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Alright, if you got your Bibles, go to Daniel chapter 2. We got them really, really fast.

We got 49 verses, I got five pages and notes. I usually use two pages and notes and we're

going to get through it all today. I'm talking about Jesus coming back and I need to finish

before he does. So please go to Daniel chapter 2. Alright, here we go. Alright, let me catch

you up to speed. This is like binge watching on Netflix. We're going to go 12 weeks in Daniel.

Let me cover chapter 1 to get you caught up for chapter 2. Daniel chapter 1, the year is 605 BC.

That is before Christ. There is a nation called Babylon. It is ruled by a godless man named

Nebuchadnezzar. It's a counterfeit of God's kingdom and he is the counterfeit Jesus.

Well, after 490 years of disobedience on behalf of God's people, God is very patient.

Some people think that they're getting away with something. No one gets away with anything.

All we are doing is storing up everything and they were storing up for a day of judgment and

justice. So after 490 years of patience, God allowed Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon to invade and

overtake the nation of Israel to conquer the people of God, to plunder the temple, and to take

them as slaves and exiled. Today we call them human trafficking or we would call them prisoners

of war against their will. They are taking God's people out to the place that for them would have

literally been hell on earth. The 700 mile walk was made by the children of God, including some

young men who had high IQ, high EQ, raised in royal families. Their names include Daniel

after whom the book is titled. They are chosen to serve in the King's royal palace.

Well, they are then made unix. They are castrated in addition and they are teenage boys.

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