1 00:00:30,019 --> 00:00:30,819 Book of Daniel. 2 00:00:30,979 --> 00:00:40,419 I have really enjoyed wrapping my head around prophecy again. 3 00:00:40,419 --> 00:00:46,219 It's been a long time since I really jumped into the subject, and 4 00:00:46,219 --> 00:00:49,979 especially with everything going on in our world today in the 5 00:00:49,979 --> 00:00:50,659 last few. 6 00:00:50,659 --> 00:00:53,939 Even the last few weeks, what's going on in the Middle East. 7 00:00:54,339 --> 00:00:57,509 And we'll be able to touch on that from now until the end of the 8 00:00:57,509 --> 00:00:57,749 year. 9 00:00:57,989 --> 00:01:02,069 Hopefully, we'll finish with Daniel by the end of the year. 10 00:01:03,269 --> 00:01:04,549 But there's so much here. 11 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:08,629 By the way, Lee Davis had 31 this morning. 12 00:01:08,629 --> 00:01:11,349 They had a special service at Highland Village, so. 13 00:01:11,429 --> 00:01:12,068 Amen. 14 00:01:12,068 --> 00:01:15,149 And two families very interested in the church. 15 00:01:15,149 --> 00:01:18,189 And so really been praying hard for Brother Lee. 16 00:01:18,189 --> 00:01:21,829 He works hard at it, and it's been a little discouraging for him 17 00:01:22,299 --> 00:01:23,459 and see that blessing. 18 00:01:23,459 --> 00:01:26,699 If you haven't kept up with Brother Wiggins as well, they've 19 00:01:26,779 --> 00:01:31,499 started a children's ministry and that has increased. 20 00:01:31,579 --> 00:01:35,339 And again, it started with one or two, I think the last Wednesday 21 00:01:35,339 --> 00:01:37,899 night they had six or nine, I think. 22 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:44,859 And just seeing that a church that had zero kids, zero to see, 23 00:01:44,859 --> 00:01:47,699 that is just encouraging. 24 00:01:47,699 --> 00:01:48,459 I know to him. 25 00:01:48,459 --> 00:01:51,689 And so him and I talk about every other day or at least text 26 00:01:51,689 --> 00:01:52,409 every other day. 27 00:01:52,969 --> 00:01:55,009 So keep them in your prayer. 28 00:01:55,009 --> 00:01:58,769 And then, of course, Brother Jonathan Moore summer a little tough 29 00:01:58,769 --> 00:02:03,849 in the Aggie country as all the students are gone. 30 00:02:04,169 --> 00:02:08,009 And he continues to work there and building a base, you know, building 31 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:12,529 a base of residents who live there, of course, but also continue 32 00:02:12,529 --> 00:02:15,049 to reach out to the student body, which I'm telling you, we have 33 00:02:15,049 --> 00:02:17,129 found that he is very gifted in doing that. 34 00:02:17,799 --> 00:02:21,399 And God's already used him in a great way, ministering to students 35 00:02:21,399 --> 00:02:21,799 there. 36 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:23,319 And so it's encouraging. 37 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:26,319 And then the church at Nocona, like I said, now we have four that 38 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:26,999 we'll be working with. 39 00:02:26,999 --> 00:02:28,039 Brother Zach Doty. 40 00:02:28,199 --> 00:02:32,239 Now, Brother Zach Doty is familiar to us, should be to most 41 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:32,679 of us. 42 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,679 He is Norris graduate from about 10 years ago. 43 00:02:35,679 --> 00:02:36,279 They started. 44 00:02:36,519 --> 00:02:39,839 Him and Tony Roa and Jacob Blumen started the Antioch Church 45 00:02:39,839 --> 00:02:40,519 Planters. 46 00:02:42,279 --> 00:02:43,319 We supported them. 47 00:02:43,479 --> 00:02:44,919 We've supported them for many years. 48 00:02:45,299 --> 00:02:48,459 Brother Lumen ended up taking Friendship Baptist Church in Boyd, 49 00:02:48,459 --> 00:02:49,139 where Brother Terry. 50 00:02:49,139 --> 00:02:49,939 Terry was at. 51 00:02:49,939 --> 00:02:51,939 He took that church here just a few months ago. 52 00:02:52,419 --> 00:02:56,499 And then Brother Tony Roa took a church over on the other side of 53 00:02:56,499 --> 00:02:56,859 Dallas. 54 00:02:56,859 --> 00:02:57,859 What's the name of that town? 55 00:02:58,339 --> 00:02:59,139 Rockwall. 56 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:02,299 He took a church over there about six months ago or about a year 57 00:03:02,299 --> 00:03:02,579 ago. 58 00:03:02,979 --> 00:03:08,259 And then so Brother Zach Doty is the resident Antioch Church planter 59 00:03:09,139 --> 00:03:12,899 by himself, but he is another student now. 60 00:03:12,899 --> 00:03:14,179 And his wife. 61 00:03:14,499 --> 00:03:17,939 His wife, Brother Derek Breyer, who is also joining the group, 62 00:03:18,179 --> 00:03:20,939 but Brother Zach Doty will be there, our missionary church planner. 63 00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:23,739 So this is a little different in that the church planter is not 64 00:03:23,739 --> 00:03:26,459 coming out of our church, but eventually will. 65 00:03:26,459 --> 00:03:28,939 This is kind of the way this will work is Brother Zach will go 66 00:03:28,939 --> 00:03:32,139 in, he'll get things up and going, and then we'll begin to look 67 00:03:32,139 --> 00:03:34,499 for a permanent church planner to be there. 68 00:03:34,739 --> 00:03:37,099 And so y' all pray about that, that God would send us the right 69 00:03:37,099 --> 00:03:41,809 man to go there, right couple to go there and super excited about 70 00:03:41,809 --> 00:03:44,849 what God's going to do in the little town of Nakona. 71 00:03:44,849 --> 00:03:46,809 And we'll give you more information as time goes on. 72 00:03:49,049 --> 00:03:50,009 So be in prayer. 73 00:03:50,009 --> 00:03:53,649 Be in prayer for our missionaries as we think about God's 74 00:03:53,649 --> 00:03:56,569 protection and God's provision for them. 75 00:03:57,369 --> 00:04:00,849 I've been studying a lot and just again wrapping my head around 76 00:04:00,849 --> 00:04:01,609 prophecy. 77 00:04:01,769 --> 00:04:02,889 Daniel chapter two. 78 00:04:02,889 --> 00:04:03,449 We've been. 79 00:04:03,529 --> 00:04:05,769 We preached the first 30 verses. 80 00:04:06,299 --> 00:04:07,019 Daniel chapter two. 81 00:04:07,019 --> 00:04:08,419 Now remember Daniel chapter one. 82 00:04:08,419 --> 00:04:11,259 Daniel's carried into captivity, him and his compadres, 83 00:04:12,299 --> 00:04:16,659 all the princes, all the elite, if you would, of the young 84 00:04:16,659 --> 00:04:21,699 people, of the kings and princes were carried away in the 85 00:04:21,699 --> 00:04:24,459 first deportation by King Nebuchadnezzar. 86 00:04:24,459 --> 00:04:27,499 So just kind of in your mind again, here's Jerusalem. 87 00:04:29,259 --> 00:04:31,979 It's prophesied that the children of Israel are going to be 88 00:04:31,979 --> 00:04:33,209 carried away, that the. 89 00:04:33,359 --> 00:04:34,879 The southern kingdom. 90 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:39,879 And so Nebuchadnezzar comes in, he defeats them, and he carries 91 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:44,399 away this first bunch of people. 92 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:47,839 And the first bunch of people he takes is the very best of the 93 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:48,399 young people. 94 00:04:48,879 --> 00:04:50,399 And Daniel's a part of that group. 95 00:04:51,359 --> 00:04:53,199 And Daniel's carried into Babylon. 96 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,159 And there Daniel's put into training. 97 00:04:56,399 --> 00:05:00,889 And we call that, you know, tongue in cheek, but Babylon University. 98 00:05:01,769 --> 00:05:05,689 And he's exposed to the Babylonian system, the Babylonian 99 00:05:05,689 --> 00:05:06,049 gods. 100 00:05:06,049 --> 00:05:09,569 His name is changed to a Babylonian name which represents 101 00:05:09,569 --> 00:05:12,089 one of the gods of the Babylonians. 102 00:05:12,729 --> 00:05:15,929 And so his life changed overnight. 103 00:05:16,969 --> 00:05:20,729 But he determined, the Bible says, not to defile himself. 104 00:05:21,849 --> 00:05:27,659 He determined, and so him and his friends began to stand for the 105 00:05:27,659 --> 00:05:28,019 Lord. 106 00:05:28,579 --> 00:05:31,859 When we come to Daniel chapter two, remember last Sunday night, 107 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:33,779 King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream. 108 00:05:35,299 --> 00:05:42,859 And it's inferred possibly that he tells his wise men, his astrologers 109 00:05:42,859 --> 00:05:48,739 and all these wise men, he says, tell me my dream and the interpretation. 110 00:05:48,819 --> 00:05:52,879 And the wise men go like, hey, tell us the dream and we'll tell 111 00:05:52,879 --> 00:05:53,799 you the interpretation. 112 00:05:53,959 --> 00:05:57,359 And Nebuchadnezzar goes, no, no, no, you tell me my dream, what 113 00:05:57,359 --> 00:05:57,719 I had. 114 00:05:57,719 --> 00:05:59,079 And the interpretation. 115 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:06,839 And they say to him, this is no king has ever asked of any wise 116 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,879 men to give them the dream, you know. 117 00:06:10,119 --> 00:06:15,519 And then he go, the wise men go on to say, and there is no man 118 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:20,039 on earth, not even little gods, that could do that. 119 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:22,279 But there was. 120 00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:26,839 Daniel, of course, depended upon God. 121 00:06:27,959 --> 00:06:32,319 And so King Nebuchadnezzar got mad and made a decree to kill all 122 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:33,079 the wise men. 123 00:06:34,599 --> 00:06:36,079 And so they began to search for him. 124 00:06:36,079 --> 00:06:39,319 The Bible specifically says they began to search for Daniel and 125 00:06:39,319 --> 00:06:40,039 his three friends. 126 00:06:40,599 --> 00:06:43,839 Apparently Daniel and his three friends weren't with the other 127 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:44,839 crowd of wise men. 128 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,039 They didn't hang out with those wise men. 129 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:48,639 Amen. 130 00:06:48,639 --> 00:06:51,039 We shouldn't hang out with a bunch of turkeys. 131 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:53,279 Careful who you hang out with. 132 00:06:56,559 --> 00:07:03,239 But word got to Daniel and Daniel said, ask King Nebuchadnezzar 133 00:07:03,239 --> 00:07:03,919 for a little time. 134 00:07:05,119 --> 00:07:10,809 And God answered Daniel's prayer, gave him the dream and the 135 00:07:10,809 --> 00:07:11,889 interpretation of it. 136 00:07:11,889 --> 00:07:13,689 And that's where we were last week. 137 00:07:14,409 --> 00:07:15,529 This week is the. 138 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:19,049 Is the dream and the interpretation of it. 139 00:07:19,209 --> 00:07:20,889 So look with me in Daniel chapter three. 140 00:07:21,689 --> 00:07:22,649 And let's. 141 00:07:22,729 --> 00:07:23,649 Daniel chapter two. 142 00:07:23,649 --> 00:07:24,489 Sorry, verse. 143 00:07:24,809 --> 00:07:34,089 Let's start in verse 30, verse 29, verse 28. 144 00:07:36,979 --> 00:07:37,779 It's so good. 145 00:07:38,339 --> 00:07:39,979 But there is a God in heaven. 146 00:07:39,979 --> 00:07:42,219 I love that little phrase, There is a God in heaven. 147 00:07:42,219 --> 00:07:44,659 We kind of touched on that last Sunday night. 148 00:07:44,979 --> 00:07:46,739 I'm so thankful for There's a God in heaven. 149 00:07:46,739 --> 00:07:51,939 There's a God in heaven who cares for you that revealeth secrets. 150 00:07:55,459 --> 00:07:56,339 Yes, Lord. 151 00:07:57,699 --> 00:08:00,579 And maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the 152 00:08:00,579 --> 00:08:04,889 latter days, thy dream and thy visions of thy head upon thy bed. 153 00:08:04,889 --> 00:08:07,489 Are these even those how to rhyme? 154 00:08:09,569 --> 00:08:10,369 I'm kidding. 155 00:08:10,529 --> 00:08:11,409 Verse 29. 156 00:08:11,569 --> 00:08:14,569 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon 157 00:08:14,569 --> 00:08:15,169 thy bed. 158 00:08:16,049 --> 00:08:20,129 And that's basically saying these are some of the things that 159 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:21,969 Nebuchadnezzar had been thinking about. 160 00:08:24,289 --> 00:08:25,049 He's older. 161 00:08:25,049 --> 00:08:30,659 He's thinking about what's going to happen after I'm gone into 162 00:08:30,659 --> 00:08:34,619 thy mind upon thy bed, and what should come to pass hereafter. 163 00:08:35,419 --> 00:08:38,499 And he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come 164 00:08:38,499 --> 00:08:39,099 to pass. 165 00:08:39,899 --> 00:08:43,619 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom 166 00:08:43,619 --> 00:08:49,739 that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that 167 00:08:49,739 --> 00:08:53,669 shall make known the interpretation of the king, and that 168 00:08:53,669 --> 00:08:56,429 thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. 169 00:08:56,429 --> 00:08:59,149 In other words, this is not coming because of my wisdom. 170 00:08:59,469 --> 00:09:01,029 He's already given credit to God. 171 00:09:01,029 --> 00:09:03,549 There is a God in heaven who knows secrets. 172 00:09:03,869 --> 00:09:07,949 Again, we ought to be careful as Christians to give God the glory 173 00:09:09,309 --> 00:09:10,669 to give him the credit. 174 00:09:12,349 --> 00:09:16,109 Verse 31 Thou, O king, sawest and behold a great image. 175 00:09:16,349 --> 00:09:19,149 This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before 176 00:09:19,149 --> 00:09:21,719 thee, and the form thereof was terrible. 177 00:09:22,119 --> 00:09:27,079 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of 178 00:09:27,079 --> 00:09:30,679 silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, 179 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:35,079 his feet part of clay, of iron and part of clay thou sawest till 180 00:09:35,079 --> 00:09:39,919 that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image 181 00:09:39,919 --> 00:09:45,159 upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to 182 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:45,559 pieces. 183 00:09:46,109 --> 00:09:46,909 Verse 35. 184 00:09:47,309 --> 00:09:50,269 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver and the gold 185 00:09:50,429 --> 00:09:54,509 broken to pieces together and became like the chafe of the summer 186 00:09:55,069 --> 00:09:59,349 threshing floors, the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and 187 00:09:59,349 --> 00:10:04,189 the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them. 188 00:10:04,589 --> 00:10:08,709 And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and 189 00:10:08,709 --> 00:10:09,429 filled the whole earth. 190 00:10:09,429 --> 00:10:10,749 I want to go ahead and tell you who the stone is. 191 00:10:10,749 --> 00:10:11,709 That's Jesus Christ. 192 00:10:13,219 --> 00:10:17,859 Jesus Christ, who smites the image and becomes the big mountain. 193 00:10:19,379 --> 00:10:20,419 Verse 36. 194 00:10:20,739 --> 00:10:24,979 So that transitions this is the dream and will tell the interpretation 195 00:10:24,979 --> 00:10:25,419 thereof. 196 00:10:25,419 --> 00:10:29,619 Before the king Thou, O king, art a king of kings. 197 00:10:30,019 --> 00:10:35,459 For the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power and strength 198 00:10:35,459 --> 00:10:39,899 and glory, and wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts 199 00:10:39,899 --> 00:10:43,299 of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine 200 00:10:43,299 --> 00:10:46,059 hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. 201 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:48,539 Thou art this head of gold. 202 00:10:49,659 --> 00:10:51,499 So king Nebuchadnezzar, you're the head of gold. 203 00:10:51,819 --> 00:10:53,979 I do want to address something that's not in my notes. 204 00:10:54,218 --> 00:10:57,739 When it goes here and describes that these are the world 205 00:10:57,819 --> 00:11:01,859 powers that you know, the power of the whole earth, well, that's 206 00:11:01,859 --> 00:11:02,939 the then known world. 207 00:11:03,499 --> 00:11:09,039 Also understand, critics try to criticize this passage that King 208 00:11:09,039 --> 00:11:16,159 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Alexander the Great, who 209 00:11:16,159 --> 00:11:17,599 conquered the then known world. 210 00:11:18,239 --> 00:11:21,679 Could Alexander the Great have conquered the unknown world as well? 211 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:23,759 The answer is absolutely yes. 212 00:11:24,639 --> 00:11:29,639 So it's kind of debatable, not even debatable that when you say 213 00:11:29,639 --> 00:11:32,849 that these men, these kings were or the king of the whole earth, 214 00:11:32,849 --> 00:11:37,249 or king empire of power over the whole earth. 215 00:11:37,249 --> 00:11:41,289 Well, they were, and of course they were just over the then known 216 00:11:41,289 --> 00:11:41,609 world. 217 00:11:41,849 --> 00:11:44,929 But had they wanted to exercise their power, they could 218 00:11:44,929 --> 00:11:47,369 have conquered even the unknown. 219 00:11:48,169 --> 00:11:51,049 Alright, so some of you just say, well I don't care, preacher. 220 00:11:51,129 --> 00:11:52,969 Well, I'm just trying to answer the critics. 221 00:11:55,449 --> 00:12:02,019 Just imagine that the power thou art king art him at the head 222 00:12:02,019 --> 00:12:02,379 of the gold. 223 00:12:02,379 --> 00:12:03,139 Verse 39. 224 00:12:03,299 --> 00:12:07,699 And after these and after thee shall rise another kingdom inferior 225 00:12:07,779 --> 00:12:12,099 to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear 226 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:13,459 rule over all the earth. 227 00:12:13,779 --> 00:12:17,299 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron 228 00:12:17,299 --> 00:12:20,219 breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things, and as iron 229 00:12:20,219 --> 00:12:23,219 that breaketh in all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 230 00:12:23,879 --> 00:12:28,879 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes part of potter's clay 231 00:12:28,879 --> 00:12:32,719 and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided, but there shall 232 00:12:32,719 --> 00:12:36,919 be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest 233 00:12:36,919 --> 00:12:41,079 the iron mixed with miry clay, and as the toes of the feet were 234 00:12:41,079 --> 00:12:44,399 part of iron and part of clay, so that the kingdom shall be partly 235 00:12:44,399 --> 00:12:45,639 strong and partly broken. 236 00:12:46,839 --> 00:12:50,929 And again, we can't dwell on some of this very long, but apparently 237 00:12:50,929 --> 00:12:55,889 there is a break between verses 41 and 42, and that is addressing 238 00:12:56,529 --> 00:13:00,809 the kingdoms that are coming, the kingdoms that are coming, that 239 00:13:00,809 --> 00:13:04,049 are going to subsequent kingdoms that are going to follow 240 00:13:04,209 --> 00:13:04,929 Babylon. 241 00:13:05,169 --> 00:13:09,409 And then it skips ahead to the everlasting kingdom. 242 00:13:09,729 --> 00:13:11,009 So kind of keep that in mind. 243 00:13:11,089 --> 00:13:15,809 Now it skips ahead to what we were going to call the revived Roman 244 00:13:15,809 --> 00:13:16,369 Empire. 245 00:13:16,869 --> 00:13:18,069 This is the ten toes. 246 00:13:21,029 --> 00:13:22,229 And this will make sense. 247 00:13:22,229 --> 00:13:25,149 If you stick with the book of Daniel and stick with the study with 248 00:13:25,149 --> 00:13:28,949 us as we go forward, we'll make more sense of how this works. 249 00:13:29,589 --> 00:13:32,069 All right, A near fulfillment. 250 00:13:32,949 --> 00:13:34,109 All the prophets do this. 251 00:13:34,109 --> 00:13:37,829 A near fulfillment and then a far reaching fulfillment. 252 00:13:38,389 --> 00:13:41,349 And that's what's happening between verse 41 and verse 42. 253 00:13:42,959 --> 00:13:45,679 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, 254 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,639 so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken. 255 00:13:48,799 --> 00:13:52,959 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, and they shall 256 00:13:52,959 --> 00:13:56,439 mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave 257 00:13:56,439 --> 00:14:00,879 one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay, and in the 258 00:14:00,879 --> 00:14:05,839 days of these kings, so it's referring to these, the 10 toes, 259 00:14:05,839 --> 00:14:09,689 the part iron and part clay, and they represent ten kings. 260 00:14:11,369 --> 00:14:14,929 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a 261 00:14:14,929 --> 00:14:19,649 kingdom which shall never be destroyed, and the kingdom shall 262 00:14:19,649 --> 00:14:23,609 not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and 263 00:14:23,609 --> 00:14:27,929 consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 264 00:14:28,809 --> 00:14:33,649 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone now refers back to Christ 265 00:14:33,649 --> 00:14:37,159 again, who is the ultimate king of kings and Lord of lords, 266 00:14:37,159 --> 00:14:40,359 who's going to reign forever and ever was cut out of the mountain 267 00:14:40,599 --> 00:14:43,839 without hands, and that it break in pieces the iron, the brass, 268 00:14:43,839 --> 00:14:47,039 the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God hath Made known 269 00:14:47,039 --> 00:14:49,639 to the king that what shall come to pass hereafter. 270 00:14:49,799 --> 00:14:53,599 And the dream is certain and the interpretation thereof. 271 00:14:53,599 --> 00:14:53,959 Sure. 272 00:14:56,439 --> 00:14:57,359 The dream is certain. 273 00:14:57,359 --> 00:14:57,839 Let's pray. 274 00:14:57,839 --> 00:15:01,319 Heavenly Father, do bless tonight as we read your word. 275 00:15:01,319 --> 00:15:01,529 God. 276 00:15:01,599 --> 00:15:04,599 God, may you help and give wisdom and we thank you in Jesus 277 00:15:04,599 --> 00:15:04,879 name. 278 00:15:04,879 --> 00:15:05,439 Amen. 279 00:15:06,319 --> 00:15:06,679 All right. 280 00:15:06,679 --> 00:15:09,879 When you come to prophecy, it's important to understand that 281 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:13,639 when the prophets are prophesying, they do not see the 282 00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:14,319 church age. 283 00:15:15,199 --> 00:15:16,679 They do not see the church age. 284 00:15:16,679 --> 00:15:17,599 If you could get a. 285 00:15:17,919 --> 00:15:19,999 If you could get a picture in your mind, and I wish. 286 00:15:19,999 --> 00:15:23,439 I need to get some visuals and I should do better. 287 00:15:23,919 --> 00:15:25,279 The visual is this. 288 00:15:25,679 --> 00:15:30,919 Think of a mountain, then a valley, and then a mountain. 289 00:15:31,479 --> 00:15:33,799 All right, so that's what you need to kind of picture in your mind. 290 00:15:34,599 --> 00:15:38,919 So mountain, valley, mountain, picture. 291 00:15:38,919 --> 00:15:40,119 The prophet is here. 292 00:15:41,159 --> 00:15:42,359 He's prophesying. 293 00:15:43,718 --> 00:15:46,319 When he prophesies, he's prophesying about things that are 294 00:15:46,319 --> 00:15:50,639 going to come to pass, you know, ultimately maybe even in his 295 00:15:50,639 --> 00:15:54,839 lifetime or, you know, 700 years from now. 296 00:15:55,499 --> 00:15:59,179 We think about, for instance, Isaiah, prophesies about King Cyrus, 297 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:04,539 even names him 700 years before Cyrus ever gets to the throne. 298 00:16:05,739 --> 00:16:07,419 All right, that's prophecy. 299 00:16:07,579 --> 00:16:08,859 That's amazing, isn't it? 300 00:16:09,099 --> 00:16:10,539 Names him, gives the name. 301 00:16:10,619 --> 00:16:11,298 I love it. 302 00:16:11,298 --> 00:16:11,979 Daniel, I believe. 303 00:16:12,219 --> 00:16:15,019 I think I just can see Daniel going into King Cyrus and go, hey, 304 00:16:15,019 --> 00:16:20,219 look, you're in our book 700 years ago, your name. 305 00:16:21,189 --> 00:16:24,349 And so the prophets are prophesying about future events. 306 00:16:24,349 --> 00:16:29,069 But when it comes to the first coming of Christ, his birth, when 307 00:16:29,069 --> 00:16:32,309 they look, they're seeing the cross, they're seeing the coming 308 00:16:32,309 --> 00:16:34,789 of Christ, the Messiah, they're seeing that. 309 00:16:34,789 --> 00:16:37,589 That's the first top of the mountain, the first mountaintop. 310 00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:42,869 And then the valley represents the church age, the age of grace. 311 00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:47,769 And then the second mountain represents his second coming at the 312 00:16:47,769 --> 00:16:54,409 end of the tribulation, at the battle of Armageddon, when he defeats 313 00:16:54,969 --> 00:16:56,009 all the enemies. 314 00:16:58,169 --> 00:17:01,969 What an amazing time when the Jews see him for who he is and accept 315 00:17:01,969 --> 00:17:02,969 him for who he is. 316 00:17:03,369 --> 00:17:03,689 Right? 317 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:04,929 That's the second mountaintop. 318 00:17:04,929 --> 00:17:06,249 That's the second coming of Christ. 319 00:17:08,009 --> 00:17:12,089 So when you're interpreting Old Testament prophecies, you've 320 00:17:12,089 --> 00:17:15,589 got to remember that those prophets will not prophesy about 321 00:17:15,589 --> 00:17:16,469 the church age. 322 00:17:17,029 --> 00:17:20,229 None of those prophecies are going to concern the church. 323 00:17:20,869 --> 00:17:24,029 It's just like when people try to use the feasts, the seven feasts 324 00:17:24,029 --> 00:17:26,149 of Israel, and apply them to the church. 325 00:17:26,629 --> 00:17:28,389 They have nothing to do with the church. 326 00:17:28,949 --> 00:17:32,069 They have everything to do with the Messiah and the Jew. 327 00:17:32,629 --> 00:17:35,949 And certainly that includes us as Saved, born again Christians. 328 00:17:35,949 --> 00:17:37,509 Aren't you glad he came the first time? 329 00:17:38,069 --> 00:17:41,719 And the first feast, the second feast, the third feast, all 330 00:17:41,719 --> 00:17:43,879 represent his life and his death. 331 00:17:44,279 --> 00:17:47,679 And then that fourth feast, the feast of Pentecost, representing 332 00:17:47,679 --> 00:17:49,119 Jew and Gentile coming together. 333 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:50,519 It's an awesome, awesome thing. 334 00:17:50,679 --> 00:17:53,799 But it's a Jewish timetable, not a church timetable. 335 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,879 You cannot use the seven feasts and church prophecy. 336 00:17:59,799 --> 00:18:02,959 Every book you go buy at the bookstore, if you went down to Lifeway, 337 00:18:02,959 --> 00:18:04,119 they still call it Lifeway. 338 00:18:04,839 --> 00:18:09,709 If you go down to the Babas bookstore and you buy a book on the 339 00:18:09,709 --> 00:18:12,309 seven feasts, you're going to see them kind of jumble that up. 340 00:18:12,309 --> 00:18:23,469 I'm like one of the elementary foundational parts you should know 341 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:26,549 about prophecy is it doesn't include the church age. 342 00:18:27,829 --> 00:18:29,669 Again, the prophet's eye is looking. 343 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:35,659 He sees the top of the first mountain, Jesus Christ being born, 344 00:18:36,139 --> 00:18:39,819 being killed, dying, rising from the dead. 345 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:41,099 He sees the cross, that's it. 346 00:18:41,899 --> 00:18:43,219 And then we go into the church age. 347 00:18:43,219 --> 00:18:44,539 He doesn't see the age of grace. 348 00:18:45,019 --> 00:18:47,779 And then he sees the second coming when he returns. 349 00:18:47,779 --> 00:18:48,779 Is that visual enough? 350 00:18:50,379 --> 00:18:52,699 Prophecy is history written in advance. 351 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:57,259 The prophets were forthtellers and foretellers. 352 00:18:57,259 --> 00:18:58,459 In other words, they were preachers. 353 00:18:59,269 --> 00:19:03,469 Man, you think about the prophets getting up and just letting 354 00:19:03,469 --> 00:19:06,589 them have it, the children of Israel trying to correct and trying 355 00:19:06,589 --> 00:19:08,549 to get them back on track. 356 00:19:10,709 --> 00:19:13,949 And then they were also foretellers prophesying of that which 357 00:19:13,949 --> 00:19:14,549 was to come. 358 00:19:15,349 --> 00:19:16,949 And Daniel was a prophet. 359 00:19:16,949 --> 00:19:19,349 And man, was he ever a prophet. 360 00:19:20,069 --> 00:19:25,229 The book of Daniel was written by Daniel himself around 555, 540 361 00:19:25,469 --> 00:19:27,709 BC in the 6th century. 362 00:19:28,429 --> 00:19:30,829 The 6th century, not the 2nd century. 363 00:19:30,909 --> 00:19:33,629 Liberals believe it was the 2nd century. 364 00:19:34,429 --> 00:19:38,989 And the reason why they believe that is because of the very 365 00:19:39,069 --> 00:19:46,109 precise prophecy by Daniel of the Maccabean revolt. 366 00:19:47,469 --> 00:19:52,509 And because it's so precise, they say there's no way Daniel, there's 367 00:19:52,509 --> 00:19:54,469 no way Daniel could prophesy that. 368 00:19:54,469 --> 00:19:56,829 Well, that's because Daniel wasn't given the information, he 369 00:19:56,829 --> 00:19:58,109 was given that information by God. 370 00:19:59,869 --> 00:20:05,509 Just like Isaiah knew the name of Cyrus 700 years before he was 371 00:20:05,509 --> 00:20:08,509 ever born, before he ever stepped on the throne. 372 00:20:08,509 --> 00:20:11,629 So again, liberals have come up with the idea that during the 373 00:20:11,629 --> 00:20:15,709 Maccabean revolt that somebody wanted to encourage them. 374 00:20:16,109 --> 00:20:20,009 And so they began to write about what Daniel prophesied about 375 00:20:20,009 --> 00:20:22,449 to encourage them and blah, blah, blah. 376 00:20:22,449 --> 00:20:29,049 And it's if you believe that, if you believe that this book was 377 00:20:29,049 --> 00:20:35,449 written around 160 BC, 170 BC around that area, then it discounts 378 00:20:35,449 --> 00:20:39,089 most of the prophecies why even have them in the book, by the 379 00:20:39,089 --> 00:20:39,209 way? 380 00:20:39,209 --> 00:20:43,329 It makes God a liar because he says these are the things that are 381 00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,209 gonna come to pass. 382 00:20:45,479 --> 00:20:46,519 Makes Daniel a liar. 383 00:20:47,639 --> 00:20:49,559 No, Daniel very specifically said. 384 00:20:49,639 --> 00:20:50,439 He says, I. 385 00:20:50,439 --> 00:20:54,359 Daniel, I know I'm getting a little passionate here, but it's 386 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:54,919 ridiculous. 387 00:20:54,999 --> 00:20:58,679 I have read I don't know how many books and I'm so thankful for 388 00:20:59,479 --> 00:21:03,959 conservative scholars who believe like we believe when it comes 389 00:21:03,959 --> 00:21:06,439 to salvation, when they believe like we believe, they don't 390 00:21:06,439 --> 00:21:08,759 try to discount the miracles found in the Bible. 391 00:21:09,239 --> 00:21:13,749 But boy, there's a large segment of, very large segment of 392 00:21:13,749 --> 00:21:16,709 scholars who try to discount the miracles. 393 00:21:17,349 --> 00:21:21,629 And not just the Old Testament prophecies, but also the New Testament 394 00:21:21,629 --> 00:21:22,469 miracles as well. 395 00:21:23,349 --> 00:21:27,749 Can I tell you that God's an all powerful God and God's done great 396 00:21:27,749 --> 00:21:30,389 miracles and he's still doing miracles. 397 00:21:31,029 --> 00:21:32,229 He's the God of gods. 398 00:21:33,029 --> 00:21:34,469 He is the God of heaven. 399 00:21:34,869 --> 00:21:36,389 There is a God in heaven. 400 00:21:36,789 --> 00:21:38,949 So be very careful when you begin to. 401 00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:39,909 Especially Daniel. 402 00:21:39,909 --> 00:21:44,759 Daniel is the most attacked book, honestly, frankly, in the entire 403 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:50,519 Bible because it is such a foundational book when it comes to 404 00:21:50,599 --> 00:21:51,239 prophecy. 405 00:21:51,239 --> 00:21:53,399 It is the ABCs of prophecy. 406 00:21:53,799 --> 00:21:58,399 It is the book that gives you the panoramic view of what's going 407 00:21:58,399 --> 00:21:58,999 to happen. 408 00:21:59,559 --> 00:22:00,999 It lays it out for you. 409 00:22:01,959 --> 00:22:04,439 And then the other prophets fill in the blanks. 410 00:22:04,999 --> 00:22:07,719 And we're going to go over that a lot, especially chapter seven 411 00:22:07,719 --> 00:22:08,519 and chapter nine. 412 00:22:09,199 --> 00:22:12,159 Man, it's amazing what Daniel prophesies. 413 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:24,519 Its prophecy is again so accurate that liberal scholars said 414 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:27,359 it has to be written afterwards, not before. 415 00:22:28,399 --> 00:22:29,839 But we know that's not true. 416 00:22:32,479 --> 00:22:33,839 Limits the power of God. 417 00:22:35,689 --> 00:22:42,649 One of the proofs is found in Matthew 24:15 where Jesus says he 418 00:22:42,649 --> 00:22:45,449 attested to Daniel was written by Daniel. 419 00:22:45,609 --> 00:22:51,529 When he said that we ought to listen to the words spoken by Daniel. 420 00:22:51,929 --> 00:22:53,689 I'm quoting spoken by Daniel. 421 00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:56,649 He says that in Matthew 24, verse 15. 422 00:22:57,769 --> 00:23:00,009 In other words, that Daniel spoke the book of Daniel. 423 00:23:01,059 --> 00:23:01,859 That's Jesus. 424 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:05,459 We certainly wouldn't want to go against what Jesus said. 425 00:23:05,939 --> 00:23:08,259 The theme of the book of Daniel is God rules and the affairs 426 00:23:08,259 --> 00:23:08,499 of man. 427 00:23:08,499 --> 00:23:09,539 Just to remind you of that. 428 00:23:10,979 --> 00:23:15,299 The second chapter of Daniel is key to God's entire prophetic 429 00:23:15,299 --> 00:23:15,619 program. 430 00:23:16,419 --> 00:23:18,259 It again is the ABCs. 431 00:23:18,659 --> 00:23:22,979 Revelation is the XYZ and you need the foundation in order to understand 432 00:23:23,379 --> 00:23:25,379 Revelation, the Book of Revelation. 433 00:23:26,669 --> 00:23:28,069 So thankful there's a God in heaven. 434 00:23:28,069 --> 00:23:29,949 And I'm thankful Daniel gave him Credit. 435 00:23:30,269 --> 00:23:34,349 So verses 30 through 35, we have the description of the image. 436 00:23:34,509 --> 00:23:35,789 We don't have to go back through this. 437 00:23:35,789 --> 00:23:38,029 But just remember it says it was a great image. 438 00:23:38,269 --> 00:23:42,429 It certainly had a profound impact on King Nebuchadnezzar. 439 00:23:42,589 --> 00:23:43,789 It was bigger than life. 440 00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:44,469 It was bright. 441 00:23:44,469 --> 00:23:46,029 It towered before the king. 442 00:23:46,269 --> 00:23:47,549 It troubled the king. 443 00:23:48,189 --> 00:23:49,309 It made him afraid. 444 00:23:51,319 --> 00:23:54,559 Had a head of gold, chest and arms of silver, thighs of brass, 445 00:23:54,559 --> 00:23:56,999 legs of iron, feet of iron and clay. 446 00:23:59,079 --> 00:24:02,119 Notice the decline of the value of the metal. 447 00:24:02,439 --> 00:24:04,599 Notice the decline in the value of the weight. 448 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:09,479 Can I tell you that civilization is on the decline? 449 00:24:11,319 --> 00:24:13,639 Oh, the world would like to say, no, no, no, no. 450 00:24:13,639 --> 00:24:14,519 We're evolving. 451 00:24:15,159 --> 00:24:15,959 We're evolving. 452 00:24:15,959 --> 00:24:17,039 We're getting better and better. 453 00:24:17,039 --> 00:24:20,169 The answer, no, that's not the case. 454 00:24:20,169 --> 00:24:21,129 We're getting worse. 455 00:24:22,249 --> 00:24:26,529 Worse as a civilization and really, even in America, worse as 456 00:24:26,529 --> 00:24:27,129 a society. 457 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:29,929 We're not evolving, we're devolving. 458 00:24:31,129 --> 00:24:33,449 We didn't come from monkeys, by the way, just to let you know, 459 00:24:34,329 --> 00:24:37,289 if we are evolving, and I was a monkey, why don't I still have 460 00:24:37,289 --> 00:24:37,689 a tail? 461 00:24:37,689 --> 00:24:39,209 Because that would sure come in handy. 462 00:24:42,169 --> 00:24:45,129 Got stuff on your hands, you know, to open a door? 463 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,279 Kind of like you ladies with your fancy cars, that you can open 464 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:53,319 the back hatch by waving your foot under the car? 465 00:24:54,439 --> 00:24:54,839 No. 466 00:24:55,319 --> 00:24:55,959 Okay. 467 00:25:01,959 --> 00:25:08,119 Sin and selfishness makes mankind trend downward. 468 00:25:09,239 --> 00:25:12,689 And we see that very, very evident today. 469 00:25:13,249 --> 00:25:13,889 Amen. 470 00:25:15,729 --> 00:25:20,609 But I'm glad there's hope one day that will not be the case. 471 00:25:21,089 --> 00:25:22,849 Verses 36 through 45. 472 00:25:24,609 --> 00:25:26,609 Daniel gives the interpretation, the head of gold 473 00:25:26,609 --> 00:25:27,569 is Babylon. 474 00:25:27,649 --> 00:25:28,449 Makes that very. 475 00:25:28,609 --> 00:25:33,369 There's no doubt the head of gold is Babylon, representing Nebuchadnezzar, 476 00:25:33,369 --> 00:25:38,199 who again had put Israel under his domain. 477 00:25:39,399 --> 00:25:44,719 This lasted from a very short time, as far as him being over the 478 00:25:44,719 --> 00:25:47,159 Israelites, from 526 to 536. 479 00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:51,639 This is also according to Luke 21, verse 24. 480 00:25:51,719 --> 00:25:55,439 These again, where Jesus speaking begins the times of the 481 00:25:55,439 --> 00:25:56,119 Gentiles. 482 00:25:56,599 --> 00:25:58,439 All right, so there's two different designations. 483 00:25:58,439 --> 00:26:01,319 We won't go over this tonight, but there's also the fullness of 484 00:26:01,319 --> 00:26:03,319 the times of the Gentiles, and we'll cover both later. 485 00:26:03,719 --> 00:26:07,359 But the times of the gentiles runs from 586, when Nebuchadnezzar 486 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,399 defeated Jerusalem, until the second coming of Christ, when he. 487 00:26:11,879 --> 00:26:16,599 When he defeats his enemies and sets at the millennial kingdom. 488 00:26:16,599 --> 00:26:17,719 That's the time of the Gentiles. 489 00:26:17,719 --> 00:26:20,679 In other words, Israel is no longer the power. 490 00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:24,719 Israel is no longer the dominant power in that part of the 491 00:26:24,719 --> 00:26:24,999 world. 492 00:26:25,399 --> 00:26:26,599 And now it is. 493 00:26:27,079 --> 00:26:28,999 It is Gentile powers. 494 00:26:29,539 --> 00:26:31,059 So it's the time of the Gentiles. 495 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:34,739 Israel was supposed to be the mouthpiece for God. 496 00:26:34,899 --> 00:26:38,219 It was Israel who was supposed to be over the nations of the of 497 00:26:38,219 --> 00:26:39,539 the world as such. 498 00:26:39,859 --> 00:26:44,699 King Solomon in his reign is the example as people nations around 499 00:26:44,699 --> 00:26:47,619 the world came to Solomon to give him presents. 500 00:26:50,419 --> 00:26:53,139 That's what was supposed to happen, but it didn't because again 501 00:26:53,539 --> 00:26:57,769 Israel sinned, worshiping other gods and so forth. 502 00:26:58,249 --> 00:27:00,809 And so we have the times of the Gentiles now. 503 00:27:01,609 --> 00:27:05,489 In fact it makes it very clear not only in Daniel, but Ezekiel says 504 00:27:05,489 --> 00:27:08,649 it, that is God who set up Nebuchadnezzar. 505 00:27:09,129 --> 00:27:09,729 Jeremiah. 506 00:27:09,729 --> 00:27:10,689 I'm sorry, Jeremiah. 507 00:27:10,689 --> 00:27:12,409 It's God who set up Nebuchadnezzar. 508 00:27:12,649 --> 00:27:15,049 It's God who's put Nebuchadnezzar on his throne. 509 00:27:19,849 --> 00:27:22,449 The legs of the legs. 510 00:27:22,929 --> 00:27:30,049 And then the next is the head of gold and the breast and his arms 511 00:27:30,289 --> 00:27:31,169 of silver. 512 00:27:31,809 --> 00:27:37,088 This is talking about the middle Persian Empire who replaced 513 00:27:37,088 --> 00:27:40,769 Babylon and inherited dominion over the Israelites. 514 00:27:41,089 --> 00:27:42,369 The third is the belly. 515 00:27:42,769 --> 00:27:44,849 His belly is of thighs of brass. 516 00:27:45,569 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaking of the Grecian Empire, Alexander the Great who conquered 517 00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:50,919 the then known world. 518 00:27:53,639 --> 00:27:55,879 The legs of iron represent the Roman Empire. 519 00:27:57,799 --> 00:28:00,519 The Roman Empire from 40 to 4076 A.D. 520 00:28:01,879 --> 00:28:08,039 even the Roman Empire in this dualistic rule when they split into 521 00:28:08,039 --> 00:28:11,559 two kingdoms, the Romans, Rome split into two. 522 00:28:12,439 --> 00:28:14,799 And we can see that and the two legs. 523 00:28:16,079 --> 00:28:24,319 And then you come down to the mixture of the iron and clay. 524 00:28:25,439 --> 00:28:26,479 There's so much here. 525 00:28:26,479 --> 00:28:33,919 I just the iron and clay represent again in that near fulfillment 526 00:28:34,159 --> 00:28:37,599 represent Rome as it began to decay. 527 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:44,049 So some scholars think, well, the iron is monarchy and the clay 528 00:28:44,049 --> 00:28:44,969 is democracy. 529 00:28:44,969 --> 00:28:52,249 When Rome was kind of both and then as it melded back into an empire 530 00:28:52,249 --> 00:28:53,609 rather than a democracy. 531 00:28:54,249 --> 00:29:02,209 And you know that Rome wasn't defeated because of their lack of 532 00:29:02,209 --> 00:29:02,889 an army. 533 00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:05,769 It was Rome that decayed from the inside. 534 00:29:07,069 --> 00:29:15,029 So the representation here is that Rome was mighty, strong, invincible 535 00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:15,989 to a certain extent. 536 00:29:15,989 --> 00:29:19,069 Just amazing the way they could take their armies and go in 537 00:29:19,069 --> 00:29:20,749 and just take over anybody. 538 00:29:21,149 --> 00:29:22,509 That's the iron part of it. 539 00:29:22,509 --> 00:29:28,829 But the weakness of Rome was the immoral decay that was happening 540 00:29:28,829 --> 00:29:34,679 on the inside and thus brought about the downfall of Rome. 541 00:29:35,879 --> 00:29:39,399 So strong militarily, but full of internal decay. 542 00:29:41,559 --> 00:29:43,079 By the way, the US is very similar. 543 00:29:44,439 --> 00:29:46,039 It's good to be reminded of this. 544 00:29:46,599 --> 00:29:49,519 As you saw as you read about the history of Rome, you read the 545 00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:53,999 history of America, you really do you see Rome mighty and strong 546 00:29:53,999 --> 00:29:58,279 in their military and strong in so many ways and in beginnings 547 00:29:58,989 --> 00:30:00,829 much somewhat democracy. 548 00:30:00,829 --> 00:30:03,469 And all of a sudden boy just began. 549 00:30:03,789 --> 00:30:09,389 They got rich, became prosperous, like to lay around and 550 00:30:09,389 --> 00:30:12,269 swim and I'm just kidding, but I mean you Know, they just. 551 00:30:13,149 --> 00:30:20,749 Pleasure was all they sought and they saw the decay, the implosion 552 00:30:21,229 --> 00:30:22,429 of the Roman Empire. 553 00:30:23,229 --> 00:30:26,589 And we see the very similar things happening in America today. 554 00:30:26,589 --> 00:30:27,629 We need revival. 555 00:30:29,129 --> 00:30:31,049 We need a God sent revival. 556 00:30:32,329 --> 00:30:34,489 We need an America to come back to God. 557 00:30:38,089 --> 00:30:42,769 These 10, as I said, there's a break somewhere between verse 41 558 00:30:42,769 --> 00:30:43,329 and 42. 559 00:30:43,329 --> 00:30:44,729 There is absolutely a break. 560 00:30:45,209 --> 00:30:49,169 And scholars can't agree on where exactly in those two verses 561 00:30:49,169 --> 00:30:49,769 there's a break. 562 00:30:50,409 --> 00:30:54,409 But we know that it's referring not just to the Roman Empire, 563 00:30:54,949 --> 00:30:58,949 but to what the scholars refer to as a revived Roman Empire. 564 00:30:59,989 --> 00:31:07,349 These kings that are set up, these 10 kings, or maybe 10 kingdoms 565 00:31:07,349 --> 00:31:10,389 or a confederacy of some sort of 10. 566 00:31:10,949 --> 00:31:12,029 How do you know this, preacher? 567 00:31:12,029 --> 00:31:15,269 How do we know emphatically that this is not just referring to 568 00:31:17,189 --> 00:31:19,189 the revived or to the Roman Empire? 569 00:31:19,189 --> 00:31:24,779 Well, because it says that the stone cut out without hands is going 570 00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:26,539 to destroy these 10 kings. 571 00:31:26,539 --> 00:31:28,739 Well, that hasn't happened in history. 572 00:31:28,899 --> 00:31:30,019 So it has to be future. 573 00:31:31,379 --> 00:31:32,419 It has to be future. 574 00:31:33,699 --> 00:31:39,939 So people way smarter than me and most of you, I guess, who study 575 00:31:39,939 --> 00:31:44,459 this thing a lot and I appreciate Brother Stewart and I've 576 00:31:44,459 --> 00:31:47,329 read through a lot of his stuff on this too, and, and I'm going 577 00:31:47,329 --> 00:31:48,489 to give you some more of his material. 578 00:31:48,489 --> 00:31:49,809 I know that offends you a lot. 579 00:31:52,289 --> 00:32:00,089 But these revived Roman Empire, these ten kings, as we come 580 00:32:00,089 --> 00:32:04,609 to the end times, as we come to the end, as we come, get closer 581 00:32:04,609 --> 00:32:08,889 to Christ appearing and then we get close to Christ coming at 582 00:32:08,889 --> 00:32:09,729 his second coming. 583 00:32:09,729 --> 00:32:12,689 So the Rapture and the second coming of Christ are different. 584 00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:17,599 The Rapture is the catching away and the calling up of the saved. 585 00:32:17,999 --> 00:32:20,959 And then seven years later we have the second coming of Christ 586 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:25,039 when he returns with his saints at the battle of Armageddon. 587 00:32:28,639 --> 00:32:30,839 We know in those last days, and Daniel's going to cover this 588 00:32:30,839 --> 00:32:32,399 too, we're going to talk about the Antichrist. 589 00:32:33,039 --> 00:32:34,799 The Antichrist is going to rise up. 590 00:32:35,679 --> 00:32:39,359 These 10 confederacies, these 10 nations. 591 00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:42,759 It really seems as though it's not 10 nations. 592 00:32:42,759 --> 00:32:45,059 It seems 10 confederacies. 593 00:32:45,059 --> 00:32:47,899 You think about even the United States, right? 594 00:32:47,899 --> 00:32:48,939 United States. 595 00:32:49,419 --> 00:32:52,779 Think about the old Soviet Union with many nations inside it. 596 00:32:52,779 --> 00:32:57,259 Think about England, who you also have England and Scotland and 597 00:32:57,259 --> 00:32:59,379 other countries that they're over per se. 598 00:32:59,379 --> 00:32:59,739 Right? 599 00:33:00,539 --> 00:33:02,779 It's going to be something similar to that. 600 00:33:05,499 --> 00:33:09,789 But they'll be strong and weak again. 601 00:33:09,789 --> 00:33:12,229 The stone is a description of. 602 00:33:12,629 --> 00:33:14,229 It's a messianic description. 603 00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:18,829 We know this also because there's a reference in Genesis 49:24 604 00:33:18,829 --> 00:33:20,269 where it describes from. 605 00:33:20,269 --> 00:33:24,869 It Says this from thence is the shepherd, and it calls the Messiah 606 00:33:24,869 --> 00:33:26,229 the stone of Israel. 607 00:33:26,789 --> 00:33:28,109 That's a good cross reference. 608 00:33:28,109 --> 00:33:30,789 That's Genesis 49, verse 24. 609 00:33:32,629 --> 00:33:38,439 It says that this stone is cut out without hands, possibly referring 610 00:33:38,439 --> 00:33:39,439 to the virgin birth. 611 00:33:42,079 --> 00:33:46,439 And this stone destroys the image, by the way. 612 00:33:46,439 --> 00:33:50,799 It doesn't destroy the head, but it destroys the feet. 613 00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:57,919 And these 10 confederacies, these 10 kings, and the whole thing 614 00:33:57,919 --> 00:34:03,289 comes down and it says the stone became a mountain. 615 00:34:05,449 --> 00:34:11,249 So we think about Jesus Christ setting up the kingdom, the millennial 616 00:34:11,249 --> 00:34:16,849 kingdom, and as he rules and reigns over the entire earth, and 617 00:34:16,849 --> 00:34:18,649 he does so forever and ever and ever. 618 00:34:21,049 --> 00:34:25,369 I'm giving you the most common interpretation of this passage. 619 00:34:26,339 --> 00:34:30,659 There are some variances and variations of this, but that's the 620 00:34:30,659 --> 00:34:31,939 most common interpretation. 621 00:34:35,539 --> 00:34:37,459 Lays out for you what's going to happen. 622 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:39,099 Daniel, here's what's happened. 623 00:34:39,099 --> 00:34:40,739 King Nebuchadnezzar, here's what's going to happen. 624 00:34:40,739 --> 00:34:45,099 There's going to be four nations that follow you, but ultimately 625 00:34:45,099 --> 00:34:48,019 there will be 10 revived nations. 626 00:34:49,139 --> 00:34:53,339 And there'll be one who comes and destroys those nations. 627 00:34:53,339 --> 00:34:53,519 Those. 628 00:34:53,669 --> 00:34:54,309 Those nations. 629 00:34:54,789 --> 00:34:58,309 And he will set up a kingdom eternally. 630 00:35:01,109 --> 00:35:01,669 Amen. 631 00:35:03,749 --> 00:35:08,469 And we know by cross reference and lots of other prophecies that 632 00:35:08,469 --> 00:35:09,429 that's what's going to happen. 633 00:35:11,029 --> 00:35:12,629 The Antichrist will be defeated. 634 00:35:14,069 --> 00:35:18,949 Jesus Christ will stand on the Mount of Olives, it'll split in two. 635 00:35:19,639 --> 00:35:22,999 He will defeat his enemies by the word of his mouth. 636 00:35:24,679 --> 00:35:26,439 Not really going to be a fight, by the way. 637 00:35:27,399 --> 00:35:30,679 Just a word, and they're all destroyed. 638 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:35,398 What an amazing event that will be, by the way. 639 00:35:35,398 --> 00:35:39,199 We'll get to witness that, because we're going to return with 640 00:35:39,199 --> 00:35:39,479 him. 641 00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:41,799 Bible says we're going to be on white horses. 642 00:35:42,679 --> 00:35:42,999 So. 643 00:35:42,999 --> 00:35:44,039 Preacher, that's figurative. 644 00:35:44,359 --> 00:35:46,279 No, I'm going to be riding a white horse. 645 00:35:46,279 --> 00:35:47,079 That's what he says. 646 00:35:49,099 --> 00:35:50,459 Are there going to be horses in heaven? 647 00:35:51,579 --> 00:35:55,419 You can interpret that for yourself. 648 00:35:57,579 --> 00:36:07,979 Apparently there is the promise to David of the Davidic kingdom, 649 00:36:09,499 --> 00:36:14,729 that David descendants one day would sit on the throne, that his 650 00:36:14,729 --> 00:36:17,209 descendants would sit on the throne and that throne would be forever. 651 00:36:17,449 --> 00:36:19,449 That is going to be fulfilled. 652 00:36:20,009 --> 00:36:22,169 That's going to be fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ. 653 00:36:22,169 --> 00:36:25,289 The stone cut out of the mountain, made without hands. 654 00:36:26,569 --> 00:36:28,169 The stone that crushes. 655 00:36:28,409 --> 00:36:29,129 Crushes. 656 00:36:29,529 --> 00:36:33,129 It doesn't just crush them, it says it grinds them as chaff. 657 00:36:34,249 --> 00:36:36,889 Like you would, you know, the wheat. 658 00:36:36,889 --> 00:36:40,409 Chaff the wheat, throw it up in the air and the chaff blows away. 659 00:36:40,779 --> 00:36:41,819 That's what the nations are. 660 00:36:42,059 --> 00:36:43,099 They're going to be gone. 661 00:36:45,339 --> 00:36:50,779 And he that is, Christ will rule and reign forever and ever as 662 00:36:50,779 --> 00:36:53,179 he promised to David. 663 00:36:55,579 --> 00:36:58,139 Apparently, according to other prophecies, David's going to be a 664 00:36:58,139 --> 00:36:58,619 part of that. 665 00:37:00,699 --> 00:37:02,219 And what a kingdom that will be. 666 00:37:03,499 --> 00:37:05,419 Wouldn't it be great to have a just king? 667 00:37:06,949 --> 00:37:07,909 Adjust means fair. 668 00:37:08,469 --> 00:37:11,509 Wouldn't it be great to have a king who sits on the throne, who 669 00:37:11,589 --> 00:37:18,069 always makes the right decision, who cares and loves? 670 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:21,109 And what a day that'll be. 671 00:37:22,148 --> 00:37:25,269 Verses 46 through 47, we didn't read it and we're out of time. 672 00:37:25,269 --> 00:37:29,749 But of course, King Cyrus falls down and worships Daniel. 673 00:37:30,149 --> 00:37:32,869 And that word worship there is speaking of respect. 674 00:37:33,529 --> 00:37:40,689 He gives Daniel respect and he rewards Daniel and elevates him in 675 00:37:40,689 --> 00:37:41,369 his kingdom. 676 00:37:42,489 --> 00:37:47,649 Makes him basically vice president, puts him over the entire 677 00:37:47,649 --> 00:37:48,169 kingdom. 678 00:37:49,609 --> 00:37:51,289 Remember how old he is? 679 00:37:52,889 --> 00:37:55,289 He's a teenager when he comes to Babylon. 680 00:37:57,529 --> 00:37:59,209 Maybe he's 21 at this point. 681 00:38:00,449 --> 00:38:01,329 Imagine that. 682 00:38:02,769 --> 00:38:04,049 Imagine that young person. 683 00:38:04,769 --> 00:38:06,409 I'm thankful God uses everybody. 684 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:06,929 Amen. 685 00:38:07,809 --> 00:38:08,929 Young and old. 686 00:38:11,649 --> 00:38:12,689 God's so good. 687 00:38:14,129 --> 00:38:18,169 God rewarded Daniel for his faithfulness and God rewarded Daniel 688 00:38:18,169 --> 00:38:21,969 for his acknowledgement of him. 689 00:38:22,209 --> 00:38:29,689 In other words, Daniel again giving credit to God of the interpretation 690 00:38:29,689 --> 00:38:30,369 of the dream. 691 00:38:31,169 --> 00:38:36,049 So much so that he's able to testify to King Nebuchadnezzar. 692 00:38:36,529 --> 00:38:40,129 I personally believe, and I know many scholars do believe, that 693 00:38:40,209 --> 00:38:41,969 Nebuchadnezzar is going to be in heaven. 694 00:38:43,249 --> 00:38:44,209 Imagine that. 695 00:38:46,529 --> 00:38:52,129 Because as you read, you know, as you read even this passage at 696 00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:54,809 the end, you'll see that Nebuchadnezzar began to recognize 697 00:38:54,809 --> 00:38:55,729 the Trinity even. 698 00:38:57,969 --> 00:38:59,169 It's an amazing thought. 699 00:39:00,609 --> 00:39:02,769 The Middle east is the center of the news today. 700 00:39:03,569 --> 00:39:06,609 Prophecies are being fulfilled before our very eyes. 701 00:39:07,169 --> 00:39:08,609 We have seen nations arise. 702 00:39:08,609 --> 00:39:13,489 Some of these old nations even going back to their Bible names. 703 00:39:15,889 --> 00:39:17,409 Go read Ezekiel 38. 704 00:39:19,579 --> 00:39:20,539 Something you want to pray about. 705 00:39:21,099 --> 00:39:24,459 The battle of Gog and Magog and the confederation of countries. 706 00:39:24,459 --> 00:39:27,259 It describes the confederation of countries we're seeing right now. 707 00:39:31,419 --> 00:39:33,459 The battle of Gog and Magog. 708 00:39:33,459 --> 00:39:37,819 May not be, you know, after Christ returns. 709 00:39:37,819 --> 00:39:39,019 That battle could be before. 710 00:39:40,379 --> 00:39:41,979 Maybe we're going to see that battle. 711 00:39:45,509 --> 00:39:47,589 I'm glad God rules in the affairs of man, aren't you? 712 00:39:48,069 --> 00:39:50,229 He's the one who sets up kings and puts them down. 713 00:39:50,949 --> 00:39:53,389 He's the one who rules and reigns. 714 00:39:53,389 --> 00:39:54,869 And I don't have to be afraid. 715 00:39:55,509 --> 00:39:56,269 I'll never forget. 716 00:39:56,269 --> 00:39:57,109 I'll end with this. 717 00:39:57,909 --> 00:39:59,349 We had a lady in our church. 718 00:39:59,349 --> 00:40:00,508 And some of you'll remember Ms. 719 00:40:00,508 --> 00:40:01,349 Dorothy Neal. 720 00:40:02,309 --> 00:40:03,589 She's a widow lady. 721 00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:16,319 And Lib had an an adult son who had, you know, was mentally handicapped. 722 00:40:18,639 --> 00:40:21,679 And I would go to her house about every other week or every third 723 00:40:21,679 --> 00:40:21,919 week. 724 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:23,199 And she was a widow. 725 00:40:23,199 --> 00:40:23,759 Indeed. 726 00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:25,359 She had no family. 727 00:40:27,439 --> 00:40:30,399 She is the reason why I started reading the Star Telegram. 728 00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:32,199 I'm talking about. 729 00:40:32,199 --> 00:40:33,679 This is 30 years ago. 730 00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:37,279 I started getting the Star Telegram to deliver my house so I 731 00:40:37,529 --> 00:40:42,929 could read enough local news to be able to talk to her about the 732 00:40:42,929 --> 00:40:43,809 Texas Rangers. 733 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:45,449 That was her favorite thing to talk about. 734 00:40:46,649 --> 00:40:49,769 But every time I went to her house, she lived over in Halton City. 735 00:40:51,929 --> 00:40:53,768 She would say, preacher, I'm just afraid. 736 00:40:55,049 --> 00:40:55,769 I'm afraid. 737 00:40:55,769 --> 00:40:58,929 She'd hear the news and the national news, and she just. 738 00:40:58,929 --> 00:40:59,289 Every. 739 00:40:59,289 --> 00:41:01,209 Nearly every time I visit her, she was afraid. 740 00:41:03,219 --> 00:41:03,939 Said, I don't know if. 741 00:41:03,939 --> 00:41:06,339 Is it okay for me to go down here? 742 00:41:07,699 --> 00:41:08,019 Ms. 743 00:41:08,019 --> 00:41:10,179 Neal, you don't have to be afraid. 744 00:41:11,779 --> 00:41:12,899 God is on the throne. 745 00:41:13,859 --> 00:41:15,379 He will not forget his own. 746 00:41:16,979 --> 00:41:18,339 God is on the throne. 747 00:41:19,379 --> 00:41:22,099 I think it's good for us to be reminded that from time to time, 748 00:41:23,059 --> 00:41:24,179 God will take care of you. 749 00:41:26,499 --> 00:41:28,739 God is such a gracious and wonderful God. 750 00:41:31,849 --> 00:41:33,929 Certainly we should not be afraid. 751 00:41:34,169 --> 00:41:35,889 In fact, look up. 752 00:41:35,889 --> 00:41:37,289 For your Redeemer draweth nigh. 753 00:41:37,689 --> 00:41:40,569 I think for the Christian, this is a positive thing. 754 00:41:41,369 --> 00:41:44,409 It means the time's close, it's near. 755 00:41:44,889 --> 00:41:46,649 Maybe it'll be the day let's all stand.