23 May 2018 - Encounter Night: Times of the Gentiles (ABCs of Bible Prophecy) - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon Notes

23 May 2018 - Encounter Night: Times of the Gentiles (ABCs of Bible Prophecy) - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon Notes

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1. In Christ Alone
2. On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand
3. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
4. Who is Like Thee - Pastor Joseph Prince

To receive healing, just offer a simple prayer or a simple act of faith. Don’t over-complicate matters.
God’s ways are simple but powerful.
Don’t trust in dieting or exercise more than you trust in the Lord, for your health.

We need to study Bible prophecy because it strengthens and stabilizes us. Wisdom is the stability of your times.
It is wrong to think that it will all pan out anyway so there’s no need to study Bible prophecy.

Luke 21:24 - Times of the Gentiles: from AD 70 until 1967.

 “And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” (Luke 21:24 NKJV) 

God sent Israel prophet after prophet to tell them not to worship idols or forsake Him.
When Israel stopped offering sacrifices, there was nothing to cover Israel’s sins anymore.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar came in to destroy Jerusalem and capture the Jews for exile to Babylon.

God wanted Israel to be an example of blessing when people obey the Lord. He wanted to provoke the other nations to jealousy.
Israel was supposed to be a lighthouse.
However, they rebelled against God so God raised up Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom as a world power instead.

Daniel and his three friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were some of the young Jews who were exiled to Babylon.

This message will help you to tap into the wisdom of the Lord to get the answers you need.

In the context of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, we’re living in the days of the feet of the image. The Lord Jesus is the stone in the dream that struck the image. The Kingdom of Christ will be established as an everlasting kingdom. Image Credits: The Christadelphian Watchman on YouTube.

The roadmap of the times of the Gentiles and beyond, revealed in the image of  King Nebuchadnezzar 

​Daniel 2:1-49 - King Nebuchadnezzar was a cruel and crafty king. He demanded that the wise men tell him both his dream as well as the interpretation of it. 
That’s how he can guarantee that the wise men can’t lie to him. 
The interpretation of dreams cannot come from men. It’s from God. 
Daniel was only 17 years old. You’re never to young or too old to tap into God’s wisdom. Wisdom comes from the Lord, it doesn’t come from experience. 
After receiving the answer from God, Daniel did not rush to answer the king. He took his time to thank God first. 
Only God can tell you what will happen hereafter (in the future). 
Daniel knew how to give all glory to God. 
In the context of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, we’re living in the days of the feet of the image.
The Lord Jesus is the stone in the dream that struck the image. 
The Kingdom of Christ will be established as an everlasting kingdom. 
In the Bible, a mountain represents either a kingdom or an obstacle, depending on the context. 
The power for Nebuchadnezzar to rule was given directly from God Himself, that’s why Nebuchadnezzar is referred to as the “king of kings”. God willed it to be so. 
Verse 38 talks about authority over the air and land, but not the sea. 
Only Jesus could command a fish to come with money in its mouth to pay the temple tax. 
Only Jesus can walk on water above the storm. He is a King who has the preeminence.
Jesus is a Stone cut out without human hands - born without a human father. 
1) Predicament/Panic of the wise men - the world claims to be learned but they don’t have the answers to live what Jesus calls the abundant life. 
2) Prayer of another wise man - Daniel prayed for wisdom and received the answer. 
3) Program of God - the image of Nebuchadnezzar shows the kingdom powers that would come after the Babylonian Empire. 
4) Promotion of God - Daniel was promoted to a high office. 
In the Tabernacle, the only light inside is the light from the lampstand. Outside is sunlight. 
The world only has sunlight (natural wisdom). Believers like us have the light from the Holy Spirit. God’s wisdom is the best. 
Are you trusting the wisdom of the world or the wisdom of God? 
The simpler your prayer, the more powerful. 
If you over-complicate things, the lesser the power will be because you’re trusting more in your words than in God’s power. 
Prayer is just opening your heart to the King - 
Like how the Queen of Sheba poured out the questions from her heart to King Solomon and he did not hold back anything from his heart in terms of his answers. 
Daniel and his friends praying together is the first time we see united prayer in the Bible. It was a prayer meeting. Prayer changes things!
Daniel knew the secret - Daniel wanted time to pray. 
You have not because you ask not. Peter was the only one of Jesus’ disciples who walked on water because he was the only one who asked. 
When David took another man’s wife, God told him, “Why didn’t you ask me for more?”. 
God has access to the most private counsels of the most powerful men. 
He can put thoughts in their heads in their most private moments to intervene for you. 
The image of Nebuchadnezzar starts off good and it degrades as it goes down:
When something is of man, it starts off good and ends up bad. 
When something is of God, it will be be made good and will be maintained.
At the Wedding of Cana, Jesus turned the water into wine.
God says as your days, so shall your strength be. 
From strength to strength, and from glory to glory. 
When we follow the wisdom of God, the world will see that our God is real. 
They can’t see that if we behave just like the world. 

“Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.” Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.” The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap. However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation.” They answered again and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will give its interpretation.” The king answered and said, “I know for certain that you would gain time, because you see that my decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you! For you have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the time has changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can give me its interpretation.” The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them. Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel. So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, And have now made known to me what we asked of You, For You have made known to us the king’s demand.” Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; take me before the king, and I will tell the king the interpretation.” Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king, and said thus to him, “I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.” The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?” Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these: As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart. “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all— you are this head of gold. But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.” Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him. The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.” (Daniel 2:1-49 NKJV)

The interpretation of dreams cannot come from men. It’s from God. Daniel was only 17 years old. You’re never to young or too old to tap into God’s wisdom. Wisdom comes from the Lord, it doesn’t come from experience. Image Credits: insightsofthesoul.blogspot.com

When man builds, it degrades. When God builds, it lasts! 

​Daniel 2:29 - God can reveal to man what will come to pass in the future (hereafter). 
He can lead you to pray for things that would happen in the future. 
God leads you with thoughts. These thoughts must be accompanied by the inward peace in your spirit. 
A Christian’s default mode is peace. God leads you by unrest. If the peace in you is shaken, then God is saying, don’t proceed. Take time to pray about it. 
Nebuchadnezzar’s image: Babylonian Empire (Gold), Medo-Persian Empire (Silver), Greek Empire (Bronze), Roman Empire (Iron), Revived Roman Empire (Iron and Clay). 
Clay represents man [democracy]. 

“As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.” (Daniel 2:29 KJV)

Daniel 7:6 - Daniel had another dream in Daniel 7: Babylonian Empire (Lion), Medo-Persian Empire (Bear), Greek Empire (Leopard). 
This dream was given to Daniel long before the events it foretold happened. 

““After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.” (Daniel 7:6 NKJV)

Revelation 17:3-4 - The antichrist will emerge from the Revived Roman Empire (most likely in Europe). 
Ten horns represents ten kings. 
The European Union have more than that now, but they will have members dropping out in the future. 
Outside the office of the European Union, there is a sculpture of a woman riding a beast. 

“So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.” (Revelation 17:3-4 NKJV)

Song of Solomon 5:10-11 - Ruddy means red, like Adam (whose name means red man). 
White and red is a picture of God and Man - Jesus is both God and Man. 
Jesus’ head is finest gold, reminding us of the golden head of the image of Nebuchadnezzar. 

“My beloved is white and ruddy, Chief among ten thousand. His head is like the finest gold; His locks are wavy, And black as a raven.” (Song of Solomon 5:10-11 NKJV)

Song of Solomon 5:15 - With man, it’s from gold to half-iron, half-clay. With God, it’s gold all the way.
When you follow the Lord, your ending (of victory and the abundant life) is certain. 
Whatever you face in life, put the Lord first. Rely on the wisdom of God, not the wisdom of the world. 

“His legs are pillars of marble Set on bases of fine gold. His countenance is like Lebanon, Excellent as the cedars.” (Song of Solomon 5:15 NKJV)

When you study Bible prophecy, stick closely to God’s word. Don’t watch those videos on YouTube with extra-Biblical claims that say that everyone is an antichrist. 
We are not waiting for the antichrist. We are waiting for the Rapture!

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