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The Vision of Kings

The Vision of Kings. Daniel 2. Last Week: Empire. “Empires of Death”. Last Week: Empire. “Empire of Eternal Life ”. Babylon in Daniel’s Time. Iran. Baghdad. Iraq. 9/11 Flights Grounded. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis.

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The Vision of Kings

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  1. The Vision of Kings Daniel 2

  2. Last Week: Empire “Empires of Death”

  3. Last Week: Empire “Empire of Eternal Life”

  4. Babylon in Daniel’s Time Iran Baghdad Iraq

  5. 9/11 Flights Grounded

  6. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis Once more they replied, "Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it." Then the king answered, "I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me the dream, there is just one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me." The astrologers answered the king, "There is not a man on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among men." In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.“ Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it." The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream wasand interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.” But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me."

  7. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, he said to them, "I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.“ Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it."

  8. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis

  9. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis Daniel 2:12-13 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death. Daniel asked the king's officer, "Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?" Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.

  10. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends. He urged them to plea for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery… During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him.” …The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), "Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?"

  11. Daniel 2: a Kingdom Crisis Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your bed are these: As you were lying there, O king, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen.

  12. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms "You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue--an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, [33] its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth. This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.”

  13. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms • “a large statue--an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance…”

  14. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms Neo-Babylonian Empire (605-565 bc) “You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.”

  15. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms Neo-Babylonian Empire (605-565 bc) After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Persian Empire (565-350 bc)

  16. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms Neo-Babylonian Empire (605-565 bc) • Daniel 2:39 “…then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.” Persian Empire (565-350 bc) Greek Empire (350-80 bc)

  17. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms Neo-Babylonian Empire (605-565 bc) • Daniel 2:40 "Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. Persian Empire (565-350 bc) Greek Empire (350-80 bc) Roman Empire (80-1100 ad)

  18. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms • Daniel 2:41-42 The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron. But while some parts of it will be as strong as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay. Unknown Empire (Feet & 10 Toes) Daniel 2:43 "And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. Ethnically Divided

  19. Daniel 2: the Crisis of Kingdoms Eternal Kingdom Daniel 2:44 “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.” End of HumanSelf-Rule Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever… 2 Samuel 7:16

  20. Daniel 2: the Unknown Empire Daniel 2:44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed…” ” Daniel 7:24 ‘….out of this kingdom, ten kings will arise…”

  21. Daniel 2: the Unknown Empire Daniel 2:43 “…combine with one another in the seed of men..”

  22. The “Dream” of European Unification 1992 Maastricht Treaty on European Union, Title I, Article B: “The union shall set itself the following objectives: • to promote economic and social progress through the creation of an area without internal frontiers through the establishment of economic and monetary union, ultimately including a single currency. • The union will seek to assert its identity in the international scene in particular through the implementation of a common, foreign and security policy, including the eventual framing of a common defense policy which might in time lead to a common defense. “European integration began when the founding members . . . set about creating a single market in which goods, services, people and capital would move as freely as within one country. The single market came into being in January 1993.” “The EU in Brief” EU Profile http://www.eurunion.org/profile/brief.htm (emphasis mine)

  23. The POWER of European Unification • Source: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s1290.pdf2.25.201

  24. The POWER of European Unification • Source: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s1290.pdf2.25.2010

  25. The POWER of European Unification U. S.A. E. U. • Source: http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html & http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

  26. The POWER of European Unification Investment in U.S.A. Source: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s1290.pdf 2.25.2010

  27. The POWER of European Unification $46,381 $33,052 E. U. U. S.A. source: http://www.imf.org/ 2.25.2010

  28. The POWER of European Unification $380,000 Per Person Debt 10,000 Pallets of $100 Bills

  29. The POWER of European Unification • Cut Costs? Increase Income? Exports Imports $380,000 Per Person Debt

  30. The Great “American Empire” Will last forever!

  31. Daniel 2: God’s Eternal Kingdom But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 2:34 “You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. Daniel 2:35 "Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever… 2 Samuel 7:16

  32. Daniel 2: God’s Eternal Kingdom But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. 1 Peter 2:6-8 As the Scriptures say, “I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem, chosen for great honor, and anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him. But for those who reject him, “The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.” And, “He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.”

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