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The Ever-Present Lord
Today’s Audio Devotion:
The Ever-Present Lord
F. B. Meyer said, “There is an experience in which we do not only believe that He is near, but we perceive His presence by the instinct of the heart. He becomes a living, bright reality; sitting by our hearth, walking beside us through the crowded streets, sailing with us across the stormy lake, standing beside the graves that hold our dead, sharing our crosses and our burdens…. Then the believer leans hard on the ever-present Lord.”
From the time he was seventeen until he was thirty, Joseph encountered one heartbreaking setback after another, but we read: The Lord was with Joseph…. The Lord was with him…. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy…. The Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper (Genesis 39:2-3, 21, 23).
You may encounter setbacks, and sometimes you go through heartache. But those are the times to perceive Christ’s presence by an instinct of the heart. Let His nearness be a living, bright reality in your life today.
Lean hard on the ever-present Lord, drawing on His fullness, appropriating His unsearchable riches, claiming from Him grace to turn every temptation into the means of increasing likeness to Himself
F. B. Meyer
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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).