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Love Not the World
Today’s Devotion:
Love Not the World
If your house was on fire and you could only escape with one or two things, what would you save? We could ask the question a different way: When it comes time to depart this life, what would you like to take with you? In response to that question, we often hear it said, “You can’t take it with you.”
The truth is that we can’t take anything with us from this world. And our departure from this world will be made much easier if we have not loved the things of this world. After all, “the world is passing away, and the lust of it” (1 John 2:17). As evidence of the temporary nature of this world, “the grass withers, the flower fades” (Isaiah 40:8). Why are we told not to love the world we live in? Because “the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 John 5:19), and we are not to be “conformed” to it (Romans 12:2).
Ask God to help you be attached to His Kingdom (Matthew 6:33) and detached from the things of this world.
To forsake Christ for the world is to leave a treasure for a trifle.
William Jenkyn
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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).