The Arvada enterprise., 1922-07-06

world arc become the Kingdoms of our
lord. and Of His Christ: and He shall
reign forever and ever.-Rev. ll:h.
REFERENCE MATERIAL - lisa. s0.
7:l3, N:47; John 1S:aa-3s.
PRIMARY TOPIC-How God Answered
Daniels Prayer
JUNIOR TOPIC - Daniel Reveals the
Kings Dream.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
How Daniel Met . Severe Test.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Gods worid-Kingdom: Its Nature and
Method.
.. Nsbueh adnsszar's Dream (vv.
1-13).
This dream made a tremendous I'M
preston upon the kings mind. but he
had forgotten its content. He urgent
ly demanded Of the wise men that
they make known the dream and its
Interpretation. Because Of their fail
ure the king was very furious and
commanded all the wise men Of Baby
Ion to be slain.
n. The Revelation Of the Dream
(vv. 14-35).
When the decree was in process Of
execution Daniel was sought out to he
slain. He sought an interview with
the king and obtained time. Note:
I. The prayer meeting i'm Babylon
(vv. 1879. Daniel was the leader In
that prayer meeting. He called his
fellows together and most definitely
prayed to God. Their lives were at
stake; their need was great.
2. Daniels ascriptlon Of praise to
God (vv. 1929. God heard their
prayer and Daniel responded in lofty
strains Of praise to God.
3. Daniel before the king (vv. a.
3O). Because he had been with the
Lord and had obtained wisdom he was
confident before the great king.
4. The. content of the dream wv.
31-S5). Daniel made known to the
king that In his dream he had beheld
a great image with head Of gold,
breast and arms Of silver. belly and
thighs Of brass, legs Of iron and feet
part of iron and part Of clay. He be-
held the image smItten by a stone and
the stone became great mountain.
~. The Interpretation Of the Dream
(vv. 38-46).
1. The head Of gold represented the
Chuldean monarchy with Nebuchad-
nezzar ~ its head (vv. 81. 3s). With
the accession Of Nebuchadnezxar to
the throne, the times Of the Gentiles
began.
2. The breast and arms Of silver
represented the Medo-Persian power
". 39). The Medo-Persian empire
was q kingdom inferior to the Chal.
dean.
3. The belly and thighs of brass rep
resented the Grecian empire under
Alexander the Great ". S0).
!. The legs Of iron represented the
Roman empire wv. 4O-43).
~ The two legs represented the
eastern and western divisions If the
Roman empire. (2) The feet Of Iron
and clay represented the two elements
Of human government, which inhered
In the Roman empire and are present
today in all forms Of government,
namely. absOlutism and socialism. OF
imperialism and democracy. These
elements have no cOherency.
5. The stone cut out Of the noun.
tain (vv. ~. 45). This IL the kingdom
Of heaven 70 graphically set forth In
the New Testament. for the kingdom
Of heaven IL the kingdom which the
God Of heaven shall set up. (1) The
stone 10 Christ lisa. 28:16; Matt.
81 :42-44). (2) When did the stone
strike? The Impact Of the stone
was upon the feet Of the col.
umns ". 34). This shows that
It did not strike ut Chrlst's first com.
Ing. for the Roman empire was unit
at that time: not even the division Of
the empire as represented by the two
legs had taken place as yet. The stone
shifting the feet shows that the stone
will strike when the Roman empire
shall have been divided up into ten
kingdoms. (3) The kingdom OF heaven
IL thus seen to be brought into realiss.
tion through q great catastrophe. The
end Ii not by gradual and peaceful ex.
tension through preaching the gospel.
but by a crushing blow. The stone
does not hll the earth BY crowdIng the
colossus out. neither BY securing Ito
submission to God. but destroying IT,.
Gentle dominion shall end In crash !;
upon its ruins shall be built the king.
dom OF heaven. The action Of the
stone 10 Of judgment. not grace. The
text plainly says II Ia after" the stone
has done Its shifting work that It he.
comes q great mountain and nils the
whole earth (see Psalms 2: 8. O; Zech.
l4l-e). Just A. the nrst part Of this
dream was literally fulfilled. 20 shall
the last part be fulfilled. Messiah's
kingdom shall Be . real and literal
Kingdom.