Our Day in BibleProphecy

“Where Does Bible Prophecy Say We Are?”

I. We don’t know the exact

date of

Jesus’ return and the end

of

the world.

1. Matthew 24:6 – wars and rumors of war.

A. But we do have signs that it is near.

2. Matthew 24:7 – famines and earthquakes.

4. II Timothy 3:2 – lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy.

3. Matthew 24:24 – false Christs and false prophets.

B. A helpful prophecy found in_________________.Daniel chapter 2

II. King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

A. Background information.

1. Daniel and his companions were in ______________.Babylon

2. They were included among the ________________. king’s advisors

B. King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:Daniel 2:31-35.

1. Head of ________.

2. Chest and arms of ________.

3. Belly and thighs of _______.

4. Legs of _______.

gold

silver

bronze

iron

5. Feet of _________________.iron and clay

6. _________ which smashes the image.

Stone

C. The dreams’ interpretation: Daniel 2:36-45.

“This was the dream; now we will tellthe king its interpretation. You, O king,the king of kings, to whom the God ofheaven has given the kingdom, thepower, and the might, and the glory,

and into whose hand he has given,wherever they dwell, the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, making yourule over them all – you are thehead of gold. After you shall ariseanother kingdom inferior to you,and yet a third kingdom of bronze,which shall rule over all the earth.

And there shall be a fourth kingdom,strong as iron, because iron breaksto pieces and shatters all things;and like iron which crushes, it shallbreak and crush all these. And asyou saw the feet and toes partly ofpotter’s clay and partly of iron, itshall be a divided kingdom;

but some of the firmness of ironshall be in it, just as you saw ironmixed with the miry clay. And asthe toes of the feet were partly iron and partly strong and partlybrittle. As you saw the iron mixedwith miry clay, so they will mixwith one another in marriage,

but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.And in the days of those kings theGod of heaven will set up a kingdomwhich shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break inpieces all these kingdoms and

bring them to an end, and it shallstand for ever; just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountainby no human hand, and that itbroke in pieces the iron, the bronze,the clay, the silver, and the gold.A great God has made known to theking what shall be hereafter.

The dream is certain, and itsinterpretation sure.”

III. Relevance for Our Day.

A. The panorama of empires.

1. Head of gold: _________ _____________

Babylon605-539 B.C.

2. Chest and arms of silver: _________________________Med0-Persia 539 – 331 B.C.

3. Belly and thighs of bronze: _____________________Greece 331 – 168 B.C.

4. Legs of iron: __________ ______________

Rome168 B.C. – 476 A.D.

5. Feet of iron and clay: _________________________ ____________

Divided Europe 476 A.D. – Present

6. Great Stone: ____________ ____________

God’s Kingdom Present - ???

B. Living in the time of the ___________.ten toes

Conclusion.

A. God has not revealed ____________ to us, just what _________________.

everythingwe need to know

B. What do we need to do to be ready for Jesus’ second coming and the end of the world?