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John Tweedie - The King's Unsettling Dream

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Israel: The Prophetic Connection | John Tweedie - The King's Unsettling Dream | April 21, 2026

Does god still speak to people through their dreams?
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That's next.
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On the prophetic connection
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Soft music
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One of the most unusual dreams recorded in the holy bible
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Is the dream.
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Dream by king nebuchadnezzar of babylon.
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It's described for us in the book of daniel in chapter
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Two. and chapter two opens this way.
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Now, in the second year of nebuchadnezzar's reign,
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Nebuchadnezzar had dreams,
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And his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.
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Which is to say, it was more of a nightmare.
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Then the king gave the command to call the magicians,
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The astrologers, the sorcerers, and the chaldeans.
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Those really
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Are the wise men of babylon to tell the king his dreams.
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So they came and stood before the king.
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And the king said to them, i have had a dream,
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And my spirit is anxious to know the dream.
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The point is that
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God spoke to a pagan king through his dream,
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And surely today he could speak to us believers in him
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Through our dreams.
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Throughout the book of daniel.
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King nebuchadnezzar
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Appears and is often at the center of the story.
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But who was this babylonian king who conquered much of
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The ancient world, including jerusalem, nebuchadnezzar or no.
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It's different ways
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Of pronouncing nebuchadnezzar, but in hebrew
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He called nebuchadnezzar was the emperor of babylon.
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And he oversaw babylon, really at the height of its power
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As an empire.
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And when they expanded
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Into much of the middle east, including the land of israel,
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It's nebuchadnezzar who comes ten years before
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Basically sending his men, ten years
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Before the destruction of the first temple
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To remove
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Those 10,000 best and brightest, including daniel himself.
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And it's nebuchadnezzar who sends his army and zahedan,
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His chief general, to jerusalem during the reign of king
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Said the kiya
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To besiege the city,
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In that the siege that lasts almost three years,
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Which eventually leads to the destruction of jerusalem,
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The destruction of the first temple and the exile of
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Judea, the occupants of judah and jerusalem to babylon itself.
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Whatever else can be said about nebuchadnezzar.
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It's clear he was a visionary
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With the intellect and skills necessary
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To guide the empire of babylon through a very rapid
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Expansion process.
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King nebuchadnezzar was this great monarch
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Of the growing chaldean kingdom.
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He was he was an internationalist.
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He saw he had ambitions and vision for a kingdom
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That would stretch over the known world.
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And he was remarkably successful.
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He's, the builder of babylon and the great gates
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And the hanging gardens.
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He was a tremendous tyrant,
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But a man of tremendous, vision and a great monarch.
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Nebuchadnezzar, king of the babylonians, appears
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To be the reigning empire of the earth at that time.
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It's not often we see multiple
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Major empires at one time.
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And in this particular time period,
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Nebuchadnezzar seems to rise to the top.
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And why would i say something like that?
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Later in daniel, we we do read that the prophecy
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And the interpretation of one of the dreams
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That nebuchadnezzar had.
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Daniel describes the dream and its interpretation
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By saying, nebuchadnezzar, you are king of all the kings.
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So from that reading, i would say nebuchadnezzar
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Was the king of the largest and most powerful empire
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On the earth at his time.
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He was taking more land.
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He was conquering more people.
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He was expanding his empire.
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But if nebuchadnezzar was viewed as a great king
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Among lesser kings, the book of daniel reveals
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This was because a sovereign god was at work behind the scenes,
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Shaping his empire and those that were to follow babylon.
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Something nebuchadnezzar was about to discover
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When he dreamed a most disturbing dream.
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Nebuchadnezzar had a very troubling dream,
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And in his dream he saw this great statue with,
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The head of gold and the shoulders and arms of silver,
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And the loins of bronze, and the legs and feet of iron,
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But mixed with clay.
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And it perplexed him, and it disturbed him.
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And, he wanted to find,
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The interpretation of this, of this great dream,
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But none of his, diviners, none of his wise men,
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None of the, the, the prophetic people of the chaldean
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Kingdom could interpret it for him.
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But who were these seers and so-called wise men
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Who served in the king's court, and to whom the king looked for
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Counsel and guidance that became necessary?
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Had some of the greatest minds of the kingdom.
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He had them set apart.
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Some were astrologers, some were sorcerers,
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Some were fortune tellers.
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And, he relied on them for wisdom on what to do,
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For the kingdom.
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But this dream was so unusual
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That none of them could interpret it.
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And he became very angry.
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And he wanted to kill every one of them.
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One of the difficult tasks
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That king nebuchadnezzar asked his wise men to do
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Was not to tell them the details and have them interpret.
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He would not tell them the details of the dream.
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He asked them
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To tell him the dream.
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So this is a very unique request.
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He then gives a command that if they cannot tell him
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What the dream is and what it means.
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All of the wise men would be executed.
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It's interesting
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That in the text, daniel and his friends
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Are included in that list.
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It says they were also on their way to execution when the lord
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Reveals the dream to daniel.
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So he goes to the king,
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Tells him the dream and the interpretation.
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My reading of that is the wise men could not tell the king
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The interpretation for two reasons.
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Number one,
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They didn't have the power of god flowing through them.
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And number two,
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The king would not tell them the details of the dream itself.
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But why did the king not
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Describe the dreams contents to his counselors,
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The child and diviners, and the soothsayers?
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The wise men of babylonian couldn't, discern
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This because they really didn't have understanding from god.
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And somehow
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Nebuchadnezzar sensed this, and he was he was aware of this.
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And so he made a hard for them.
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He said, you need to tell me the dream,
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And then you can tell me the interpretation.
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They were ready to put a spin on whatever dream it had.
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But, he called their bluff.
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Why was daniel able to describe
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Not only the dream's contents, but also reveal its meaning
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When the so-called wise men of babylon could do neither?
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Whether it's impure or pure spirituality
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One way or another, it's all coming from god.
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God didn't want them to know.
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He's setting up a scenario to raise daniel to power in
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In the eyes
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Of, of nebuchadnezzar and put him in position
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To have influence.
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So he calls in all of his, dream interpreters.
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They don't get the dream. he has them all executed.
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You know, what good are you guys?
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And that not only doesn't pay to get these guys upset
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At you back then, and then they bring in daniel.
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And it says specifically, if you read the text
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That god gives daniel the interpretation,
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It's not that.
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And just like joseph always says
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That, you know, it's not me, it's coming from god.
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Daniel more or less is saying the same thing,
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Which you would say
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Is basically a big kid is hashem and jewish speak.
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It's a big sanctification of god's name.
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It's connecting,
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You know, my my abilities with the creator of the universe,
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Which of course, what does it do?
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It raises not only daniel in the eyes of nebuchadnezzar.
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It raises god in the eyes of devotion that sir
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Daniel's ability to give meaning to the king's
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Dream brought him immediate favor.
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And standing in the babylonian court,
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This was the first step of several
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That would
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Lead to daniel's meteoric rise to prominence in babylon,
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And the clear sign that the blessing of the god
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Of israel rested upon daniel.
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Don't go away.
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After this short break, doctor
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John tweedie returns with his teaching.
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What has happened in israel over
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The past two years is heartbreaking.
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Lives lost, families
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Torn apart, children suffering hunger and homelessness.
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The people of israel are going through a time of overwhelming
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Pain and despair.
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But hope can still be found even in the deepest darkness.
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Today, as christians, we stand together with god's
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Chosen nation to rebuild what has been shattered by war.
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We can fulfill god's call to comfort his people
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By offering food and humanitarian aid
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To those who have suffered during these difficult days,
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As we saw in the first
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Episode in this new series on the book of daniel,
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Daniel and his three companions were among the first wave
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Of jewish exiles taken to babylon
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Around 605 bc.
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Really, the first attack by nebuchadnezzar
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On israel and on jerusalem.
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And as we saw in that episode,
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Daniel and the street companions were set apart.
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In fact, they were chosen because they were probably
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From the royal family of israel, or certainly of noble birth.
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They showed incredible promise.
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And so nebuchadnezzar took the cream of israel's young people,
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But his goal was to train them in the way of the babylonians.
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And if he could get them early enough,
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Then they'd be easier to train.
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At least that would have been his thinking.
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Well, he soon discovered that daniel
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And his three companions were not about to compromise
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What they believed about the god of israel,
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And they were not about to bow down to the pagan ways
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Of the babylonians.
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And of course, there was that test of the king's food.
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And daniel and his three companions survived the test
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By not eating the king's food.
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And in fact, their complexion
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Was that much better than the other young people,
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Who were being trained for the king's court.
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Well, as we move into chapter two,
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We discover that the king has a dream.
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Now, in the second year of nebuchadnezzar's reign,
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Nebuchadnezzar had dreams, and his spirit was so troubled
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That his sleep left him
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So obviously there were more like nightmares.
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Then the king gave the command to call the magicians,
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The astrologers, the sorcerers, and the chaldeans.
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And that might have been a special class of wise men
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To tell the king his dreams.
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So they came and stood before the king.
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And the king said to them, i have had a dream,
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And my spirit is anxious to know the dream.
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Then the chaldeans spoke to the king in aramaic
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O king, live forever.
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Tell your servants the dream,
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And we will give the interpretation.
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Now they were wise men, but they were not nearly as wise
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As their king,
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Because he understood that
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If he told them the details of the dream,
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They could interpret some kind of an answer for him.
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But instead he says, no, i'm not going to
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Tell you what i dreamt.
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You tell me if you're the wise men of babylon,
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Tell me what i dreamt
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And give me the interpretation as well.
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It's not unlike a fortune teller today when you give them
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Some details in your life,
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Your aspirations, well,
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They can quickly tell you what you want to hear.
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So the king was too wise, for their trickery.
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And so then we read on verse five, the king answered
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And said to the chaldeans, my decision is firm.
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If you do not make known the dream to me
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And its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces,
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And your houses shall be made an ash heap.
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However,
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If you tell the dream and its interpretation,
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You shall receive for me gifts, rewards, and great honor.
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Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.
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And they answered again and said,
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Let the king tell his servants the dream,
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And we will give you the interpretation.
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The king answered and said,
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I know for certain that you would gain time,
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Because you see that my decision is firm
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If you do not make known the dream.
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To me there is only one decree for you,
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For you have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words
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Before me till the time has changed.
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Therefore tell me the dream, and i shall know
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That you can give me its interpretation.
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So the wise men respond and say, there's no one in the kingdom
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That can tell you what you dreamt.
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I never mind give you the interpretation.
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Well, in verse 12, the king is not happy.
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For this reason the king was angry and very furious,
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And gave the command to destroy all the wise men of babylon.
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So the decree went out and they began killing the wise men.
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They sought daniel and his companions to kill them.
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So by this time daniel is aware of the order
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To execute the wise men of babylon.
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So in verse 14 we read these words.
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Then with counsel and wisdom daniel answered ariel,
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The captain of the king's
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Guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of babylon.
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He answered and said to eric, the king's captain,
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Why is the decree from the king so urgent?
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Then eric made the decision known to daniel.
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So daniel would in and ask the king to give him time.
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But he might tell the king the interpretation.
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It's interesting here
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That daniel was even
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Able to do that, because the decree had already
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Been given, so the soldiers of the king
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Would have been killing the known wise man on the spot.
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But for some reason daniel has found time, time
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Enough, and even the possibility
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Of going before the king and pleading with him.
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And so, as the story unfolds here
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In verse 17,
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Then daniel went to his house and made the decision known
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To her to near mishael and azariah
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His companions notice the wisdom of daniel.
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First of all, he realizes, i need wise, wise counsel here
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Because of the
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Command to kill the wise men, and that will include us.
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But he's also taking time to petition the god of israel.
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He's seeking god's wisdom and answers.
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And in fact, that's exactly what verse 18 says,
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That they might seek mercy from the god of heaven
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Concerning this secret, so that daniel and his companions
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Might not perish with the rest of the wise men of babylon.
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Then the secret was revealed to daniel in the night vision.
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So daniel blessed the god of heaven.
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And then he begins to tell the king what he had dreamt.
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Verse 26, the king answered and said to daniel,
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Whose name was belteshazzar
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Are you able to make known to me the dream which i have seen?
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And this interpretation?
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Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,
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The secret
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Which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers,
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The magicians, and the choosers cannot declare to the king.
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But there is a god in heaven who reveals secrets,
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And he is made known to king nebuchadnezzar
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What will be in the latter days.
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Your dream
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And the visions of your head upon your bed were these.
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And daniel goes on to describe in precise
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Detail what the king dreamt.
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Now here's daniel's explanation of the dream.
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Verse 31.
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You, king, were watching, and behold a great it a great image.
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This great image, whose splendor was excellent,
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Stood before you.
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And its form was awesome.
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This image, his head was a fine gold.
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Its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze.
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Notice there are different metals mentioned here.
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So daniel saw precisely, but he didn't just see the image.
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He knew
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What the image was made of, the various metals involved.
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This image head was a fine gold, its chest
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And arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
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Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron, partly of clay.
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You watched while a stone was cut out without hands,
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Which struck the image
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On its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
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And so daniel goes on to explain exactly what
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The king saw, and then he gives the interpretation.
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And here is and actually what daniel is seeing,
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What the king dreamt.
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Well, a succession of empires that were to come.
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He was in the babylonian empire, but the other empires
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That would follow it.
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So here's what daniel says as recorded in verse 36.
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This is the dream.
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Now we will tell the interpretation of it
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Before the king, your king or a king of kings.
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For the god of heaven has given you
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A kingdom, power, and strength and glory.
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And wherever the children of men dwell,
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Or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven,
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He has given them into your hand,
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And has made you ruler over them all.
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You are this head of gold,
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But after you you
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Shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours.
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This kingdom was represented by the chest and arms of silver.
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And we know from history
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That it was the middle persian empire under cyrus the great.
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But then another kingdom comes a third
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Kingdom, represented by bronze.
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And this was to rule over the earth.
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And history teaches again that this was
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The kingdom of alexander the great.
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The greek kingdom that displaced the middle persians.
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And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron,
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And as much as iron bricks and pieces, and shatters everything.
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And the iron that crushes that kingdom will break in
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Pieces and crush all the others.
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And of course, rome was a very powerful empire
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That ruled much of the known world,
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When it rose to prominence.
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But then there is another aspect of this roman empire
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That was part of the dream as well.
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Verse 41,
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Where as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter's
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Clay and partly of iron, the kingdoms shall be divided.
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Yet the strength of the iron shall be in it,
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Just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay,
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And as of the toes of the feet were partly of iron
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And partly of clay.
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So the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile,
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As you saw
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Iron mixed with clay, with ceramic clay
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They will mingle with the seed of men,
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But they will not adhere to one another,
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Just as iron does not mix with clay. now,
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As we come to verse 44,
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There is a shift, a prophetic shift in time.
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Because now we're not talking about the roman empire,
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That arose and was present on the earth in jesus day.
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Now the prophetic shift takes us far into the future,
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And we're really speaking about a revised roman empire
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That's to come at the end of days, verse 44.
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And this is why there's the prophetic shift.
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And in the end, and in the days of these kings,
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The god of
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Heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed,
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And the kingdom shall be not left to other people.
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It shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms,
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And it shall stand forever.
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Now we have the incredible good news of this
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Never ending kingdom that is to come in.
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As much as you saw that
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The stone was cut from the mountain without hands
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That had broken pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay,
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The silver, and the gold.
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The great god has made known to the king what will come to pass
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After this?
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The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.
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Now it's clear
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That daniel gave
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The interpretation, in fact, the description of the dream
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In such precise detail that it had a profound
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A profound effect on nebuchadnezzar.
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Verse 46.
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Then king nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate
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Before daniel.
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This is a king of an incredible empire on his face
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Before this young jewish boy,
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And commanded that they
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Should present an offering and incense to him.
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He's paying homage to daniel, the jewish exile.
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And the king answered daniel and said, truly
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Your god is the god of gods, the lord of kings,
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And a revealer of secrets.
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Since you could reveal this secret,
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Then the king promoted daniel and gave him many great gifts,
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And he made him ruler over the whole province of babylon,
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And chief administrator over all the wise men of babylon.
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And of course, that caused jealousy in the court.
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Also daniel petitioned the king.
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Now daniel is asking for his friends.
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He petitioned the king, and the king said, shadrach,
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Meshach, and abednego over the affairs of the province
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Of babylon. but notice this.
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But daniel sat in the gate of the king.
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That's the same as saying he sat at the king's right hand,
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As is most prized respected counselor,
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A jewish boy taking exile into babylon,
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And by the hand of god, rises to the prominent
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Place beside a great king. no
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More about the
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Never ending kingdom that comes at the end of days.
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As we saw in the teaching segment,
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The last part of the king's dream concerning the stone,
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Let me read it again in verse 34,
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You watched while a stone was cut
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Without hands, which struck the image
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On its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
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Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver
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And the gold were crushed together and became
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Like chaff from the summer threshing floors.
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The wind carried them away so that no trace of them
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Was found, and the stone that struck the image
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Became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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What on earth could that stone be?
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Because it filled the whole earth.
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And it was the very last phase that survived
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All of the other empires that rose up over time,
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Including what possibly was the revised roman empire.
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The mixture of
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The clay and iron feet.
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Now, when we go to the new testament,
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And this is the advantage we have as christians,
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Because we have a window on the old testament
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Through to
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The writings of the apostles
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And, of course, of the lord jesus himself.
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So i go to ephesians chapter two, verse 20
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To get a broader understanding of this stone,
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Which seems to represent a never ending kingdom
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That is to come in verse 20 of ephesians two,
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Having been built on the foundation
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Of the apostles and prophets, jesus christ
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Himself being the chief cornerstone.
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And of course, those are the writings of the apostle paul,
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A jew who became the great apologist
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Of the christian faith.
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But there's more.
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When we go to peter's writings in first peter chapter two,
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Once again we have the stone referenced in verse six.
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Therefore it is also contained in the scripture.
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What scripture?
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Well, peter is quoting from isaiah 28 verse 16.
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He's quoting verbatim from that scripture.
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And here's what he says.
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Behold, i lay in zion a chief cornerstone elect precious.
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And he who believes on him and the him has a capital.
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H will by no means be put to shame.
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Verse seven.
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Therefore to you who believe, he jesus, is precious,
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But to those
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Who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected
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Has become the chief cornerstone.
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So now, by reading the new testament
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And the revelation of god that we get through the apostles
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Paul and peter, we better understand the storm
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That daniel mentions as part of the king's dream.
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It represents the never ending kingdom.
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Well, it's already started, but it is never ending
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Because the kingdom of jesus christ
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And those who believe in him will never be put to shame.
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Thanks for watching.
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The prophetic connection.
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John Tweedie - The King's Unsettling Dream

April 21, 2026 | 27:29

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