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Seeing More Clearly: Who Will See the Lord
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Seeing More Clearly: Who Will See the Lord
It is said that modern governments run on paper—records of statutes, decisions, orders, personal appointments, and more. But ancient governments ran the same way, using clay tablets and scrolls instead of paper and computers. Even God is portrayed as having a book in which the names of His people and their acts are recorded—and sometimes blotted out (Exodus 32:32-33; Psalm 51:1). The “Book of Life” is mentioned eight times in the New Testament.
The Book of Life contains the names of those who will enter God’s eternal Kingdom. None who would defile the eternal Kingdom by their unholy acts will enter in (Revelation 21:27; 22:14-15). Thus the writer to the Hebrews exhorted his readers to “pursue ... holiness, without which no one will see the Lord”—“see the Lord” being a reference to entering eternal life. Thankfully, our inheriting eternal life doesn’t depend on our human holiness but on the righteousness of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21).
If you want to see the Lord for all eternity, receive the gift of righteousness through faith in Christ.
Everything in Scripture has in view the promotion of holiness.
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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).