Friday, 2 January 2015

Who was Daniel whom God gave the power to interpret dreams? Episode three.

EPISODE THREE
Nebuchadnez' zar had the dream about the golden-headed image. Although the magic-practicing priests, conjurers, and Chalde'ans were unable to know and interpret this dream, the Jewish prophet Daniel did so.
DANIEL 2: 12-28    Because of this the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men were to slain, and they sought Daniel and his companions, to slay them. Then Daniel reply with prudence and discretion to Ar'i-och, the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon; he said to Ar'i-och, "Why is the decree of the king so severe?" Then Ar'i-och made the matter known to Daniel. And Daniel went in and besought the king to appoint him a time, that he might show to the king the interpretation.
Then DANIEL went to his house AND made the matter known to Hanani'ah, Mish'a-el, and Azari'ah, HIS COMPANIONS, and told them to SEEK MERCY OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN CONCERNING THIS MYSTERY, SO THAT DANIEL AND HIS COMPANIONS MIGHT NOT PERISH WITH THE REST OF THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON. Then THE MYSTERY WAS REVEALED TO DANIEL IN A VISION OF THE NIGHT. Then DANIEL BELSSED THE GOD OF HEAVEN.
Daniel said: "BLESSED BE THE NAME OF GOD for ever and ever, TO WHOM BELONG WISDOM and MIGHT. HE CHANGES TIMES AND SEASONS; HE REMOVES KINGS AND SETS UP KINGS; HE GIVES WISDOM TO THE WISE and KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING; HE REVEALS DEEP and MYSTERIOUS THINGS; HE KNOWS WHAT IS IN THE DARKNESS, AND THE LIGHT DWELLS WITH HIM.  To you, O GOD OF MY FATHERS, I GIVE THANKS and PRAISE, FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN ME WISDOM AND STRENGTH, and HAVE NOW MADE KNOWN TO ME WHAT WE ASKED OF YOU, FOR YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO US the KING'S MATTER."
Therefore Daniel went in to Ar'i-och, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said to him, "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show the king the interpretation."
Then Ar'i-och brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him: "I HAVE FOUND AMONG THE EXILES FROM JUDAH A MAN WHO CAN MAKE KNOWN TO THE KING THE INTERPRETATION."
The king said to Daniel, whose name was BELTESHAZ' ZAR, "ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE KNOWN TO ME THE DREAM THAT I HAVE SEEN AND ITS INTERPRETATION?"
Daniel answered the king, "NO WISE MEN, ENCHANTERS, MAGICIANS, or ASTROLOGERS CAN SHOW TO THE KING THE MYSTERY WHICH THE KING HAS ASKED, but there is A GOD IN HEAVEN who REVEALS MYSTERIES, and HE HAS MADE KNOWN TO KING NEBUCHADNEZ' ZAR WHAT WILL BE IN THE LATTER DAYS. "

Although the magic-practicing priests, conjurers and Chalde'ans were unable to know and interpret the king's dream, Daniel did so.

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