957 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 1 Book 80 - Daniel Part 3 - 1

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 80 DANIEL – PART III - 1 Daniel 4:26 – 7:8 Okay, good to have everybody in this afternoon. It’s another beautiful day in Tulsa. For those of you out in television, we want to welcome you to another Bible study. We are so thrilled at the response that you are learning to use your own Bibles and you’re getting an understanding of things you never had before. What else could we ask for? We just praise the Lord for it. Again, we want to thank everyone (you in here, as well as our audience) for your prayers and your financial help; and that we can just continue to reach more and more folks with the truth, we trust, of God’s Word. All right, we’re going to continue right on where we left off in our last program, which was a few weeks ago when we finished taping. But nevertheless, we’re going to pick right up in our next verse, which would be Daniel chapter 4 verse 24. Daniel chapter 4 verse 24. Now remember, we were just looking at the dream that ol’ Nebuchadnezzar had concerning a huge tree. And the tree was supplying everything of the needs of not only humans but the animals and the birds. And it was to be interpreted, again, by his little Jew, Daniel—who had already interpreted an earlier dream. So Daniel comes to his rescue once again. Daniel 4:24a “This is the interpretation, O King, and this is the decree of the most High,…” Now, I’ve got to stop there a minute again. Remember, this is the term of deity that we see throughout the Book of Daniel, because it is dealing with Gentile subjects. And to the Gentile, He was the Most High God. And as I pointed out in one of our previous programs, to the Nation of Israel He was the LORD. He was the God of Abraham, but primarily Jehovah was the name that Israel understood as the God of Abraham. But here, concerning these Gentile kings, the term the Most High, or the Most High God, is the prevalent one. All right, now you come to verse 25. Here comes the interpretation of that dream of a great tree. Daniel 4:25 “That they shall drive thee (that is Nebuchadnezzar) from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, (seven years will go by) till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.” Now this is something that is hard for even those of us who are believers to comprehend, that God puts evil men in places of authority. But we’re not to question it. In fact, a thought just comes to me. Keep your hand in Daniel. We’ll be right back. Jump all the way up to Romans chapter 13 where the Apostle Paul is making the same claim. Romans chapter 13, and let’s start at verse 1. Because when we look back at history, and we look at men like Hitler, you mean, he was there by God’s ordaining? Yes! Absolutely! If God wouldn’t have wanted Hitler to rule, He would have gotten rid of him long before he got old enough to even aspire for office. But see, here’s how the Apostle Paul puts it for us even today—Romans 13 starting at verse 1. Romans 13:1 “Let every soul (or every person) be subject unto the higher powers. (And he’s not talking about the powers of God. He’s talking about powers of human government.) For there is no power (no government, no emperor) but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” Isn’t that something? Every ruler is there by God’s design. Verse 2: Romans 13:2 “Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves condemnation.” Now here, of course, is the way we normally look at government. They are to be benevolent, and they are to be for our good. Romans 13:3-4a “For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. (In other words, it’s the law breaker who should fear government.) Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, (In other words, be a good citizen.) and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4. For he (the leader, the emperor, the king, the president) is the minister of God to thee for good.…” Now, that’s hard to swallow, isn’t it? But that’s the scriptural concept, and we have to leave it at that. All right, come back to Daniel. Again, Daniel is interpreting the dream of this pagan King Nebuchadnezzar. All right, verse 25 again: Daniel 4:25a “That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen,…” In other words, he’s going to be out there like a wild animal for seven years. What’s the purpose? To teach that king a royal lesson, because he’s been so pompous. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible