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Fives: The Wounds of Christ
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Fives: The Wounds of Christ
If you visit the Ulm Museum in Germany, you can find a remarkable panel from the old Buxheim monastery dating to around 1500—Arma Christi with Five Wounds. It portrays not the full figure of Christ but the five wounds of the crucifixion—His hands, feet, and side. Theologians and artists have long pondered the five wounds of Christ. But the precious blood of Jesus flowed from more than five wounds. Think of the puncture wounds from the crown of thorns and His shredded back tortured by the scourge.
Our minds are too finite, our souls are too limited, and our imaginations are too small to fully comprehend the love Jesus showed us on the Cross. Perhaps we’ll not be able to grasp all the ramifications of His death even in heaven, for it is bound up in the infinite mystery of the grace of God.
But we can say, “Thank You!”
The blood of Christ, Thy spotless Lamb, O God, is all my plea; naught else could for my sin atone; I have no merit of my own, which I can bring to Thee.
William S. W. Pond
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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).