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The Currency of Heaven
Today’s Audio Devotion:
The Currency of Heaven
According to Forbes magazine, 31 billionaires died in 2024, leaving behind $207 billion in all. Isak Andic, for example, was the founder of a fashion retail empire. He plunged down a ravine while hiking with his son. He was 71.1
There’s nothing wrong with money, but it cannot buy our way into heaven. In Luke 16, Jesus told of a beggar named Lazarus who was carried into heaven when he died, while the nearby rich man died and went to Hades. The rich man had everything in life, while Lazarus had nothing. Yet Lazarus was included in the grace of Jesus, while the rich man lived only for his wealth. Our status and wealth in life won’t gain us admission into heaven. Only faith in Christ will do that.
Much of our attention on earth involves finances, and money causes a lot of stress in life for those who have a lot of it and for those who have only a little. But no one has ever taken even a copper penny with them to heaven. Make sure your trust is in Jesus alone. His grace is the currency of heaven.
Grace is the understanding that God is a better Savior than you are a sinner.
Christopher Love
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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).