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‎Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom.

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‎God's people must remember that God's Not Dead (9-11).

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‎The resurrection is all the proof we need! (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)

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 <p>
-Verses 1-8 are really about the politics of the Ancient Near East. Let's dig into verse 2 and the idea of the winds of heaven are churning up the great sea. The great sea is probably a reference to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a prophecy about the Mediterranean world. The word <mark>רוּחֵ֣י</mark> which we translate as winds can also be translated as spirits. In Babylonian mythology, specifically the <mark>Enuma Elish</mark>, the Babylonian god Marduk wages war against the sea goddess Tiamat. In Canaanite mythology the god Baal wages war against the sea god Yamm. Throughout the ANE mythology depicts the sea as foreboding, dangerous, tumultuous, the task of taming the sea is something that only the chief god can do. Here we see the four winds, four represents totality, stirring up the sea. The idea here is that God has not just defeated the sea, He is in complete control. The events, the politics, of the Mediterranean world are under the control of the God of the universe who uses the winds, the spirits to execute his will across the world.
+Verses 1-8 are really about the politics of the Ancient Near East. Let's dig into verse 2 and the idea of the winds of heaven are churning up the great sea. The great sea is probably a reference to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a prophecy about the Mediterranean world. The word <mark>רוּחֵ֣י</mark> which we translate as winds can also be translated as spirits. In Babylonian mythology, specifically the <mark>Enuma Elish</mark>, the Babylonian god Marduk wages war against the sea goddess Tiamat. In Canaanite mythology the god Baal wages war against the sea god Yamm. Throughout the ANE mythology depicts the sea as foreboding, dangerous, tumultuous, the task of taming the sea is something that only the chief god can do. Here we see the four winds, four represents totality, stirring up the sea. The idea here is that God has not just defeated the sea, He is in complete control. <mark>The events, the politics, of the Mediterranean world are under the control of the God of the universe who uses the winds, the spirits to execute his will across the world.</mark>
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-In Daniels dream, the churning sea produces four beasts. Four leaders. As we read this account we are to understand that these emerging from the sea are subject to God. He is in control. Leaders do not rise and fall by accident!
+In Daniels dream, the churning sea produces four beasts. Four leaders. As we read this account we are to understand that these emerging from the sea are <mark>subject to God</mark>. He is in control. Leaders do not rise and fall by accident!
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 ===God's people are called to submit to rulers and authorities.===
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 ====There is a coming world wide empire.====
 =====This empire will be ferocious and trample those who oppose it.=====
-=====The ten horns we are told in verse 24 are ten kings. However, there will be one king who is unlike any other and this king will directly oppose the people of God. In fact, this king will directly oppose God. He will even gain the upper hand against God's people for a time, times, and half a time.=====
+=====The ten horns we are told in verse 24 are ten kings. However, there will be one king who is unlike any other and this king will directly oppose the people of God. In fact, this king will directly oppose God. <mark>He will even gain the upper hand against God's people for a time, times, and half a time.</mark>=====
 <p>So, what does this mean? How has this or will this be fulfilled? Honestly, I am not completely sure, but I do have a theory.</p>

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-Verses 1-8 are really about the politics of the Ancient Near East. Let's dig into verse 2 and the idea of the winds of heaven are churning up the great sea. The great sea is probably a reference to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a prophecy about the Mediterranean world. The word רוּחֵ֣י which we translate as winds can also be translated as spirits. In Babylonian mythology, specifically the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian god Marduk wages war against the sea goddess Tiamat. In Canaanite mythology the god Baal wages war against the sea god Yamm. Throughout the ANE mythology depicts the sea as foreboding, dangerous, tumultuous, the task of taming the sea is something that only the chief god can do. Here we see the four winds, four represents totality, stirring up the sea. The idea here is that God has not just defeated the sea, He is in complete control. The events, the politics, of the Mediterranean world are under the control of the God of the universe who uses the winds, the spirits to execute his will across the world.
+Verses 1-8 are really about the politics of the Ancient Near East. Let's dig into verse 2 and the idea of the winds of heaven are churning up the great sea. The great sea is probably a reference to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a prophecy about the Mediterranean world. The word <mark>רוּחֵ֣י</mark> which we translate as winds can also be translated as spirits. In Babylonian mythology, specifically the <mark>Enuma Elish</mark>, the Babylonian god Marduk wages war against the sea goddess Tiamat. In Canaanite mythology the god Baal wages war against the sea god Yamm. Throughout the ANE mythology depicts the sea as foreboding, dangerous, tumultuous, the task of taming the sea is something that only the chief god can do. Here we see the four winds, four represents totality, stirring up the sea. The idea here is that God has not just defeated the sea, He is in complete control. The events, the politics, of the Mediterranean world are under the control of the God of the universe who uses the winds, the spirits to execute his will across the world.
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 <p>So, what does this mean? How has this or will this be fulfilled? Honestly, I am not completely sure, but I do have a theory.</p>
 ====I believe much of this will be fulfilled in the tribulation.====
-The Roman Empire kinda just fell apart, it really wasn't conquered. Ruler's rise and fall but I believe that sometime in the future, in a time commonly referred to as the tribulation, there will arise a ruler who brings the entire world under his rule. This ruler will also oppose God's people and speak directly against God. The ruler will even we allowed to have what appears to be victory and control over God's people for a period of 3.5 years. However, in the end this ruler will fall before God. So, that is what I believe, and I am happy to talk about the why and more specifics later. But for now what I want you to realize is that God's people may even find themselves under rulers who directly oppose the people of God. You may find yourself under the authority of someone who opposed God. Why? because God has allowed it. We are in enemy territory but only because eGod allows it.
+The Roman Empire kinda just fell apart, it really wasn't conquered. Ruler's rise and fall but I believe that sometime in the future, in a time commonly referred to as the tribulation, there will arise a ruler who brings the entire world under his rule. This ruler will also oppose God's people and speak directly against God. The ruler will even we allowed to have what appears to be victory and control over God's people for a period of 3.5 years. However, in the end this ruler will fall before God. So, that is what I believe, and I am happy to talk about the why and more specifics later. But for now what I want you to realize is that God's people may even find themselves under rulers who directly oppose the people of God. You may find yourself under the authority of someone who opposed God. Why? because God has allowed it. We are in enemy territory but only because God allows it.
 ===MTR: Take a second to acknowledge the reality that we live in hostile enemy territory.===
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 ===The living God is holy.===
-====Poetry I used to emphasize purity. White clothing -> holiness, white hair -> holiness and age,====
+====Poetry is used to emphasize purity. White clothing -> holiness, white hair -> holiness and age,====
 The poetry of the text begins by emphasizing the purity of the ancient of Days. The clothing is white reminding us of holiness. The hair is white reminding us again of both holiness and age. The text intends to overwhelm our senses with the description of God.
 ====We can compare Daniel's description of God's holiness with Isaiah in Isaiah 6:1b-4====
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 ===The living God is active.===
-If God were simply holy, separate, that would be incredible, but there is more. God is not only holy, God is active. The throne being a flaming fire reminds us that God is working to purify. I believe that the wheels on the throne are intended to convey the idea that God is moving throughout creation purifying. God is not simply stationary fixed in his own holiness and absent from creation. God is active working to purify creation. We are utterly corrupt but God purify, redeems that which is corrupt. The statement God is not Dead is more than just a static statement about God's existence it is a proclamation that Gos is working within each of us. </p>
+If God were simply holy, separate, that would be incredible, but there is more. God is not only holy, God is active. The throne being a flaming fire reminds us that God is working to purify. I believe that the wheels on the throne are intended to convey the idea that God is moving throughout creation and purifying. God is not simply stationary fixed in his own holiness and absent from creation. God is active working to purify creation. We are utterly corrupt but God purifies and redeems that which is corrupt. The statement God is not Dead is more than just a static statement about God's existence it is a proclamation that God is working within each of us. </p>
 ===The living God will judge.===
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      and rides on the wings of the wind.
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-Other passages speak of YHWH riding the clouds in judgement. For example Isaiah 19:1. The issue, YHWH is on the fiery throne in the vision here so the only conclusion is that YHWH is in two places in this vision. Specifically, this vision is a strong statement about the trinity.
+Other passages speak of YHWH riding the clouds in judgement. For example Isaiah 19:1. The issue, YHWH is on the fiery throne in the vision here so the only conclusion is that YHWH is in two places in this vision. Specifically, this vision is a strong statement about the Trinity.
 ===Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom.===
-=====Verse 14 reminds that Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom and at everything will be under Jesus.=====
+=====Verse 14 reminds us that Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom and that everything will be under Jesus.=====
 He is given all glory, authority, sovereign power, nations, and peoples.
 =====When Jesus used the title "Son of Man" to describe himself he is claiming nothing short of deity!=====

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 ===Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom.===
-=====Verse 14 reminds that Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom and at everything will be under Jesus.===== He is given all glory, authority, sovereign power, nations, and peoples.
+=====Verse 14 reminds that Jesus will establish his eternal kingdom and at everything will be under Jesus.=====
 =====When Jesus used the title "Son of Man" to describe himself he is claiming nothing short of deity!=====
 =====Now for a final important question. Is this really Jesus who fulfills this vision?=====
 ===The resurrection is all the proof we need! (1 Corinthians 15:20-28)===

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  At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Is 6:1–4.</ref>
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+</blockquote>
 God's holiness is used to describe two aspects of God. First, God's holiness refers to the fact that he is entirely separate from creation. The second way the Bible described "God’s holiness is by describing his pure and incorruptible presence, <ref>J. Owen Carroll, “God’s Holiness,” in Lexham Survey of Theology, ed. Mark Ward et al. (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018).</ref> The white clothes and white hair work together to picture this completely incorruptible nature of God.

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 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream.
 Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. 3 Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.
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 “This is the end of the matter. I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”<ref>Daniel 7 NIV</ref>
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 ==Image: Tired of politics==
-I don't know about you, but I am already tired of the political ads and speech. There are times when it feels hopeless. But in reality, what I need to do when I see and add is remember that I serve God. This fact should give me true hope.
+I don't know about you, but I am already tired of the political ads and speech. There are times when it feels hopeless. But in reality, what I need to do when I see an ad is remember that I serve God. This fact should give me true hope.
 ==Need: We live in a broken world we need hope, we need to recognize that our hope comes from the God of the universe.==

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 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
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 ===MTR: Place your hope entirely in King Jesus.===