Good Morning! - Daniel 7:15-18 - The Saints Take the Kiongdom - 2009.12-14

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body,

 

and the visions of my head troubled me. I 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. These great beasts, which are four, are four

 

kings, which shall arise out of the earth.  But the saints of

 

the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever (Daniel 7:15-18).

 

Pictured here are a painting of the Tower of Babel done in 1563, by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, and a photo of the new European Union Parliament Building in Europe (Strasbourg, France).  The new EU building was finished and inaugurated December 14, 1999. The Parliament meets in this building every month for four days or so. Was it designed to look unfinished like the Tower of Babel or is that coincidental? 

 

Daniel was grieved in his spirit because of what he saw in his vision. Why was Daniel grieved in his spirit and modern Christians barely notice that Daniel had such a dream? He was troubled by what he saw and we are not troubled by what we see even if we read about. Am I wrong about this? Am I being unfair? He was so troubled that he asked one of them that stood by about the truth of all that he saw.  Does it ever bother you that the words of Daniel are revealing the blueprint of the end-time that we are in the edge of? Do you really think it's going to be five hundred years before the coming of the Lord to set up His World Kingdom? And does it sober your mind to realize that His coming for the present saints will be at least seven years before He comes to earth to reign?

 

Does it really come home to you that a big part of the Christmas message is that Jesus is coming back to earth to rule the world from Jerusalem? We seem to have missed a big part of something about Christmas when we get riled up over Christmas trees and holiday trees. Mind you, I don't like the idea of merchants taking Christmas money and hijacking the day of Christ's birth, whenever that was.  But Santa Claus had hijacked a big part of Christmas a long time before our current flap over Christmas trees.  I have been around several years now and I don't remember anybody taking time to explain what the message to Mary meant about her baby sitting on the throne of David in Jerusalem or about the prophecies of Isaiah that talked about his running a world government.

 

If the saints of the most High are going to take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever and ever, who are they going to take it from? If the above European Parliament Building in Strasbourg, France happens to be the seat of the prevailing world government when Christ returns to the earth to reign, you may be looking at one of the buildings Christ will take over when He comes. Remember that Seat #666 is currently unassigned in this building as well as in the older European Parliament Building in Brussels, Belgium.  The Word of God says this:

 

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six (Revelation 13:16-18).

 

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth (Daniel 7:17) . Here we have a historical summary of the kingdoms and their kings and all the influence they have brought to bear upon human history—being subdued by the servants of the Most High God.

 

Nebuchadnezzar, together with his kingdom of Babylon, was represented by the head of gold and the two-winged lion. Alexander the Great, synonymous with the Graeco-Macedonian Empire, is depicted by both the sides of brass and a panther. These wild beasts of prey, with their carnivorous and voracious natures, are representative of the character of both the king and the kingdom  (McGee).

These saints are a mixture of all of God's saints. If we suffer, we shall also reign with him…. (2Timothy 2:12)

 

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years (Revelation 20:4).

 

Memory Verses for this week:

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a

dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that

which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt

call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins (Matthew 1:20-21).

 

Digging Deeper

 

The messages to Mary in Luke 1:32,33 and to Joseph in Matthew 1:21 are different. The message to Mary is that her baby will reign upon the throne of David forever. The message to Joseph is that Mary's baby will save his people from their sins….a reigning king and a suffering savior. There is no contradiction. Jesus was born to die for the sins of the world and also to reign upon the throne of David forever.

 

 

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