Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-07
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LESSONFOR JULY9

which was blown away while the stone
grow into great mountain whi'h
seemed to fill the whole earth. u VIZ
indeed strange dream. and We %" DOT
wonder that IL mudc , great impression
upon the royal dreamer Col wts W.
INK Il to bring through Daniel "a great
message. not only 60 Nchuchadnelz''
and his people. bat o. all time including
our own.
The Interpretation of the Dream
e: 36I9
In giving his Interpretation hli'l
again shows his modcsty hF .u'iullnt
h. companions with himself ih'i h'n
PRAYED together. ana no douni con-
fcrred rs 20 tho meaning
Daniel tells NcbuchadnczzH tnIi NJ
n the head of gold Ills great kingdom
represented hy that res being glorious ~
~ supremacy over uthcrs u afs.Iu''+
the existing situation 80 That hu'
Nebu" hadnozzut empire WIS me
greatest In the world Tho .iIt' port
~ the image represented second hiHf'
dom inferior 20 the first This Dr. come
monty understood % refer tn the KING
dom of the Mpdo- and P.rs.nns whi'h
overthrow that Of Babylon The body
" brass stood for o. third kingdom sui
inferior. and most interpreter bold max
= represents the empire ~ Alexander
the Great who overthrow the Persian
empire but ruled only for e short time
81 history records The i'oi OF min.
gled clay and iron represented % fourth
inEdum. but hrUU The Interpretation
becomes more difficult Some scholars
hold that Do means tho Kingdom OF
Antip,houH aud h.. .IrDra-"re when
was one 81 those into which the nupire
Il Alexander Vis divided and included
f'al,-tiup Others interpret 10 Co mean
the great Roman empire Wnich i' huv
described as mingled iron aud clay
having ~ strong power mingled with
vonknoss and corruption. This iutcrprc.
lotion b. to boo preferred
Daniel now goes on ~ draw the great
lesson If the dream. This clusters about
.hc fifth kingdom which BE- not ~ This
earth. hut b. the spiritual kingdom ~
God The actual rise ui this kingdom
g. not definitely dated We have only
he general statement ".n the days ~
those kings" Two great effects n this
treat spiritual kingdom are iurcehad.
owed ln Daniels Interpretation of tho
Kings dream Tho first o. its dcsiruc'
tive power AZ tho rolling stone out ~
he mountain crushed tho great image,
90 the spiritual principle, ~ the king
lom ~ CDd should overthrow empires
uiit upon human -oIfshu'ss. pride.
yauu, aud warfare History IL
trcuu with mo WRECKS of empires. but
he Kingdom OF Good ls san with us.
Tho second great thought be- that ~
ne growth ~ the spiritual Kingdom.
While 10 strikes down DO, WORLDLY cm.
hires. 10 b,rUm,e great mountain
which fills thr earth The growth OF
hc kingdom Of Good seems tp us OK.
c.dingly slow and pur heart. are often
aint. hut ~ matter ~ fact when we
look bn,k upon the growth ~ Chris.
| dainty since tho establishment and
downfall u the Roman empire. its
growth has been marvellous The earth
has indeed been filled with the extern
sion of the knowledge at God Boo tho
gospel.
Special Lesson.
Tho great lesson lies upuu the sur
! face. n O. the certainty nf Gods con
troll of the present. and Of the future.
e. The one ever shifts into the other.
/ Tho two most difficult books 90 inter-
pr,t bon th, Bible that iF Daniel IN the
| old Testament and the Revelation In
me New. both deliver tho same great
! message. u is that God controls. and
I ,u.l's liuutlnu b. aIffr 90 uTrtal