Daniel+Notes

iChilly - finish strong. minute 12:30 Hear part of Mordacai. In captivity, yet 2nd in command of largest/strongest nation of the time. God's favor.

=**Ch2**= Without asking, tell the person next to you what he/she is thinking about right now and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you something he/she dreamt about this week and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you what is bothering him/her and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you what their greatest fear is and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you who their 3rd grade teacher was and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you what they dislike the most about life and why. Without asking, tell the person next to you who they wish they could sing like and why.

Reinforcing the idea that God is into macro and micro managing. He guides global decisions, and wants to guide our personal decisions.

God is in the business of speaking to man through dreams, visions, His word, His prophets, strangers, signs, circumstances, and audibly if necessary. What is He saying to you and to me? Are we listening? Are you asking Him to speak to you?

John 1:14 The word became flesh and blood, and moved in to the neighborhood. John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing.; but I have called you friends.

What is he saying to us in this community of Fullerton - that people need Him. That as God spoke to King Neb, He is speaking to our community. We might see an indifference, but God undoubtedly loves them so much and is hot after their heart. Lets pray that God will continue speaking loud and clear to our community. They can't shut his voice out.

We are living in difficult times, with difficult questions.God solves mysteries and is the Revealer of those secrets and mysteries.

When we call on God to help us solve those tough decisions, we need to direct the glory to Him. He alone is worthy of that praise. We can't abuse the measure of favor he has given us for selfish gain. Our promotion will come through demotion.

Fearsome Image decreasing in value, increasing in strength (militaristic)

1 Peter 2 4As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him— 5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him __will never be put to shame__." 7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those __who do not believe__, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone," 8and, "__A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.__" They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

=Ch4= Babylon - center of the universe back then. Amazing structures/buildings/kingdom - in man's eyes, as I'm sure in our eyes if we saw it. King Neb created Hanging Gardens - one of the original seven wonders of the world (after great pyramid of Giza - chronologically)

So many gods around that time - Marduk, and other gods. they were thought to be the greatest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk

It can also be said that there are similarities between the stories of Marduk in __Enûma Elish__ and the story of creation according to Genesis __The Enûma Eliš is the Babylonian creation myth Enûma Elish__ - the title, meaning "when on high" is the [|incipit]. The first tablet begins: A battle of who is truly God/creator - Marduk or God this epic permeated ancient the times of and prior to Daniel. This is the stuff Babylon was built on. Modern day skepticism that Bible borrowed from __Enûma Elish__ account. Well established point - Judaism was first ever monotheistic religion.
 * //e-nu-ma e-liš la na-bu-ú šá-ma-mu////šap-liš am-ma-tum šu-ma la zak-rat//ZU.AB//-ma reš-tu-ú za-ru-šu-un////mu-um-mu ti-amat mu-al-li-da-at gim-ri-šú-un//A.MEŠ//-šú-nu iš-te-niš i-ḫi-qu-ú-šú-un////gi-pa-ra la ki-is-su-ru su-sa-a la she-'u-ú////e-nu-ma// [|DINGIR].[|DINGIR] //la šu-pu-u ma-na-ma// || When the sky above was not named,And the earth beneath did not yet bear a name,And the primeval [|Apsû], who begat them,And chaos, [|Tiamat], the mother of them both,Their waters were mingled together,And no field was formed, no marsh was to be seen;When of the gods none had been called into being. ||

__show photos from walls and actual gates__ from museum pictures online. Show the quotes: Building Inscription of King Nebukadnezar II at the Ishtar Gate. An abridged excerpt says: "I (Nebuchadnezzar) laid the foundation of the gates down to the ground water level and had them built out of pure blue stone. Upon the walls in the inner room of the gate are bulls and dragons and thus I magnificently adorned them with luxurious splendour for all mankind to behold in awe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate

below from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II learn what those diseases are called... While boasting over his achievements, Nebuchadnezzar is humbled by [|God]. The king loses his sanity and lives in the wild like an animal for seven years (by some considered as an attack of the madness called [|clinical boanthropy] or alternately [|porphyria]). After this, his sanity and position are restored and he praises and honors God. A clay tablet in the British Museum (BM34113) describes Nebuchadnezzar's behavior during his insanity: "His life appeared of no value to him... then he gives an entirely different order... he does not show love to son or daughter... family and clan does not exist."[|[10]] There is no record of acts or decrees by the king during 582 to 575 BC.[|[11]] Based on descriptions of Nebuchadnezzar's actions and physical traits, psychologist [|Henry Gleitman] claims that Nebuchadnezzar's descent into insanity was a result of syphilis infection. Gleitman believes his odd behavior was actually general paresis or paralytic dementia seen in advanced cases of syphilitic infection.[|[12]]

=**Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven (Mathew 6:10)**= Kingdom = basileia basileia (154 times in NT) Definition:1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule 1a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the __right or authority to rule__ over a kingdom - giving it up to his rule 1b) of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah - He is a capable king - recognize it 1c) of the __royal power and dignity conferred on Christians__ in the Messiah's kingdom 2) a kingdom, the __territory subject__ to the rule of a king - our lives, jobs, families, relationships (that's his territory) let's let it be subject to his rule 3) used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah

http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/kingdom.htm (and of his kingdom there will be no end) we are a royal priesthood, chosen generation (1 peter 2:9)

"And I will give you the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:19 Keys are a symbol of Authority as shown in Isaiah 22:20-24, and of the Primacy of the one receiving them. __Also notice the earthly connotation denoting that the Kingdom of Heaven is here on earth.__

"He shall be great, and be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord GOD will give Him the throne of David His father, and He shall be King over the House of Jacob forever; and OF HIS KINGDOM THERE SHALL BE NO END." Luke 1:32-33

And He said, "To what shall we liken the Kingdom of GOD; or to what parable shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the earth, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth; yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than any herb, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the air can dwell beneath its shade." Mark 4:30-32. See also, Mark 4:26-29. This is a clear analogy of the Church which Jesus Christ founded.

"And I appoint to you a Kingdom even as My Father has appointed to Me." Luke 22:29 Jesus passed His Kingdom to His Apostles.

Luk 17:20/21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God__ is __ in your midst.” Mat 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, (inside - referring to kingdom in your midst) so that the outside may become clean too! And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. REvelations 11:5 - fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy - fearsome image and final kingdom. (made out of dirt - people, us, nobody's. Earthen vessels with treasured inside)

The Church is the "Kingdom which cannot be shaken", Hebrews 12:28 "But in the days of those kingdoms the GOD of heaven will set up a Kingdom THAT SHALL NEVER BE DESTROYED, and His Kingdom SHALL NOT BE DELIVERED UP TO ANOTHER PEOPLE; AND IT SHALL BREAK IN PIECES, AND SHALL CONSUME ALL THESE KINGDOMS, AND ITSELF SHALL STAND FOREVER." Daniel 2:44

Rev 12:10 Then 1 I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority 2 of his Christ, 3 have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, 4 the one who accuses them day and night 5 before our God, has been thrown down.