Today we will continue our reading of the Life-Study of Daniel (see program detail here).
The title of message 6 is “THE VICTORY OF THE YOUNG DESCENDANTS OF GOD’S DEGRADED ELECT OVER SATAN’S FURTHER DEVICES (4) OVER THE COVERING THAT HINDERS PEOPLE FROM SEEING THE RULING OF THE HEAVENS BY THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS.”
This message covers Daniel 4 and the main sections in this message are:
I. NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S PRAISE CONCERNING GOD
II. NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S TESTIMONY
A. Seeing a Dream, and the Magicians and Chaldeans Not Being Able to Interpret It
B. Daniel Coming In to Interpret the Dream
III. DANIEL’S INTERPRETATION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
A. Daniel Being Appalled and Alarmed
B. The Great Tree Signifying Nebuchadnezzar
C. A Watcher, a Holy One, Coming Down from Heaven and Saying That the Tree Should Be Cut Down
IV. DANIEL’S COUNSEL TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR
V. THE FULFILLMENT OF THE DREAM COMING UPON NEBUCHADNEZZAR
A. Nebuchadnezzar’s Word as He Walked upon the Roof of the Royal Palace of Babylon
B. A Voice from Heaven Telling Nebuchadnezzar That the Kingdom Had Passed On from Him
VI. NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S RETURN TO NORMALITY AND HIS TESTIMONY
A. At the End of These Days Nebuchadnezzar Lifting Up His Eyes to Heaven, and His Reason Returning to Him
B. Nebuchadnezzar Blessing the Most High and Praising and Honoring the Ever-living One
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“the Most High is the Ruler over the kingdom of men”
The heavens do rule. The heavens rule for the carrying out of God’s economy. Daniel and his companions were victorious over the covering that hinders people from seeing the ruling of the heavens by the God of the heavens. Just as these overcomers maintained their vision in their vital group, so we must in the the Body of Christ.
I was touched that God gave Nebuchadnezzar 12 months to repent after Daniel’s exhortation. It seems that, while the Lord is working in us to help us see our true condition, He is very gentle and long-suffering toward us. Eventually we realize that we are not a gentleman, but a beast.