The Four Kingdoms will Pass away, but Jesus Realm will Remain

Verses: Daniel 7 : 1 - 28

My thoughts about the verses:

There are many different views on who made up the four kingdoms.  Are these kingdoms that will come right before Jesus comes back to the Earth?  Is this a historical text of the four kingdoms that have already fallen starting with Persia?  Does it really matter which kingdoms this represents?

There are three take a ways that we can learn from Daniel’s vision.  First the kingdoms of man will fall.  No man can ever have enough power to outshine God.  No matter what we thank no country or person is truly infallible.  We have to understand that God will make each “kingdom” pay for the inequalities and mistakes that they have made.  They will all be destroyed and face the ruler.

Secondly, the Antichrist will arise.   The Antichrist will try to prove to the world that they are the true living God.  They will trick people with their promises.  Yet, the antichrist will actually be teaching us lies.  There will be many who are persuaded by these actions yet true believers will know that they are lives.  There will come a time that even the rule of the antichrist will come.

The last thing that we can take away is that the only realm that will survive is Gods.  Jesus will come in and take the throne back from the antichrist.  The rule will end with great victory.  Those that are here at that moment will see the final Realm of God come to power.

Now here is something else that I want us to think about isn’t all of this true in this time.  Have we not seen governments topple?  How many times have powers that ruled the Earth come tumbling to the ground.  How many different people have we thought were the antichrist?  How many of us think that the Judgment seat will happen in the near future.  This has been the thoughts of humankind for centuries.

It is ironic if you think that according to one theory the Roman Rule was the last Kingdom.  Think upon this could this not also be a foreshadowing of the future to come.  There were many Kings that failed between the time of Belshazzar and the time Jesus walked on the Earth.  Could it not be the fulfillment of the prophecy of Jesus taking the seat of judgment as he hung from the cross?  His blood flowed so that we could be free.  His blood covered the sins that filled the judgment book.

We have to remember no matter when we think this will or have happened that we must keep our eyes focused on God.  God should be the leader of your life.  We have to accept that we must love God with all of our heart.  We need to ask Jesus come in and take control of our life.  We need to let Jesus lead us on the right path.  We need to allow God to guide us to a destiny where we serve each other. 

We need to do just what Daniel did.  He heard the interpretation of the vision and he pondered for a while.  Then he continued living the Godly life that he was supposed to life.  He did not worry about tomorrow he focused on today.  He didn’t contemplate the end instead he contemplated his now.  He wrote this to teach us that we have to be prepared for we do not know the day or the hour.  Yet, there will be a day when Jesus comes and we need to be on the right side of judgment on that day. 

Prayer:

O, Holy God we praise you.  We lift our voices up to you in songs of thanksgiving.  We worship you for you are worthy to be praised.  We thank you for all that you have and will do.  We ask God that you help us move forward with the knowledge that we need you in our life.  Help us to not go astray to things that are against your will.  In the name of the Almighty God we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you accepted the gift of salvation?  Do you realize that there will come a time when you will face the judgment seat?  Are you letting Jesus lead your life?  What do you need to do to live a closer walk with God?