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God revealed the interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar's dream: 25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I
have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,
Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot
the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; 28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar
what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; 29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter:
and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. 30But
as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall
make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. 31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent,
stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. 32This
image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, 33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that
were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35Then
was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became
a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 36This is
the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 37Thou,
O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath
he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass,
which shall bear rule over all the earth. 40And the
fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh
all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. 41And
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall
be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong,
and partly broken. 43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed
with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as
iron is not mixed with clay. 44And in the days of these
kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other
people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake
in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should
offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. 47The king
answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets,
seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. We know historically that the third kingdom (of brass)
was Greece, and the fourth kingdom is, therefore, Rome. We are still in the era of the Roman empire. A
number of web sites, or writers, say the globalists have divided the world, or New World Order, into 10 regions. This
would correspond to the ten toes of the image in chapter 2 and ten horns and ten kings in chapter 7. Verses
40-44 show that things will be horrific in the later stages of this era. In verse 45, "the
stone was cut out of the mountain without hands" is Jesus Christ. Daniel chapter 7 reveals,
again, these four kingdoms, but from Daniel's perspective as a man of God, and thus God's viewpoint, rather than from Nebuchadnezzar's
viewpoint, as in chapter 2: 1In the first year of Belshazzar
king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the
matters. 2Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold,
the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. 3And four great
beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 4The first was like
a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made
stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 5And behold
another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. 6After
this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four
heads; and dominion was given to it. 7After this I saw in the night visions,
and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake
in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it
had ten horns. 8I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among
them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn
were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. 9I beheld
till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head
like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 10A
fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11I beheld
then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed,
and given to the burning flame. 12As concerning the rest of the beasts,
they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 13I
saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of
days, and they brought him near before him. 14And there was given him dominion,
and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 15I
Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 16I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and
made me know the interpretation of the things. 17These great beasts, which
are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 18But the
saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. 19Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding
dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
his feet; 20And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other
which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose
look was more stout than his fellows. 21I beheld, and the same horn made
war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22Until the Ancient of
days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:
and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27And the kingdom and dominion,
and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 28Hitherto
is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept
the matter in my heart. Note: The New Testament book of Revelation, chapters 12, 13, and 17 speak of
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Demononic involvement is apparent, especially in the latter stages of the fourth empire. Chapter 2 verse 43 -- obviously the "they" are not humans, since they "mingle" themselves
with "seed of men." In Chapter 7, verses 8 and 24-26 speak of a "little horn"
that shall do great exploits, obviously beyond the ability of ordinary men. Again, both passages
show that the main player in the fouth kingdom will be savage toward God, his people, and toward civilization in general. Satan is the ultimate power behind this great evil. We see his destruction of the nations in Isaiah 14. In Isaiah chapter 14 we see into the future regarding Satan, termed here, "King of Babylon:" 4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,
and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that
ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. 9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee,
even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak
as we? art thou become like unto us? 11Thy
pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how
art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16They that see thee shall narrowly
look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17That made the world as a wilderness,
and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and
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Other Scripture passages show this demon - human involvement. Genesis
6: 1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them, 2That
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his
days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4There were
giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually. 6And it repented
the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Plainly, the offspring
produced by these unions shows these are not ordinary human - human ones. They are demon (fallen angel) - human unions. "Sons
of God" are mentioned in the King James Bible in: Job 1:6: Now there
was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job
2:1: Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. Job 6-7: 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof; 7When the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy? The contexts indicate that these "Sons of
God" are angels, and in the case of Satan and Genesis 6, these are fallen angels. It is suggested
by some that the heavily built, Neanderthals, which are now thought to have been contemporary with modern man, are the"giants,"
or "mighty men, which were of old, men of renown," spoken of in Genesis 6:4 above. The
New Testament book of Jude mentions God's severe discipline against such angels (verse 6). Also
note we are to beware of humans who oppose God and/or subvert his purposes. 1Jude,
the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ,
and called: 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of
the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the saints. 4For there are
certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our
God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved
the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved
in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange
flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil
he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute
beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe
unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the
gainsaying of Core. 12These are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds;
trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness
of darkness for ever. 14And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling
words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17But,
beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own
ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves,
sensual, having not the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building
up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep
yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23And
others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise
God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Psalm
2: 1Why do the heathen rage, and
the people imagine a vain thing? 2The kings of the earth
set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Regarding
verse 2 -- one should ask why the "Kings" ARE NOT THE RULERS. Why are the "rulers"
mentioned separately from the "kings". As the Daniel passages lead us to see, demons are
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We may take complete comfort in the prophesies of Daniel, that God will win and we will be
victorious, and will bring us, who believe and trust in Jesus Christ, through safely. Daniel
7: 21I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them; 22Until the Ancient of
days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume
and to destroy it unto the end. 27And the kingdom and dominion,
and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Jude assures us
that true believers in Jesus Christ will be preserved, blamlessly. 24Now unto him that
is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. |
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