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The Layman and His Bible
Prophecy of the Next World Empire
The aim of this study is to establish confidence in the Scripture and show that there is no need for private interpretation part 2.
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17 For
he received from God the Father honour and glory, when
there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1 And
in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was
troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then
the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for
to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood
before the king.
3 And
the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my
spirit was troubled to know the dream.
5 The
king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is
gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the
dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut
in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But
if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye
shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour:
therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation
thereof.
7 They
answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants
the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8 The
king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye
would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone
from me.
9 But
if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is
but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and
corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be
changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know
that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 The
Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is
not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's
matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler,
that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer,
or Chaldean.
11 And
it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is
none other that can shew it before the king, except the
gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 For
this cause the king was angry and very furious, and
commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And
the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain;
and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Then
Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the
captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to
slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 He
answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is
the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the
thing known to Daniel.
16 Then
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would
give him time, and that he would shew the king the
interpretation.
17 Then
Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 That
they would desire mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows
should not perish with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon.
19 Then
was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision.
Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for
ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 And
he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth
kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He
revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is
in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 I
thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers,
who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known
unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now
made known unto us the king's matter.
24
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had
ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and
said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon:
bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the
king the interpretation.
25 Then
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.
26 The
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?
27
Daniel 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;
29 As
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.
30 But
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.
31
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood
before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This
image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms
of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His
legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou
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.
35 Then
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.
36 This
is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation
thereof before the king.
37
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven
hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and
glory.
29 Then
commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with
scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and
made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be
the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 In
that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans
slain.
31 And
Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about
threescore and two years old.
Daniel 8 : 20,
21, 23-25
20 The
ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of
Media and Persia.
23 And
in the latter time of their kingdom, when the
transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall
stand up.
24 And
his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and
he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and
practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy
people.
2 And
this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of
Syria.
3 And
all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and
lineage of David:
45
Forasmuch 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.
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