Today is the second reading day of our third week in the Life-Study of Daniel (see program detail here).
The title of message 10 is “THE VISIONS OF THE OVERCOMING DANIEL (1) – THE VISION CONCERNING THE FOUR BEASTS OUT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (2)”
This message covers Daniel 7 with the following sections:
III. GOD AND HIS UNIVERSAL DOMINION
A. Thrones Being Set and the Ancient of Days Sitting Down
B. His Throne Being Flames of Fire
C. Thousands of Thousands Ministering to Him
D. The Court of Judgment Sitting
IV. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN—CHRIST
A. Christ Coming Like a Son of Man with the Clouds of Heaven
B. Coming to the Ancient of Days and Being Brought Near before Him
C. To Him Being Given Dominion, Glory, and a Kingdom, That All the Peoples, Nations, and Languages Might Serve Him
D. Coming as a Stone Cut Out without Hands to Strike the Great Human Image
E. Becoming a Great Mountain
F. Christ’s Coming Terminating the Entire Human Government and Bringing In the Eternal Kingdom of God
G. The Book of Daniel Bearing a Particular Characteristic
1. The Cutting Off of Messiah
2. The Upcoming Appearing of Christ
3. The Seventy Weeks
V. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VISION
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In His first coming, Christ terminated God’s first problem, the old creation. He sowed Himself as a kingdom seed into us, His believers, thus germinating the new creation. In His second coming, Christ as the God-cut stone will terminate God’s second problem, human government, by crushing the great human image at its ten toes of iron and clay.
Today, we are very near those ten toes. But we are not only those in the physical realm, but spiritually we have this kingdom seed growing, maturing, increasing in us. May we be those cooperating with the King in our spirit so that we become His Bride, His increase and thus can be those who come back with Him to rule with Him for a thousand years.
We are now in the second major section in the book of Daniel. Daniel chapters 7-12 cover the visions of the overcoming Daniel. Through his vision we can see the nature and progression of human government. In his seeing, we also may see Christ in His first and second coming. When Christ came the first time, “Paul tells us that Christ’s death terminated the old creation, for our old man was crucified with Him (Rom 6:6). This termination of the old creation is for the germination of the new creation. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul says, ‘if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.’… This new creation is the church.” In His second coming, Christ will come as the stone cut without hands to crush the great human image. “As the stone cut without hands, Christ will become a great mountain (a great kingdom—the eternal kingdom of God) and will fill the whole earth forever and ever.”
In the sight of God, Christ received the kingdom immediately after His ascension.
In the Lord’s first coming, He terminated the age of the old creation to bring in the new creation.
In His second coming, Christ will deal with His second problem- human government to issue in the eternal kingdom of God.
“We need to have a clear view concerning chapter seven of Daniel. This chapter covers a vast span—from Babylon, the first beast, to the new heaven and new earth. If we have such a clear view, we will know where we are today with respect to the parts of the great human image. I believe that we are close to the time of the ten toes.”
I didn’t know that Daniel 7 was so crucial until I read this message :).
“The cumulative culture of all the empires signified by the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, and the clay will be crushed by this stone.”
Our trust is not in human government, but in Christ the crushing stone.
…the Ancient of Days is still on the throne.