The Dolores star., 1922-06-30

yorrSr, people AND ADULT TOPIC
Gods world-Kingdom; Its Nature ana
Method.
4. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream wv.
l-13).
This dream made tremendous I'M
preston upon the kings mind, hut lie
had forgotten It's content. He urgent
ly demanded Of the wise men that
they make known the dream and its
Interpretation. 'nuse OF their fail
ure the king was very furious ana
commanded all the wise men of Baby
Ion to be slain.
II. The Revelation Of the Dream
wv 1880.
When the decree was in process of
execution Daniel was sought out to be
slain. He sought an interview with
the king and obtained time. Note:
/. The prayer meeting in Babylon
wv. 14-lS). Daniel was the leader in
that prayer meeting. He called his
fellows together and most definitely
prayed to God. Their lives We're at
stake; their need was great.
. Daniels ascription of praise to
God wv. 1929. God heard their
prayer and Daniel responded in lofty
strains of praise to God.
3. Daniel before the king wv. 81
30). Because he had been with the
Lord and had obtained wisdom, he was
confident before the great king.
!. The content of the dream wv.
31-35). Daniel made known to the
king that in his dream he had behed
great image with IL 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 Il great mountain.
III. The Interpretation Of the Dream
wv 3G-4G).
|. The head of gold represented the
Chaldean monarchy with Nebuchad-
nezzar as its head wv. 81, 3S). With
the accession of Ncbuchadnczzar to
the throne, the times of the Gentiles
began.
.. The breast and arms of silver
represented the Medo-PersIan power
". 39). The Medo-Persian empire
was n kingdom inferior to the Chal-
dean.
3. The belly and thighs of brass rep
resented the Grecian empire under
Alexander the Great ". 800.
4. The legs of iron represented the
Roman empire wv. 4o-43).
% The two legs represented the
eastern and western divisions of 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, or
Imperialism and democracy. These
elements have no coherency.
.. The stone cut out of the noun
tain wv. "A, 40. This is the kingdom
or heaven 50 graphically set forth in
the New Testament, for the kingdom
of heaven Is the kingdom which the
God of heaven shall set up. "a The
stone is Christ lisa. SIG; Matt.
Il :42-iD. (2) When did the stone
strike! The impact of the stone
was upon the feet of the col
umns ". 34). This shows that
1t did not strike at Christs first com.
ing, Tor the Roman empire was unit
NJ that time; not even the division of
the empire as represented by the two
legs had taken place as vet. The store
sihiting the feet shows that the stone
VIII strike when the Roman empire
snail have been divided up into ten
kingdoms. (3) The kingdom of heaven
is tilus seen to be brought into reDlizo-
tloh through great catastrophe. The
END is not by gradual and peaceful ex.
tension through preaching the gospel
but by crushing blow. The stone
does not fill the earth by crowdnp tbe
colossus out, neither by securing its
submission to God, but DESTROYING II
GENTLE dominion shall end in rash /.
upon It's ruins shall be built the kiny.
uoih OF heaven. The action of tho
stone IS OF Judgment, not grace. The
text plainly says it is after" the stone
mas done Its shifting work that If ba.
comes great mountain and fills the
"hole earth (see Psalms 2: s. G. Zecb
l4:1-O. Just as the first part NJ th,s
dream was literally fulfilled so shall
the last part be fulfilled. Messioh,s
kihedom shall be u real and literal
Kingdom.
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