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Living in the Age of Signs
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Foresight
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Foresight
Can anyone accurately describe what life on earth will be like seven hundred years from now, should Christ tarry? We can’t imagine it. We can’t even keep up with the technological challenges of our own time. Yet every aspect of the birth, life, and ministry of Jesus was predicted centuries before He was born.
We’re told He would be born to a virgin (Isaiah 7:14) in the town of Bethlehem (Micah 5:2) and that innocent children would be killed (Jeremiah 31:15). He would be a descendant of Abraham and David (Isaiah 11:1-3). His parents would flee to Egypt to save Him (Hosea 11:1), and He would return to grow up and begin His ministry in Galilee (Isaiah 9:1-2).
That’s only the beginning! On the road to Emmaus with His two disciples, “Jesus quoted them passage after passage from the writings of the prophets, beginning with the book of Genesis and going right on through the Scriptures, explaining what the passages mean and what they said about himself” (Luke 24:27, TLB). We have a Savior the skeptics cannot explain away! You have a Lord you can trust today!
The New Testament is thus the decryption key for unlocking the meaning of the Old Testament Scriptures.
Josh McDowell
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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).