Our Day in Bible Prophecy

1. Our Day in BibleProphecy “Where Does Bible Prophecy Say We Are?”

2. I. We don’t know the exact date of Jesus’ return and the end of the world.

3. But we do have signs that it is near. • Matthew 24:6 – wars and rumors of war. Matthew 24:7 – famines and earthquakes.

4. Matthew 24:24 – false Christs and false prophets. • II Timothy 3:2 – lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy.

5. B. A helpful prophecy found in_________________. Daniel chapter 2

6. II. King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. A. Background information. Daniel and his companions were in ______________. Babylon They were included among the ________________. king’s advisors

7. B. King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:Daniel 2:31-35.

9. Head of ________. Chest and arms of ________. Belly and thighs of _______. Legs of _______. gold silver bronze iron

10. iron and clay 5. Feet of _________________. 6. _________ which smashes the image. Stone

11. The dreams’ interpretation: Daniel 2:36-45. “This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation. You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,

12. and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, making you rule over them all – you are the head of gold. After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

13. And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these. And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom;

14. but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly strong and partly brittle. As you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage,

15. but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and

16. bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever; just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter.

17. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

18. Relevance for Our Day. A. The panorama of empires. Head of gold: _________ _____________ Babylon 605-539 B.C.

19. Chest and arms of silver: _________________________ 539 – 331 B.C. Med0-Persia Belly and thighs of bronze: _____________________ Greece 331 – 168 B.C. Rome 4. Legs of iron: __________ ______________ 168 B.C. – 476 A.D.

20. Feet of iron and clay: _________________________ ____________ Divided Europe 476 A.D. – Present Great Stone: ____________ ____________ God’s Kingdom Present - ???

21. Living in the time of the ___________. ten toes

22. Conclusion. God has not revealed ____________ to us, just what _________________. everything we need to know

23. B. What do we need to do to be ready for Jesus’ second coming and the end of the world?