perhaps
you
saw
the
news
story
recently
and
was
as
fascinated
by
it
as
i
was
there
are
hundreds
of
the
world's
scientists
spending
vast
sums
of
money
listening
for
meaningful
contact
with
rational
creatures
living
somewhere
in
deep
space
on
the
one
hand
that's
a
reach
we
understand
that
god
has
created
a
stage
this
stage
on
this
little
blue
dot
hurling
through
space
on
which
to
put
himself
on
display
but
there's
another
sense
in
which
we
understand
that
because
as
christians
we
believe
that
we
have
already
received
a
message
from
beyond
space
a
message
from
the
eternal
infinite
creator
god
francis
schaeffer
writes
about
this
he
he
said
there
is
always
been
communication
before
the
creation
of
all
else
in
the
trinity
and
god
has
made
man
in
his
own
image
and
part
of
making
man
in
his
own
image
is
that
man
is
a
verbalizer
would
it
be
unlikely
that
this
personal
god
who
is
there
and
made
man
in
his
own
image
as
a
verbalizer
in
such
a
way
that
he
can
communicate
horizontally
to
other
men
on
the
basis
of
propositions
and
language
is
it
unthinkable
or
even
surprising
that
this
personal
god
could
or
would
communicate
to
man
on
the
basis
of
propositions
the
answer
is
no
i've
never
met
an
atheist
who
thought
that
this
would
be
regarded
as
surprising
within
the
christian
structure
if
a
personal
god
has
made
us
to
be
language
communicators
and
that
is
obviously
what
man
is
why
then
should
it
be
surprising
to
think
of
him
speaking
to
paul
in
hebrew
on
the
damascus
road
do
we
think
god
doesn't
know
hebrew
he
goes
on
to
argue
that
god
has
revealed
himself
to
us
god
has
spoken
as
schaeffer
said
he
is
there
and
he
is
not
silent
that's
the
message
that
nebuchadnezzar
received
from
god
in
daniel
chapter
two
just
to
remind
you
the
theme
of
the
book
of
daniel
as
we
are
studying
it
together
we've
discovered
that
its
theme
is
that
yahweh
the
god
of
israel
the
one
true
and
living
god
is
sovereign
over
the
lives
of
individuals
over
the
affairs
of
nations
over
the
span
of
empires
and
over
all
of
human
history
the
philosophical
foundation
upon
which
this
book
is
built
is
that
the
sovereign
god
of
history
has
a
plan
and
he
is
working
out
that
plan
relentlessly
irresistibly
powerfully
and
certainly
as
we
look
through
the
book
then
every
chapter
every
account
every
story
every
prophecy
feeds
back
in
to
complement
and
to
build
to
develop
that
great
theme
and
so
we're
looking
at
daniel
chapter
two
the
theme
of
daniel
two
is
simply
this
god
has
a
sovereign
plan
for
human
history
and
god
revealed
this
plan
to
nebuchadnezzar
and
to
daniel
in
a
way
that
neither
of
them
would
ever
forget
now
let
me
just
remind
you
of
what
we
discovered
last
week
we
really
just
looked
at
the
first
part
of
this
chapter
verses
one
to
thirteen
where
god's
plan
for
human
history
is
disclosed
in
a
king's
dream
let's
read
it
again
together
so
that
you
have
the
flow
of
the
context
chapter
two
verse
one
now
in
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of
nebuchadnezzar
nebuchadnezzar
had
dreams
and
his
spirit
was
troubled
and
his
sleep
left
him
some
three
years
after
daniel
arrived
in
babylon
there
was
a
night
in
which
nebuchadnezzar
we're
told
here
in
the
hebrew
dreamed
dreams
and
as
a
result
of
this
dream
that
he
had
specifically
he
was
in
a
dream
state
received
this
dream
his
spirit
was
troubled
literally
his
spirit
was
struck
the
idea
is
he
woke
up
with
his
heart
beating
like
a
hammer
through
his
chest
because
of
what
he
had
seen
and
his
sleep
left
him
there
was
no
sleep
after
that
so
the
king
gave
orders
to
call
in
the
magicians
the
conjurers
the
sorcerers
and
the
chaldeans
to
tell
the
king
his
dreams
so
they
came
in
and
stood
before
the
king
he
calls
his
cabinet
he
calls
the
best
and
the
brightest
from
the
empire
of
babylon
to
explain
to
him
what
has
happened
the
ancients
believed
that
dreams
communicated
much
from
the
gods
and
he
now
believes
that
he's
heard
from
the
gods
and
he
wants
to
understand
what
this
means
verse
three
the
king
said
to
them
i
had
a
dream
and
my
spirit
is
anxious
to
understand
the
dream
then
the
chaldeans
that
is
a
general
word
for
the
wise
men
of
babylon
spoke
to
the
king
in
aramaic
and
you
remember
that
little
expression
in
aramaic
is
better
put
in
parenthesis
because
it's
a
sort
of
parenthetical
notation
telling
us
that
from
this
point
to
the
end
of
chapter
seven
daniel
leaves
the
language
of
hebrew
and
begins
writing
in
the
language
of
aramaic
the
commerce
international
language
of
that
time
because
the
message
of
this
section
is
for
more
than
the
jewish
people
it's
for
the
people
of
the
world
oh
king
the
chaldeans
said
live
forever
tell
the
dream
to
your
servants
and
we
will
declare
the
interpretation
they
had
an
extensive
set
of
manuals
for
interpreting
the
various
elements
that
showed
up
in
dreams
and
so
they
were
confident
that
if
he
told
them
the
dream
they
could
tell
him
what
it
meant
the
king
replied
to
the
chaldeans
verse
five
the
command
from
me
is
firm
if
you
do
not
make
known
to
me
the
dream
and
its
interpretation
then
you
will
be
torn
limb
from
limb
and
your
houses
will
made
a
rubbish
heap
but
if
you
declare
the
dream
and
its
interpretation
you
will
receive
from
me
gifts
and
a
reward
and
great
honor
therefore
declare
to
me
the
dream
and
its
interpretation
it's
not
that
he'd
forgotten
the
dream
they
threw
out
this
story
believe
he
knows
instead
he
wants
to
make
sure
that
they're
telling
him
the
truth
that
the
interpretation
is
the
right
interpretation
and
the
only
way
he
can
ensure
that
is
to
know
that
they're
in
they're
in
communion
enough
with
the
gods
to
even
know
what
it
was
he
dreamed
so
he's
putting
them
to
the
test
this
is
a
hard
test
verse
seven
they
answered
a
second
time
and
said
let
the
king
tell
the
dream
to
his
servants
and
we
will
declare
the
interpretation
the
king
replied
i
know
for
certain
literally
that
you
are
buying
time
in
as
much
as
you
have
seen
that
the
command
for
me
is
firm
that
if
you
do
not
make
the
dream
known
to
me
there
is
only
one
decree
for
you
what
is
it
well
it's
you're
going
to
be
torn
limb
from
limb
and
your
houses
are
going
to
be
made
a
refuse
latrine
he
goes
on
to
say
for
you
have
agreed
together
to
speak
lying
and
corrupt
words
before
me
until
the
situation
is
changed
therefore
tell
me
the
dream
that
i
may
know
that
you
can
declare
to
me
its
interpretation
i
noted
for
you
last
week
that
the
reason
for
this
harsh
response
from
nebuchadnezzar
is
that
he
is
he
is
aware
of
the
fact
in
his
dream
he
doesn't
know
yet
what
it
means
but
he
had
his
own
face
on
that
image
in
the
dream
he
doesn't
understand
it's
a
successive
series
of
empires
as
far
as
he's
concerned
at
this
point
it's
him
and
his
empire
and
cut
out
of
the
mountain
without
hands
is
this
stone
that
comes
and
crushes
the
image
him
and
his
kingdom
to
powder
and
so
as
far
as
he
knows
there
is
there's
a
coup
coming
and
so
he's
suspicious
even
of
these
counselors
verse
ten
the
chaldeans
answered
the
king
and
said
there
is
not
a
man
on
earth
who
could
clear
the
matter
for
the
king
in
as
much
as
no
great
king
or
ruler
has
ever
asked
anything
like
this
of
any
magician
conjurer
chaldean
moreover
the
thing
which
the
king
demands
is
difficult
and
there
is
no
one
else
who
could
declare
it
to
the
king
except
gods
whose
dwelling
place
is
not
with
mortal
flesh
because
of
this
the
king
became
indignant
and
very
furious
and
gave
orders
to
destroy
all
the
wise
men
of
babylon
all
the
wise
men
of
the
city
of
babylon
so
the
decree
went
forth
that
the
wise
men
should
be
slain
and
they
looked
for
daniel
and
his
friends
to
kill
them
there's
god's
plan
disclosed
in
a
king's
dream
now
tonight
we
come
to
the
second
part
of
this
incredible
narrative
and
it's
god's
plan
known
only
through
divine
revelation
that's
the
message
of
verses
fourteen
to
thirty
although
god
had
disclosed
his
plan
in
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
neither
nebuchadnezzar
nor
anyone
else
would
have
ever
known
its
true
significance
or
its
meaning
unless
god
had
revealed
it
and
it
was
first
of
all
revealed
only
to
god's
prophet
that's
the
message
of
verses
fourteen
to
twenty
four
there's
no
indication
by
the
way
in
the
text
that
daniel
had
ever
acted
as
a
prophet
before
this
this
is
the
first
time
he's
at
this
point
probably
in
his
late
teenage
years
maybe
around
eighteen
years
of
age
and
has
never
been
a
prophet
why
do
we
call
daniel
a
prophet
by
the
way
although
his
book
is
not
among
the
prophets
in
the
hebrew
scriptures
it's
because
daniel
is
marked
by
the
distinguishing
characteristic
of
a
prophet
what
is
that
it's
not
always
that
he
predicts
the
future
in
fact
many
of
the
prophets
spend
the
majority
of
their
ministry
simply
preaching
against
the
sins
of
the
people
very
little
prediction
of
the
future
the
distinguishing
characteristic
of
a
prophet
was
that
they
received
divine
revelation
and
until
the
completion
of
the
canon
this
was
god's
primary
means
to
communicate
his
truth
to
his
people
daniel
is
god's
prophet
and
he
receives
this
revelation
let's
look
at
it
together
first
of
all
i
want
you
to
see
the
prophet's
faith
in
verses
fourteen
to
sixteen
verse
fourteen
says
then
daniel
by
the
way
here
for
the
first
time
in
this
story
we
meet
daniel
then
daniel
replied
with
discretion
and
discernment
to
arioch
the
captain
of
the
king's
bodyguard
who
had
gone
forth
to
slay
the
wise
men
of
babylon
here
for
the
first
time
we
meet
another
new
character
in
the
story
he's
simply
called
here
arioch
the
captain
of
the
king's
bodyguard
the
word
for
bodyguard
comes
from
the
root
of
an
aramaic
word
which
means
to
kill
so
as
often
happened
in
the
courts
of
the
ancient
monarchs
the
king's
bodyguard
also
became
his
enforcers
and
his
chief
executioners
sadly
we've
seen
that
play
out
in
the
news
haven't
we
that
tragic
event
of
the
killing
of
that
reporter
in
this
case
arioch
had
been
sent
by
nebuchadnezzar
to
kill
all
of
the
wise
men
in
the
city
of
babylon
he
is
the
captain
of
the
bodyguard
think
about
god's
providence
here
it
is
only
by
god's
providence
that
arioch
the
captain
shows
up
at
daniel's
door
now
don't
miss
the
reality
of
this
moment
an
important
powerful
man
from
the
court
of
nebuchadnezzar
has
just
shown
up
at
this
teenager's
door
and
that
powerful
man
has
just
told
daniel
that
he
is
there
to
kill
him
and
his
friends
along
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
of
the
city
of
babylon
and
it
was
something
for
which
daniel
was
in
no
way
responsible
but
i
want
you
to
notice
how
daniel
doesn't
respond
there's
no
panic
there's
no
anger
there's
no
playing
the
victim
there's
no
despair
instead
notice
what
we
read
daniel
replied
with
discretion
and
discernment
to
arioch
the
word
discretion
comes
from
a
word
that
means
to
counsel
it
means
to
act
like
you've
received
good
counsel
and
discernment
is
an
aramaic
word
that
literally
means
taste
it's
a
blend
of
those
instincts
such
as
wisdom
and
discernment
that
meant
daniel's
response
in
this
situation
was
in
good
taste
it
was
appropriate
it
was
suitable
it
was
in
keeping
with
the
situation
and
the
importance
of
his
guest
verse
fifteen
he
said
to
arioch
the
king's
commander
here's
a
new
word
for
arioch
literally
the
king's
mighty
one
for
what
reason
is
the
decree
from
the
king
so
urgent
now
the
word
urgent
i
think
is
probably
not
a
good
translation
comes
from
an
aramaic
word
which
which
means
to
show
insolence
it's
probably
best
translated
here
and
some
do
as
harsh
or
severe
or
cruel
why
is
the
king's
decree
so
harsh
why
is
this
happening
verse
fifteen
and
don't
miss
this
then
arioch
informed
daniel
about
the
matter
that
is
a
miter
minor
miracle
in
and
of
itself
i
mean
here's
the
captain
of
the
king's
bodyguard
on
a
mission
to
round
up
and
kill
all
of
the
wise
men
thinking
they
are
enemies
of
the
king
and
he
actually
listens
to
a
question
from
a
hebrew
foreigner
teenager
and
responds
this
is
all
being
arranged
by
a
sovereign
god
verse
sixteen
so
daniel
went
in
and
requested
of
the
king
that
he
would
give
him
time
in
order
that
he
might
declare
the
interpretation
to
the
king
now
i
think
you
understand
that
not
everything
that
happened
in
this
story
is
recorded
here
this
this
verse
is
truncated
to
include
arioch
requesting
of
the
king
permission
for
daniel
to
gain
an
audience
with
one
of
history's
greatest
kings
and
the
king
granting
that
request
and
all
of
this
happening
under
god's
gracious
providential
intervention
so
then
daniel
entered
nebuchadnezzar's
presence
by
the
way
again
you
have
to
understand
when
you
read
the
scripture
what's
really
going
on
this
was
a
huge
risk
on
daniel's
part
and
it
required
great
faith
he
enters
the
greatest
king
of
his
times
chambers
and
he
asks
for
time
and
he
promised
nebuchadnezzar
that
he
would
declare
the
interpretation
to
the
king
nebuchadnezzar
obviously
granted
the
request
and
the
story
moves
on
i
don't
want
you
to
miss
that
daniel's
faith
here
is
in
god
he
is
convinced
that
god
can
and
he
believes
will
reveal
this
dream
to
him
one
commentator
young
writes
this
daniel
asks
for
a
specified
time
in
the
conviction
that
the
sovereign
god
who
previously
had
been
with
him
in
a
special
way
would
not
desert
him
now
daniel
had
already
seen
god
intervene
in
his
life
hadn't
he
you
remember
the
trial
of
the
water
and
the
vegetables
in
which
god
prospered
his
health
beyond
that
of
those
who
were
eating
the
king's
food
he
knew
god
had
a
plan
his
faith
was
growing
in
god
that
god
was
doing
something
for
him
and
that
god
would
not
desert
him
now
his
faith
was
further
demonstrated
in
let's
call
the
prophets
prayer
verse
seventeen
then
daniel
went
to
his
house
and
informed
his
friends
hananiah
mishael
and
azariah
about
the
matter
so
daniel
hurries
home
from
this
encounter
with
the
king
apparently
they
all
lived
in
the
same
quarters
likely
in
a
room
in
one
of
the
residence
halls
for
young
foreigners
being
trained
for
government
service
and
as
daniel
walked
back
to
his
corridors
you
can
only
imagine
the
thoughts
that
were
coursing
through
his
mind
he's
thinking
will
god
really
honor
my
request
and
tell
me
the
dream
and
its
interpretation
there's
no
evidence
that
daniel
had
ever
experienced
that
kind
of
miraculous
revelation
before
but
once
he
arrived
home
he
explained
to
his
three
friends
what
had
happened
and
he
called
them
to
prayer
verse
eighteen
he
told
them
about
the
matter
so
that
for
this
purpose
they
might
request
compassion
from
the
god
of
heaven
concerning
this
mystery
so
that
daniel
and
his
friends
would
not
be
destroyed
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
of
babylon
now
folks
you
understand
it's
not
surprising
that
we
find
daniel
praying
it's
clear
that
his
life
was
marked
by
prayer
turn
over
to
chapter
six
daniel
chapter
six
and
verse
ten
now
when
daniel
knew
that
the
the
document
the
law
against
praying
to
any
other
god
was
signed
he
entered
his
house
now
in
his
roof
chamber
he
had
windows
open
toward
jerusalem
and
he
continued
kneeling
on
his
knees
three
times
a
day
praying
and
giving
thanks
before
his
god
don't
miss
this
as
he
had
been
doing
previously
this
was
the
pattern
of
daniel's
life
he
was
committed
to
prayer
don't
miss
the
fact
that
what
was
his
custom
when
he
grew
older
was
his
practice
when
he
was
young
that's
the
way
it
always
works
prayer
notice
the
focus
of
their
prayer
verse
eighteen
so
that
they
might
request
compassion
from
the
god
of
heaven
concerning
this
mystery
so
that
daniel
and
his
friends
would
not
be
destroyed
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
of
babylon
their
prayer
don't
miss
the
importance
of
this
was
based
on
nothing
less
than
the
person
and
character
of
god
notice
first
of
all
they
acknowledged
their
god
to
be
the
god
of
heaven
this
became
a
familiar
way
to
refer
to
god
during
the
period
of
the
babylonian
exile
and
it
was
intentional
it
was
an
intentional
way
to
say
that
the
true
and
living
god
the
god
of
israel
was
exalted
above
the
gods
of
the
nations
including
the
gods
of
the
babylonians
why
did
this
communicate
that
well
the
babylonians
worshiped
the
sun
the
moon
and
the
stars
but
israel's
god
is
the
god
of
heaven
in
which
those
things
appear
the
god
of
heaven
they
also
ask
god
to
show
them
notice
compassion
they're
appealing
to
the
character
of
god
this
is
how
we
ought
to
pray
is
this
how
you
pray
when
you
pray
do
you
appeal
to
the
character
of
god
to
who
he
is
and
to
what
he's
like
that's
how
people
in
scripture
pray
they
ask
god
to
take
notice
of
their
difficult
condition
and
circumstance
and
to
act
on
their
behalf
in
light
of
who
he
is
god
you
are
gracious
and
compassionate
slow
to
anger
and
abounding
in
steadfast
love
psalm
one
o
three
verse
thirteen
says
just
as
a
father
has
compassion
on
his
children
if
you
if
you're
a
father
you
understand
this
if
you're
a
parent
you
understand
this
when
your
children
are
little
you
your
heart
reaches
out
to
them
with
compassion
so
the
lord
has
compassion
on
those
who
fear
him
for
he
himself
knows
our
frame
he
is
mindful
that
we
are
but
dust
and
daniel
and
his
friends
appeal
to
god
on
this
basis
god
look
at
look
at
our
circumstance
look
at
what's
going
on
in
our
lives
you
are
compassionate
oh
god
be
compassionate
toward
us
their
specific
request
notice
concerns
verse
eighteen
this
mystery
that's
a
persian
lone
word
that
basically
means
something
that's
unknown
why
did
they
want
this
well
notice
the
rationale
for
their
prayer
again
in
verse
eighteen
so
that
daniel
and
his
friends
would
not
be
destroyed
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
in
babylon
listen
folks
it's
okay
to
be
honest
with
god
they
said
god
we
really
don't
want
to
die
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
and
babylon
please
have
compassion
on
us
undoubtedly
they
prayed
earnestly
in
fact
young
again
writes
no
doubt
a
major
reason
for
little
answer
to
prayer
among
christians
generally
is
a
lack
of
true
earnestness
in
it
doing
so
only
as
a
matter
of
routine
using
repeated
often
empty
phrases
you
can
bet
there
were
none
of
those
going
on
that
night
in
answer
to
their
prayer
of
faith
comes
the
prophet's
vision
in
verse
nineteen
then
the
mystery
was
revealed
to
daniel
in
a
night
vision
now
we
aren't
told
exactly
how
all
this
unfolded
one
commentator
suggests
that
daniel
and
his
friends
may
have
prayed
and
then
after
praying
they
went
to
bed
and
while
they
were
asleep
god
revealed
it
to
them
maybe
more
likely
in
light
of
the
fact
that
their
lives
were
at
risk
they
probably
continued
to
pray
until
god
gives
daniel
this
vision
by
the
way
a
vision
differs
from
a
dream
in
that
it
was
at
times
received
even
when
the
prophet
was
awake
daniel
and
his
friends
prayed
and
in
answer
to
that
prayer
god
gave
him
this
vision
god
doesn't
give
us
visions
but
daniel's
prayer
and
its
answer
reminds
us
to
pray
i
love
psalm
thirty
four
verse
seventeen
the
righteous
cry
and
the
lord
hears
you
believe
that
we're
righteous
not
because
of
who
we
are
but
because
of
who
christ
is
the
righteous
cry
and
the
lord
hears
or
recently
i've
spent
a
lot
of
time
turn
back
to
psalm
one
o
seven
through
some
circumstances
of
my
own
life
i
have
been
brought
back
to
this
passage
often
psalm
one
o
seven
verse
twenty
three
the
whole
psalm
talks
about
people
getting
into
trouble
and
calling
out
to
god
and
god
hearing
much
of
much
of
the
trouble
described
in
this
psalm
is
self
imposed
self
induced
self
generated
but
not
this
one
notice
verse
twenty
three
those
who
go
down
to
the
sea
and
ships
who
do
business
on
great
waters
they
have
seen
the
works
of
the
lord
and
his
wonders
in
the
deep
here
are
men
just
doing
their
job
just
trying
to
do
the
best
they
can
at
the
job
that
is
theirs
they
do
their
work
on
the
sea
merchant
marines
they've
seen
god's
works
his
wonders
in
the
deep
verse
twenty
five
for
he
spoke
and
don't
miss
this
he
raised
up
a
stormy
wind
which
lifted
up
the
waves
of
the
sea
they
rose
up
to
the
heavens
they
went
down
to
the
depths
their
soul
melted
away
in
their
misery
some
of
you
getting
seasick
just
reading
that
they
reeled
and
staggered
like
a
drunken
man
literally
the
hebrew
text
says
they
were
at
their
wisdoms
in
or
their
wisdom
another
word
for
wisdom
in
this
context
is
skill
their
skill
as
sailors
was
swallowed
up
they're
at
their
absolute
wits
end
the
end
of
their
skill
there's
nothing
else
for
them
to
do
it's
that
bad
they're
in
the
storm
of
a
lifetime
what
do
they
do
verse
twenty
eight
they
cried
to
the
lord
in
their
trouble
and
he
brought
them
out
of
their
distresses
he
caused
and
i
love
the
comparison
remember
back
in
verse
verse
twenty
five
he
spoke
and
brought
the
storm
and
in
answer
to
their
prayer
in
verse
twenty
eight
he
brought
them
out
of
their
distresses
he
caused
the
storm
to
be
still
so
that
the
waves
of
the
sea
were
hushed
then
they
were
glad
because
they
were
quiet
so
he
guided
them
to
their
desired
haven
let
them
give
thanks
to
the
lord
for
his
steadfast
love
and
for
his
wonders
to
the
sons
of
men
let
them
extol
him
also
in
the
congregation
of
the
people
and
praise
him
at
the
seat
of
the
elders
of
the
leaders
of
the
nation
the
leaders
of
their
city
now
that
last
passage
ends
with
a
call
to
give
thanks
to
the
lord
when
we've
cried
out
to
the
lord
and
he's
responded
and
he's
answered
our
prayers
and
that's
exactly
what
daniel
does
next
in
daniel
two
i
want
you
to
notice
the
prophet's
praise
beginning
in
the
middle
of
verse
nineteen
then
daniel
blessed
the
god
of
heaven
word
blessed
and
its
hebrew
counterpart
mean
to
praise
now
if
we
had
been
in
daniel
shoes
think
about
this
for
a
moment
if
we'd
been
in
daniel
shoes
this
may
not
have
been
our
first
response
we
prayed
god
gave
us
the
answer
we
know
what
the
dream
is
we
know
what
its
interpretation
is
we
may
have
immediately
gotten
up
and
have
run
to
tell
nebuchadnezzar
the
content
and
meaning
of
his
dream
in
order
to
save
our
own
lives
but
that
wasn't
daniel's
immediate
response
his
immediate
response
was
to
extend
his
genuine
worship
and
praise
and
thanksgiving
to
god
sinclair
ferguson
writes
the
test
of
our
spirituality
does
not
lie
only
in
the
fervency
of
our
prayers
in
times
of
crisis
but
in
the
whole
heartedness
of
our
worship
when
god
acts
in
grace
it's
a
great
quote
daniel
goes
on
to
record
the
content
of
his
blessing
on
god
verse
twenty
daniel
said
let
the
name
of
god
be
blessed
forever
and
ever
daniel
begins
by
calling
for
constant
praise
that's
the
force
of
the
aramaic
grammar
here
constant
praise
of
god
forever
and
ever
and
specifically
he
calls
for
the
the
name
of
god
to
be
praised
the
name
of
god
as
you
know
stands
for
the
person
of
god
himself
and
everything
that
is
gloriously
true
about
him
but
here
daniel
focuses
on
two
aspects
of
god's
character
that
he
especially
worships
and
praises
god
for
notice
first
of
all
he
praises
and
blesses
god
for
his
eternal
wisdom
verse
twenty
daniel
said
let
the
name
of
god
be
blessed
forever
and
ever
for
wisdom
belongs
to
him
the
aramaic
word
wisdom
speaks
of
the
knowledge
and
the
ability
to
make
right
decisions
he
praises
god
that
he
has
the
knowledge
and
capacity
to
make
right
decisions
he
also
praises
god
for
his
eternal
power
verse
twenty
says
let
the
name
of
god
be
blessed
forever
and
ever
for
wisdom
and
power
belong
to
him
if
wisdom
is
the
knowledge
and
ability
to
make
right
decisions
power
is
the
ability
to
carry
out
those
decisions
god
you
know
what
to
do
and
you
have
the
power
to
do
it
that's
what
he's
praising
god
for
but
in
the
next
three
verses
daniel
further
explains
what
he
means
by
his
praise
of
god's
power
and
his
wisdom
notice
first
of
all
how
the
eternal
power
of
god
operates
verse
twenty
one
here's
god's
eternal
power
it
is
he
who
changes
and
again
the
grammar
underscores
the
continual
nature
of
this
it
is
he
who
is
continually
changing
the
times
and
the
epochs
god
sovereignly
governs
both
the
different
eras
of
human
history
and
the
individual
events
that
make
up
those
eras
all
of
human
history
the
sweep
of
history
with
all
of
its
individual
events
is
in
his
hands
and
he
is
able
to
change
in
fact
is
regularly
changing
the
events
and
the
epochs
at
his
will
that's
power
goes
on
to
say
verse
twenty
one
he
removes
kings
and
establishes
kings
here
is
one
of
the
main
ways
that
god
changes
the
eras
and
the
epochs
of
human
history
yahweh
sets
up
kings
at
his
choice
and
he
deposes
them
at
his
choice
and
of
course
as
we
get
into
the
interpretation
of
the
image
we're
going
to
see
that
god
raises
up
whom
he
will
he
puts
down
whom
he
will
you
know
we
have
this
little
thing
coming
up
this
week
called
the
midterm
elections
there's
so
many
christians
who
live
in
fear
and
worry
listen
if
god
can
raise
up
empires
and
put
them
down
do
you
not
think
that
god
is
in
control
of
penny
ante
rulers
of
course
he
is
this
is
our
god
god
himself
let
me
say
it
is
bluntly
as
i
can
this
is
what
daniel
is
saying
when
he's
praising
god's
eternal
power
he's
saying
god
himself
sovereignly
determines
all
political
change
as
you've
heard
me
say
many
times
sometimes
he
does
that
for
our
blessing
and
sometimes
he
does
that
for
our
judgment
but
he
always
does
it
don't
fear
go
to
bed
and
enjoy
a
good
night's
rest
verse
twenty
one
is
an
intentional
challenge
and
this
doesn't
immediately
jump
off
the
page
at
you
but
verse
twenty
one
is
an
intentional
challenge
to
the
nameless
faceless
fatalism
of
babylonian
religion
they
practiced
the
kind
of
fatalism
and
daniel
says
god
it's
not
like
that
you
personally
sovereignly
are
in
control
of
all
things
now
that's
how
the
eternal
power
of
god
operates
but
notice
how
the
eternal
wisdom
of
god
operates
verse
twenty
one
he
gives
wisdom
to
wise
men
and
knowledge
to
men
of
understanding
here's
the
argument
since
all
wisdom
and
knowledge
resides
in
god
all
human
wisdom
and
knowledge
come
from
god
as
gifts
to
the
spiritually
wise
and
discerning
who's
that
his
own
his
own
again
young
writes
those
who
possess
understanding
of
any
matter
receive
this
knowledge
as
a
gift
of
god
all
is
of
his
grace
verse
twenty
two
it
is
he
who
reveals
the
profound
and
hidden
things
he
knows
what
is
in
the
darkness
and
the
light
dwells
with
him
the
profound
and
hidden
things
here
refers
to
the
profound
is
those
things
that
are
humanly
inaccessible
and
hidden
things
those
things
beyond
human
knowledge
in
this
case
he's
talking
about
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
and
its
interpretation
what
lies
in
the
darkness
refers
to
the
darkness
of
our
ignorance
we
don't
know
but
god
does
the
light
dwells
with
him
what
daniel
means
is
that
god
alone
continually
possesses
the
wisdom
to
shine
the
light
on
everything
he
knows
he
understands
there's
not
one
thing
that
the
light
of
his
wisdom
doesn't
shine
upon
he
knows
all
one
commentator
writes
this
without
divine
revelation
there
is
only
conjecture
and
subjective
opinion
only
in
yahweh
the
god
of
scripture
is
ultimate
truth
to
be
found
that's
what
we're
learning
here
but
then
daniel
gets
very
specific
and
personal
with
his
praise
in
light
of
his
own
unique
circumstances
verse
twenty
three
he
says
to
you
oh
god
of
my
fathers
by
the
way
he
says
that
because
he's
rehearsing
the
fact
that
god
has
been
faithful
to
his
people
before
and
he's
even
faithful
to
his
people
in
the
midst
of
their
worst
trial
he's
in
babylon
he's
captive
he's
nine
hundred
miles
from
his
home
his
nation
has
been
destroyed
decimated
by
nebuchadnezzar
and
yet
he's
reminding
himself
of
the
faithfulness
of
god
oh
god
of
my
fathers
to
you
i
give
thanks
and
praise
for
you
have
given
me
wisdom
and
power
that
is
to
know
and
to
understand
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
even
now
you
have
made
known
to
me
what
we
requested
of
you
for
you
have
made
known
to
us
the
king's
matter
can
you
imagine
being
daniel
you
prayed
and
god
supernaturally
revealed
this
to
you
that's
what
happened
with
daniel
so
that's
the
reason
for
his
praise
but
i
want
you
to
notice
also
the
prophet's
announcement
in
verse
twenty
four
therefore
in
light
of
all
of
this
that
went
on
daniel
went
into
arioch
whom
the
king
had
appointed
to
destroy
the
wise
men
of
babylon
he
went
and
spoke
to
him
as
follows
do
not
destroy
the
wise
men
of
babylon
i
love
that
you
just
see
the
heart
of
a
righteous
man
here
what's
his
chief
concern
it's
for
even
for
the
safety
of
pagans
like
i
don't
want
them
killed
verse
twenty
four
take
me
into
the
king's
presence
and
i
will
declare
the
interpretation
to
the
king
by
the
way
file
it
away
for
the
future
chapters
of
daniel
these
wise
men
they
owe
a
lot
to
daniel
so
god's
plan
then
was
revealed
to
his
prophet
but
even
more
importantly
as
we
see
god's
plan
known
only
through
divine
revelation
i
want
you
to
notice
secondly
that
it's
revealed
only
by
god
that's
the
message
of
verses
twenty
five
to
thirty
and
you
see
the
tension
here
because
not
everybody
acknowledges
that
in
fact
we
begin
really
by
seeing
fallen
man's
relentless
efforts
to
steal
god's
glory
you
see
man
attempts
to
steal
god's
glory
for
himself
verse
twenty
five
then
arioch
hurriedly
brought
daniel
into
the
king's
presence
and
spoke
to
him
as
follows
notice
i
have
found
a
man
among
the
exiles
from
judah
who
can
make
the
interpretation
known
to
the
king
brown
noser
give
me
a
break
this
formal
introduction
by
the
way
was
customary
and
it
was
also
customary
for
such
important
and
powerful
people
like
nebuchadnezzar
to
quickly
forget
the
plebes
and
so
he's
introduced
again
to
daniel
but
notice
what
arioch
says
i
have
found
a
man
now
listen
arioch
deserves
some
credit
i
mean
after
all
he
had
listened
to
daniel's
request
he
had
explained
to
daniel
why
he
was
going
to
be
killed
and
he
had
brought
daniel's
request
to
the
king
but
it's
also
clear
that
arioch
here
is
trying
to
steal
glory
that's
not
his
he
didn't
find
daniel
and
he
certainly
didn't
find
daniel
as
the
interpreter
of
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
but
this
is
always
man's
relentless
effort
to
steal
god's
glory
for
himself
man
attempts
secondly
to
steal
god's
glory
for
false
gods
notice
verse
twenty
six
the
king
said
to
daniel
and
notice
this
next
phrase
whose
name
was
belteshazzar
you
remember
back
in
chapter
one
nebuchadnezzar
had
renamed
daniel
from
his
hebrew
name
to
a
babylonian
name
specifically
after
the
name
of
his
god
remember
daniel
brings
in
the
name
of
israel's
god
and
belteshazzar
brings
in
the
name
of
babylon's
god
nebuchadnezzar
had
renamed
him
and
undoubtedly
here
he
refers
to
him
by
that
name
that's
why
it's
mentioned
here's
another
attempt
in
this
case
on
the
part
of
nebuchadnezzar
to
steal
some
of
the
glory
for
this
dream
from
yahweh
to
bel
one
of
the
babylonian
gods
but
you
also
see
man's
attempts
to
steal
god's
glory
even
for
others
the
king
said
to
daniel
whose
name
was
belteshazzar
are
you
able
to
make
known
to
me
the
dream
which
i
have
seen
and
its
interpretation
are
you
able
you
see
you
see
man
does
this
all
the
time
tries
to
steal
god's
glory
but
in
contrast
to
unbelievers
we
often
observe
the
saints
relentless
efforts
to
exalt
god's
glory
and
that's
what
you
have
in
verses
twenty
seven
to
thirty
the
scene
in
these
verses
is
one
of
the
common
scenes
in
both
the
old
testament
and
the
new
testament
as
god's
man
stands
before
one
of
the
kings
of
the
earth
to
bear
witness
on
god's
behalf
to
his
truth
in
the
old
testament
you
see
it
in
joseph
and
moses
and
the
prophets
of
the
monarchy
like
elijah
you
see
in
isaiah
and
jeremiah
in
the
new
testament
you
see
it
in
john
the
baptist
you
see
it
in
peter
and
john
and
paul
and
of
course
our
lord
himself
and
when
god's
man
stands
before
the
kings
of
this
earth
it
is
always
so
that
they
might
exalt
god's
glory
god
arranges
it
for
that
reason
and
daniel
is
no
exception
and
he
gets
it
this
had
to
have
been
an
absolutely
thrilling
moment
for
daniel
god
had
supernaturally
revealed
the
truth
to
him
and
in
so
doing
had
saved
his
and
its
friends
lives
but
daniel
doesn't
start
with
himself
and
he
doesn't
even
start
with
the
information
he
doesn't
start
with
the
dream
he
doesn't
start
with
the
meaning
of
the
dream
he
first
wants
to
make
sure
that
nebuchadnezzar
knows
who
truly
deserves
the
credit
wolvert
writes
daniel's
answer
is
a
masterpiece
of
setting
the
matter
in
its
proper
light
and
giving
god
the
glory
notice
in
verse
twenty
seven
daniel
first
agrees
with
what
the
wise
men
have
said
daniel
answered
for
the
king
and
said
as
for
the
mystery
about
which
the
king
has
inquired
neither
wise
men
conjurers
magicians
nor
diviners
are
able
to
declare
it
to
the
king
he
says
yep
i
agree
with
them
they
can't
do
it
verse
twenty
eight
you
have
to
love
this
however
there
is
a
god
in
heaven
that
is
that
is
a
deliberate
contrast
with
the
false
gods
of
babylon
man
made
gods
that
cannot
hear
and
cannot
speak
and
have
to
be
carried
around
on
men
shoulders
and
propped
up
in
fact
don't
miss
the
fact
that
daniel's
comments
here
are
incredibly
courageous
i
mean
he
says
it
in
a
respectful
manner
but
do
you
really
get
what
he's
saying
to
nebuchadnezzar
the
greatest
king
on
the
the
face
of
the
earth
at
this
point
he
is
in
reality
saying
listen
nebuchadnezzar
the
paganism
in
which
you
are
involved
and
all
the
gods
of
babylon
they
are
completely
worthless
there
is
a
god
in
heaven
only
my
god
only
the
god
of
israel
only
yahweh
truly
exists
and
is
able
to
help
his
people
the
truth
of
monotheism
and
that
that
one
god
is
yahweh
the
god
of
the
jews
becomes
increasingly
clear
in
the
book
of
daniel
and
specifically
to
nebuchadnezzar
in
fact
i'm
about
to
you
know
spoiler
alert
here
but
i
believe
in
chapter
four
nebuchadnezzar
comes
to
a
saving
knowledge
of
the
true
god
so
god
is
making
himself
known
through
daniel
and
this
is
where
it
begins
can
you
imagine
you
imagine
being
nebuchadnezzar
you're
the
most
powerful
king
in
the
middle
east
your
empire
stretches
over
vast
territories
and
here
is
this
eighteen
year
old
or
so
hebrew
captive
and
he
comes
in
before
you
and
before
he
tells
you
your
dream
and
its
interpretation
he
gives
you
a
sermon
and
he
says
to
you
listen
your
gods
are
nothing
there
is
a
god
in
heaven
and
he's
the
one
acting
here
again
for
daniel
to
make
this
sharp
distinction
and
an
implied
superiority
for
the
god
of
israel
over
those
that
nebuchadnezzar
believed
in
took
remarkable
courage
but
this
was
his
opportunity
this
was
daniel's
opportunity
to
witness
to
the
truth
before
even
this
great
monarch
and
as
one
writer
says
he
dared
to
use
it
i've
got
one
shot
and
i'm
going
to
say
what
needs
to
be
said
verse
twenty
eight
however
there
is
a
god
in
heaven
who
reveals
mysteries
and
he
has
made
known
to
king
nebuchadnezzar
what
will
take
place
in
the
latter
days
this
was
your
dream
and
the
visions
in
your
mind
while
on
your
bed
the
true
god
reveals
mysteries
and
specifically
in
nebuchadnezzar's
case
notice
daniel
says
he
has
made
known
to
him
what
will
take
place
in
the
latter
days
literally
in
the
latter
part
of
the
days
this
aramaic
phrase
and
its
hebrew
equivalent
occurs
some
fourteen
times
in
the
old
testament
and
they
obviously
point
to
the
future
but
the
exact
time
in
the
future
can
only
be
determined
by
looking
at
the
context
sometimes
this
phrase
speaks
of
the
final
days
of
human
history
other
times
events
that
are
in
the
nearer
future
so
what
about
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
well
you
have
four
great
world
empires
which
serve
as
a
prelude
to
the
climax
of
history
when
messiah
rules
in
the
millennium
over
the
kingdom
of
god
so
he's
talking
about
a
vast
sweep
of
history
from
before
christ
till
christ
comes
and
establishes
his
kingdom
verse
twenty
eight
this
was
your
dream
and
the
visions
in
your
mind
while
on
your
bed
as
for
you
o
king
while
on
your
bed
your
thoughts
turned
to
what
would
take
place
in
the
future
and
he
who
reveals
mysteries
has
made
known
to
you
what
will
take
place
do
you
see
what
daniel's
doing
here
he's
actually
delivering
more
than
he
promised
he's
going
to
get
to
the
dream
and
he's
going
to
get
to
the
meaning
of
the
dream
but
before
he
even
gets
there
he
tells
nebuchadnezzar
what
the
circumstances
were
he
says
let
me
tell
you
what
happened
on
the
night
of
that
dream
nebuchadnezzar
before
you
fell
asleep
you
were
there
lying
on
your
bed
and
your
waking
thoughts
turn
to
what
would
happen
in
the
future
possibly
to
the
destiny
of
the
entire
world
but
more
likely
his
mind
specifically
was
wondering
what
would
happen
to
his
vast
empire
in
the
future
he
was
a
new
king
over
a
huge
world
empire
and
before
he
fell
asleep
he
was
wondering
about
the
future
he
wondered
what
would
be
become
the
outcome
what
would
be
the
outcome
of
all
of
his
work
and
daniel
tells
him
that
the
god
of
heaven
the
one
who
reveals
mysteries
has
answered
that
waking
question
in
his
dream
the
supreme
god
of
heaven
had
answered
and
answered
nebuchadnezzar's
questions
that
night
in
the
form
of
this
all
important
dream
verse
thirty
but
as
for
me
this
mystery
has
not
been
revealed
to
me
for
any
wisdom
residing
in
me
more
than
in
any
other
living
man
don't
you
love
the
humility
hey
look
this
isn't
me
but
for
the
purpose
of
making
the
interpretation
known
to
the
king
and
that
you
may
understand
the
thoughts
of
your
mind
daniel
humbly
refused
to
take
any
credit
for
knowing
the
dream
and
being
able
to
interpret
it
god
alone
deserve
the
credit
because
god
is
the
one
who
disclosed
it
to
nebuchadnezzar
in
the
dream
god
is
the
one
who
revealed
the
contents
of
the
dream
to
daniel
and
god
is
the
one
who
reveals
to
daniel
what
it
all
meant
now
look
at
verse
twenty
nine
again
do
you
see
the
name
for
god
he
who
reveals
mysteries
literally
the
revealer
of
mysteries
this
is
with
a
point
true
divine
knowledge
concerning
all
spiritual
issues
and
the
future
can
only
come
to
us
from
god
through
divine
revelation
he
is
the
revealer
the
only
revealer
of
mysteries
i
want
you
to
think
for
just
a
moment
about
how
lost
we
would
be
if
our
god
were
not
a
communicator
if
he
were
not
a
revealer
of
mysteries
robert
raymond
writes
this
christians
should
be
overwhelmed
listen
to
that
christians
should
be
overwhelmed
by
the
magnitude
of
this
simple
truth
that
they
take
so
much
for
granted
that
the
eternal
god
has
chosen
to
share
with
us
some
of
the
truths
that
are
on
his
mind
he
condescends
to
elevate
us
poor
undeserving
sinners
by
actually
sharing
with
us
a
portion
of
what
he
knows
that
book
that
you
hold
in
your
hand
that
is
a
greater
miracle
than
the
revelation
to
daniel
of
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
god
is
there
and
he
is
not
silent
he
is
a
communicator
who
has
revealed
himself
to
us
in
a
book
in
the
written
word
he
is
the
revealer
of
mysteries
to
us
and
in
the
incarnate
word
he
has
made
himself
even
more
profoundly
known
go
back
to
hebrews
chapter
one
this
is
how
the
writer
of
hebrews
begins
hebrews
one
verse
one
god
after
he
spoke
god
speaks
he
spoke
long
ago
to
the
fathers
in
the
prophets
in
many
portions
and
in
many
ways
there's
the
written
word
god
is
there
and
he
is
not
silent
he's
revealed
himself
he's
the
revealer
of
mysteries
in
fact
you
know
what
paul
calls
that
book
you
hold
in
your
hand
he
says
we
have
right
here
in
this
book
the
mind
of
jesus
christ
what
a
gift
the
revealer
of
mysteries
the
god
who
speaks
verse
two
says
in
these
last
days
that
same
god
has
spoken
to
us
in
or
by
his
son
whom
he
appointed
heir
of
all
things
through
whom
also
he
made
the
world
he's
the
radiance
of
his
glory
the
exact
representation
of
his
nature
and
he
upholds
all
things
by
the
word
of
his
power
when
he
had
made
purification
of
sins
he
sat
down
at
the
right
hand
of
the
majesty
on
high
you
understand
that
god
has
revealed
himself
in
the
written
word
and
in
the
incarnate
word
he
has
made
himself
powerfully
known
he
is
there
and
he
is
not
silent
he's
told
us
as
raymond
put
it
poor
undeserving
sinners
he
has
shared
with
us
a
portion
of
what
he
knows
let's
pray
together
father
we
thank
you
for
the
fact
that
you
are
there
and
that
you
are
a
communicator
that
before
there
was
anything
but
you
there
was
communication
within
the
trinity
within
the
three
persons
of
the
one
god
that
we
worship
between
father
son
and
holy
spirit
we
thank
you
that
you
also
then
in
amazing
grace
and
condescension
have
continued
that
communication
with
us
father
forgive
us
forgive
us
for
having
your
mind
for
having
your
revelation
and
treasuring
it
so
lightly
give
us
a
passion
to
know
your
mind
lord
help
us
to
see
that
you
have
given
us
something
much
greater
than
you
gave
daniel
in
revealing
nebuchadnezzar's
dream
and
its
meaning
you
have
given
us
the
written
word
and
you've
given
us
the
incarnate
word
to
make
yourself
known
to
us
father
we
love
you
and
it's
our
desire
to
understand
your
mind
to
understand
your
communication
and
to
live
in
the
light
of
it
we
pray
that
you
enable
us
to
do
so
in
jesus'
name
amen