Blended Readings: April 20 Readings

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Today's Reading Daniel 5-7; Revelation 7

King James Version with Web Encyclopedia links: <Daniel 5; <Daniel 6; Daniel 7; Revelation 7

Daniel 5 – 7
Daniel 5: Belshazzar was now king of Babylon and was a grandson or descendant of Nebuchadnezzar. He had a banquet and told his servants to bring in the silver and gold goblets that Nebuchadnezzar captured from the Temple in Jerusalem. They started to drink from the goblets when the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the wall. The king turned pale and his knees knocked. He called in the wise men of Babylon and asked what was written on the wall. No one could answer him. The queen mentioned Daniel to the king, of his previous experience in interpreting dreams. Daniel intreptred what was written on the wall which meant that Mene: God had numbered his days; Tekel: the king was weighed and found wanting; and Perses; the kingdom would be divided and given to the Medes and Persians. Daniel was rewarded, That night Belshazzar was killed and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom.

Daniel 6 Daniel was put in the den of lions because the bureaucrats were jealous of his abilities. They came up with the edict for Darius to sign: Any one who prays to another god will be thrown in the lions’ den. What a setup! Or so they thought. Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den but was spared. The bureaucrats along with their families were thrown into the lions’ den.
King Darius was worried about Daniel and was overjoyed to see him unharmed after spending the night with the lions.

Daniel 7 Daniel had a dream of four beasts (v. 1-14) and the dream was interpreted for him (verses 15-28). In verses 13-14, he saw the Son of Man, the Messiah in the vision, who was enthroned as ruler over the whole earth previously misruled by the four kingdom of men. His kingdom would last forever. This chapter mentions the Lion as babylonia, the bear as Medo-Persia, the leopard as Greece and the terrifying and frightening beast as Rome. Out of Rome would come the Antichrist . Here are some links discussing Daniel 7.
The Four Beasts