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world are become the Kingdoms OF our
Lord. and OF Ills Christ: and IIo shall
reign forever and evcr.-RcY. 1l:l5.
REFERENCE MATERIAL : lisa. SO.
7:13. Hi,: John 1S33-3S
PRIMARY rOplc-How God Answered
Daniels Prayer
JUNIOR TOPIC = Daniel Reveals tho
Kings Dream
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
-llow Daniel Met Severe Test.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Gods World Kingdom: It's Nature and
Method.
!. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream {vv.
1-13).
This dream made 81 tremendous i'm
preston upon the kings mind but he
had forgotten its content. He urgent
~ demanded Of the wise men that
they make known the dream and It's
Interpretation. Because of their fail
ure the king was very furious and
commanded all the wise men of Baby
lon to he slain
~. The Revelation Of the Dream
Wv. 1885.
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. 1i-1S). Daniel was the leader In
that prayer meeting. He called his
fellows together and most definitely
prayed to God. Their lives were Mt
stake; their need was great
2. 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. "a
SO). because he had been with tho
Lord and had obtained wisdom, he was
confident before the great king
4. The content of the dream (vv.
3l-35). Daniel made known to the
king that In his dream he had beheld
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 Smittcn by a stone and
the stone became great mountain
III. The Interpretation OF the Dream
(vv. 3G-4G).
]. The head of gold represented the
Chaldean monarchy with Nebuchad-
nezzar as Its head wv. 81, 3S). With
the accession of NebuchatlncZzar to
the throne, the times of the Gentiles
began.
,. The breast and arms of silver
represented the Mcdo-Persian power
". 39). The Medo-persiun empire
was Il kingdom inferior TO the Chal-
dean.
3. The belly and thighs of brass rep
resented the Grecian empire under
A1aYonInr tbn G,o,t OON
4. The legs of iron represented the
Roman empire (vv. 40-43).
Cd 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 inhercd
in the Roman empire and are present
today in nll forms of government
namely, absolutism and socialism, or
Imperialism and democracy These
elements have no cohcrcncy.
.. The stone cut out of the noun
tain Wv. N. 45). This is the kingdom
Of heaven so graphically set forth in
the New Testament, for the kingdom
Of heaven is the kingdom which the
God of heaven shall set up. (1) The
stone is Christ elsa. 2S :1G; Matt.
u :i2-4D (2) When did the stone
strike? The impact of the stone
was upon the feet of the col
umhs ". 34). This showA that
ii did not strike at Christs first com.
ing. for the Roman empire was n unit
ut that time; not even the division Of
the empire as represented by the two
legs had taken place rs vet. The stone
smiting the feet shows that the stone
Will strike when the Roman enpirp
shall have been divided UP into ten
Kingdoms. CD The kingdom of heaven
is thus seen to be brought into rcaliZa.
tlon through great catastrophe The
rhd is not by gradual and peaceful OK
tension through preaching the gospel,
hut by crushing blow. The stone
does not fiji the. earth by crowdnu the
colossus out, neither by securing its
submission to God but destroying II.
Gentle dominion Shall end in Il crash
upon It's ruins shall be built the king.
d"h Of heaven. The action Of the
stone IS Of Judgment, not grace The
text plainly says il is after" the stone
has done its shifting work that it be-
comes great mountain and fills the
whole earth (scc Psalms . s, 6; Icch.
IL :l-W. Just as the first part Of This
dream was literally fulfilled. so shall
the last part be fulfilled. Mcssiah's
kingdom shall be Il real and literal
kingdom.
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