Daniel 2Daniel 2

Keys to ProphecyKeys to Prophecy

PropheciesDaniel 2, 7, 8, 9 – Revelation 10, 12, 13, 14, 20

TopicsLife – Death – Resurrection – Eternal Life

2nd Coming of Christ – Heaven – HellProblem of Evil

Where did evil come from? – How did it originate?Why was evil allowed? – How did it come to earth?

How will evil be solved?

PropheciesDaniel 2, 7, 8, 9 – Revelation 10, 12, 13, 14, 20

TopicsLife – Death – Resurrection – Eternal Life

2nd Coming of Christ – Heaven – HellProblem of Evil

Where did evil come from? – How did it originate?Why was evil allowed? – How did it come to earth?

How will evil be solved?

16 nights17 topics16 nights17 topics

"The believer in God must explain one thing, the existence of suffering;the nonbeliever, however, must explain the existence of everything else." The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin

"The believer in God must explain one thing, the existence of suffering;the nonbeliever, however, must explain the existence of everything else." The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin

Asa GrayAsa Gray

toto

Charles DarwinCharles DarwinWith respect to the theological view of the question;

this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

With respect to the theological view of the question; this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

Charles DarwinCharles DarwinWith respect to the theological view of the question;

this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

With respect to the theological view of the question; this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

Charles DarwinCharles DarwinWith respect to the theological view of the question;

this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

With respect to the theological view of the question; this is always painful to me. – I am bewildered. I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice.

Charles DarwinCharles DarwinOn the other hand I cannot anyhow be contented to

view this wonderful universe and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance.

Not that this notion at all satisfies me .... But the more I think the more bewildered I become; as indeed I have probably shown by this letter.

On the other hand I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance.

Not that this notion at all satisfies me .... But the more I think the more bewildered I become; as indeed I have probably shown by this letter.

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin

In nature Darwin saw – “…variation… which leads to many injurious deviations of structure, as well as the redundant power of reproduction which inevitably leads to a struggle for existence, and, as a consequence, to the natural selection or survival of the fittest…”

In church Darwin was taught – “…an omnipotent and omniscient Creator ordains…and foresees everything.”

In nature Darwin saw – “…variation… which leads to many injurious deviations of structure, as well as the redundant power of reproduction which inevitably leads to a struggle for existence, and, as a consequence, to the natural selection or survival of the fittest…”

In church Darwin was taught – “…an omnipotent and omniscient Creator ordains…and foresees everything.”

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin

Darwin concluded –

“…when I come to think over this I get into an uncomfortable puzzle something analogous with "necessity and Free-will" or the "Origin of evil," or other subject quite beyond the scope of the human intellect.”

“Thus we are brought face to face with a difficulty as insoluble as is that of free will and predestination.”

Darwin concluded –

“…when I come to think over this I get into an uncomfortable puzzle something analogous with "necessity and Free-will" or the "Origin of evil," or other subject quite beyond the scope of the human intellect.”

“Thus we are brought face to face with a difficulty as insoluble as is that of free will and predestination.”

The BASIC Bible Prophecy

Key #1Every other prophecy builds on this one!

SimpleAmazing

Specific

The BASIC Bible Prophecy

Key #1Every other prophecy builds on this one!

SimpleAmazing

Specific

Daniel 2 (856)Daniel 2 (856)

Babylon’s Wise Men

Magicians – Slight of hand

Astrologers – Supposed movement of stars

Sorcerers – Contact with the dead

Chaldeans – Intellectuals and scholars

Babylon’s Wise Men

Magicians – Slight of hand

Astrologers – Supposed movement of stars

Sorcerers – Contact with the dead

Chaldeans – Intellectuals and scholars

Daniel 2Daniel 2

Young King

vs.

Old Bureaucrats

Young King

vs.

Old Bureaucrats

Daniel 2Daniel 2

There is a God in heaven

Reveals secrets

The latter days

There is a God in heaven

Reveals secrets

The latter days

Daniel 2:28Daniel 2:28

BABYLONBABYLON

605-538 605-538 B.C.B.C.

BABYLONBABYLON

605-538 605-538 B.C.B.C.

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSINMENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN

Daniel 5:25-28Daniel 5:25-28

MENE

TEKEL

PERES (singular)UPHARSIN (plural)

MENE

TEKEL

PERES (singular)UPHARSIN (plural)

Numbered

Weighed

Divided

Numbered

Weighed

Divided

MEDO-MEDO-PERSIAPERSIA

538-331 538-331 B.C.B.C.

Isaiah 13:17-19Isaiah 13:17-1917 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them…

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,

The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,

Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them…

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,

The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,

Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 44:24-25Isaiah 44:24-2524 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,

And He who formed you from the womb:“I am the LORD, who makes all things,Who stretches out the heavens all alone,Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;

25 Who frustrates the signs of the babblers,And drives diviners mad;Who turns wise men backward,And makes their knowledge foolishness;”

24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer,And He who formed you from the womb:“I am the LORD, who makes all things,Who stretches out the heavens all alone,Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;

25 Who frustrates the signs of the babblers,And drives diviners mad;Who turns wise men backward,And makes their knowledge foolishness;”

Isaiah 44:26-28Isaiah 44:26-2826 “…Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’

To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’And I will raise up her waste places;

27 Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!And I will dry up your rivers’;

28 Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,And he shall perform all My pleasure,Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”’”

26 “…Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’And I will raise up her waste places;

27 Who says to the deep, ‘Be dry!And I will dry up your rivers’;

28 Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,And he shall perform all My pleasure,Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”’”

Isaiah 45:1-2Isaiah 45:1-21 Thus says the LORD to His anointed,

To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—To subdue nations before himAnd loose the armor of kings,To open before him the double doors,So that the gates will not be shut.

2 “I will go before youAnd make the crooked places straight;I will break in pieces the gates of bronzeAnd cut the bars of iron.”

1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed,To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—To subdue nations before himAnd loose the armor of kings,To open before him the double doors,So that the gates will not be shut.

2 “I will go before youAnd make the crooked places straight;I will break in pieces the gates of bronzeAnd cut the bars of iron.”

Isaiah 44:24 – 45:1Isaiah 44:24 – 45:1

44:27 I will dry up your rivers

45:1 To open before him the double doors,so that the gates will not be shut:

44:28 “He is My shepherd,and he shall perform all My pleasure,

Saying to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be built,’and to the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

44:27 I will dry up your rivers

45:1 To open before him the double doors,so that the gates will not be shut:

44:28 “He is My shepherd,and he shall perform all My pleasure,

Saying to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be built,’and to the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

CyrusCyrus

Babylon – 605-538 BCBabylon – 605-538 BC

Medo-Persia – 538-331 BCMedo-Persia – 538-331 BC

GREECEGREECE

331-168 B.C.331-168 B.C.

ROMEROME

168 B.C. – A.D. 168 B.C. – A.D. 476476

DIVIDED DIVIDED KINGDOMKINGDOM

ALAMANNI GermanBURGUNDIANS Swiss-Austrian FRANKS FrenchVISIGOTHS Spanish SUEVI PortugueseANGLO SAXONS EnglishVANDALS North Africa - destroyed in 533HERULI Italy - destroyed in 493OSTROGOTHS Italy - destroyed in 538LOMBARDS Italian

ALAMANNI GermanBURGUNDIANS Swiss-Austrian FRANKS FrenchVISIGOTHS Spanish SUEVI PortugueseANGLO SAXONS EnglishVANDALS North Africa - destroyed in 533HERULI Italy - destroyed in 493OSTROGOTHS Italy - destroyed in 538LOMBARDS Italian

DIVIDED DIVIDED KINGDOMKINGDOM

DIVIDED DIVIDED KINGDOMKINGDOM

CharlemagneCharles VLouis XIVNapoleon

Kaiser WilhelmHitler

“They will not adhere one to another”

CharlemagneCharles VLouis XIVNapoleon

Kaiser WilhelmHitler

“They will not adhere one to another”

DIVIDED DIVIDED KINGDOMKINGDOM

A.D. 476 – A.D. 476 – PRESENTPRESENT

“In the days of these kings…”“In the days of these kings…”

GOD’S ETERNA

L KINGDO

M

GOD’S ETERNA

L KINGDO

M

1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.”

1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.”

Revelation 21:1-3Revelation 21:1-3

4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.

5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”

Revelation 21:4-5Revelation 21:4-5

John 14:1-3John 14:1-31Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and preparea place for you, I will come again and receive you to

Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

1Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you.

I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and preparea place for you, I will come again and receive you to

Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

BabylonBabylonMedo-PersiaMedo-Persia

GreeceGreece

RomeRome

DivisionDivision

God’s Eternal Kingdom

God’s Eternal Kingdom

Key #1Key #11. God

knows

9 Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me,

10 Declaring the end from the beginning,and from ancient times things that are not yet done,Saying, “My counsel shall stand,and I will do all My pleasure...”

9 Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me,

10 Declaring the end from the beginning,and from ancient times things that are not yet done,Saying, “My counsel shall stand,and I will do all My pleasure...”

Isaiah 46:9-10Isaiah 46:9-10

BabylonBabylonMedo-PersiaMedo-Persia

GreeceGreece

RomeRome

DivisionDivision

God’s Eternal Kingdom

God’s Eternal Kingdom

Key #1Key #11. God

knows

2. God cares

3. About you

1. God knows

2. God cares

3. About you

How to know your future is secureHow to know your future is secure

Tomorrow Night – 7 pmTomorrow Night – 7 pm