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Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Our Salvation
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Our Salvation
According to the dictionary, something “great” happens when an event rises above what is normal or average. Jews in the first century certainly had a context for greatness. God’s deliverance of them from slavery in Egypt ranked as the greatest example of God’s salvation in their history (Deuteronomy 26:5-9). That is why it is celebrated every year at Passover.
So when the writer of the letter to the Hebrews referred to salvation as “great,” he was speaking to people who knew what that meant. And the salvation provided through Christ was even greater than deliverance from slavery in Egypt. Deliverance from Egypt was temporal while Christ’s salvation is eternal. Deliverance from slavery in Egypt was not as great as deliverance from the penalty of sin. Deliverance by means of the blood of a lamb was not as great as deliverance by the blood of the Lamb of God, God’s Son.
Thank God today for His greatest gift: salvation through the gift of His Son.
To God be the glory, great things He has done! So loved He the world that He gave us His Son.
Fanny Crosby
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Some 2,600 years ago, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream. In this dream, the king saw a five–part statue made of five different metals (see Daniel 2). Each section represented an empire, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. Four of these empires have already risen and fallen in history—a clear fulfillment of Daniel's prophetic interpretation. The fifth and final empire indicates a future Europe—a ten nation coalition that will unite under the Antichrist's rule.
You can read about the King's dream and Daniel's interpretation in Daniel 2, but let's take a quick visual look at what you will find:
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King Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Daniel's words to the king are clear. "You are this head of gold" (Daniel 2:37–38).
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Medo–Persian Empire
The Medo–Persian Empire conquered Babylon in 539 BC and remained in power for approximately two hundred years (Daniel 5:28).
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Grecian Empire
Greece's Empire succeeded the Medo–Persians (Daniel 8:21).
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Roman Empire
When the Grecian empire was conquered by Rome, all the lands and peoples of the previous kingdoms were assimilated into the Roman Empire through the strengths of the "iron legions of Rome" (Daniel 2:40).
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Future European Coalition
This empire has not yet risen. Daniel foretells a time when the Roman Empire—Europe—will consist of ten kingdoms or leaders. The future Roman Empire will be present on the earth when God sets up His earthly kingdom (Daniel 2:44).