break in pieces
and brews verse. 41 and whereas
you saw the feet and tolls
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part of potters clay and part of
iron. The kingdom shall be
divided, but there shall be in
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it of the strength the iron for
as much as you saw the iron
mixed with my re clay.
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And as the tolls of the feet
were part of iron and part of
plea. So the kingdom shall be
00:53:16.62\00:53:22.23
partly strong and partly broken.
And whereas you saw the iron
mixed with my weekly,
00:53:22.23\00:53:29.17
they shall mingled themselves
with the seat of men, but they
shall not cleave one to
00:53:29.17\00:53:33.27
another. Even as Iran is not
mixed with clay. What a stop. 45
45? OK? And in the days of
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these Kings shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom which
shall never be destroyed and
00:53:41.32\00:53:46.22
the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break
in pieces and consume
00:53:46.22\00:53:50.63
all these things and it shall
stand for ever verse. 45 for as
much as you saw, that the
00:53:50.63\00:53:57.80
stone was cut out of the
mountain without hands and then
it broken pieces. The eye
00:53:57.80\00:54:03.74
and the brass, the clay, the
silver and the gold, the great
God has made known to the keen
00:54:03.74\00:54:09.64
what shall come to pass
hereafter and the dream is
certain and the interpretation
00:54:09.64\00:54:14.88
there of. >> Wow. There's only
one verse that comes to my mind
00:54:14.88\00:54:17.69
is I'm reading. That is God is
unfolding. I mean, thousands of
years of history here, the
00:54:17.69\00:54:24.66
text that comes to my mind is
found in Isaiah Chapter 46 per
9.10 K got to read it. And the
00:54:24.66\00:54:30.10
past 2 years my friends, I mean,
if you don't get it here, it is.
00:54:30.10\00:54:34.80
Remember the former things of
old Isaiah said ours is riding.
This is got speaking for I am
00:54:34.80\00:54:38.74
God he says and there was no
other. I am God. And there was
none like me firsthand of
00:54:38.74\00:54:45.18
Isaiah. 46 declaring the end
from the beginning and from
ancient times, things that are
00:54:45.18\00:54:49.78
not yet done saying my counsel
shall stand and I will do all my
pleasure. You know, relief
00:54:49.78\00:54:55.79
amazing thing about say a 43
about I say itself. Friends. You
really want to think about
00:54:55.79\00:55:00.20
this is that Isaiah was a
prophet who lived before the
captivity. That of long before
00:55:00.20\00:55:07.77
Daniel and his friends were
taken into captivity. as it was
prophesied to predict this
00:55:07.77\00:55:14.68
captivity, even talked about the
fact that Daniel would be many
unit that these young men
00:55:14.68\00:55:17.01
would be made Unix. >> The Bible
is the only book of all the
00:55:17.01\00:55:23.49
major religions in the world
that is filled with a large too
large to filled with prophecy.
00:55:23.49\00:55:28.46
>> Perhaps about a 3rd of the
Bible. You know, I'm not sure on
that, but a lot of the
00:55:28.46\00:55:31.83
Bible's Philip Roth's the and
the prophecies are accurate.
There's no other relation that
00:55:31.83\00:55:35.30
dares to do that. And so when
God speaks, their have to, you
know, 46. 43 46. I think about
00:55:35.30\00:55:44.81
43 when God speaks, their God is
putting himself out there, right
put himself out there to
00:55:44.81\00:55:48.44
be challenge. He's basically
saying, listen, I am there's no
god like me. There's no
00:55:48.44\00:55:54.32
religion like mine. There's no
there's no word like mine. I can
show you what's going to
00:55:54.32\00:55:57.35
happen before it happens. And
then you know what's powerful?
Because we have about a minute
00:55:57.35\00:56:01.32
a half here and we're going
continue our study in the
second. Now. French can go
00:56:01.32\00:56:04.39
anywhere. Plus, have already
started getting questions. And
so we've got questions. We
00:56:04.39\00:56:06.49
come back. >> In the second
hour. But what's amazing is what
00:56:06.49\00:56:11.10
we're about to see is just us
that text I just read from
Isaiah 46, God is about to show
00:56:11.10\00:56:16.07
us Indy that he doesn't dino the
end from the beginning that he
knows the future. And what's
00:56:16.07\00:56:20.11
amazing is I think of, you know,
prior really I mean, on a week
by faith we received
00:56:20.11\00:56:26.65
the manuscript will receive
diminished the oldest minute
script. We have. But yet, you
00:56:26.65\00:56:31.05
know, it wasn't until I was in
late 1940's, early 1950's that
we have all of those dead sea
00:56:31.05\00:56:36.16
scrolls were found. They do
their studies and they find that
the scrolls date back
00:56:36.16\00:56:40.83
some 3 for 500 years before
Jesus Christ was even born. And
guess what book was
00:56:40.83\00:56:46.13
included among those old old
manuscripts written 3040500
years before Christ was born.
00:56:46.13\00:56:52.91
The book of Daniel. So what
you're about to see some
miraculous, my friends got is
00:56:52.91\00:56:55.48
about to reveal the future. And
there is someone who wrote it
down. We know that was
00:56:55.48\00:57:00.65
Daniel Daniel, the prophet. He
recorded it. He put it in his
book some 40500 years before
00:57:00.65\00:57:07.09
Jesus is born. And my friends
are about to see how just how
accurate got God, God's
00:57:07.09\00:57:11.33
visions and God, God's truth
really is his. He knows that the
in from the beginning,
00:57:11.33\00:57:15.26
we're going to see that. And I
further into this gospel message
in just a few moments
00:57:15.26\00:57:19.47
of my friends. Don't go
anywhere. We're going to come
back. We're going to finish
00:57:19.47\00:57:23.07
out this chapter. We're going to
ask Pastor James some questions
and we encourage you
00:57:23.07\00:57:27.38
to stay with us and send in
those Bible questions. Again, 6,
6, 1, 8, 2, 2, 8, 3, 9, 7,
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5, >> Don't go anywhere. Because
when we come back in just a
00:57:33.98\00:57:36.75
moment, we're going continue
through the book of Daniel
00:57:36.75\00:57:40.76
Chapter 2. >> We're going to
look at Daniel's vision and will
continue in our study. So
00:57:40.76\00:57:43.39
don't go anywhere.
We'll be right back. ¤
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