How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Hard times, we all face them.

And maybe you feel like you're standing between a rock and a hard place welcome to through the

bible where today we're going to learn that even in difficult places we can stand in the love of god in this study

we'll see that god's love sometimes includes a bit of hammering and chiseling all part of his work though

to shape us into the image

of Jesus. So be encouraged. God is at work in your life. Now, in our five-year journey through the

whole Word of God, we've arrived at Haggai chapter 2. But before we jump in, here's another of Dr.

McGee's special introductions on the judgments found in scripture.

We've come today to the judgment of the Gentile nations.

Now, this is something that was quite evident in the book of Daniel.

The people of Israel at that time were in captivity.

And Daniel was given the interpretation of Nebuchadnezz's dream,

and then he himself had the dream.

God confirmed it to him because he was concerned. It was an image that Nebuchadnezzar saw because he understood a great deal about idolatry.

And he gave to Daniel the inner characteristics of the nations,

and they were that a wild beast.

That was, first of all, a lion.

Then we end up with a beast that's nondescript,

and that's the kingdom that's yet to come.

It is the putting together of the Roman Empire.

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