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Comforting Thoughts
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Comforting Thoughts
The nineteenth-century Irish pastor Philip Bennett Power had a tender way of comforting those who were suffering from pain or the various trials of life. He suggested three axioms for strength and perseverance in difficult times: “(1) Get firmly convinced that God, God Himself, God the Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our Father, is a God of comfort. (2) Do not look anywhere else for your prime and first comfort. I do not deny that there is much comfort in friends, in happy feelings, in books… but I want you to gather in your thoughts and feel that the only sure comfort is with God. (3) Expect comfort from God.”
Paul considered suffering for Christ a privilege, and he kept serving and obeying God in spite of persecution and difficulties. He persevered. The same God who helped Paul persevere through tough times will help you. Ask Him to give you the strength to keep going in any area of life in which you feel weariness and pain.
If your Father will not comfort you, who will? He is the most likely person to get comfort from; therefore the proper person to go to for it.
Philip Bennett Power
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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).