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“What is your kingdom?” (Daniel 4:24-27, Daniel 4:34-35)
Drew Melton, 3 July 2016
Part of the The Book Of Daniel series, Sunday Morning service
What is your kingdom? We each have one, and it is made up of the things we are most proud of. In Daniel 4, King Nebuchadnezzar gets quite a stern awakening to the fact that his kingdom isn’t actually his, and furthermore he doesn’t have control over it the way he thinks he does. The same is true for us: our “kingdom” isn’t ours, and we don’t have control over it.
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Daniel 4:24–27 (Listen)
24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. 26 And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules. 27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
(ESV)
Daniel 4:34–35 (Listen)
34 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever,
for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and none can stay his hand
or say to him, “What have you done?”
(ESV)