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Well, good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us
in Daniel chapter 7. As you turn there, if you're a first-time guest, I want to thank you for being
here. Thank you for worshiping with us. My wife and I will be back here at our Connect table at
the end of the service. Would love for you to stop by, whether it's just for a moment. We would love
to meet you personally, and thank you for worshiping here face-to-face. And then if you have any questions
about our church, you can feel free to ask those. If you don't have any questions about our church,
please stop by anyways. Like I said, we would love to meet you. Based off of all the announcements
that you just heard, three minutes of them, there's a lot going on. And we want you, there's a spot,
there's a place for every single one of you to connect. And so we want you to be able to do that
and to connect with us. The one that's pressing that's coming up is the Harvest Hangout. And again,
everyone has an opportunity to come and to be a part of that. And just in case you missed it,
it's not some of a hog, it's not a partial hog, it's a whole hog for that men's dinner, right? And
so, and the whole hog will be the second best thing that you're going to find there, right? We look
forward to hearing from Chris and hearing as he shares with us. And so you want to make sure that
you're a part of that. And as we emphasize for all the things that are going on, we would love for you
to invite, invite someone to be a part of that with us. Kind of a little special announcement
for the end of our service. And we'll get kind of more into that at the end. But at the end of the
service, some of us like, well, I know there's, there's a place you need to be. And so, man, that
last song is over with and you're out the door and I get that. But I want to ask everybody,
they can hang around because we are going to have a special time of prayer at the very end of our
service. We've got three of our church members who are with us today who will be, who will be deployed
soon. And then we also have a church member of ours who is overseas currently. And we just want to
have a time in prayer for them all at the end of our service. And for security reasons, we will stop
the live stream during that. And so we want to make sure that, that you hang around and not miss that
time of prayer. So let me read to you as we get started our message this morning out of Daniel
chapter seven, starting in verse 13. It says, I saw in the night visions
and behold, with the clouds of heaven, there came one like a son of man and he came to the ancient of
days and was presented before him and to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom that all peoples,
nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away
in his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. Would you pray with me?
God, we thank you for the beauty of your word. God, very specifically, as we look here at Daniel 7 this
morning, we thank you for the hope that we find in this message.
Lord, the reminder so much of who you are, the reminder of what this world is, and the hope of who
we are in Christ. God, I pray that in this moment, Lord, that you would be heard and be clear.
Lord, if there's any part of this in me that is of me, that is self-seeking, that is sinful, that is
incorrect, Lord, that you would forgive me and remove it from me. All for the glory of your name.
And it's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen.
We have been in the book of Daniel now. I believe this is week number 10, week number 9, week number 10.
And we're here for maybe the part of it that a lot of you were looking forward to.
I hope God's spoken to you, and I hope you've enjoyed the first six chapters of Daniel.
But chapter 7, there's a turn that begins to happen. There's a different approach of what we're going to see.
Chapters 1 through 6 in Daniel, if you are here with us for the first time, is a historical account of
sections of the life of Daniel. It doesn't cover all of his life. It kind of picks up when he's about
13 years old. And then it kind of ends, chapter 6, when he's about 83 years old. But by no means is
it at all of his life. But it does kind of flow and happen in chronological order in this historical
account. And I read this week from an author that says that it has been said that these three chapters
of the life of Daniel give the credentials of the prophet Daniel. So what we see is we see a follower
of God. We see him as a governmental worker. And we see him stand firm with resolve in his faith.
And we see how God uses him in the aspects where God has placed him. And he is in some very difficult
aspects in the first six chapters of Daniel. But now what we find in chapters 7 through 12 that we'll
see for the rest of our study in Daniel is that Daniel is also a prophet. And that God has given
Daniel prophetic visions. And Daniel then records them. And these visions do not necessarily happen
in, so it didn't pick up when he was 83 years old in chronological order. In fact, it kind of drops
back in time a little bit. And then it picks up moving forward in chronological order with those
visions. And these visions are written as apocalyptic literature, which is sometimes a little bit
difficult to read, difficult to understand, and oftentimes blatantly taught in an incorrect manner.
So I want us to understand this morning before we kind of land in this for Daniel chapter 7,
what do we mean by apocalyptic literature? It's a form of prophecy that describes the end of the world,
the end times. It deals with eschatology matters. It's what we see not just in Daniel,
but in the Old Testament, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Zechariah. And in the New Testament,
we see this in 2 Thessalonians 2, Mark 13, Matthew 24. And then our favorite, the one that we come to
when we think of this, Revelation. That apocalyptic literature largely involves hard to understand
symbols and imagery because it looks forward to times that have not happened. And in a lot of ways,
these things that will unfold that have not been seen by the prophet and the author who are recording
these. An example of this would be for John in the book of Revelation. If what would have appeared to
John in his vision were that of tanks and airplanes, nuclear weapons, John would have very little context
in which to convey what he's seen. So when we read these, we are reading prophets who are trying to
explain what they are seeing, or they are actually literally painting the picture of what is there
before him. Apocalyptic literature is oftentimes dealing with matters that seem scary.
They deal with disaster. They deal with destruction. There's dragons. There's beasts. There's wars. There's
death. We as a culture become fascinated with end times thinking, end times trying to predict. In fact,
Hollywood has embraced that. Do y'all remember the Y2K craze for those of you who were alive during that
time? I recognize that there's a large percentage of you who are not alive during that time. And so for
those of you who do remember that time and remember it well, we're old. But in the late 90s, as the year
2000 approached, Hollywood seemed to grasp a hold of this notion that as terrified as people seem to be
concerning the end of the world, they were fascinated and in a weird twisted way wanted to be entertained by
it. And out of this were movies like Independence Day, Armageddon, Deep Impact.
In that all-time lowest of lows for Kevin Costner, Waterworld.
And what I find is funny in these is that the men largely in these movies who were sent to save us,
right, Morgan Freeman, now I can get behind that. Bruce Willis, a little bit less,
but I can be there as well. But my issue with Independence Day
is the fact
that Cousin Eddie,
Randy Quaid,
was sent to save the world
from the aliens that would destroy it.
But it was good for entertainment purposes.
We all watched them.
We all can account by them.
And I would say that the only thing good that came out of the song Armageddon was the Aerosmith song.
I don't want to miss a thing, right?
So we're going into, though, a section of the Bible
that is just as inspired as Genesis 1
and every other word all the way to the end of Revelation.
It's the very word of God that we should be treated with respect,
that we should treat with faithfulness,
that we should treat with a mindset that this is God's word given to us,
and that's special.
But we as believers
should look at end times differently.
That when we look at this,
that what we see,
that when we look at this,
and when we see that even Daniel's going to struggle a little bit with this.
We haven't seen much about what Daniel's struggle was,
but we'll find this in Daniel 7.
It's that even in the imagery of beasts,
and dragons,
and wars,
and destruction,
that we come to God's word
as those
who have been bought,
who have been chosen,
who have been redeemed
with hope and joy.
We know
that God is in control.
That even in the midst of times that confuse,
and times that are strange,
and times where it feels like depravity
has taken over,
God is in control.
Because to be honest,
doesn't that describe today?
Times are strange.
Times are difficult.
And depravity
runs rampant.
Nations are built.
Nations are fall.
God is in control.
And so,
as we look at Daniel 7,
as we look through
any apocalyptic literature,
as we look through God's word,
may we continue
to be reminded
that God
is in control.
So we're going to read,
begin,
we're going to go all the way
through Daniel 7 this morning.
We're going to start off
with the first eight verses.
In the first year of Belshazzar,
king of Babylon,
Daniel saw a dream
and visions
of his head
as he lay in his bed.
Then he wrote them,
he wrote down the dream
and told the sum of the matter.
Daniel declared,
I saw in my vision
by night
and behold,
the four winds of heaven
were stirring up
the great sea
and four great beasts
came out of the sea
different from one another.
The first was like a lion
and had eagle's wings.
Then as I looked,
its wings were plucked off
and it was lifted up
from the ground
and made to stand
on two feet
like a man
and the mind of a man
was given to it.
And behold,
another beast,
a second one like a bear.
It was raised up
on one side.
It had three ribs
in its mouth
between its teeth
and it was told,
arise,
devour much flesh.
After this,
I looked and behold
another like a leopard
with four wings
of a bird on its back
and the beast
had four heads
and dominion
was given to it.
After this,
I saw in the night visions
and behold,
a fourth beast,
terrifying
and dreadful
and exceedingly strong.
It had great iron teeth.
It devoured
and broke in pieces
and stamped
what was left
with its feet.
It was different
from all the beasts
that were before it
and it had ten horns.
I considered the horns
and behold,
there came up
among them
another horn,
a little one,
before which
three of the first
horns
were plucked up
by the roots.
And behold,
in this horn
were eyes
like the eyes
of a man
and a mouth
speaking
great
things.
What I want us to see
as we look at
apocalyptic literature
and begin to be reminded
of the hope
that we have
for what we find
in Daniel chapter 7
in the first eight verses
is God is sovereign
over nations.
God is sovereign
over nations.
What we find
in the very beginning
is four winds
and a great sea
stirring up.
This is painting
the picture
of the great chaos
amongst the nations
of the world
and it's coming
from all directions.
Four winds
north, south,
east, west
of what it's creating
in the water.
Imagine being out
on the lake,
being out on the ocean
and what you're finding
is a cyclone,
a tornado
surrounding you
and coming from all sides.
There's no escape,
there's chaos
and this is the picture
that's painted
of the world.
And from this world,
four great beasts
came from the sea.
Four great beasts
came from the world
and what they're defined
as is four nations,
four empires
that have risen up.
Theologians,
for the most part,
agree in unison
with who these nations are.
One is described
as a lion
with eagle's wings
to be Nebuchadnezzar
in Babylon,
referencing back
to Daniel 4.
One is a bear
with three ribs
in its mouth,
the Medo-Persian empire
that took over Babylon.
Next, we'll see a leopard
with four wings
and four heads
to represent
Alexander the Great
in Greece.
And then lastly,
what we find here
is just a beast.
a beast that's not
described
in what it looks like
for the most part,
some aspects,
but described
as terrifying
and dreadful
and exceedingly strong.
Stronger than the others
with iron teeth
and ten horns
coming from its head
and a smaller horn,
an eleventh horn
that it says
that from its mouth
speaking great things.
That's a little bit
complicated in translation
and it doesn't mean
that it's speaking
great things
like we would think
of speaking great truths,
but instead of
bragging,
boasting
in itself.
This beast
with iron teeth
and ten horns
will represent
the Roman Empire.
The ten horns
represent the complete
and lasting power
and influence
of the world.
And the eleventh horn
speaks
to the Antichrist.
So we begin
to get into
a little bit
of the apocalyptic
visions
that we see
also
in Revelation
with John.
So the question is
how does
this
show that God
is sovereign
over nations?
Well,
the Bible
interprets the Bible
and gives us context
within the Bible
and what we found
from the very beginning
in Daniel chapter 1
is we understood
who's at work,
who's at play.
Is this Daniel?
Is this the powers
of the world?
Like who gets credit
for what's going on?
Daniel chapter 1
verse 1
into verse 2.
In the third year
of the reign
Jehoiakim king
of Judah
Nebuchadnezzar
of Babylon
came to Jerusalem
and besieged it.
And then verse 2.
And the Lord
gave Jehoiakim
king of Judah
into his hand.
And so what we see
here is God
at work
and at move
amongst nations.
That this isn't
God just telling
what he knows
will unfold
but it's God
speaking to
the very work
of his hand.
And it's not just
in the matters
of your life
and mine
but it's in the matters
concerning nations.
The history
of the world.
Things that will
play out.
We see this
in Daniel chapter 7.
It says that
the lion
is lifted up
and made to stand.
Divine power
over nations.
It says that
the bear
it was raised up
on one side.
It was told
arise and devour
much divine power
over nations.
We see that
the beast
that looked like
a leopard
that dominion
that Greece
that dominion
was given over
to it.
All of these
speaking to
the divine
power of God
in
and amongst
nations.
And then the last
the beast
that is terrifying
and dreadful
and exceedingly
strong
what we'll see
in the next
is that
that beast
was killed.
We see
God's sovereignty
over
the nations.
You and I
can live today
in the chaos
of the world
all of the
death
all of the
uncertainty
all of what
appears to be
hopelessness
but we
must
be
a people
of hope
hoping not
in what we
wish would
take place
but hoping
in what we
know will be
and so we
can
folks
because God
is in
control
he is
I know
in my
limited
understanding
and
perspective
I may
believe the
lie from
time to
time that
he's not
but folks
God is
in control
and you
feel like
well Bo
you've already
said that
apocalyptic
literature
is difficult
to translate
it's difficult
to understand
it's difficult
to convey
the message
of what's
being said
there
okay
well then
let's
look at
three
passages
of scripture
this morning
that are
not apocalyptic
but that
speak to
God's
sovereignty
and God's
control
over nations
Proverbs
19 21
many are
the plans
in the
mind
of man
but it
is the
purpose
of the
Lord
that will
stand
Colossians
117
that he
is before
all
things
he's
before them
and in
the next
section
he
God's
going to
be
identified
as the
ancient
of days
he's
always
been
he's
always
existed
there
isn't a
moment
that he
wasn't
he's
God
all
and he
is before
all
things
and in
him
all
things
hold
together
he's
in
control
Psalm
33
10
the
Lord
brings
the
counsel
of
the
nations
to
nothing
he
frustrates
the
plans
of
people
God
is
sovereign
and he
is in
control
even
over
the
nations
it
doesn't
mean that
we're not
going to
walk
through
difficult
things
it's
not
that
there's
going to
be
difficult
pieces
that are
there
we're
going to
read
and we're
going to
see
and we're
going to
try to
understand
all of
these
things
that
happen
and take
place
of what
God
is
telling
us
but in
through
all
of
this
the
reminder
of
the
hope
is
that
God
is
in
control
and right
now
God's
palm
in
God's
timing
and in
God's
reason
and God's
perfection
is open
handed
in a lot
of things
but what
we're
reminded
about
as we
look
toward
end
times
as we
look
toward
what
God
is
going
to
do
and
as we
look
toward
what
God
has
done
the
beautiful
hand
of
God
will
say
no
more
because
God
is
in
control
so
here's
what
I
choose
I
will
choose
to
believe
the
Bible
I
will
choose
to
believe
the
Bible
over
news
reports
I
will
choose
to
believe
the
Bible
over
politicians
and
I
will
choose
to
believe
the
Bible
even
over
the
deceitfulness
of my
own
heart
that
wants
me
to be
afraid
about
tomorrow
but
I
can
be
confident
in
Christ
verse
nine
one
of the
most
beautiful
passages
in
all
of
scripture
9
through
14
it
says
as I
looked
thrones
were
placed
and the
ancient
of days
took
his
seat
his
clothing
was
white
as
snow
and
the
hair
of
his
head
like
pure
wool
his
throne
was
what
was
fiery
flames
its
wheels
were
burning
fire
a
stream
of
fire
issued
and
came
out
from
before
him
a
thousand
thousands
served
him
and
ten
thousand
times
ten
thousand
stood
before
him
the
court
sat
in
judgment
and
the
books
the
books
of
judgment
were
opened
I
looked
then
because
of the
sound
of
great
words
that
the
horn
was
speaking
and
as
I
looked
the
beast
was
killed
and
his
body
destroyed
and
given
over
to be
burned
with
fire
as
for the
rest
of the
beast
their
dominion
was
taken
away
but
their
lives
were
prolonged
for a
season
of
time
I
saw
in the
night
visions
and
behold
with
the
clouds
of
heaven
there
came
one
like
a
son
of
man
and
he
came
to
the
ancient
of
days
and
was
presented
before
him
and
to
him
was
given
dominion
and
the
glory
and
a
kingdom
that
all
peoples
nations
and
languages
should
serve
him
and
his
dominion
is
an
everlasting
dominion
which
shall
not
pass
away
and
his
kingdom
one
that
shall
not
be
destroyed
maybe
my
points
today
are
a little
repetitive
maybe
we could
cut
them out
and copy
and paste
them
and they'd
be the
same
but
I think
it's
a reminder
for us
of God's
control
so point
number
two
is
God
is
sovereign
over
plans
God
is
sovereign
over
plans
in this
scene
in scene
two
Daniel
sees
the throne
room
he
first
sees
the
ancient
of
days
this
is
God
the
father
he
is
the
ancient
of
days
because
he
is
before
time
and
he
is
eternal
he
says
that
I
read
Tony
Marita
said
that
he
is
eternal
but
not
old
he
is
wise
but
not
senile
he
is
a
big
God
bigger
than
Daniel
realized
and
bigger
than
the
petty
beast
kingdoms
of
this
world
the
symbolism
that
is
given
of
him
is
the
symbolism
of
white
and
fire
both
describe
his
holiness
his
wisdom
his
purity
his
judgment
and
thousands
upon
thousands
upon
thousands
are
before
him
then
in
verse
11
we
see
that
the
small
horn
the
antichrist
is
still
speaking
still
bragging
still
boasting
of
himself
and
the
ancient
of
days
takes
him
out
and
then
verse
13
through
14
let me
reread
them
this
will
be
the
third
time
that
we
read
them
today
and
I
saw
in
the
night
visions
and
behold
with
clouds
of
heaven
there
came
one
like
a
son
of
man
and
he
came
to
the
ancient
of
days
and
was
presented
before
him
and
to
him
was
given
dominion
and
glory
in a
kingdom
that
all
peoples
nations
and
languages
serve
him
his
dominion
is
an
everlasting
dominion
which
shall
not
pass
away
and
his
kingdom
one
that
shall
not
be
destroyed
so
here's
what
Daniel
sees
Daniel
sees
someone
coming
Daniel
sees
someone
coming
described
as
like a
son
of
man
but
the
son
of
man
is not
like
everyone
else
has
come
before
that
he
comes
into
the
throne
room
on
a
cloud
of
heaven
and
here's
what
this
would
have
meant
in
the
imagery
that
the
one
who's
coming
the
one
who's
like
the
son
of
man
is
divine
and
he
comes
into
the
presence
of
the
ancient
of
days
folks
say
hello
to
Jesus
say
hello
to
Jesus
is
referred
to
time
and
time
again
in
the
New
Testament
by
different
names
son
of
God
prince
of
peace
we
see
all
of
these
things
Emmanuel
but
the
son
of
man
is
the
title
that
he
most
often
gives
himself
I
believe
81
times
in
the
New
Testament
that
it's
recorded
that
Jesus
says
I
am
the
son
of
man
and
so
the
lunacy
that
people
say
that
Christ
does
not
even
claim
his
own
divinity
is
just
stupid
Daniel
7
says
that
there's
someone
like
a
son
of
man
who
comes
on
a
cloud
in
divine
nature
and
that
the
kingdom
is
handed
over
to
him
Jesus
says
I'm
the
son
of
man
and
we
can
look
at
the
end
times
and
not
hide
with
fear
we
can
look
at
the
end
of
times
and
not
worry
because
for
the
fourth
time
I
want
to
read
verse
14
and
to
him
was
given
dominion
and
glory
and a
kingdom
that
all
people
that
all
nations
that
all
languages
that
every
people
tribe
and
tongue
should
serve
him
and
unlike
the
pettiness
of the
kingdoms
that
will
come
before
him
that
his
dominion
is an
everlasting
dominion
which
shall
not
pass
away
and
his
kingdom
one
that
shall
not
be
destroyed
folks
treaties
are made
to be
broken
governments
are made
to fall
earthly
rulers
will come
to an
end
but
Jesus
Christ
rules
over
a
kingdom
that
will
never
be
destroyed
and
I
don't
care
what
picture
Hollywood
politicians
this
world
the
deceitfulness
of our
hearts
the
appeal
of
Satan
wants
to
portray
the
truth
of
God's
word
is a
kingdom
is given
to him
and to
him
alone
folks
God's
in
control
God's
in
control
it's
hard
when we
look at
the
circumstances
of this
world
to see
that
but
what
would
happen
if we
stopped
reading
scripture
through
the
filter
of
this
world
and
we
started
looking
at
this
world
through
the
filter
of
scripture
it
doesn't
mean
we
have
to
like
what's
going
on
doesn't
mean
that
we
have
to
be
happy
about
what's
going
on
but
we
can
know
that
God
is
control
that
God
is
sovereign
over
plans
and
that
God
himself
has
a
plan
and
it
will
unfold
God
so
look at
verses
15
through
28
read
all
of
this
last
bit
as
for me
Daniel
my
spirit
within
me
was
anxious
and
the
visions
of
my
head
alarmed
me
I
approached
one of
those
who
stood
there
and
asked
him
the
truth
concerning
all
of
this
so
he
told
me
and
made
known
to
me
the
interpretations
of
things
these
four
great
beasts
or
four
kings
who
shall
arise
out
of
the
earth
but
the
saints
of
the
most
high
shall
receive
the
kingdom
and
possess
the
kingdom
forever
and
amen
then
I
desired
to
know
the
truth
about
the
fourth
beast
which
was
different
from
all
the
rest
exceedingly
terrifying
with
its
teeth
of
iron
and
claws
of
bronze
and
which
devoured
and
broke
in
pieces
and
stamped
what
was
left
with
his
feet
and
about
the
ten
horns
that
were
on
its
head
and
the
other
horn
that
came
up
and
before
which
three
of
them
fell
and
the
horns
that
had
eyes
and
a
mouth
spoke
great
things
and
that
seemed
greater
than
its
companions
as
I
looked
this
horn
made
war
with
the
saints
and
prevailed
over
them
until
the
ancient
of
days
came
and
judgment
was
given
for
the
saints
of
the
most
high
and
the
time
came
when
the
saints
possessed
the
kingdom
thus
he
said
as
the
fourth
beast
there
shall
be
a
fourth
kingdom
on
earth
which
shall
be
different
from
all
the
kingdoms
and
it
shall
devour
the
whole
earth
and
trample
it
down
and
break
it
to
pieces
as
for
the
ten
horns
out
of
this
kingdom
ten
kings
shall
arise
and
another
shall
arise
after
them
he
shall
be
different
from
the
former
ones
and
shall
put
down
three
kings
he
shall
speak
words
against
the
most
high
and
shall
wear
out
the
saints
of
the
most
high
and
shall
think
to
change
the
times
and
the
law
and
they
shall
be
given
into
his
hand
for
a
time
times
and
a
half
time
but
the
court
shall
sit
in
judgment
and
his
dominion
shall
be
taken
away
to
be
consumed
and
destroyed
to
the
end
and
the
kingdom
and
the
dominion
and
the
greatness
of
the
kingdoms
under
the
whole
heaven
shall
be
given
to
the
people
of
the
saints
of
the
most
high
his
kingdom
shall
be
everlasting
shall
be an
everlasting
kingdom
and
all
dominions
shall
serve
and
obey
him
here's
the
end
of
the
matter
as
for
me
Daniel
my
thoughts
greatly
alarmed
me
and
my
color
changed
but
I
kept
the
matter
in
my
heart
lastly
folks
judgment
is
coming
every
sin
every
moment
of
evil
every
wickedness
of the
heart
of
man
will
face
judgment
every
moment
of
injustice
that
hurts
at our
core
will be
judged
every
part
of it
and
what
we
find
hope
in
the
people
of
God
is
that
God
is
sovereign
over
judgment
imagine
as Daniel
sees all
of this
and
Daniel
is shaken
up
Daniel
is shaken
up
now remember
he faced
earthly death
of what we
see two
different times
and he's
okay
he's able
to sleep
through it
he's able
to eat
through it
like he's
fine
but this
gets to
him
this
gets to
him
and it
speaks
to
what
will
happen
and what
will
take
place
and it's
not
easy
it's
not
easy
to
be
hard
it
will
be
difficult
but here
are the
things
that we
can
draw
from
that we
can
begin
to
find
in
the
midst
of
all
of
this
what
God
is
working
and
doing
that there
will
be
earthly
kingdoms
and they
will
rule
for a
while
there
will
be
men
rulers
who
are
wicked
who
will
rise
up
who
will
wage
war
who
will
look
to
destroy
and
then
there's
the little
horn
who
will
make
war
with
the
saints
and
even
in
experience
a season
of victory
over
them
but
praise
God
that
verse
26
says
but the
court
shall
sit
in
judgment
every
deed
of
the
heart
to
be
judged
every
moment
of
wickedness
that's
there
every
account
that
man
must
make
and
praise
God
that
in
judgment
praise
God
that
in
the
difficulty
of this
world
praise
God
in the
limitations
and the
sinfulness
of man
that
those
who put
their
faith
and hope
and trust
in
Christ
will be
found
innocent
not
because
of what
we
did
but
because
of what
he's
done
and
the
kingdom
and the
dominion
and the
greatness
of
kingdoms
under
the
whole
heaven
shall be
given to
the people
of the
saints
of the
most
high
the
eternal
kingdom
and his
kingdom
shall be
an everlasting
kingdom
all
dominions
shall
serve
and obey
him
I get
it
the
thought
of the
world
that my
kids will
raise their
kids in
terrifies
me
the
thought
of the
world
that my
grandkids
will raise
their kids
in
terrifies
me
and so
the beauty
of God's
word
is he
brings us
back to
who
he
is
and
what
he
will do
in
closing
I want
to read
out of
this book
about
Daniel
written by
Danny
Akin
and I
want us
to put
our minds
not in a
state of
immediate
but in a
state of
eternal
I want
to set
our minds
in the
truth of
God's
word
that my
life and
your
life is
but a
vapor
that every
moment of
suffering is
real and
is painful
but it's
minuscule
compared to
the glory
of God
here's
what
Danny
Akin
says
at the
end of
his
thoughts
of
Daniel
7
mad men
like
Nero
are here
today
and gone
tomorrow
ruled
AD
54
to
68
lunatics
like
Adolf
Hitler
have a
reign of
terror
only for
a season
1933
to
1945
Antichrist
the
final ruler
emerging
from the
sea
will have
his day
but only
in three
and a
half
years
but in
marvelous
and striking
contrast
God's
kingdom
will be
an everlasting
kingdom
and all
rulers
will serve
him
and obey
him
they will
obey
the son
of man
this is
good news
and as
Daniel says
in verse
28
the end
of the
matter
battles
will be
lost
but the
war will
be won
when the
son of
man
comes
wow
what a
wonderful
and hope
giving promise
would you pray
with me
God in the
beauty of
who you
are
Lord
in what
you do
in the
sovereign
movement
of your
hand
God
could we
find rest
and that
you are
a God
who is
in
control
that you
were the
God
of
scripture
the
father
you are
the
ancient
of
days
Christ
is the
son of
man
that you
always
have
always
will
and
always
are
God
that you
were holy
that you
were good
that you
were wise
that you
were righteous
that you
were judge
that you
were justice
and God
in the
difficulty
and in
the
suffering
and in
the
pain
Lord
can we
celebrate
that one
day
it will
be no
more
that
his
kingdoms
and rules
of man
come
and go
and pass
that your
kingdom
will rule
for all
of eternity
it will
not come
to an
end
it will
not be
overthrown
God
you
open
your
arms
and you
welcome
us
out of
citizens
bought
and purchased
by the
blood of
Christ
given new
life
through the
power of
the
resurrection
so that
we
are
a
people
of
hope
God
I thank
you that
your word
says in
Revelation
21
then I
saw a
new heaven
and a
new earth
for the
first heaven
and the
first earth
had passed
away
and the
sea was
no more
and I
saw the
holy city
new
Jerusalem
coming down
out of
heaven
from God
prepared as
a bride
adorned
for her
husband
and I
heard a
loud voice
from the
throne
saying behold
the dwelling
place of
God is
with man
he will
dwell with
them and
they will
be his
people
and God
himself will
be with
them as
their God
he will
wipe away
every tear
from their
eyes and
death shall
be no more
neither shall
there be
mourning nor
crying nor
pain anymore
for the
former things
have passed
away
God when
this world
tries to
rip from
us
the joy
the hope
for a
future
a future
that is
not
temporary
but a
future
that is
eternal
a future
with all
of the
saints
gathered
around
the throne
a future
with all
of the
saints
in
eternity
set
with you
that our
faith isn't
thought but
our faith
is sight
and God
may we be
people
who speak
to the
hope
that is
found
in Christ
and Christ
alone
and may
we share
his message
with those
who do not
know him
and it's in
Jesus name
we pray
that's it
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week's
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