Title: Eternal Kingdom / Dan 2:24-45
Content Dan 2:24-45
Title: Eternal Land
1. We are now interested in the strange dream of the century that King Nebuchadnezzar had. A dream is something everyone dreams, but everyone has a weird dream.
2. Daniel met a new opportunity in his life through a dream. They were lucky enough to receive immediate answers to their prayers. However, not all of Daniel's prayers are answered. Prayers that conform to God's will will be answered. In fact, the will of man is to sin and to enmity with God, so it would be much more advantageous to not respond.
3. Daniel got the contents of the king's dream and an interpretation of the dream by answering his prayer. What is it?
I. Only God knows everything (24-30).
A. Don't kill vague people.
1. Because of the king's dream, all the magicians of Babylon were doomed to death. However, it was impossible for them to find out about the dream with their power.
2. Daniel stopped the executions against them first. But if you think otherwise, you could argue that they are idolaters and should be left to die. But Daniel thought their execution was unfair.
3. We need ethical legitimacy. It is important whether we will define all people of other religions as demons or see them as brothers of God who will return someday.
4. Even if such a definition was not made, the magicians in front of Daniel's eyes were suffering an unfair death. Unjust death for any cause is not God's will. They should not take for granted an unfair death because of their religion.
5. After all, the king's problem was to be solved only by God. Therefore, they are not responsible. But more importantly, get them to acknowledge the greatness of Jehovah. Therefore, they must live. They must admit to themselves that they worshiped vanity. This is to praise the Lord.
B. Only God knows.
1. The king's dream was a secret. It wasn't something humans knew. The king's dream was for the future.
2. No one knows about the future. Neither the demons nor the humans. only God knows However, there are people in the world who advertise that it tells the future. What's more, there are pathetic people looking for them. There are even priests. need to calm down
3. If it was something that people could know, the magicians of Babylon would have figured it out. It was proved to them that man could not find God by his own strength.
II. There are countries that perish and those that do not (31-45).
A. A great statue was standing there.
1. There were several conditions that could attract people's attention.
1) He was very tall.
2) There was a flashing brilliance.
3) Each part of the body has different materials.
2. It was a god with great power, but it was also destroyed. This is because a stone that was blown from somewhere destroyed the huge statue.
B. It symbolized the various countries of the world.
1. Every part of the body symbolized the various countries of this world. At that time, Nebuchadnezzar was the king of an empire that ruled many countries. His presence seemed to shine like the pure gold of the world.
2. Various materials such as silver, brass, and iron are appearing. But in the end, all these countries collapsed.
3. People pursue vanity and are investing their whole lives in building a ruined country. So I try to catch all the good things I see. But none of them are unbreakable.
4. Sometimes they lie and steal in groups to achieve their goals. It breaks the law and makes people uncomfortable. I feel a sense of remorse, but I am not engrossed in it. Because it has to achieve its purpose. How cruel is this?
5. But nothing can keep the whole. In the end it just collapses. It also collapsed in vain. It collapsed on a stone that had been blown from a place that I did not know where it was coming from.
C. There is an eternal kingdom.
1. Only the kingdom of God is eternal. No matter how hard the humans struggled, they piled up everything on the ground, but they all collapsed. Ancient Rome was also destroyed. The communist Lenin's Soviet Union also collapsed.
2. Everything we have accomplished by means and methods will not exceed 100 years in the end. They melt like snow in the sun.
3. Now, let's build a house in an eternal country with unchanging materials. It is a house built with righteousness, benevolence and God. This house is the only house we will build.