Daniel 2 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these: 29 As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. 30 But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
The stone represents the second coming of Jesus Christ.
36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. 39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Head of Gold
Chest & Arms of Silver
Belly & Thighs of Bronze
Legs of Iron
Feet Partly Iron/Clay
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Roman Empire
10 Kingdoms
606-538 BC
538-331 BC
331-168 BC
168 BC-476 AD
476 AD – 2nd Coming
Daniel 7:1-7
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.
2 Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5 “And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
6 “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Rome was a leader in metal technology as they created the best ships, spears, swords and knives. Rome was able to wipe out Greece then over 600 years later broke apart due to immorality and corruption. Rome stopped funding the military and the ten tribes starting attacking and Rome was broken up. Up until 476 AD the leader in Rome was the Emperor.
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
The greek word zemaan means appointed time. The Jewish Calendar had 360 days in it. Here is the interpretation of time, times, and half a time:
1 Time
360
360
Times
720
720
Half Time
180
180
1260
In 538 AD the Roman Catholic Papal System was in charge and had authority for 1260 years until 1798 AD when Napoleon’s General Berthier captured the Pope.
In 321 AD Constantine legalized Christianity. Two of Jesus disciples were zealots. Zealots carried little knives that were easily hidden and would walk up to Roman soldiers and cut their necks. Jews and Christians both kept the Sabbath. Constantine declared worship of the ‘Sun’ God and Christians started following the tradition of sun worship which goes back to the time of Babylon. Papal power rose up just as the Bible states in Daniel 7:25 and changed God’s Law and Times. God has not authorized Sun-day worship.
Hebrews 8:1
The New Priestly Service
1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.
The Pope claims he is Deity on Earth. Only God can forgive our sins, not man. Do you want to follow what is in the Bible or follow the traditions of man?
This was our Wednesday night prayer meeting led by Pastor Korter at Bellingham Seventh-day Adventist Christian church. The Pastor and all Adventist pastors always state that there are Christian Catholics that will be in God’s Kingdom. The issue is that the Beast power revealed in Revelation is the Papal hierarchy that leads people astray with false doctrines.