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A Choir of Billions
Today’s Audio Devotion:
A Choir of Billions
The largest football stadium in the United States is at the University of Michigan: capacity 107,601. Imagine a crowd 10 times that size. That would be the size of the largest crowd Billy Graham ever preached to—1.1 million people in Seoul, South Korea, in 1973. Now imagine the sound of those voices singing a hymn like “How Great Thou Art” in unison.
In his vision of heaven, the apostle John heard a choir of 144,000 voices singing. He said it sounded “like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder” (Revelation 14:2). Those voices will be nothing compared to the sound of billions of voices of the redeemed who will gather before the throne of God and praise Him one day in heaven.
If you are in Christ today, you will be in that choir one day in the future. Prepare now by lifting your voice in praise as you worship in your church, with your family, or by yourself.
Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus.
John R. W. Stott
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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).