►Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 || Lessons From DANIEL Chapters 2,7&8

►Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 || Lessons From DANIEL Chapters 2,7&8

1.Sovereignty Resides in God: Contrary to one of the gimmicks of Politicians, Soverignty resides in God (Not in the populace). God is Sovereign. He Determines everything. Nothing happens without His knowledge. He is Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent and MOST POWERFUL. Make no mistake to compare anyone to HIM.

2. God Works With Time Line/Table: He told Jeremiah to prophesy to the people of Judah that they would be exiled for 70yrs & He would send them back afterwards. He mentioned the king who, together with Daniel, would work out their home-coming. Exactly when they had spent 70yrs in Babylon, God used Cyrus & Darius of Medo-Persian empire to overpower Babylon and Cyrus was the king who was to be positively influenced by Daniel to send God's people back to Jerusalem. Again, from Daniel Chapters 2, 7 & 8, God stated clearly the kingdoms & the kings that would rule the world right from that time to the last days; From the ......
-->The Head (made of Gold), a Lion, Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon
-->The Chest & Arms (made of silver), a Bear, Ram with 2 horns, Cyrus & Darius, Medo-Persia
-->The Belly & Thighs (made of Bronze), Leopard, he/shaggy-goat, little horn (Alexander the Great) & 4 horns (his 4 Generals who divided his kingdom), Greece. With the one who took Syria, Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a.k.a. Mithridates) invading Jerusalem, abolishing Jewish rites such as daily sacrifice, killing many people etc (A picture of the Anti-Christ)
-->The Legs (made of iron), Beasts with iron teeth, The Caesars & other Emperors of the Roman Empire.
-->The Feet with 10 Toes (made of a mixture of clay & iron), Ten horns, out of which when one little horn (Anti-Christ) is about to appear, Three of the Toes/horns/kingdoms/Kings will be destroyed. Dear Reader, if we are not living in the days of these kings, then we are very, very close.
---> FINALLY, THE KING OF KINGS (THE MESSIAH), THE ROCK, WILL CRUSH THE STATUE (ALL THE PREVIOUS KINGDOMS) FROM THE FOOT (i.e. the 7 kings & the Anti Christ). HE WILL DESTROY THEM & ESTABLISH HIS EVERLASTING KINGDOM & REIGN TOGETHER WITH HIS CHOSEN ONES. THIS IS GOD'S TIME TABLE. AND AS WE LOOK BACK (THROUGH HISTORY), WE HUMANITY HAS NAVIGATED THROUGH THE TIME LINE. THE HOPE WE HAVE IN GOD IS: HE DOESN'T LIE...ALL THAT HE HAS PROMISED, HE WATCHES TO PERFORM.

3. Humility: If by now, U haven't learned how to humble yourself before God, then U must go back to Chapter 1, through to 8. Any king who failed to give Glory to God & became proud was humbled. If U have beautiful family, any spiritual gift (teaching, healing, word of knowledge, discernment of spirit, speak in tongues, Giving, charity, etc), please KNOW THAT IT IS GOD WHO HAS GIVEN IT TO U. U DON' OWEN ANYTHING. BE THANKFUL TO GOD. U ARE ONLY A CARE TAKER. GOD IS THE OWNER. GIVE THE CREDIT/GLORY TO GOD.

4. No Need To Fear: If U know that God is in control of affairs, U wont be afraid of what the devil or his agents will do to U. To the Glory of God, He granted be the grace to go through some of the difficult moments of my life; My first born underwent surgery, scorpion stung my wife, I felt sick, nearing death, the car also developed mechanical faults and a litany of issues. But to the Glory of God, Christ held me tight through it all. Dear Reader, we have a Mighty God who has promised to be with us. Yesterday, I was almost involved in accident. But I care less about what the devil will do. God is with us; THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. FEAR/REVEREND GOD & FEAR/HATE SIN. THAT'S ALL. OF COURSE, AS HUMAN, U WILL MAKE MISTAKE. BUT AS SOON AS THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS U, QUICKLY HUMBLE YOURSELF, CONFESS & REPENT FROM IT. AMEN

God willing, we shall look at [art Nine of End Time Series, which will cover Daniel Chapter 9 tomorrow.

--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL THE GLORY TO GOD