LESSONS FROM DANIEL - #2
2:1-13 v.1 + 1:1 no contradiction (605-604, 604-603, 603-602 BC.)
God behind this dream.
v.4, to 7:28, Aramaic; 8:1 to end, Hebrew. Only God knows man’s
mind.
v.7-9, their admission; buying time.
v.10, true! But man thru’ God can! Phil. 4:13
v.11, are their gods impotent? have no ears?
2:14-23 v.14, Daniel’s manner of speaking.
v.18, song: “everything to God in prayer”
v. 19, reaction: bless God / source (Jas.1:17)
Be thankful and express it. Many don’t!
v.20-23, name = person. Thanks & praise!
2:24-30 v.25, “I”; v.26, “thou”; v.28,
“God”.
v.29, God’s grand scheme on the march.
v.30, Daniel sought no glory; God used him!
2:31-35 v.31-33, the colossal image, 4 parts
v.34, “without hands” = divine, not human, act
v.35, prominence now: the Messianic kingdom
2:36-45 v.37,great king / God’s grace,1Cor.15:10
v.38, “He made thee gold” = God did it!
v.39, Medo-Persia, 539 BC; Greece, 333 BC
v.40, Roman Empire; fierce, see 7:7
v.44, permanent kingdom, not millennial.
Mar. 1:15; Mat. 3:2; Mar. 9:1, Lk. 24:49; Acts 2:1-4; Mat. 16:19;
18:18; Acts 2:47; Col.1:13; Rev. 1:9; Heb. 12:28; 1 Cor.11:20
+ Lk. 22:16-18 + Mar. 14:25; Mt. 16:18,19; Rev. 1:6; 5:10; 1Thess.
1:12; Lk. 19:12; 1 Cor. 15:25. A spiritual kingdom!
2:46-49 v. 46 = Neb. ‘s reaction, not Daniel’s!
(Daniel censured for receiving worship!)
v.47, Neb. still a polytheist; the greatest god!
v.48, Neb. aggrandized Daniel but it was God who saved him and
the rest from death. Daniel continued on faithful as usual. (Let
God use me!)
v.49, Daniel did not forget his friends. Com-pare Gen. 40:23.
Contrast with Phil. 2:20-22.
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Eternal life consists in knowing (approving of) God, Jn. 17:3.
He who knows this puts his sights on things above, not on those
on earth (Col. 3:2). This is the lesson of Daniel!
