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#3 The Parallel WORLDS

#3 The Parallel WORLDS. The REBELLIOUS Humanity (Daniel 5; 7-8, 10-12). Although even the most unlikely King Nebuchadnezzar can come to know God, Witnessing remains numerically “ depressing ”. Jesus reminds us… ¾ of the seeds sown fail The “ narrow door” The “ narrow way”

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#3 The Parallel WORLDS

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  1. #3The Parallel WORLDS TheREBELLIOUSHumanity (Daniel 5; 7-8, 10-12)

  2. Although even the most unlikely King Nebuchadnezzar can come to know God, • Witnessing remains numerically “depressing”. Jesus reminds us… • ¾ of the seeds sown fail • The “narrow door” • The “narrow way” • The “chosen few” • Find “coldness” when he returns… • More people are like Belshazzar…(5)!

  3. A brief summary of chapter 5 • Blasphemous indulgence (1-4) • Disturbing writing on the wall (5-12) • Judgment pronounced (13-29) • “numbered, numbered” • “weighed” • “divided” • Judgment executed (30)

  4. Questions: • Why did Nebuchadnezzar receive mercy and Belshazzar judgment? • Why was Daniel’s so “cold”! • How is Belshazzar related to the beasts and horns in the visions in chapters 7 and 8? • Why was Daniel so disturbed when he received the visions (7:15; 8:27)?

  5. 50 years and a few kings after chapter 4 • Remember the chronology of the book? • 1234-785-96-101112 • Chapter 5 took place in the last year of Belshazzar’s coregncy (5:16, 29) • This fateful event occurred 12 years after the visions of Chapters 7 and 8 in the first 3 years of Belshazzar’s reign, 67 years after vision in Chp 2! • Belshazzar foreshadows future evils

  6. GUILTY AS CHARGED: • False sense of security (1) • “Impregnable wall of Babylon” • 91 m high, 24 m wide, 10.7 m deep, 97 km in circumference, 100 fortified gates, large moat • 20 years of food supply • Unrestricted use of Euphrates • Blasphemous indulgence (1-4, 23) • Cf. 5400 gold and silver temple articles returned with Ezra(Ezr 1:9-11)

  7. …GUILTY AS CHARGED: • Forsake spiritual heritage (18-22) • Pride and Rebellion (23a) • Idolatry (23b) • Un-repentance (22, 29)

  8. MERCILESS JUDGMENT: • Judgment Pronounced (13-29) • “numbered” – ready for sale • “weighed” – found wanting • “divided” – given toMedes & Persians • Judgment Executed (30) • Cyrus’s army diverted waters of Euphrates, thus exposing the riverbed • Sudden, quick …and unprepared • Déjà Vu…

  9. LOOKING BEYOND… • Belshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar represent 2 destinies for humanity • The “humbled” humanity • The “rebellious” humanity • Belshazzar typifies the spiritual reality of the evil behind the arrogant, rebellious and hostile humanity and the intensification of evil near the last days! • The troubling vision of the “little horn”!!

  10. M.O. “X” Strong Secure Megalomaniacal Hedonistic Treacherous Oppressive Prevailing Blasphemous Demigod

  11. The Terrible “Little Horn” (7) • Came from “nowhere”, from the 4th beast (8) • Powerful and conquering (8b) • Elusive, boastful and destructive (8c) • Overpowering God’s people (25a) • Rewrite culture and civilization (25b) • Limited prevalence (25c) • Came from the 4th Kingdom – Rome!

  12. Another Terrible “Little Horn” (8) • “horn of littleness” • Powerful and conquering (9) • Elusive, boastful and destructive (10) • Overpowering God’s people(11-12, 25) • Rewrite culture and civilization (11-12) • Limited prevalence (12-14) • More supernatural clout (10-11, 24) • Arises from the Goat (9) - the Greek world – Antiochus Epiphanes!

  13. Terrible “Little Horn” Reappears (11) • “from King of the North… rising to power” (21-45) • Contemptible (21), deceitful (23), desecrate temple and abolish sacrifices (31), flattery…corrupt (32) • Indulgent, boastful, blasphemous, “supernatural”, power-hunger, new religion… (36-39)

  14. Very Disturbing visions… • “…was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale” (7:28, 15) • “…was in a deep sleep” (8:18) • “…was exhausted and lay ill for several days. … was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding” (8:27, 17) • “…had no strength, deadly pale and I was helpless…deep sleep” (10:7-9) • “…overcome with anguish…strength is gone, can hardly breathe” (10:16-17)

  15. Repeated historical fulfillments (8:13; 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) • Visions have contemporary, future end time relevance (8:17, 19, 26; 10:14; 12:6) • Visions have individual, political, cultural and spiritual dimensions • The “humbled humanity” reflects God’s goodness • The “rebellious humanity” reflects Satan’s reality & conflict (10:12-13, 21)

  16. Little Horn Little Horn Contemp-tible Person AntiChrist N s Rev13 2 7 8 11

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