In this week’s message we are looking at a dream Daniel had in the first year of Belshazzar. It closely resembles the dream Nebuchadnezzar had that Daniel interpreted for him.
But Daniel’s dream is darker, and more ominous. Also included is a more specific call for the establishment of an everlasting kingdom with the ruler being the Ancient of Days.
Many, many, many people have interpreted this dream and put former kingdoms, and present kingdoms, and even future kingdoms in the place of the horns and the rams and the goats.
But may I caution you to simply be satisfied with what scripture says and leave speculation out of the discussion?
There is enough in this dream without trying to fill in the voids with our own ideas of what God might have meant.
Daniel is alarmed at the interpretation of his own dream, and yet, he is also comforted because God not only entrusted the dream to him but has given him a conclusion which allows the people of God to possess the kingdom forever.
If we, as a people can forgo getting caught up in the symbols and trust in the outcome and the fact that God will keep His saints informed; we can live a peaceable life with the expectation of a life we can share with those who God has called.
Pastor Brent