1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Hi, this is Dave Olson. I'm the senior leader of 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,640 Heartland Church located in Ankeny, IA. 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,039 I hope the following message challenges, encourages and 4 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,160 ultimately changes you. Thanks for joining us. 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,160 Turn with me to Daniel Chapter 2. 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:19,560 Daniel, Chapter 2, the book of Daniel is a fascinating book. 7 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,680 It's a book of history. It's the story of this young guy 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,400 Daniel, who was taken captive. His the country of Israel was 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,560 was taken captive and this so he was hauled off into captivity. 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,800 He and his three friends, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,840 they were castrated and indentured into servitude in a 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,360 government position. Not a good situation. 13 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,680 And it, it's so it's, it's a story of these of his 14 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,400 experiences. So it's a book of history, but 15 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,640 it's also a book of prophecy. And that's where most people 16 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:54,200 look at the book of Daniel because there's these prophetic 17 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:55,840 words. It's not just a record of his 18 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,840 experiences, but it's a record of dreams and visions that 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,680 Daniel receives. And interestingly enough, the 20 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,280 dreams and visions in this book, not all of them are dreams and 21 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,600 visions that Daniel has. Some of them are dreams and 22 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,400 visions given to Pagan kings, and Daniel interprets them. 23 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:19,800 So it's this fascinating story of this captivity of they're 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,400 they and the captivity is the result of God disciplining the 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,080 children of God. So now he finds himself in 26 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,240 servitude, but God uses it to push him into a place of 27 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,240 prominence and gives him a platform that he becomes the 28 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,000 counselor. And like the second in command 29 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,480 in three regimes within the Chaldean people. 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,480 It's an amazing story. So it's it's both history, it's 31 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,520 prophecy. But here's the thing we often 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:49,400 don't think of. It's also strategy the book of 33 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,680 Daniel is strategy for you and I Daniel was never meant to be an 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,440 anomaly A1 off he was He is an example to the rest of us of how 35 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,960 God interacts and you see this all through Scripture that God 36 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,280 will raise up a ruler. Pastor Adam still, he's over 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:07,720 there. He's just pray for him. 38 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,080 He so you've got you've got the king, you've got a ruler that 39 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,400 sits on a governmental throne. And God will often put a 40 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,520 prophetic person next to them, one of his people to be have the 41 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,760 ear of the king. And often God will not put his 42 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,160 person on the throne. He'll put his person next to the 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,080 throne because the person that has the ear of the king has the 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,920 real power. And so Daniel became this 45 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:36,560 counsellor. And so we see this this pattern 46 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,600 in the book of Daniel as strategy for you and I. 47 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,680 And So what happens is Daniel is captured within the first year 48 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,400 of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar is the rising 49 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,280 power in the earth, the Babylonian Kingdom and and 50 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,680 Nebuchadnezzar to this day, Nebuchadnezzar has looked at as 51 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,920 the high watermark of Persia and Babylonian. 52 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,200 I mean, he was he was a force to be contended with a brilliant 53 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,360 man, a brilliant strategist, builder, so forth. 54 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:11,040 And so as he is rising in prominence, God inserts Daniel, 55 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,840 this man of God, this prophetic intercessor, into his Kingdom, 56 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,080 what looks like tragedy. And it was tragic. 57 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,160 God, even though it was discipline for the other 58 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,680 children of Israel, for Daniel it was promotion. 59 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,480 And God used him not only to fill the destiny on his own 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,520 life, but the destiny that he'd given to Israel. 61 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,080 Israel was to be a blessing to all nations. 62 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,640 And Daniel became a tremendous blessing to the nation of 63 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,600 Babylonia and then Persia after that and so forth. 64 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:45,000 So it's an amazing story full of supernatural encounters. 65 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,520 And Daniel, he's having his own encounters. 66 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,080 These kings are having encounters. 67 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,920 It's crazy. And So what we see in the 68 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,040 opening of this thing, Daniel is, is he's, he's put into a, a 69 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:01,720 three-year kind of preparation so that he could be one of the, 70 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,120 the magicians or the wise men, one of the counselors to the 71 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:07,800 king. And he's going to be schooled 72 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,000 and paganism for three years as a child of God. 73 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,960 And so then he would then they would test him to see if he's 74 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,040 going to qualify. And about a year in, what 75 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,720 happens is Nebuchadnezzar, this Pagan king, has an encounter 76 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,120 with God and a dream so that he has this amazing dream and he's 77 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,120 so troubled by it, he's wrestling with this dream. 78 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,600 So finally he calls his wise men in and he says, OK, guys, 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,080 listen, I had this dream. It's troubling me. 80 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,800 I know it was from the gods, and I need you to interpret it. 81 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,440 And they said, OK, you know, we'll, we'll do that, Nebby, you 82 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,800 know, just give us the dream and we'll, we'll interpret it for 83 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,360 you. And he said, uh, uh, that ain't 84 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,040 going to happen. He said, I need to know that you 85 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,440 have the proper interpretation. And the way I'm going to know 86 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,360 that is that you tell me what the dream is first. 87 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,080 If God can show you the interpretation, then he can also 88 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,440 show you what the dream was. To which they all said, uh oh. 89 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,080 And they said, no man can do this, that those mysteries 90 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,800 belong to God, who doesn't dwell among men. 91 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,840 And he said, listen, you're trying to buy time and you're 92 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:16,960 hoping that the times will change. 93 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,840 And that's a key phrase. We're going to get into that 94 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:22,120 moment if we have time. You're that you're hoping the 95 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:24,360 times change, but it isn't going to happen. 96 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,280 I will kill you. I'll have you torn limb from 97 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:29,360 limb if you don't give me the interpretation. 98 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,080 And so things are not going well. 99 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,840 And then the guy who's to carry this out shows up at Daniels 100 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,720 door and informs him, I'm here to kill you because the king has 101 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,320 just declared that all the wise men are going to be killed. 102 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,000 And he said, whoa, whoa, put the brakes on this thing to ask the 103 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,640 king if I can have a little bit of time and then I will give him 104 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,600 the interpretation. He grabs his other brothers, the 105 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,440 three Hebrew guys, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and he 106 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,000 says, guys, listen, let's pray and fast and ask God for 107 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,960 insight. And we don't know how long it 108 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,280 was. It was most likely the very that 109 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:08,120 very night. And there we pick up the story. 110 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,200 God gives both the dream and its interpretation to Daniel. 111 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,600 He hasn't delivered it to the king yet, but we picked that up 112 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:22,040 in chapter 2, verse 20. Listen to what it says, Daniel 113 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,680 answered. So this is Daniel's praise and 114 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,360 prayer that's bubbling up within him after he's gotten the 115 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,560 interpretation. Daniel answered and said, 116 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:35,760 Blessed be the name of God, forever and ever, to whom belong 117 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,720 wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons. 118 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,040 He removes kings and sets up kings. 119 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:49,080 He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have 120 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,400 understanding. He reveals deep and hidden 121 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:52,960 things. He knows what is in the 122 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,040 darkness, and light dwells with him. 123 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,720 To you, O God, my of my Father's, I give thanks and 124 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,240 praise. For you have given me wisdom and 125 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,600 might, and you have now made known to me what we asked of 126 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,080 you. For you have made known to us 127 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,080 the kings matter. And so Daniel praised this out. 128 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,120 But what I want to focus on is this unique little verse 21. 129 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,800 He says he changes the times and seasons. 130 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,680 He removes kings and he sets up kings. 131 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,240 Then he says he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those 132 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,200 who have understanding. So he changes the times and 133 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,040 seasons and those two phrases changing the times and seasons, 134 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,720 removing kings and set up kings go hand in hand. 135 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,680 He's he's talking about the same dynamic. 136 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:42,400 Now this phrase of God changing the times is very key and it's 137 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,840 very unique, especially in the book of Daniel. 138 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,080 So much so King Nebuchadnezzar uses that phrase. 139 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,400 I just alluded to it with the wise men. 140 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:53,160 He said you're hoping the times change. 141 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,560 What he was saying is you're hoping that at the end of my 142 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,920 regime that my regime comes to an end so that you won't have to 143 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,280 experience the sentence I'm I'm I'm going to carry out against 144 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,520 you. And he said isn't going to 145 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,920 happen. You're you're, you're not going 146 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,560 to, you're not going to get out of this thing. 147 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:15,200 The times changing is a very specific idea and what it's 148 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,680 talking about from the Chaldean point of view and from 149 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,440 Scripture. When you look at the times 150 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,560 changing, it has to do with the reign of men. 151 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,720 That's on a micro scale and a macro scale. 152 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,200 OK, so if you look at first and second Samuel, 1st and 2nd 153 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,600 Kings, and 1st and second Chronicles, all three of those 154 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:40,960 are examples of God dividing redemptive history by the reign 155 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,200 of men. So much so that it says of 156 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,760 David, he served his forefathers and he served the purposes of 157 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,320 God and then was laid to rest for this forefather fathers. 158 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:53,280 In other words, there was an assignment on David's life. 159 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,960 He fulfilled it and then the time of David was over. 160 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,680 Then it was the time of Solomon. And so from God's perspective or 161 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:07,280 11 perspective that God uses with men is there is the time of 162 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,920 a man or woman. And that is true for you and I 163 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:17,080 that we Scripture is very clear that God chooses the times and 164 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:22,560 places in which men should live. God chose your generation and 165 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:26,680 your location. And in fact, those two elements 166 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:30,400 are parameters to your calling. They are elements to the call of 167 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,600 God, the assignment on your life. 168 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,200 And you will give an answer for those two things, your 169 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,560 generation and your location. So much so that Jesus isn't like 170 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,720 Matthew 11 and 12. Jesus talks about the the 171 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:48,200 Nineveh speaking against those of this generation. 172 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,560 So what he alludes to is that when we stand before God at the 173 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:54,960 end of the age, we are going to be judged according to the 174 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,040 generation in which we lived. I don't fully understand that. 175 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,120 I don't know what that looks like, but I'm just telling you 176 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,160 that's what the word says, that it's going to refer to those of 177 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:08,440 this generation and everybody that read that all through the 178 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,920 generations that was relevant to them. 179 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,840 So the time of your life is a key point. 180 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:19,280 And so you've got to know the times so that you must know what 181 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,120 you should do. Even that phrase when it says of 182 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,120 the sons of Isaacar who knew the signs of the time and therefore 183 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,800 knew what they should do, that is an allusion to the reign of 184 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,640 David. It was the end of the reign of 185 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,560 the the House of Saul and the emerging House of David. 186 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:41,880 And conventional wisdom protocol would have said get behind 187 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,320 Saul's children and bolster up the House of Saul. 188 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,600 But the sons, sons of Isaacar had a prophetic sense. 189 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,720 They knew the signs of of the times and therefore knew what 190 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,320 they should do. And the context of that is they 191 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:00,320 threw their weight behind David. And so this idea of the times is 192 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,480 connected with callings and people and the slice of of 193 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,880 eternity that you and I have on earth. 194 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,800 And so our generation and our location are very important. 195 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:17,360 Jesus talks about cities that he that we're going to be judged 196 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,720 according to city. So there is an individual 197 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,880 accountability that we carry for our lives, but there's also a 198 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,640 corporate calling. In the Book of Revelation. 199 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,200 He rebukes churches and calls them into account. 200 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:35,280 So there's a shared destiny that we have as churches, as cities, 201 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:39,320 and as generations. And so we need to understand 202 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,440 this because we are going to give an account for the unique 203 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,040 dynamics of our generation and our location. 204 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,080 It says of David this this interesting little verse. 205 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,800 It says that David discerned that he was made king or he was 206 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,520 anointed as king for Israel. Now you can read that thing. 207 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:01,360 It didn't take a whole lot of discernment. 208 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,080 Figure that one out. Israel puts a crown on his head. 209 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,320 Why does he have to discern it? What it was saying is that David 210 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:14,040 discerned the purpose of the anointing on his life. 211 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,960 And every one of us need to do that. 212 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,080 You see, God will raise up a man or a woman and it'll have a 213 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,040 mandate and it'll put a mantle on them to fulfill the mandate 214 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,520 for which they will give it an answer. 215 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,360 And every one of us, there is a purpose for our life. 216 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:35,920 And God custom designed you for this moment in human history. 217 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:41,520 And you are, you are the steward, the opportunities and 218 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:46,400 the crises in which you live. Now, why am I talking about 219 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,360 this? I'm talking about this because 220 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,720 of the unique hour in which we live. 221 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:56,840 When scripture talks about the times in season, those are two 222 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,200 very specific words in Hebrew times. 223 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,200 Let me let me make sure I get this right. 224 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,880 I'm pull up some notes here if I can find them real quick. 225 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:14,850 So the times and the seasons. This passage says that God 226 00:13:14,850 --> 00:13:17,730 changes times and seasons two different measurements. 227 00:13:18,010 --> 00:13:20,210 It's then goes on to say he removes kings and appoints 228 00:13:20,210 --> 00:13:21,770 kings. These two phrases grant an 229 00:13:21,770 --> 00:13:24,690 understanding of heaven's perspective and strategy in 230 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:27,010 history. Times and seasons are connected 231 00:13:27,010 --> 00:13:31,490 to the rule of men. So times is so times and 232 00:13:31,490 --> 00:13:35,600 seasons. Times is an indefinite period, 233 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,760 seasons a set time as in an appointment or even specifically 234 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,120 a marker. So the term times is translated 235 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:49,720 from the Hebrew word idan IDDAN and carries 2 specific 236 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:54,440 implications #1 it's an indefinite period and #2 it's 237 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,680 connected to a specific situation. 238 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,200 In other words, from God's perspective, when you you begin 239 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,080 to study time and scripture, you and I think of a date on a 240 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,760 calendar, the hands on a clock. But from God's perspective, it 241 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,520 is a period pregnant with purpose, and we can either 242 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,920 expand that period and elongate it, or we can compress it based 243 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:21,960 on our obedience, so much so that a 11 day journey coming out 244 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,440 of the promised land to Egypt can become 40 years because of 245 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,120 the disobedience of a generation. 246 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,880 And so when you begin to study time, and even in the New 247 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:38,560 Testament, it's a fascinating thing that God infuses time with 248 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,520 a purpose and then he speaks of this kind of idea in the 249 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,600 fullness of time. What does that mean? 250 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,840 It means that the purpose of that season, that time frame, 251 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,280 that it it these times we don't have time to get into this. 252 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,440 We have time. We don't have time to get into a 253 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,320 study of time. But what it the way God launches 254 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,560 a time is through revelation. And this is important for you 255 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,360 and I to understand because this is true on the macro level or 256 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,560 the micro level and the macro level, the personal level and 257 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,400 the global level, so much so that we talk of ages. 258 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,720 What is the Iron Age? It was the discovery of a, a 259 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,720 revelation about how to use iron. 260 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,720 We have the technological age. Even the secularists look back 261 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,280 at time and divide it among discoveries in, in fresh 262 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,960 revelation and fresh understanding. 263 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,720 And that's a very biblical treatment of that idea. 264 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:40,000 There are ages, even in our own personal life that God will 265 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,880 begin to deal with you on something. 266 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,720 And you need to be sensitive to this. 267 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:48,600 When the Lord begins to speak to you about some new truth, you're 268 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,080 reading the Word and all of a sudden something jumps off the 269 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,240 page. Don't be in a hurry to move on 270 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,000 to the next passage. Camp out on that thing and milk 271 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,360 it for all it's worth. Make sure you mind that vein 272 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,120 because what's happening is when God begin, I, I call him 273 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,960 revelatory seasons, that God will begin to speak to you 274 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,960 because it's through knowledge that God will move his purposes 275 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:17,440 on in human history. That's why way back at the the 276 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,200 Tower of Babel, God said we're going to have to slow this thing 277 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,560 down. We're going to confuse their 278 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,000 language because if they can communicate, nothing will be 279 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,400 impossible for them. That's a sobering statement from 280 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,640 God himself. So God confused their language 281 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,200 to slow down. But God says in Daniel, it says 282 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,480 that at the end of the age, knowledge will increase. 283 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,400 Do you think we're living in that such a time? 284 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,600 We're at the you just ask Suri a question and they'll give you 285 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,640 the answer. It's an amazing time in which to 286 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:54,280 live. So God will launch a time 287 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:58,080 through revelation. And the purpose of that season 288 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:02,640 is the stewardship of that given idea, that truth that, that that 289 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,920 element that God has revealed to you and it's consummated by the 290 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,359 fulfillment of the purpose of that season, or at times the 291 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,760 abortion of that. What do I mean by that? 292 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,040 Jesus came into human history in the fullness of time. 293 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,560 In other words, the previous season came to fruition. 294 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,760 The fullness, the full purpose of that previous season marked 295 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:29,320 the triggered the, the entry into a new time in the, in the, 296 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:34,560 the global epic plan of God. But that's true in our own lives 297 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,600 as well. And so when we begin to develop 298 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,720 a sensitivity and understanding of these things, we begin to 299 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,440 realize that there are times where God is building something, 300 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,360 establishing. He'll show us something. 301 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,320 He's trying to establish that truth in your life. 302 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,520 And as you respond with obedience, that becomes 303 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,920 established in your life. And the quicker you get about 304 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,840 understanding that and pursuing that and obeying that thing and 305 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,920 making it a fixture in your life, the quicker you can move 306 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,400 into the next season. Now many of you will remember 307 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,000 the first time we had Dean Briggs here. 308 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,920 He was talking about a good friend of his who had a dream. 309 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,960 And in the dream, this guys a dreamer. 310 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,040 He took him into an encounter. This, this Angel took him them 311 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,320 in this dream into this huge, massive room. 312 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,760 And in the room there was, it was millions of books and he 313 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,760 knew it was the archive room of heaven. 314 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,280 And the Angel said there are two volumes for every human soul. 315 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:32,480 And he took them over to the, to the, the bookcase. 316 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,200 And he said, why 2 volumes? And he, he tapped a big thick 317 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:41,400 volume and he said, this is what God offers to bring us into. 318 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,280 And then he pulled a real thin volume and he said this is what 319 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:49,400 most people enter into now when he said that, I've never been 320 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:51,760 able to shake the weight of that word. 321 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,680 So we've got to steward our life because at the end of the age we 322 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,200 will give answer for what God has called us to. 323 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,440 There is a purpose for your life. 324 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,800 Paul said there were works prepared in advance that you may 325 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:15,040 walk in them. Don't remain unemployed. 326 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,560 God has works prepared in advance. 327 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,520 There is a hole in human history that only you can fill and you 328 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:26,960 will give an answer for how well you fulfilled that purpose. 329 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,280 That's why Paul says don't be a fool. 330 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,680 Know the will of the Lord. He's saying it's foolish to live 331 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:38,960 haphazardly and not press in and say, God, I want to fulfill the 332 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,480 purpose of my life. And that begins with the Word, 333 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,000 where you get in the Word and you, you begin to do the 334 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,400 revealed things. And then he'll show you the 335 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,560 unrevealed things. But be obedient. 336 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,240 Realize that we have this breath called life, this little breath. 337 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,080 And then we're going to stand before God. 338 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:02,160 And what we're all going to long to hear is well done, the good 339 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,360 and faithful servant. And so we have this picture. 340 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,360 God says, Daniel says that the Lord showed him. 341 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,640 God changes the times and seasons. 342 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,200 He removes kings and he appoints them. 343 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:19,160 And that statement was actually the summer summation of the 344 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,000 dream that God had given Nebuchadnezzar because the dream 345 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:26,920 was of emerging global superpower, so much so that 346 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:31,720 Daniel was actually a geopolitical prophet. 347 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,160 He moved in and out of the courts of kings. 348 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,240 He was a counselor to kings and he would prophecy about rising 349 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,640 kingdoms in the future. Now we can look back in 350 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:50,000 retrospect and unpack what those those kingdoms were because we 351 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,480 can look at what Daniel said and it's clear that they show up in 352 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:54,800 history. We don't have time to get into 353 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,280 that this morning, but we but Daniel was receiving that from 354 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,280 the Lord and that was Daniel's role. 355 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,320 Now that that brings up a very important point. 356 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,840 There are some people, some people I deeply respect and 357 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,040 respect their walk with the Lord and their insight, but they will 358 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:16,520 tell you that God is disinterested in global 359 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,400 geopolitical, governmental and political affairs that that's 360 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,360 that's God's not interested. That's the Kingdom of men. 361 00:21:24,360 --> 00:21:27,840 All he's interested in is his Kingdom and that stuff is 362 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,320 irrelevant. And they will often quote this 363 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:36,200 verse where Jesus himself stands before a governmental leader, 364 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,760 the man on the throne in Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate. 365 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,200 And as he's standing there, Jesus says to the governor, my 366 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,080 Kingdom is not of this world. He said. 367 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,560 He said essentially, he said, Pilate, listen, the only reason 368 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,320 you have any authority over me is my father gave it to me. 369 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,040 And you need to understand my Kingdom is not of this world 370 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:57,520 because if it was, I could call down a legion of angels and wipe 371 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,280 you out. And people will interpret that 372 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,080 as saying, oh, my Kingdom is not of this world. 373 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,360 What that means is I'm not concerned about this stuff down 374 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,360 here. I'm only concerned about the 375 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,800 stuff in heaven. And that's where you and I need 376 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,720 to be eternally minded and not worry about the affairs of men 377 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,480 and governmental affairs and not get pulled into politics and all 378 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:19,760 that stuff because it's irrelevant. 379 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,520 And I'm here to tell you that is absolutely not what Jesus was 380 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,560 saying because it's a misinterpretation of the word 381 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:32,680 Kingdom. The word Kingdom is basilia. 382 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,920 The English word literally means King's dominion. 383 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,240 It means authority rule. It shows up. 384 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,480 It's it's more clear in Spanish, right? 385 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,400 Who? Well, Reno, the reign of God, 386 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,160 when he says the Kingdom of God is Reno, it's God's reign. 387 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:53,320 And that's what he's saying. He's saying my reign is not of 388 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,960 this world. He's not saying it's not about 389 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,840 this world. That's why he came. 390 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:02,120 What did he teach us to pray? Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be 391 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,000 done on earth as it is in heaven. 392 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,560 He's not saying my interests don't lie here. 393 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:13,120 He's saying the source of my authority is not derived from 394 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,000 men. I'm not a king because some 395 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,920 human beings decided to put a crown on my head. 396 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:22,760 My authority, my rule, my the reason I am a king is because my 397 00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,480 father in heaven, we preached on it a couple weeks ago. 398 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:29,640 God has installed his king on mountain Zion and it's King 399 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,520 Jesus. And so Jesus was not abdicating 400 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,440 the earth and saying, ah, you know, don't worry about that. 401 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,560 You'll hear people say things like why rearrange the deck 402 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,400 chairs on the Titanic? This is all going to hell 403 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,960 anyway. We we don't need to worry about 404 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,080 it. And that is absolutely 405 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,320 unbiblical. And Daniel is a perfect 406 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,760 expression of that. Daniel understood that he was to 407 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,120 be the connection between heaven and earth and he was to get 408 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:58,880 heavens Intel and share it with human kings. 409 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,240 So God's will would be done and God's Kingdom would come. 410 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:10,000 So Oh my goodness, who? Give me 5 minutes. 510152025 No. 411 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,400 OK, real quick, I want to tell you 2 stories, OK? 412 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,680 It was about probably six years ago now we had started these 413 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,440 morning prayer meetings we're still doing in the morning. 414 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,840 I want to invite you out, especially because of what I'm 415 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:27,240 talking about right now, because we are living in an hour of 416 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:31,440 shifting times in season. There is a battle for the 417 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,280 Thrones of the Earth. Mythologists talk about this 418 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,000 concept of unipolar versus multipolar worlds. 419 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,560 And when there's a unipolar world, we see the gospel going 420 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,640 out exponentially fast and we see, we see these superpowers. 421 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,440 We just, we, we're, we're at what some messiologists are 422 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,280 saying is the tail end of what's known as pox Americana or 423 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,680 American peace. We have been the UNI. 424 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,800 We, we have been the unipolar power in the world. 425 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,160 Prior to that it was Pox Britannica, and under Britain 426 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,120 there was this huge missions emphasis. 427 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,000 Under America, Pox Romana, Roman peace was the one superpower, 428 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,560 and the Gospel tends to go out tremendously fast. 429 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,360 When there's one superpower, even if they're opposed to the 430 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,960 gospel, we see with Rome, they end up getting converted. 431 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,920 But when it moves into a multipolar world, when there is 432 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,520 a there, there's a wrestling who's going to gain supremacy in 433 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,320 the earth. And that's what we're seeing 434 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,880 right now. The the power shifting, China, 435 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,600 Russia, you know, and these alliances beginning to emerge, 436 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,680 Iran, you know, Israel, all these things going on. 437 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,000 This is it. It what happens is, is Daniel 438 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,280 got inserted right at the beginning of this emerging 439 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:53,560 unipolar world called Babylon. And God inserted his prophetic 440 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,680 intercessor Daniel right into that thing so that Daniel could 441 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,240 help shepherd this thing into what God intended. 442 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,680 And an interesting thing is God, there were two different Pagan 443 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,680 kings. One had a dream, one had a dream 444 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,640 and a vision. The other had a vision. 445 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,800 And Daniel was the one to unpack that. 446 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,800 They were dreams and visions from God himself, given to 447 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,840 abject pagans who didn't even believe in the Most High God. 448 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:24,800 And Daniel was already there to give the interpretation, and 449 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,920 we're living in such an hour right now where there's moving 450 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,960 and shifting of the pieces. And So what God does in those 451 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,440 times is he raises up the Daniel company, the prophetic 452 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:38,120 intercessors who hear the word of the Lord, understand that 453 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,800 geopolitical element of intercession in the prophetic 454 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,560 and insert themselves. So about six years ago, we're in 455 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320 prayer one morning, whether in the body or out of the body, I 456 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:50,680 don't know. Remember when Paul said that? 457 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,120 Well, for me, whether asleep or awake, I don't know. 458 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:55,760 I don't know if I was dreaming or I had a vision, It was early, 459 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,640 it was like 610. And so I was laying up here, 460 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,400 whether snoring or speaking in tongues, I do not know. 461 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,520 But I was laying here and I went into this picture, this dreamer 462 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:10,240 vision, and I won't go into all of it, but I saw the Lord took 463 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,160 me over Iowa, showed me some things about our state that 464 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,800 needed to be corrected and then took me under the ground. 465 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,120 And I saw this giant compass that was couldn't, it wasn't 466 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,480 pointed north. And then I, I came out of it and 467 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:23,760 I thought, I hope I wasn't snoring. 468 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,560 I'm leading this prayer meeting. And I so I stood up and I said, 469 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,520 Lord, was that you? And he asked me where it was 470 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,280 pointing And I won't go into all that, but I called everybody 471 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,920 forward and I said, Hey, I had this, I saw this. 472 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,560 And as I'm sharing this, one of the intercessors said, and I 473 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,160 know what this means. I said, what's going on? 474 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,800 She said, I woke up from a deep sleep just about an hour ago. 475 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,600 And in the in that dream, we were praying over a map of Iowa 476 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,880 and it morphed into a compass. But the needle couldn't find 477 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,560 true North thought, well, we're on to something. 478 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,360 I'm not the brightest bulb in the room, but I'm not the 479 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,400 brightest knife or the sharpest bulb, you know. 480 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,760 So the next day we're praying into this and I'm walking down 481 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,520 the aisle and as I'm walking up, out of my spirit comes these 482 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,000 words. God, you changed the times and 483 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,640 seasons. Now, to be honest, transparent, 484 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,320 I didn't know where that verse was. 485 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,280 Let's tell in the first service people say, pastor, you really 486 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,000 know the word. That's because I preached from 487 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,520 the parts I know. OK, I didn't know where that 488 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,600 was. I knew it was in the Bible, but 489 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,080 I couldn't have told you the chapter verse, but it came up 490 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,480 out of my spirit. God, you changed the times and 491 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,800 seasons and that same person reached up, grabbed my sleeve 492 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,760 and said, pastor, look at what the Lord just show told me to 493 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,080 turn to. I look down and it's Daniel 494 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,160 chapter 2. He changes the times and 495 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,480 seasons. He promotes kings and removes 496 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,000 them. And so the Lord took us on a 497 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:52,720 revelatory season and we were praying for the elections. 498 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,200 Now how does all this tie in 12 O 3 turn? 499 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,560 Can we put up there to Psalm chapter 2? 500 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,840 We've been talking about Psalm chapter 2. 501 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:10,520 I want to see how these overlay. OK, Psalm chapter 2, verse one 502 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,000 through 3. Really verse one and two, Why do 503 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,400 the nation's rage and the people's plot in vain? 504 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,920 The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take 505 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,360 counsel together. The kings of the earth, the 506 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,080 rulers, the the verse before says the peoples and the 507 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,920 nations. And so David is in one of these 508 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:36,120 prophetic encounters and he is asking this question. 509 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,760 He's he, he's like, this is crazy. 510 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,920 Why would they try to oppose God? 511 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,160 OK, so I don't have time to elaborate. 512 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:49,360 Look, look at Psalm 149, verse 5 or verse yeah, verse 5. 513 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:54,480 Let the godly exultant glory, let them sing for joy on their 514 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:56,400 beds. It's talking about those moments 515 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,160 of praise. In Psalm 149, it says that this 516 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,240 happens in the assembly of the Saints. 517 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:05,360 The Hebrew word translated into Greek is ecclesia. 518 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,840 It's the word we translate church, which is a poor 519 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,120 translation. And there was a conspiracy by 520 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,360 King James to translate it that because he was intimidated by 521 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,000 the real meaning. The real meaning means the 522 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,560 legislative governing body, the church. 523 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,600 So he says let them sing for joy in the beds. 524 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,080 Let the high praise of God be in their throats and A2 edged sword 525 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,280 in your hand. What we were doing that was high 526 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:37,440 praise if you moments ago and at those moments there's things you 527 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,880 can do business in the spirit and why? 528 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,520 Why do we do this? Look at verse 789 to exit, 529 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:49,040 execute vengeance on the nation's punishment on the 530 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,960 peoples to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with 531 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,000 fetters of iron. It names those four groups of 532 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:02,960 people and what it's saying is that God sets kings and rulers 533 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:08,080 on Thrones, but he sets his prophetic people in place in 534 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,960 that hour of human history to put a a harness in their mouth 535 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,240 and steer them the way that God wants. 536 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,120 Because you and I are called to pray thy Kingdom come, thy will 537 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,320 be done. The danger is is that we think 538 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:28,480 just because God it it says God changes the times and seasons. 539 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,160 He removes kings and he sets them up. 540 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,400 We think it's in in it's a done deal. 541 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:40,080 But in reality, Daniel Chapter 7 says the enemy tries to change 542 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:43,080 the times. God has his plan, the enemy has 543 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:49,840 his and God gives you and I the responsibility of enforcing his 544 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,600 will. The last verse in that 149 says 545 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:57,480 to execute the judgement written against them. 546 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,680 And you see this dynamic show up in the book of Daniel. 547 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,360 In the Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar has a dream, and 548 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,400 this Angel comes to him and says, hey, we're sending you out 549 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,200 to pasture for a while. You've got too big for your 550 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,920 britches. This is a modern translation. 551 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,200 Too big for your britches, Nebuchadnezzar. 552 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,600 So you're going to be sent out to pasture, literally. 553 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,320 You're going to lose your mind and become like a wild beast for 554 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,560 seven years. He doesn't know what it means. 555 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,480 It wasn't that clear, but Daniel gave him the interpretation 556 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,800 because sometime the prophetic churches to rebuke kings, we 557 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,280 keep them in check because at the authority of heaven, we pray 558 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:38,600 those things in. And so you see God breaking in 559 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:43,520 and bringing correction. God had set Nebuchadnezzar on 560 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:49,360 the throne as a Pagan king, but when he began to get outside of 561 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,560 the what the parameters, God would send Daniel in and Daniel 562 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,680 through the prophetic would pull him back in. 563 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,080 And this is the purposes of God for his church. 564 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:06,680 And let me close with this. It was probably man, I bet it 565 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:12,200 was 1415 years ago now, long before Donald Trump had, you 566 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,160 know, talked about running for president. 567 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,680 This is well before now you'll see interviews where people say, 568 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,200 hey, well, you're going to run for president. 569 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,480 And you know, he said, well, maybe someday. 570 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,640 And but this was long before he was on anybody's radar. 571 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,480 A little, little Baptist gal that went to church here, got 572 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:34,000 touched by God and she began to have dreams and visions. 573 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,440 She calls me and and I'm telling you, I could tell you stories, 574 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,880 uncanny things. She would tell me. 575 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,640 I'm like, that's confidential. No one knows that, but the Lord 576 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,200 would show her and she'd say, you know, I know this sounds 577 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,560 weird, but this is what the Lord showed me. 578 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,000 I'd poker face her. I can't verify that not supposed 579 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,240 to know that yet. She calls me one morning. 580 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,600 She said, pastor, I had the weirdest thing happened. 581 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:03,240 She said I woke up from a dead sleep this morning with Donald 582 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,480 Trump's face before me. He was just suspended in the air 583 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,360 looking at me. Donald Trump. 584 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,639 Now I'm thinking what the what the heck is that about? 585 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:18,400 I didn't say that, but that's what I poker faced her, but I 586 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,360 was thinking it. But she said this. 587 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,400 She said the Lord told me the House of prayer will Trump 588 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,880 Trump. Isn't that interesting? 589 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,679 Now some people would translate that. 590 00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:42,719 Oh, that means that God's not using him. 591 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,639 I don't take it that way, just like God was using 592 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:47,679 Nebuchadnezzar. But there were times that God 593 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:50,960 would step in and the way he did it was through a Daniel, a 594 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,600 prophetic intercessor that would insert himself and bring 595 00:34:54,600 --> 00:35:00,720 correction. God wants to bring, God wants to 596 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:04,120 raise up a people that will shepherd this hour of human 597 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,360 history through the tumultuous time. 598 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:11,240 So we come into the next season because ultimately, what's going 599 00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:14,680 to happen in the dream that God gave Nebuchadnezzar, He saw 600 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,520 these rising kingdoms and all, and it was in the form of a 601 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,800 statue. And all of a sudden there was 602 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,440 this stone not hewn by men that was taken out of a mountain that 603 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,880 struck the kingdoms of this world, and they were pulverized 604 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,360 and became dust in the wind. And that stone became a 605 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:37,360 mountain, and it was Jesus. And until this thing culminates 606 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,400 and the rule and reign of the only one worthy, the only one 607 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,480 that can be really trusted with all the power, there needs to be 608 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,800 a Daniel church that will be praying and hearing from the 609 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,880 Lord and getting Intel and enforcing that stuff in worship, 610 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,640 in prayer that we're catching what the Lord is saying and 611 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,840 we're praying that stuff in. And God will raise up people 612 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,480 that will literally stand in the halls of power and deliver the 613 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,720 word of the Lord. I remember when George W Bush 614 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,240 was running for president. Go ahead and stance, you know, 615 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,680 I'm going to quit. George W Bush was running for 616 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,280 president. I was working for Teen 617 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,640 Challenge. And so we came and did a press 618 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:20,520 conference with us and, and so we, we met him and, and so he 619 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,200 really fell in love with Teen Challenge. 620 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,920 So he was doing just before the elections when George W got 621 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,560 voted in, he was in a he was going to do a debate that night 622 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,840 with Al Gore and he came, he was in Cedar Rapids and he said he 623 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,760 called, he didn't call. Some of his people called and he 624 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,680 said, hey, would you could you guys be in Cedar Rapids? 625 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,600 Because he's going to do a drug speech and he wants to use Teen 626 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,600 Challenge as an example. He really believes in this 627 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,080 faith-based cure. So you know, we'll do that. 628 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,680 So you get there and there's this long line that, oh, we'll 629 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,720 never get in. And so one of our peeps went up 630 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,120 there and told him who we are. We got ushered into this private 631 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,520 room and the limo comes up. And, yeah, it was fun. 632 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,000 And we got this seating we got. So we spent some time with 633 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,160 George W and one of our Teen Challenge students. 634 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:08,760 Guy's barely off of drugs, OK? He leans over and he says, Dave, 635 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,760 I got a word for George. I'm thinking. 636 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:23,720 I'm thinking, dude, don't. So we go into prayer and and he 637 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,880 was very open to prayer and and so we're praying and just God 638 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,440 lead him again. And all of a sudden that guy 639 00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,520 pipes up and I'm thinking, oh, man, here it comes. 640 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:35,360 He said, Governor Bush, He said, I feel like the Lord gave me a 641 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,560 word for you. And he said, yes. 642 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,040 He leaned in. He's like real open to it. 643 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,840 He said, the Lord told me, take the high ground tonight, that if 644 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,120 you will take the high ground that your opponent will shoot 645 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,800 himself in the foot with his attitude. 646 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,320 He said, OK, wouldn't you know it? 647 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:55,160 Lo and behold, if you remember the debates, there was one where 648 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,040 the commentators began to 0 in because Al Gore would roll his 649 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:02,240 eyes and huff and puff and George W would just stand there 650 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,720 and it was amazing. And it and it things turned that 651 00:38:05,720 --> 00:38:11,120 night, just a kid barely saved man, just just a few weeks out 652 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,600 of drugs, gets a word from the Lord, delivers it to him. 653 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,320 This man becomes the most powerful man in the earth. 654 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:24,320 In that moment, you and I hold the real position of power 655 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,520 because we are the representatives of heaven. 656 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,000 We're to pray Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done. 657 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,840 But don't make the mistake of thinking God's will will just 658 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:39,760 happen without you, because God has given the earth to man. 659 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,480 Psalm chapter 8. He put everything under our feet 660 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:45,360 and that's why we need to invite His intervention. 661 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:47,880 Thanks for listening to our podcast. 662 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,400 If you'd like to help more people hear this message, you 663 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,000 can get the word out by subscribing and sharing it on 664 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,320 social media. If you'd like to support the 665 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,160 ministries of Heartland Church, you can do so at Heartland 666 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,400 Church online.com/give.