3 Important Points concerning Biblical Prophecy

2. Hallelujah Chorus: The kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of our God and of His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever. Revelation 11:15 – The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!(NKJV)

3. 3 Important Points concerning Biblical Prophecy • Daniel is the abc of Bible Prophecy and the book of Revelation is the xyz. • Bible Prophecy is just history in reverse. • History is His-story.

4. Daniel 2:14 – When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.

5. Daniel 2:26 – The king said to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar), "Is this true? Can you tell me what my dream was and what it means?"

6. 27 Daniel replied, "There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king's secret. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.

7. 29 While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets has shown you what is going to happen.” 45 The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future.

9. The Interpretation Daniel 2:36-45 – "Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king . . . are this head of gold. 39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours [silver]; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others.

10. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile . . .

11. Luke 21:24b – They [the Jews] will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

13. 4thEmpire (Roman) will go through 3 stages (4 vs): • United Stage v. 40 . . . that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. • 2 Division Stage v. 41 . . . the kingdom shall be divided. • Splits between East & West in AD 364

14. 10 Toes vv. 42-43 . . . so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. • Future Empire • 10 Toes = 10 Horns (Rev. 13) • 10 toes = antichrist’s government in Tribulation • 5 Toes East (Muslim) & 5 Toes West (European) • Czar = Caesar (Russian) • Kaiser = Caesar (German)

15. Israel Ezekiel 36:24 – For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Ezekiel 37:12 – Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and . . . bring you into the land of Israel.

16. Zechariah 12:2-3 – I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah. 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

18. The Description of the Rock Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

19. The Description Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

20. The Description Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

21. The Description Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

22. The Description Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

23. Revelation 11:15 – The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!(NKJV)

24. The Description Daniel 2:34-35– As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. 35 The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

25. Interpretation of the Rock Daniel 2:44-45 – During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. 45a That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold.

26. Interpretation of the Rock Daniel 2:44-45 – During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. 45a That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold.

27. Tertullian(AD 200’s) – The blood of the martyr is seed.

28. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, but it will stand forever. Daniel 2:44-45 – During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. 45a That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold.

29. 45b The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.

30. Conclusion Which kingdom has your attention? Time? Money? The kingdoms of this world or the Kingdom of God? Have you built your life on the Solid Rock—Jesus Christ? Or, upon the sinking sand of the kingdoms of this world?