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34. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

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Daniy'el Chapter 2
Earth's History and Future Foretold

Daniy'el 2

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
Panorama Of Human History

Daniy'el | The Man, the Prophet

The Prophet, Daniy'el, was a Yahuwdiy prince in the palace in Yerushalayim, who lived about 600 years before the birth of YaHuWshuaH haMashiyach. When he was about fifteen years of age, everything in his life changed abruptly. The city, Yerushalayim, was besieged and fell to the enemy. He was taken prisoner by the Babylonians in 606 BC. The king of Babylon was Nebuchadnezzar, an absolute monarch by whose word men lived or died. However, he revealed his administrative wisdom by selecting some of the princes in the palace of Yerushalayim, leaving them alive, and took them back to Babylon. There, he treated them very well, educated them in Babylonian schools, and gained their loyalty. It was then his plan to send them back to their home country to rule over their own countrymen to exact the tributes required. He intended these young princes should have no other loyalty to any other living person than himself. To accomplish this, these young princes, including Daniy'el, were castrated so they could have no family, no wife, nor children; but were to serve only their king, Nebuchadnezzar, all of their lives. So young Daniy'el became a eunuch in the courts of Babylon.

Daniy'el was taught from his youth, to worship only the true Elohiym, the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, and to observe all the laws of Elohiym that had been given through Mosheh. Although he faithfully served Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, his first allegiance and worship was to the Elohiym of Heaven. Many of the stories in the book of Daniy'el reveal his fidelity to Elohiym. In turn, Elohiym delivered and rewarded him, and his faithful friends, time after time. This is the great spiritual lesson for us in the book of Daniy'el. Daniy'el was but a youth when brought to Babylon, but he lived all through the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and even through the reign of his grandson, Belshazzar, at which time Babylon was conquered by the Medo-Persians. Not only did Daniy'el hold a high position in the courts of Babylonian kings, but also stood next to the kings of Medo-Persia because he was known as a Prophet, respected for his great wisdom, and held high offices of state by the providence of Elohiym.

Daniy'el wrote the book of Daniy'el to record his remarkable life experiences of deliverance and the excellent rewards for his fidelity to Elohiym and to the kings. For two thousand five hundred years these stories have delighted children and all other age groups.

Daniy'el reveals in his book that he was undeviating in his allegiance to live according to all the laws and statutes of the Elohiym of Heaven. He ordered his life-style, even in the face of mortal danger, to adhere to all the counsels of Elohiym in regard to diet, to the rituals of worship, in prioritizing all aspects of life, always putting Elohiym and His requirements first. Daniy'el is an example to us and especially the youth today.

Daniy'el | Nature of the Book

What is the "nature" of the book of Daniy'el? The book of Daniy'el is classified as "Prophecy". There are many who use the word "Prophecy" to refer to fortune telling, the work of psychics, channelers, and occult predictions. The word, "Prophecy" may be used to describe the practice in some churches of speaking in tongues. None of these is the kind of "Prophecy" that is found in the book of Daniy'el. The word, "Prophecy" needs to be defined as it is seen in the book of Daniy'el.

Bible Prophecy | Definition

"Prophecy" is simply history written before it happens.

"History" is a written record of that which occurred in the past. "Prophecy" not only covers past events, but reveals and explains current events; and also reveals or describes future events. For emphasis, all before they happen. From our vantage point, once a 'Prophecy' is fulfilled, it becomes 'history' and 'historical'. No man can see into the future. Satan cannot see into the future. Occultism's pretense to foresee the future, is and has always been a very hollow pretense! Occultism depends on Satan, who cannot see the future, to tell them the future! How pathetic! Well, lacking the 'Spirit of Prophecy', they resort to guessing and fail more often than not. The Creator, Elohiym, who inhabits the Heavens and eternity sees the end of all things before they begin, and it is He who inspired Daniy'el the Prophet, to write the prophecies that are contained in the Book.

The "Major line" of Prophecy in the Book of Daniy'el

Daniy'el begins in Chapter 1 to describe historical events of his own day. (606 BC). But each additional chapter moves forward in time, in a methodical manner, outlining events which would occur until, in the last chapter, he describes events which will happen at the very end of this Earth's history. Therefore, it is understood that the book of Daniy'el is constructed on a "major line" of Prophecy which reaches from six hundred years before YaHuWshuaH haMashiyach until the very end of time.

In the one "major line" of Prophecy in the book, it is seen that there are actually, four 'prophetic Outlines'. These 'Outlines' are basically the very 'dreams' or 'visions' which the Prophet was given.

Here's YaHuWaH's challenge:

21. Produce your cause, says YaHuWaH; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Ya`aqov.
22. Let them bring them forth, and show us eth what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
23. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are elohiym: ...
24. Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooses you.

Book of Daniy'el | Purposes

The purpose of the four prophetic outlines in the book of Daniy'el were intended to give the people of Elohiym in every age a knowledge of where they are in the stream of time. None of the outlines tell the day and hour of the coming of YaHuWshuaH, but they throw a flood of light on events which transpire so that Elohiym's people may trace the past, pinpoint where they are in the present, and be warned in regard to that which will occur in the future.

The Purposes of the Prophecies in the book of Daniy'el and of all "Prophecy" in general, is rather simple, but fundamental. As YaHuWshuaH put it In YeshaYahuw 41:4:

In Yahuwchanon 8:28 KJV,

Finally, In Yahuwchanon 13:19 KJV

Four times, Elohiym permitted Daniy'el to see, in vision, the history of the world from his own day (606-538 BC) to the restoration of the kingdom of Elohiym on Earth. These four historic-prophetic Outlines trace the rise and fall of empires from 606 BC (about 600 years before haMashiyach) to our own day, and are therefore in the most, “history”. These Outlines continue to reveal future events, which make them “prophetic” too. Only the Creator, Elohiym of Heaven, is able to foresee the future and make 100 percent accurate revelations about future events.

He who Is Wisdom, didn't just pour forth a torrent of words. He gave them in a way that only Wisdom can. The perfect organization of the book; the choice of words; the literary chiasms and artistry; the sequence of events and their precision, embodied in the work, is stunning. Elohiym organized the book in a very orderly manner, forming Outlines, timelines, symbols and figures designed to protect the book from those to whom it is pointing accusing fingers. The 'Outline' nature of the Visions has a string of purposes.

The purpose of the four prophetic Outlines in the book of Daniy'el were intended to give the people of Elohiym in every age a knowledge of where they are in the stream of time. None of the Outlines tell the day and hour of the coming of YaHuWshuaH, but they throw a flood of light on events which will transpire so that Elohiym's people may trace the past, pinpoint where they are in the present, and be warned in regard to that which will occur in their future. It reveals their part and role in it.

There are other purposes which are met in the book of Daniy'el:

1. It reveals an omniscient Elohiym who can predict the future.
2. It reveals Elohiym's love and care for all who love Him and are obedient to His will.
3. It reveals seven great deliverances, some in the past, and others yet to come.
4. It focuses on character development of virtues such as fidelity, and trust in Elohiym.
5. It warns against counterfeit religion.
6. It explains the political rise and fall of great empires.
7. It describes events occurring in the Heavens.
8. It entertains and helps children to know that Elohiym is love.
9. It prepares the Bible student to understand the book of Revelation.
10. It brings historical events into focus so that we may see the Great Controversy between good and evil progressing toward a victorious end.

The Bible, from Bereshiyt (Genesis) to Chizayon (Revelation), reveals the fact that there is a great struggle going on between Elohiym and Satan to gain control of this Earth. Although Elohiym is the Creator and the rightful Owner, He gave the "dominion" or rulership of this Earth to Adam, who sadly, gave it over to Satan. Elohiym is therefore placed in a position to figure out a way to wrest the Earth back from Satan, legitimately. Mission, accomplished, when YaHuWshuaH celebrated victory on the Cross, crying out, "It is finished!" Satan lost the War.

And Elohiym said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion ...over all the Earth.

When Satan (embodied in a serpent), caused Adam to disobey Elohiym, Adam effectively chose Satan as his new master. In so doing, he gave over to Satan the dominion over the Earth which Elohiym gave him! However, it was Elohiym who gave Adam and all his descendants intelligence and the power of choice. It was this special gift that made the 'transaction' between Adam and Satan, possible. YaHuWshuaH haMashiyach, by His death at Calvary, purchased back from Satan the 'Dominion'.

It has been Satan's plan from the beginning to bring the entire world under his own control so that all mankind will worship him instead of the true Elohiym. He has tried many devices to establish a one-world government and by choice or by force to bring all mankind under his power and authority. His most effective device has been that of establishing a counterfeit form of worship.

Sun worship, was a counterfeit of the worship of the true Creator - Elohiym, and by the time of Daniy'el, it had encircled the world. Its extension into all cultures is evident by the pyramids of Egypt and Central America, by the remnants of Druid worship in England and the many temples all over the Earth. All the countries around Yashar'el were Sun worshipers, and enemies of Yashar'el who worshiped the true Elohiym of Heaven. Daniy'el was carried captive right into the midst of a Sun worshiping culture. Elohiym placed him and his faithful friends in the midst of Babylon to be representatives of the true Creator Elohiym. Through Daniy'el and his friends the knowledge of the true Creator Elohiym was to be spread to all the then known world, and preserved in the Bible even to our own day.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon intended that his empire and forms of Sun worship should exist as long as time would last. But Elohiym wanted His people to know the truth, as to how the "scepter of power and authority" or "sovereignty" or "dominion" would be transferred from one great empire to another, until at last, the kingdoms of this world would be restored to Elohiym's people.

The King Dreams

1. And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4. Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5. The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6. But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7. They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

8. The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9. But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream like we all do, and as he always did in the past. But, this time, he is restless, this dream must be understood. He could not make sense of it. He calls in his magicians and astrologers who always claimed to be in touch with the 'Elahin'. They should have the answer. But alas, they declined to have anything to do with this! But, the frauds that they are and have always been, tried to con the king by asking him to tell them the dream and they will interpret it. But, the king was wise. "Tell me the dream and its interpretation", only then will the king have confidence in the interpretation. By imposing a death sentence on all of them, the king utterly established man's and Satan's impotence as far as the future is concerned. Even in the face of death, they could not even guess! By their testimony, to your benefit and education, it is clear forever, that:

10. The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the Earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the elahin, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12. For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13. And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14. Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15. He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16. Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

YaHuWaH Reveals The Dream

17. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
19. That they would desire mercies of the Elah of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
20. Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the Elah of heaven.
21. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of Elah for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
22. And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
23. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
24. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou Elah of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

Nebuchadnezzar | Encounters Wisdom

27. Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28. But there is Elah in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29. As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30. But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31. Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

“This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. Daniy'el 2:33

34. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. (Daniel 2:34 KJV)
35. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole Earth.
36. This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

YaHuWaH The Interpreter

37. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the Elah of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon is the Head of Gold. The succeeding Metals - Silver, Bronze and Iron, therefore represent the successive empires following the fall of the Babylonian empire.

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the Earth.

The empires that succeeded the Babylonian empire are a historical fact, namely, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

Following the fall of the Greek Empire was the rise of no other than the Roman Empire. The mightiest of them all. Outstripping and outclassing all others in every particular. The fall of Rome saw the break up of the empire into ten nations which began warring against each other from the first. Some of them shall be strong and others weak but overall, a mixture of iron and clay will always be an unstable situation. That is the fact of the following scripture and the reality of today.

41. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

Europe, the Middle East and the Near East, today, the territory straddled by the ancient Roman empire is nothing but extremely unstable even though better today, after the cold war and the collapse of communism. The issues in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq and Syria, even Turkey; the Situation being precipitated by Russia's Putin causing misery in the Ukraine and elsewhere, is a testimony to Prophecy. As Iron and clay cannot be compatible, these nations will never cleave together regardless of the facts of the European Union, etc.

A New World Looms

And in the days of these kings shall the Elah of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

This New World will bring the 'New World Order' to an end! This is not the eternal new world, not at all. The eternal New World shall happen upon the Earth after the Third Coming of the Savior YaHuWshuaH.

Recruiting YaHuWaH's final Army | 144,000 Strong

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great Elah hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

Notice that this Dream has been based on symbols. The symbols in every case, representing something as assigned by Elohiym. As the Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron and Clay were all symbolic, representing empires, the Mountain and the Stone are also symbolic. But of what are they symbols? Whatever the meaning of these two symbols must be by the Word of YaHuWaH - the Bible alone.

Some History

The historical interpretation of the Prophecy of Daniy'el chapter two has habitually relieved Elohiym of the right and responsibility for interpreting this part of His own Word! We allowed Him to interpret the Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron and Clay but refused to allow him interpret the 'Mountain' and the 'Stone'! By us, this is unacceptable. What about you? Should men interpret Prophecy or should the Owner of Prophecy interpret it? In 2 Peter 1:20-21, Men are forbidden to attempt to interpret Prophecy. YaHuWaH is the Author of Prophecy. HE alone must interpret it. By usurping the right of interpretation, we concluded that the 'stone' represents the Second-Coming of YaHuWshuaH, our Redeemer! There is no where in the Bible where the Second-Coming is referred to as 'a Stone' or 'Stone'. None! Where then did the interpretation come from? It is just another one of those assumptions that have dogged Adventism. There is no where in the Spirit of Prophecy where this 'stone' is confirmed to represent the Savior or His Second-Coming! None. Now that we have rested that teaching, let us move forward to the most important message in the Prophecy of Daniy'el Chapter Two.

Laodicean Church Purified

The Mountain

[16]..., let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Yerushalayim, thy holy mountain:
[20]And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the YaHuWaH my Elohiym for the holy mountain of my Elohiym;

Thus saith YaHuWaH; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim: and Yerushalayim shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of YaHuWaH of hosts the holy mountain.

There is no doubt now that the symbolic Mountain, represents the Church. And, it represents the Church throughout history, but especially the Church, in existence at the time just prior to the Second-Coming. Revelation chapters 2 & 3 are very clear, it is the Church referred to as 'LAODICEA', THE SEVENTH CHURCH. Also in Revelation, the endtime Church is described as those 'who keep the Commandments of Elohiym and have the Testimony of YaHuWshuaH. A clear reference to the Church that arose from the 'bitterness' of Revelation chapter 10. It can be none other than the Laodicean church. The Laodicean church is the 'mountain' of Daniy'el 2.

The Stone

1 Kepha (Peter) 2:5 (KJV)
[5] Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, ... (ZekarYah 12:3) And in that day will I make Yerushalayim a burdensome stone ...

Yerushalayim - the Mountain disappears and Yerushalayim 'the Stone' survives it. A stone cut-out from the mountain is simply a sifted Church! Creating a remnant from the remnant. The final remnant. The Seventh Day Laodicean Church disappears and the Final Remnant made up of Adventists, survives! YaHuWaH Elohiym himself effects the separation. He sends His destroying Angels among Adventists and reduces the population to no more than 144000. See Yechezkiy'el Chapter 9
A stone cut-out of a Mountain is an infinitesimally small part of that Mountain. The 144000, is an infinitesimally small part of the Church today!

For the avoidance of every doubt, it is to be noted that when we say, that the "Mountain" is the Laodicean Church, we do so because the Bible says so. But, the Bible also makes clear that there are people whose names are not in the Laodicean Church's membership rolls, whom YaHuWaH reckons as members. Also there are thousands, nay millions, whom He does not reckon as members of the Remnant even though they dominate the pulpits and publications. Therefore, do not feel excluded, for Elohiym alone knows who are members of the spiritual Laodicean Church, the Remnant. You may be in the Methodist Denomination or wherever else today, when in fact by every metric, you are fully reckoned by YaHuWaH as one of the Remnant. None is here excluded by any means.

But the "Stone" does not remain stone-sized. The Bible is clear:

... And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and filled all the Earth.

The 'Stone' transforms into a great Mountain and fills the whole Earth. The transformation begins in the second victory of the 144000, in successfully implementing the 'Loud Cry', bringing in 'Multitudes' in the final wheat harvest. And, ultimately, they and this 'multitude' are joined by the Saints from Adam, in the 'first resurrection'. A 'great mountain' indeed. Glory! Halleluyah.

46. Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47. The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your Elah is Elah of elahin, and a Master of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

May we all join King Nebuchadnezzar, in worshiping the Master of Heaven and Earth and acknowledge His Sovereignty and omniscience. He has told us how stringent it is to make the 'cut' into His Kingdom so that we can hold higher the banner of righteousness and never diminish the standards here on Earth to our peril because, diminished on Earth cannot diminish the standards in Heaven.