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Can you think of a moment or season when you found yourself in uncertain times?
What made those circumstances feel uncertain?
How did this affect your faith in the short term?
Long term?
What do we do in times of uncertainty?
When we don’t know what is coming.
When the future, our future is unclear.
What do we do?
Stay confident
We will see how Daniel’s confidence in God was unwavering.
Stay humble.
Daniel didn’t care who got credit for what he was getting ready to do.
He wanted God to receive the glory for what was going on.
Stay focused.
Daniel realized the only thing He needed to focus on was God’s Kingdom.
Anything here on earth is only temporary.
Stay faithful.
We must never give up.
We must remain faithful to our one true King.
Let’s begin digging into the scripture for tonight’s lesson.
What stands out about how Daniel approached the king?
I think we need to remember Daniel was more than likely unsure of how N would react to what he was going to share with him.
All he knew was the faith he had in God, and He would see him through.
How did Daniel use the opportunity to testify to the one true God? ‘
He does let the king know the only one who could reveal what the king wanted to know was God.
He was taking no credit for himself.
How did Daniel point to God’s character?
What did King Nebuchadnezzar see in his dream?
A statue made out of different materials.
The material of the head was the most precious, but each one below was worth less, but stronger until the feet.
What did it mean?
Each represented a new dynasty which would rule the world.
Since the material was less worth, it was thought each would show more depravity within the society.
However, since the material was stronger, it was thought that each would hold a tighter more dominate hold on their rule.
Side bar - Since we have the blessing of being further out in history than these, it is believed the gold head represented Babylon (605-529BC), the chest and arms - the Medo-Persian empire (539-331 BC), the stomach and thighs - the Greek Empire (331-146 BC), the legs - the Roman Empire (146 BC-1476 AD), and the feet were the continuation or future revival of Rome.How did Daniel seek to give the king a right perspective of the future?
How did Daniel seek to give the king a right perspective of the future?
He told him he was a king God had established as the king of kings on earth.
He made sure he mentioned it was God who placed him there.
The kingdom which would shatter all kingdoms was the one which will be established by God.
How did the king respond to Daniel’s interpretation?
Why do you think he responded this way?
Did the king recognize Daniel’s God as the one true God?
Some things to think about:
What feels uncertain in your own life right now?
Where are you struggling to be faithful in the process?
How does this account of Daniel help to encourage your faith, even if your circumstances look very different?
How does his story point you to the gospel and the unwavering nature of our God?
How might you share the truth about Jesus with someone based on this account in the life of Daniel?
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