Daniel 2
King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. (Part 2)
Daniel and his companions (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) prayed to the God of Heaven and asked for mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not die with the other wise men.
And that night in a vision God told Daniel what the king had dreamed. Then Daniel praised the God of Heaven saying.
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for He alone has all wisdom and all power. World events are under His control. He removes kings and set others on their thrones. He gives wise men their wisdom, and scholars their intelligence. He reveals profound mysteries beyond man’s understanding.”
“He knows all hidden things for He is light, and darkness is no obstacle to Him. I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers, for You have given me wisdom and glowing health, and now even this vision of the king’s dream, and the understanding of what it means.”
Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, who had been ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said, “don’t kill them, take me to the king, and I will tell him what he dreamed and what it means.”
Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king and said, ” I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to the king his dream and the interpretation.”
The king answered and said to Daniel, ( whose Babylon name was Belteshazzar), ” is it true? are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation.”
Daniel answered and said, “The secret that the king demanded, no wise men, astrologers, soothsayers can reveal to the king.”
“But there is a God in Heaven Who reveals secrets, and He has made known to king Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the vision you saw as you lay on your bed.
As for you, O King, as you were lying on your bed, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen in the future.
” But as for me, this secret has been revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but so that the king may understand the dream and its interpretation.
To be continued.
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