WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.199 practical ways. Hey, everybody, we would appreciate it if you 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:17.199 would share the Bible Guys, our link or our podcast 5 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.559 or whatever it is to somebody that you think might 6 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.440 appreciate it. 7 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:25.160 Just make your friends day, Yes, saying I like the 8 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:27.559 Bible Guys. Yeah, I think you'd like the Bible Guys too. 9 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:31.519 It's a little presumptuous, but I agree. But hey, welcome 10 00:00:31.559 --> 00:00:33.880 to the Bible Guys. I'm Chris, this is Jeff, and 11 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.359 today we are about to dive into Daniel chapter two, Yes, 12 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:38.439 which is very exciting. 13 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:38.960 Yes. 14 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:41.920 But before we do that, we have a segment. 15 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:43.359 This is one of your favorite segments. 16 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:46.119 I like it a lot. Who's most likely? You know why? 17 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:48.799 Because it's fun to think about, it's quick, it's easy, 18 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:50.759 it's simple. And I think, by the way, some of 19 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.439 the best board games are the board games that are 20 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:56.640 just completely simple, simple games. Apples to apples. It's like, uh, 21 00:00:56.799 --> 00:00:58.880 think on, It's like, you know, it's just boom there 22 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.840 it is, yes, know catchphrase, you know, just simple rules. 23 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:07.280 Those are the most fun. So who's most likely number one, 24 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:12.079 who's most likely to intentionally give the wrong directions to tourists. 25 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.400 That's mean, mean I would I don't think I've ever 26 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:16.879 done that. 27 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.319 I don't think I've ever done that either. Although I 28 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.439 just told a story the other day about us going 29 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.560 into a store and saying, Hey, this is really important 30 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.760 that we buy the right thing, and I think the 31 00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:33.760 person in the store was messing with us and intentionally 32 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.680 gave us the wrong thing. Yeah, like just to mess 33 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:41.200 with this how hah, Yeah, I really do, like based 34 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.560 on everything. You know, it's just too long of a 35 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:47.159 story to tell. But I think this is sort of mean. 36 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:49.120 I I wouldn't do it. 37 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.959 How about we say no but nobody okay, zero because 38 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:53.799 although you have to pick one, though, and we have 39 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.159 to pick one who's most likely. Okay, how about this? 40 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:58.439 How about this? The old Chris would definitely do it. 41 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.359 I'm gonna pick me old Chris. Yeah, old Chris. 42 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:03.879 If you fire me up, yeah, if you really really 43 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.120 do something, yeah, yeah, then yeah I might be able 44 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:07.280 to do it. Okay, So. 45 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:10.719 Let's let's just go neutral on that one. I don't 46 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:12.479 think the old Chris should take the blame for. 47 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.039 This, Okay, all right, I appreciate that. Yeah, number two, 48 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:15.439 go ahead. 49 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.280 Who's most likely to cry over a TikTok made by strangers? 50 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.240 You will. There's no question you did this morning. 51 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:21.759 Well you don't. 52 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:25.680 I know you did this morning. Anything I do, sometimes 53 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.800 I tear up. Sometimes, yeah, I hate you were at 54 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:30.479 my dad's funeral. I teared up. 55 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.159 Oh yeah, well then, well you know if you don't 56 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:36.719 on that one. Yeah that was a gibraltar if you 57 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.879 know on that one. But but but I cry over 58 00:02:40.919 --> 00:02:41.840 aspirin commercials. 59 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:43.919 Yeah, yeah, did you cry this morning already? 60 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:47.439 Yes? Yeah, I thought, yes I did. Of course I didn't. 61 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.960 So I watch things all the time and I'm and I'm. 62 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:52.879 Uh, last night, that's why people love you. 63 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:55.240 It's last night. Last night, I ever going to bed. 64 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.199 Sometimes I'll just wind down by watching something. And I 65 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.159 was all by myself and is this thing that happened 66 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.840 on a show? And uh, and it was so unlikely, 67 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.439 it was so it was like a comedy. But there 68 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:09.039 was this tender moment and I literally out loud. I 69 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:18.120 was like, oh, by myself, I audibly made a gurble bad. 70 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:20.960 Well, so it's one of the things people love about 71 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.319 you so much? Is that? Do they know well, yeah, 72 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.639 because it makes you so it's clear that you're very empathetic, 73 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.439 and people like like to know that they're seen and 74 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.280 heard and that you are feeling what they're feeling with 75 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:34.960 them is. They love it. It's one of the things. 76 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:37.240 They love it. It's one of the endearing qualities. 77 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.240 Of christar bummt Yeah, okay, all right. Number three. 78 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:40.759 And I hire people who cry for me. 79 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:41.560 I feel like. 80 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:45.960 You're you're going to be the crier. One is in 81 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.719 your job description. Cry when it's appropriate. 82 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:52.000 I need somebody who's a counselor over here. I need 83 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.599 a crier, anybody, anybody. Okay, that's funny. Okay. Number three. 84 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.400 Who's most likely to regift a present? 85 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:01.039 I have never done that? 86 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.879 Oh I do this all the time. I just did 87 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:04.400 this Sunday. 88 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:06.719 Yes, I've never done it. 89 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:11.039 Oh, it's it's the best cheat in the world. It's 90 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:14.199 like a you know, a game cheat or a life hack. Right, 91 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.839 somebody gives you a present and you're like, and by 92 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:18.439 the way, it could be a great present. You know. 93 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:20.360 Somebody gave me a gift card and it was like 94 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.199 a fifty dollars gift card. You're a fancy restaurant. I 95 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:24.879 was like, this is amazing, thank you. And then on 96 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:26.560 the way out, I'm like, oh, we need to bring something, 97 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:29.000 and I reach over into my gift card box and 98 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:30.920 there it is, don't have my name on it, and 99 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:33.560 it has and I presented it like it was all mine. 100 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:35.759 So somebody gave you a gift, it was a great gift, 101 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:38.519 and you handed the gift on somebody. Elsea's a gift. 102 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:40.839 There's nothing wrong with that because it is mine to 103 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.279 give to givet Yeah, yeah, I think it's great. 104 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:48.120 All right, it's most likely to tell the best dad joke? Well, 105 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:49.759 I think you are. You're more committed to him than 106 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:49.959 I am. 107 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.000 I'm definitely more committed. In fact, this morning I woke 108 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.040 up and the first thing that I did was I 109 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:58.399 told Torri our dad jokes last night, really because we 110 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.279 fel last week and we had four of them that 111 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:05.519 were really good, and so out of the ten, did 112 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.240 she approve? She liked? Before I said yes, she said, 113 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:09.399 what are the other ones? I said, you don't want 114 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:11.680 to know? Yes, those are really bad. 115 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:12.639 Good you get to read the next one. 116 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:18.680 Okay, old wish who's most likely to get start starstruck 117 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.519 while meeting Zach Effron? But by the way, that is 118 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:22.279 such an old. 119 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.439 Joke, but it's great. So if you weren't, if you 120 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:28.480 didn't know zar Ba has this, Nope, I do not. 121 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:33.399 You made many this affection for Zach Effron, and. 122 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.079 One time I picked him to represent me in a 123 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:38.519 Chris Arbo movie. 124 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.720 I said, in the inevitable movie that's made of Chris 125 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:45.519 sarbas life, who would you choose? And you said, oh, 126 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.040 without a doubt, don't even think about it, and without 127 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:50.879 a doubt, and you said and then you said it. 128 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:56.759 And then you said, specifically, specifically the Zach Effron from Baywatch, 129 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.399 and I said, wasn't And I never saw the movie, 130 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:02.720 but I know that the Rock was in Baywatch. But 131 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.040 you chose Zach Efron listen, not the Rock. 132 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.959 This is so distorted. 133 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:08.759 And then you also mentioned he sings and dances. 134 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:13.319 Listen. I know how the conversation went, because my logic 135 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.040 is still my logic. And I said, zac Effron. He 136 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:18.800 said why, I said, because he's a tough guy. With 137 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:21.639 also like he's an artsy guy. And then you said 138 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:23.759 he what do you mean a tough guy? And you 139 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:25.759 refering to a high school musical Zach Effron. And then 140 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.720 that's the only reason why. I said, Hey, if you 141 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:31.199 watch Baywatch, you can see he's the longer the high 142 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:34.199 school musical Zach Effron. And then you said, wasn't the 143 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:38.279 Rock Watch? And I said yes, and you said so 144 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:42.959 you And I'm like, how did graduate to somehow me 145 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:45.160 picking Zach Epfron over the Rock. 146 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.839 Well, well, here's the other part of who's most likely 147 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.319 get starstruck? What meeting Zach Effron? I think if he 148 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.160 walked in the room right now, I would not recognize him. 149 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:58.040 Oh really, Yeah, there is no question that I would 150 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:02.160 probably like be starstruck, wouldn't be able to speak because 151 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:04.839 he's awesome. I love him and everything he's in. 152 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.399 Yeah, so I don't even know that I would recognize him. 153 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.839 Yeah, but that's the same with Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise. 154 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.800 Oh I would recognize Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. 155 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:14.800 But would you be starstruck? I don't know. It probably 156 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:15.279 wouldn't be. 157 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.480 Maybe, I don't know. I don't know, although I have. 158 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:19.639 To say this though, to be honest, we didn't. We 159 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.639 need to move on. But I have actually met several 160 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:26.879 famous people and I haven't been starstruck yet. Actually, So, 161 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:29.040 like you know, like should I Twain at one time 162 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.560 was like, you know, like I was like my favorite 163 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.800 sing in the world, should I Twain? And I met her, 164 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:38.000 you know, slapped her hand high five twice two different 165 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.040 years at concerts, and I was like, Hey, what's up, 166 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:42.879 what's up? What's going on? I've talked with stars before 167 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:46.720 because and up in starstreuks, So maybe maybe I wouldn't 168 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:47.160 be stars. 169 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:51.160 Trekbe, but most likely, most likely I wouldn't even recognize him. 170 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:51.759 So there you go. 171 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:53.240 But how about Desiree hanging on today? 172 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:56.639 Okay, she brings it back. Some of the best comedy 173 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:00.439 is callback comedy. So that's great. All right, well we 174 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:07.480 are in talking about callback comedy. Oh wow, we're Yesterday 175 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.199 we mentioned Nebbe Kinezzer. We're going to talk about him 176 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:10.920 again today. 177 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:12.399 There's a callback. 178 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.959 Wow. Maybe Canezer is the king of Babylon. Yes, he 179 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.279 is in as we're reading through the Book of Daniel 180 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:23.079 now and uh he has a dream? 181 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.800 He does, Yes, I have a dream. 182 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:27.600 There you go. I knew you were going to do it. 183 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:28.759 All I had to do is pause. 184 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:35.440 Did you know that Martin Luther King Jr. Gave the 185 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.120 very first time he gave the I have a dream 186 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:39.159 speech you know where it was? 187 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:39.720 Detroit? 188 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:40.320 Yes? 189 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:40.759 Yes? 190 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.039 And do you know which building? 191 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.279 I knew it? One time? I forgot was it? So 192 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:54.159 it was a version of it? Yes? Well, okay, so Daniel. 193 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.039 Chapter two, it says his first draft. One night, during 194 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.480 the second year of his reign, Nebbie Kinnezzer had such 195 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.399 disturbing dreams that he couldn't sleep. He called his magicians 196 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:06.960 and enchanters, and sorcerers and astrologers, and he demanded that 197 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:10.039 they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood 198 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:11.759 before the king, he said, I have had a dream 199 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.480 that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means. 200 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.240 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, long live 201 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:19.840 the King. Tell us the dream and we'll tell you 202 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:21.679 what it means. But the King said to the astrologers, 203 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:23.799 I am serious about this. If you don't tell me 204 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:26.240 what my dream was and what it means, you will 205 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.799 be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be 206 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:32.919 turned into heaps of rubble. Okay, wow, he's no joke. 207 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:37.679 He don't play, no doubt. But the King said, but 208 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.480 if you tell me what I dreamed and what the 209 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:43.639 dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. 210 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.200 Just tell me the dream and what it means. Then 211 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:48.960 they said again, please, your majesty, tell us the dream 212 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:51.039 and will tell you what it means. The King replied, 213 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:54.399 I know what you're doing. You're stalling for time because 214 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.320 you know I am serious when I say if you 215 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:59.240 don't tell me the dream, you are doomed. So you've 216 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:01.559 conspired to tell me lies, hoping I'll change my mind. 217 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:03.720 But tell me the dream, and then I'll know that 218 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:06.679 you can tell me what it means. The astrologers replied 219 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:08.320 to the king, no one on earth can tell the 220 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:11.360 king his dream, and no king, however great and powerful, 221 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:14.360 has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, 222 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:18.039 or astrologer. The King's demand is impossible. No one except 223 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.279 the gods can tell you your dream, and they do 224 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.559 not live here among people. King was furious when he 225 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:25.840 heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men 226 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.000 of Babylon be executed, and because of the King's decree, 227 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.080 men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends. 228 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.120 When Arioch, the commander of the king's guards, came to 229 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.320 kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion. 230 00:10:38.679 --> 00:10:40.720 He asked Arioch, why is the king issued such a 231 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.399 harsh decree? So Arioch told him all that had happened, 232 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:45.559 and Daniel went at once to see the king requested 233 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.039 more time to tell the king what the dream meant. 234 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.519 Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hanna and Iah, 235 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.039 Michel and a Israah what had happened. He urged them 236 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.960 to ask the God of Heaven to show them his 237 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:57.919 mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not 238 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.600 be executed along with the otherwise men of Babylon. That night, 239 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.440 the secret was revealed to Daniel in division. Then Daniel 240 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.080 praise the God of Heaven. He said, praise the name 241 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.720 of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom 242 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.159 and power. He controls the course of world events. He 243 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:15.639 removes kings and sets up their kings or other kings. 244 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.639 He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. 245 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:21.480 He reveals deep and mysterious things, and knows what lies 246 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:25.039 hidden in darkness, though he is surrounded by light. I 247 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:27.960 thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you've 248 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:30.559 given me wisdom and strength, and you've told me what 249 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.039 we asked of you and revealed to us what the 250 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.519 king has demanded. Do you want me to go on 251 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:38.039 and tell the dream? Okay, this is a good one, 252 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.879 all right. Then Daniel went in to see Ariac, whom 253 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:43.399 the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon, 254 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.120 and Daniel said to him, don't kill the wise men. 255 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.519 Take me to the king and I will tell him 256 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.399 the meaning of this dream. Arioch quickly took Daniel to 257 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:53.759 the king and said, I have found one of the 258 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:55.679 captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning 259 00:11:55.720 --> 00:11:58.399 of his dream. King said to Daniel, also known as 260 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:01.279 Belta Shazar, is this true? Can you tell me what 261 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:04.639 my dream was and what it means? Daniel replied, there 262 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.960 are no wise men and chanters, magicians or fortune tellers 263 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:10.720 who can reveal the King's secret. But there is a 264 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:14.039 god in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown 265 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.840 kig nebu Canezer what will happen in the future. Now 266 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:18.759 I will tell you your dream and the visions you 267 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.120 saw as you lay on your bed while your Majesty 268 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.639 was sleeping. You dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets, 269 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.759 has shown you what is going to happen, and is 270 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.840 not because I am wiser than anyone else that I 271 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:30.840 know the secret of your dream, but because God wants 272 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.840 you to understand what was in your heart. In your vision, 273 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.159 Your majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining 274 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.559 statue of a man. It was a frightening sight. The 275 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:40.639 head of the statue was made of fine gold, His 276 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:43.320 chest and arms were silver, Its belly and thighs were bronze, 277 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.960 Its legs were iron, and its feet were a combination 278 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.720 of iron and baked clay. As you watched, a rock 279 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:51.000 was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands, 280 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:53.120 and it struck the feet of the iron and clay, 281 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.840 smashing them into bits. The whole statue was crushed into 282 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.759 small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. The 283 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.600 wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on 284 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:04.840 a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue 285 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:07.039 down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth. 286 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.639 That was a dream. Now we will tell the king 287 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:12.600 what it means. Your majesty, you are the greatest of kings. 288 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:15.519 The God of Heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, 289 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:17.879 and honor. He has made you the ruler over all 290 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.639 the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals 291 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.240 and birds under control. You are the head of gold, 292 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:26.279 But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom 293 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.559 inferior to yours will rise to take your place. After 294 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.240 that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, 295 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.159 will rise to rule the world. Following that kingdom, there 296 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.480 will be a fourth, one as strong as iron. That 297 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.559 kingdom will smash and crush all previous empires, just as 298 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.600 iron smashes and crushes everything it strikes. The feet and 299 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.159 toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, 300 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:49.399 showing that this kingdom would be divided like iron mixed 301 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.759 with clay. It'll have some of the strength of iron, 302 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:53.480 but while some parts of it will be as strong 303 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.440 as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay. 304 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.120 This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these 305 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:00.799 kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by four alliances with 306 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.919 each other through inner marriage, but they will not hold together, 307 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.039 just as iron and clay did not mix during the 308 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.080 reigns of those kings. The God of Heaven will set 309 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.279 up a kingdom that will never be destroyed and conquered 310 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.480 it will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it 311 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:16.879 will stand forever. That is the meaning of the rock 312 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.360 cut from the mountain, though not by human hands that 313 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.279 crushed the pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, 314 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.960 and gold. The great God was showing the king what 315 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.279 will happen in the future. The dream is true and 316 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:30.960 its meaning is certain. Okay, that want me to read 317 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:34.679 the last three verses? Think? King Nebu Kenezer threw himself 318 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.039 down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his 319 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.960 people to offer sacrifices and burned sweet incense before him. 320 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.559 The king said to Daniel, truly, your God is the 321 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.440 greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, 322 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:48.399 for you have been able to reveal his secret. And 323 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.080 then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and 324 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.080 gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over 325 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.440 the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over 326 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.279 all his wise men. At Daniel's request, the king appointed 327 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.879 Shadrack Mishah and a bed to go to be in 328 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:03.360 charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, 329 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.080 while Daniel remained in the King's court. 330 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:07.559 There you go, Oh, I'm really glad you read those, 331 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:11.960 last man, because the king's reaction is awesome. Yeah, and uh, 332 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:13.799 you know what, I am so glad that we actually 333 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.279 read this, we. 334 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.960 Read the whole thing, because that's a story. 335 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:18.320 Well, it's it's it's a little obscure. You know, you 336 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:23.559 don't necessarily always hear sermons about Nebukadnezzar's dream, right, right, 337 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:26.120 but you know you can probably start off by saying, 338 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:27.759 there's a lot of sermons in here. So the first 339 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:31.120 one is when you want wisdom, don't look for it 340 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:37.360 in astronomy, astrology, astrology or fortune tellers, right or all 341 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:40.240 the above. That's right, So you know it's it's it's 342 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:42.840 it's the wisdom of God. And Daniel is really clear 343 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.759 about that. And Daniel could have taken the glory for himself, 344 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.080 couldn't you. Yes, he could have. He could have talked 345 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.159 about how wise he was, or maybe hey, for some reason, 346 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.200 God has blessed me, you know, I'm blessed. But but 347 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:59.159 Daniel doesn't do that. Daniel says, it's not because I'm wiser, 348 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.600 it's not because I'm it's not because of anything else. 349 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:06.120 It's because God has chosen to give you wisdom. And 350 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:08.879 then he makes it sound like and it's actually true, 351 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:12.320 but he actually puts the glory out of respect onto 352 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.879 the king and says, God wanted to bless you by 353 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.600 giving you this knowledge, o King, and this is what 354 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:22.759 God has chosen to do. So somehow he gives glory 355 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:27.039 to God. He respects his authorities, and he takes the 356 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:32.600 focus off of himself in humility. And I'm thinking to myself, gee, whiz, 357 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:37.799 that is a phenomenal posture, right, there's so much wisdom 358 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.360 there because it does actually say he responded in wisdom 359 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.080 and knowledge. 360 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:46.759 Well, so the astrologers admit, listen, our gods aren't even 361 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.480 here on earth, right right, nobody on earth can tell 362 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:53.279 you what you're dreamed, because this is an impossible request. 363 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.320 He's trying to figure out, are these advisors aroun This 364 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.120 is early in his reign, right, You're trying to figure 365 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:04.440 out who can I trust? These astrologers and these you know, sorcerers. 366 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.559 They've got a lot of influence and power over in EBYG. Canizer. 367 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.759 But this is a great opportunity for Nebug Canizer to testamacy. 368 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:13.279 Are they legit or not? So all right, guys, before 369 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.519 you give me, Before I tell you what my dream was, 370 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:21.680 you tell me what my dream was, right right, that's impossible, 371 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.799 and so they admit it. Hey, our gods can't tell 372 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:25.920 us that because our gods don't live on this earth. 373 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:27.759 And Daniel goes, let me tell you, there's a god 374 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:31.279 in heaven who knows these things, and so he immediately 375 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:36.559 gives credit to God, and then he solicits shadrack me 376 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:38.039 shake in a bed and goes, hey, we need to pray. 377 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:40.480 So they have a prayer meeting. Then God, we need help. 378 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.240 We're all going to die. 379 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.000 And that's a whole nother sermon all together too. So 380 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.319 how wise is it to say, hey, before you carry 381 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:50.920 out this harsh punishment, just give us time to pray 382 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.480 about it. And there is wisdom. Think about like your 383 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:57.400 next board meeting or conundrum where everybody in the room 384 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:00.559 needs to find a solution to something and instead of 385 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:04.880 just sort of, you know, reacting and carrying out something 386 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.839 in the moment, there's wisdom and saying, okay, guys, let's 387 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.279 go ahead and let's take a break and let's all 388 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.279 carve out some time. Because that's what it says. It says, 389 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.160 we need more time. He begged the king for more 390 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:20.720 time for wisdom, and then he went home and said, okay, God, 391 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.440 we have a night, please reveal wisdom. And there's something 392 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:26.559 to be said about that. You know a lot of times, 393 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.880 you know, I've grown up in church world a very 394 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:33.279 very long time, thirty years, three decades, and I think 395 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.519 there are times where we should have said, you know what, 396 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.839 this has been a heated discussion. It's been a great discussion. 397 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:44.319 We all have different opinions. Let's all go ahead and 398 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:47.680 let's pray about it and let's come back tomorrow, right. 399 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:50.119 But a lot of times we're like, well, okay, let's 400 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:52.559 make a decision. It's like no, no, no, no, no. You know, 401 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:54.880