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Hope for Your Family
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Hope for Your Family
John MacArthur told of visiting an elderly lady who was dying and didn’t know the Lord. On the way to her apartment, he prayed for wisdom yet felt more and more uneasy. When he entered the woman’s room, she said, “Before you say anything, I just want to tell you that yesterday my sister led me to Christ.”1
In God’s timing family members can become powerful tools for winning those in their homes. We assume no one paid attention when Noah spoke of his faith and God’s direction. But a few people did. Noah converted his family, and they were saved.
Do you have loved ones who aren’t saved? Take time to pray for them. Turn Bible verses into prayers on their behalf, and ask God for wisdom in knowing how to bear witness to them. He is the One who will win them, but He can use your words, attitudes, deeds, and example in the process.
If Peter could be transformed from a cursing denier of Jesus into a preacher to thousands on Pentecost, there’s hope for your father or mother.
Randy Newman
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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).