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Daniel 2

Jimmy France

Daniel 2: Introduction

Daniel 2: Part 1

Daniel 2: Part 2

Welcome to this two-part presentation that we're doing on Daniel chapter 2 and the plan of redemption.

The origin of this presentation started back in the fall of 2008, and I have outlined that in this brochure that I have during the seminars.

And it tells the history also on the back.

Basically, back in the fall of 2008, I was sharing the presentation that you are seeing part 1 of, and I was frustrated thinking there's got to be a simpler way to explain the life-giving truths that my Heavenly Father has helped show me in Daniel chapter 2.

And so after praying and studying more in the next 2 or 3 months, God answered that prayer of helping to present these life-giving truths in a more understandable, cogent manner.

But like he says in Ephesians 3, verse 20, he says that he loves and delights to give us abundantly above all we ask or think.

And so not only did he in the next few months share with me the answer to my request, a better, more efficient way of explaining the truths, the life-giving truths in Daniel chapter 2, But he also helped me see an assurance of my salvation, as you're seeing in this picture here and the simplest plan of salvation I've ever seen.

That is in part 2 of this presentation, and I would invite you to take a look at that as well.

Anyway, the way the 2 connect together, and I was wondering, thank you for all 3, how does the 2 and 3 connect with 1?

In other words, the plan of redemption and the assurance of salvation.

Long story short, Daniel 2 is the foundation chapter of all the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, and then 7 simply adds to detail, which we will see in this first portion of the seminar called Daniel chapter 2.

In Daniel chapter 7, we see that God the Father and the Son are in a work of pre-advent judgment also known as the investigative judgment.

And what they are doing is looking for the Christ-like character in his people, described up here by Christ at his Lord's Supper, and he is servant serving the Master and submitting to God in all things.

This is what they are looking for in the books of Daniel chapter 2.

So the connection then, or Daniel 7 verses 9 and 10, and so the connection that we're seeing then is that since the Father and the Son are looking for this Christ-like character in my life, it only stands to reason that they must necessarily give us a simple plan by which we can know through Christ that what they're looking for in those books are there.

Thus, the second part, the plan of redemption.

And with that, we see an assurance of our salvation, and that is awesome to me.

So having said that, I am, like I say in this brochure, my goal now and my willingness is to share these life-changing truths with everyone in any media that I can possibly do.

And to show basically the prophecies of Daniel chapter 2 in the broader context of the great controversy.

Secondly, the simple plan of redemption, having Christlikeness in us, with an assurance of our salvation in the pre-advent judgment, also known as the investigative judgment, also known as the great day of atonement.

And additionally, my goal is to help each person in both of these parts, this 1 here on Daniel chapter 2, including the plan of redemption, to discover new truths about the character of the Father displayed by the Son on this earth and in the sanctuary system that shows us that they can be loved and admired in the courtyard of the heavenly sanctuary of strength, in the holy place, and in the most holy place.

So having said that, there's 1 other point that I would like to encourage each person who will view this DVD and that is this.

2 years ago I left McKee Foods Corporation after being there for 24 years with my Heavenly Father, your Heavenly Father nudging me to do this.

In the last 2 years I wouldn't trade for anything professionally.

So if God is nudging you to do some dream, I don't know what it is.

It could be writing a composition, it could be writing music, it can be whatever.

If He has encouraged you to do something for Him, go for it.

Now let's take a look at Daniel chapter 2.

Let us pretend that you are Nebuchadnezzar.

You went to bed wondering what's the future holding for the planet?

And I'm going to read you a passage in Daniel chapter 2 verses 27 through 29 and Nebuchadnezzar is being told by Daniel what was going on the night that he had this dream that we will see here in a moment.

Daniel chapter 2 verses 27 through 29 say this, Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, the secret which the king has demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers show unto the king." So he's basically giving the worldly wise the ability, can you answer the question of the king.

And he tells the king rhetorically, obviously, they cannot.

So in verse 28 he says, But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets and makes known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.

That's what he was wondering when he went to sleep that evening.

So he continues by saying, Your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed are these.

As for you, O King, your thoughts came upon your into your mind upon your bed.

And yet how many times do people do the same thing?

They go to psychics, they go to any other source to find out what's going to be in the future when they have it right here in the Word of God.

Specifically, in this dream of Daniel chapter 2, 7 symbols.

And he that reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass.

So that was the question that you went to bed with, and this was the dream that you forgot.

They couldn't, and so Daniel comes in, shows first the dream then followed by the interpretation.

So Daniel says Nebuchadnezzar you saw in your head the head of gold, you saw silver, brass, You saw silver, brass, iron, feet of iron and clay.

Then you saw this stone, which incidentally is the focal point of the entire dream, coming toward the large image and shatter it to pieces.

Then that stone became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Now we are wanting to see, okay, what's the interpretation?

And so Daniel proceeds to tell him the interpretation.

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.

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.

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.

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and became like the chaff of 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." Daniel 2, 31 to 35.

So now you actually see in your dream, in your audience chamber, in your palace, what you dreamed and the interpretation which we are going to unfold in the next 3 sessions for this video DVD.

Notice with me that there are actually 7 symbols in Daniel chapter 2.

There's a head of gold, the chest of arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron, the feet of iron and clay, there is a stone, and then there is a mountain.

And what we're going to notice is this stone is the clear focal point of the entire dream.

But at this point let's pause and ask ourselves what is 1 of the points of prophecy?

And there can be several points of prophecy, but 1 of them that sometimes may be overlooked is to meet Christ in Daniel and become like him.

Let's take a look at a few verses that actually show that.

Let's turn here to John chapter 5 and verse 39, and we will read the following.

Search the scriptures, for in them ye think that you have eternal life, but they are they that testify of me." So the point of Scripture is to show Christ.

Having seen that, let's now notice another passage.

This time we want to look at 2 Timothy 3 and verse 16.

This begins very briefly by saying that all Scripture All Scripture is given by inspiration.

So that says, All Scripture, meaning Daniel and Revelation.

So if we put these 2 together, notice what we see.

We discover that when we study the Scripture, we should find Christ, Daniel and Revelation are Scripture, so we should actually find Christ in the book of Daniel.

Then Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 3, verse 18, by beholding Christ, we become changed like him.

So what that means is that when I am looking at Daniel I should see Christ and become changed like him specifically meaning that I will become more like Christ, meaning I will then discover I am living for others and submitted to God in all things.

This is the product of studying Daniel and Revelation.

Let's think of a few other verses that we want to take in consideration here.

This time we are looking at Daniel chapter 12, that is, the last chapter.

Many shall be purified and made white and tried, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

So Daniel 12, verse 10 says the wise shall understand." Understand what?

Primarily, who Christ is, be changed into His likeness, meaning they will become more others-focused and submitted to God.

Now let's look at 1 other verse and we're going to watch a video clip.

Let's look now to Matthew chapter 7 verses 24 through 27.

Christ says here, the wise hear and do what I say.

Those who are not wise, they will hear, but not do." So let's take a look at this next video clip to see what happens if we are reading Scripture specifically Daniel and Revelation but not being changed in His image, meaning not becoming others-centered and submitted to God in all things.

Every treasure that the house owner has that's in that house is being washed down the stream.

You and I have the treasures of every prophecy in Daniel and Revelation, But if that knowledge in our house is not seeing Christ and being changed into His image, Christ says that we will be washed away.

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