(Daniel 2)
36 “This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. 37 Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; 38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold. 39 “After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay. 44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces. “The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy.” 46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.”
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UCSB InterVarsity, Body of Christ at UCSB, American church, God has a special plan for you. He's about to do something New! InterVarsity, like America, is very multiethnic. Diversity is great and God loves that (people from different ethnicities coming together). But when people from different ethnicities come together there is usually a clash of cultures so people can choose to: {definitions from "Cultural Psych" by Heines)
- Assimilate to host culture- Attempt to fit in and fully participate in the host culture while making little or no effort to maintain the traditions of one's heritage culture. Involves having + attitude to host culture and - to heritage culture.
- Integrate- Attempt to fit in and fully participate in the host culture while at the same time striving to maintain the traditions of one's heritage culture. Seeking the best of both worlds (+, +)
- Separate- Make effort to maintain the traditions of one's heritage culture while making little or no efforts to participate in host culture. (-,+)
- Be marginalized- Make little or no effort to participate in host culture or to maintain heritage culture. (-,-)
We are in the Fourth Kingdom prophesied in *Daniel 2: 24-47*.
vs. 44. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, 45 just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
♫ Can you stand it? Feel that reign coming. It's GIGANTIC. Hear that thing rambling. It's so MONSTROUS. Bigger than King Kong. You CAN'T STOP THIS Everlasting Kingdom! Reign coming! Tell me can you see it? Open your eyes and I'll show you where The King is. You need refreshment? I'll show you where the spring is. You in the presence of the Reign of JESUS! ♫
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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THE NEW JERUSALEM
Extract from the post: THE KINGDOMS
I have GOOD NEWS to share!!!The Kingdom of heaven is at hand!!! :D :D :D
If you still don't believe me about the Kingdom of the world being under the devil's influence then you shall see for yourself... the darkness is pretty thick. But "the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining" (1 John 2:8) =)
Numbers are significant in the Bible and 12 signifies perfection of government. When Jesus first came He came to reconcile our hearts to Himself (restore our relationship with Him). He also has a plan to restore the whole world to how it should be. Everyone is crying out for justice and waiting for a hero to step in. Jesus is the hero. He will continue His redemptive work through all who put their trust in Him (He shall fill them with His glory = perfection of government) then He shall come back again (soon!) to finish off the renewal and take His seat as the Ruler of the earth :D :D :D (Update: God told me "2012" isn't over yet. We are going by the Hebrew calendar that started in September. More details in the Human Again post. There's a difference between the rapture (Jesus' appearing in the sky to perfect His bride) and Jesus' 2nd coming (when He actually lands on earth to rule and reign).
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and they will be my children =) But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Yikes! =( Deliver us! (Revelation 21:1-8) Friends, the afterlife (eternity in heaven or hell) is real. Let's choose to drink from the spring of the Living Water, Jesus. He will deliver us from all the devil's schemes :)
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The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand so let us turn our hearts back to Our Father :-)
“This, then, is how you should pray {says Jesus} :“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."(Matthew 6: 9-13) =)
"Baba Yetu" = "Our Father"- The Lord's Prayer in Swahili :-)
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Update: Last year God told me that this year is special. It's the "year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God"( Isaiah 61:2a) He told me it refers to the Hebrew year that started last September 2012 and overlaps into 2013. I got lots of confirmation. Here's the most recent one: AYIN GIMEL Our 2013 The Jewish year 5773, What Is Ahead. And just today I saw this post: THE GLORIOUS AND THE MAGNIFICENT MILLENIUM REIGN AND THE NEW JERUSALEM
I made the video below. It's my prayer. Lord Jesus prepare us to be a sanctuary for You! That we may soar with You even as things are changing.
Make us Ready for THE REVOLUTION! (We are The Revolution!More info to come!) Let me know if you have questions. Peace! :)
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