Passaic City record., 1892-05-28
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY 20.
Lesson Text: 'tNebuchadnezzar's
Dream" Daniel H., 36-49-
Golden Text: Heb. iv.,
13-Commentary.

Daniel offered to show the king both the
dream and the Interpretation if he would
give him time. Then Daniel and his COM
panions gave themselves to prayer, and the
secret was revealed unto Daniel In night
vision (verses 1919; after which Daniel
stands before the king, and giving all the
credit to the God Of heaven, he tells the
dream and is now about to give the inter-
probation verses 27-35). Consider Joseph
in a similar way glorifying God (Gen. XII,
Is, 16). And as to dreams see Gen. Xxx,
3;xxxi., "a; xxxvii, 5, o; xI., 5; Kings ill.,,
5; Dan. w.. s.; vii, 1; Math. l., 20: H., IL,
49, %.
81. ssThe God of heaven hath given thee
kingdom, power end strength and glory"
Not by His own might had He obtained it,
but God had given it to him. One of the
greatest facts of this book is that THE Most
High ruleth in the kingdom of men. and
giveth it to wbomsoever He wilp Chapter
w.. II, 25, 22). There is nothing good
which we possess which God has not given to
us Jas. j.. 10; and His gifts are bestoweds
upon us that thereby we may glorify Him.
We are expected to glorify the God in whose
hands our breath is and whose are all our
ways tchapter ", 23l.
ss. .And hath made the Ruler over them
all. Thou art this head of gold" We are
reminded of the original dominion given to
Adam Gen. j., 26) whereby he was to mag
nifty God; but as he failed, SO all his chill
dren have failed, and shall fail till He come,
the King who shall reign in Righteousness,
the last Adam who shall subdue all things
unto Himself and be King over all the earth
lisa. xxxii., /; Cor. XIV, 45, 25; Zech. xiv.
3; Rev. XII, 15).
49, 1And after these shall arise another.
and another, which shall bear rule over all
the EARTH" One great popularity of the
kingdoms designated by the metals of this
image is that they were to have dominion
over the known world. Their authority
was to be world wide. The two world
powers to succeed the Babylonian were,
without possibility of mistake, the Medo-
Persian, and then the Grecian. This the
Spirit plainly states in chaptersv., %; viii,
%, 27.
40. .'And the fourth kingdom shall be
strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all.n It is equally
clear that the next world wide dominion
after the Grecian was the Roman luke H.,
II, under whose principles of government
all nations may be said to continue. There
has been no world wide dominion by any
empire since the Roman, nor will there be
till the stone kingdom of the Lord Jesus is
established ON earth.
Al, AZ. ~And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes part of potter's clay and part
of iron. the kingdom shall be divided; partly
strong and partly broken" There will be
of man; power in the hands of the people
having no internal stability, though some-
thing is left of the strength of the iron.
(Tregelles.l
as. ssAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall minale themselves
with the seed Of men," This seems to refer
to Gen. vi, 2, where the marriages of the
seed of the godly Seth with the daughters of
ungodly Cain are described in similar
words. The reference, therefore, seems to
be to the blending of the Christianized
Roman empire with the pagan nations,
and Napoleon made an effort to reunite the
parts into one great empire, but in vain.
Christ alone shall effect that. lFausset.l
~. "And in the days OF these kings shall
the God of heaven set up kingdom which
shall never be destroyed" These kings"
signify the final state of the Roman empire,
represented by the ten toes. They cannot
mean the four successional monarchies, as
they do not coexist as the holders Of power
II the fourth had been meant the singular,
not the plural, would be used. The falling
of the stone on the image must mean de-
stroying Judgment on the fourth GENTLE
power, not graduai evangelization of it by
grace. and the destroying Judgment cannot
be dealt by Christians, for they are taught
to submit to the powers that be- SO that 1T
must be dealt by Christ Himself at His
coming again. tTregelles.)
As. "The great GOD hath made known to
the king what shall come to pass hereafter;
ton sure" That Christ snail break in pieces
the kingdoms OF this world when He returns
in power and glory is unmistakably clear
from such passages as Ps. H., 8, y; cxllx.,
SO; Rev. H., 26. ~; xi, 1918; xix, 11-15.
His kingdom will end and supersede all the
others, and shall not. like the Babyionlan,
Medo-Persian end Grecian pass to. Others,
but it shall stand forever. That the king
dom which was ct hand when he came in
His humiliation was not then set up. but
postponed till His return, is evident from
Luke XIX, II, IL. The establishment OF HIS
kingdom is sure because it is the work OF the
Lord OF Hosts, who hath sworn, saying.
Surely as have thought, SO shall it come to
pass; and as have purposed, SO shall u
stand lisa. xiv, "a.
46. ssThen the king Nebuchadnezzcr fell
upon HIS face and worshiped Daniel" That
Daniel would not tolerate this we conclude
from the conduct Of Parl AMI Ba--abas
when in a certain place the people would
have sacrificed unto them (Acts xiv. l5).
And also from the conduct OF the angel when
John fell at his feet to worship him lkev
a. .srhe king answered unto Daniel and
said.n This seems to imply that Daniel pro-
tested against the kings worshlplng MN, ana
hence the king honors Daniels God, saying.
ssOf truth it is that your God is God OF
gods. and a Lord of kings. and reveaier OF
screts. seeing thou coHist reveal this Sc.
cret-" Thus the king gloriied God in Daniel
0Salsi.. 2A. TO reject all praise of self, and
seek not honor from man, but earnestly de-
sire that God in all things may be glorided.
this is the only true Christian NE VI Cor.
". Is: John ", A; Pet. iv., II.
lS .sThen the king made Daniel great
man. and gave him many great gifts, ana
ynade him ruler This is all in an earthly
and apparent sense. Daniel was already
great in the sight of God and had received