S3E220 – Daniel 1-6: An Astonishing About Face

From Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind · 48:44

Show by Steve Webb

Transcript Podcast Introduction Today we will complete the book of Daniel 1-6. I’ll have comments on both chapters after the reading, and I’m calling today’s episode “An Astonishing About Face.” Design: Steve Webb | Photo: Kees Streefkerk on Unsplash Comments on Daniel 4 Going back to chapter 4, where King Nebuchadnezzar gave praise to God. Remember who this is. He is the proud and haughty king of Babylon who boasted about how great and mighty he was, how he could do anything because of his great power. He was the evil king who God used to bring his chosen people into captivity. And here, near the end of his life, he has come to know who the one true God is, and he publicly, before the whole world, gives God praise. Is there someone in your life, perhaps a loved one, whom you think is beyond God’s reach? Someone who sees no need for God or for forgiveness or redemption? Remember Nebuchadnezzar. God can reach anyone. I’ve told the story before, but I’ll repeat a condensed version of it here for those who might be new. I was not brought up in a Christian home. When I became a believer in Jesus at the age of sixteen, my dad told me I was a fool. Over the years I tried several times to share the reality of Jesus with him, and what he did in my life. Nearly every time, I ended up in tears because of the hardness of my dad’s heart and mind. I finally gave up, and I prayed that God would bring someone into his life that he would listen to. Finally, when my dad was very old, just about a year before he died, a neighbor was able to bring my dad to the Lord. And today, I know that someday I’ll see him again. If God can save Nebuchadnezzar, if God can save my dad, He can bring your loved one into a relationship with Himself, too. Don’t give up. Don’t stop praying. Be faithful. Hang in there. God loves that person infinitely more than you do. Videos Today’s Bible Translation Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 1-6 ESV Support This a value for value podcast. There are no advertisers because advertising=censorship. If you enjoy the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, decide how much value it brings to you. Only you can make that determination. Then put a number on the value and send it to me here: SUPPORT. Transcript Download .txt file. TobyMac 0:00Hey, what’s up? I’m Toby Mac, and you’re listening to my man Steve Webb on…That’s a great name for a podcast, man…on Lifespring Podcast. Steve Webb 0:17Hi, come on in. This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible. There’s a reason I played that for today’s intro, and I’ll tell you more later. My name is Steve Webb and I’m coming to you from Riverside, California. And I’m your OG God caster. I’m so glad you’re with me today. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year. The show notes page for today’s episode is that Lifespring media.com/s 12 e to 19. You might want to remember that I think you want to go check it out after the show. You can email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. Today we’re going to begin the book of Daniel will read the first six chapters. Of course, I’ll have some comments after the reading, but I’ll give you an introduction to the book before I begin reading as well. The title of today’s show is an astonishing about face. Let’s get started. Steve Webb 1:06All right, how about a brief introduction to the book of Daniel. The Book of Ezekiel, which we completed last week showed us prophecies of the beginning of Israel’s captivity. Daniel’s book is of the latter years of their captivity. The visions God gave his zekiel were meant to be a comfort to the Jews in the midst of their captivity. And the same is true of Daniel’s vision as their captivity dragged on. Knowing that God was still speaking to them and had plans for them was surely something that helped them make it through. Now Daniel is considered to be one of the most prominent prophets. He lived in the courts of some of the greatest kings, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus and Darius. The first six chapters of the book are historical and pretty easy to understand. The last six chapters are of a prophetic nature and not so easy to understand, but they do speak clearly of the coming Greek and Roman kingdoms and of the coming Messiah. So with that introduction, let’s begin. Steve Webb 2:10Daniel chapter one. In the third year of the reign of Jehovah, Kim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of shiner to the house of his God, and place the vessels in the treasury of his God. Then the king commanded ashpan as his chief unic to bring some of the people of Israel both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding, learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to teach them the literature and…

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