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    Daniel, Foundation for the Future
    Daniel, Foundation for the Future
    Daniel, Foundation for the Future
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    Daniel, Foundation for the Future

    By Marvin McKenzie

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    The Foundation for the Future
    The book of Daniel sets the context for all prophetic understanding.
    When we understand the prophesies of Daniel we will be better able to understand each of the Old Testament prophets and the Book of the Revelation.

    Grow in Personal Character
    Daniel and his Hebrew friends give powerful testimony of the benefits of a life fully surrendered to God. Learn to stand for Biblical convictions. Learn to resist the pressures to compromise to the world's thinking. Learn to have strength of conviction amid terrible threats.

    Discover the mystery of Nebuchadnezzar's dreams
    With detail that has astounded believers and skeptics alike, Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dreams and describes the future kingdoms of world history.

    Unlock Daniel's Seventy Weeks
    The key to understanding God's plan for Jews and Gentiles is discovered in the vision of the seventy weeks. See what this vision means and where it leads humanity.

    About The Author
    Marvin McKenzie was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and became a believer at the age of eighteen. He has spent his thirty years of ministry planting and pastoring churches in the states of Washington and Oregon, and training others for the work of the ministry in Baptist churches. He has also served for a time as the Executive Vice President of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in San Dimas, CA and of Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City, OK. He and his wife, Anita, have two sons. Both are Baptist pastors in Washington State.

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    PublisherMarvin McKenzie
    Release dateDec 8, 2014
    ISBN9781502255525
    Daniel, Foundation for the Future
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    Marvin McKenzie

    Pastor Marvin McKenzie was saved at the age of eighteen. He has planted and pastored churches in Washington and Oregon. Involved in planting 10 churches[1] Executive Vice President of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, San Dimas, CA[2] and then Heartland Baptist Bible College, OKC OK.  Pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Puyallup, WA 19 years (December 1999-present) Celebrated 35th anniversary of ordination December 29, 2018 Published 65 books relating to Bible Study, Baptist History and Devotionals   Marvin and Anita have two sons; both serve in Baptist churches in Washington State. [1] I was a founding member of two of them, the co-founder of one, founder of one and sent men out of our church to plant the others. [2] I negotiated the sale of the PCBBC campus previous to the college’s move to OKC. I served as the first EVP at Heartland.

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      Daniel, Foundation for the Future - Marvin McKenzie

      Table of Contents

      GIVING AWAY THE GOODS    4

      DANIEL: SELECTED FOR SERVICE    17

      ALIAS        29

      LIVING ABOVE THE CROWD    41

      TEN TIMES BETTER      50

      WISE MEN FAIL      60

      MAN’S KINGDOMS CRUMBLE    69

      CERTAIN MEN STANDING     78

      NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S GONE NUTS     90

      THE PARTY’S OVER      104

      THE DECEIVERS      117

      DARIUS       124

      DANIEL CREDENTIALS, CONSISTENCY, CONFESSION            130

      THIS DREAM TROUBLES ME    140

      EPIPHANIES       151

      BY BOOKS       161

      A PRAYER OF REVIVAL     174

      SEVENTY WEEKS      183

      DANIEL’S 70 WEEKS      197

      THE VISION, THE VISITOR AND THE VERIFICATION        205

      THE WAR BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH   214

      FINAL MESSAGE      221

      GIVING AWAY THE GOODS

      Daniel 1:1-3

      One of the for-sureties about God is that we do not understand Him. Just about the time we think we have defined and outlined and stuffed neatly in our preconceived box labeled deity God does something that just does not make sense. This book, written by its namesake, is a rare find in the pages of mankind. We will find repeated over and again through this little prophecy, evidence of such godly character that Daniel is set up more than once in the Bible as an example of the great believers.

      Ezekiel 14:14.

      Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

      Ezekiel 28:3.

      Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:

      This is phenomenal indeed when we remember that Daniel had this testimony in a strange land, having been stolen from:

      His home

      His family and

      His spiritual heritage.

      Daniel is a Joseph type person.

      He was unjustly taken

      In his youth

      To a foreign land

      Where instead of being bitter

      He surrendered his situation to the Lord and

      He prospered for God’s glory

      But before we can properly understand the book of Daniel, we have to understand something of the history of Israel. Israel is a people that the Bible says God chose to set His love upon.

      Not because they were the biggest

      Not because they were the most godly

      Not because they were the most wonderful people on earth

      God chose to love them because He chose to love them. God’s love toward these people led to some amazing blessings.

      God gave them a land flowing with milk and honey

      God enabled them to defeat the people of Canaan supernaturally

      God blessed them with great leadership under men such as Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, and Solomon

      The trouble was, they got to a place where, as a nation, they thought they really were better than the other nations and that God could not help but love them and bless them. They could not fathom God ever judging or punishing them.

      They were, after all, the apple of God’s eye

      They were the only nation of people who worshipped the living and true God

      They were the children of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob

      They were so sure that God would bless them that they forgot that His people should also obey Him. And though God was gracious a very long time with them, there came a day when even their cup of iniquity was full.

      God sent a particular prophet, Jeremiah to warn them that they were about to face the chastening hand of God and that they should submit to that hand. God, Jeremiah said, was about to send Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, to conquer them and to send them into captivity. Jeremiah’s counsel, under the direction of God, was that Jerusalem should surrender to Nebuchadnezzar. If they did, God said, they would not suffer much and after a period of about 70 years, they would be allowed to return home from Babylon to Jerusalem.

      Remember; Nebuchadnezzar was being sent as a chastening rod from God.

      Israel had sinned against God

      She had been sinning against God for years.

      If she had humbled herself and repented and accepted her judgment we know exactly what God would have done.

      1 Peter 5:5-6

      .... God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

      Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (KJV)

      The record of God’s word is that the Jews rejected Jeremiah’s preaching. The Jews refused to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar, so God allowed him to soundly defeat the Jews, and they went into captivity anyway – only this time it was after much heartache and loss of life.

      We know that Nebuchadnezzar actually attacked Jerusalem at least twice. It was during one of those raids that the story of Daniel begins. I want to show you from verses 2-3 of Daniel chapter 1 tonight, the cost of sin unrepented.

      Verse two begins, "And the Lord gave..."

      This just would not have been conceivable in the mind of the Jews that God would give anything worthwhile to Nebuchadnezzar – especially things that belonged to the Jews.

      But God gave Nebuchadnezzar the most valued things of Israel. As a form of judgment against the Jews for not repenting of their sins God gave into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

      JERUSALEM’S FIGUREHEAD

      ...Jehoiakim king of Judah....

      This is a very big deal. He was the last king in David’s family. God had made a promise to King David.

      2 Sam 7:8-16

      Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

      And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

      Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

      And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

      And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

      He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

      I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

      But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

      And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. (KJV)

      But now the sin of Jerusalem is so terrible that God, set this promise aside to deal with His people. God did not renege on His promise; He just put Israel in a time-out. To this day there has been no leader in Israel after Jehoiakim related to King David.

      The Bible tells us there won’t be another until Jesus Himself sits on the throne. Using ungodly leadership is one of God’s most common ways to chasten His people.

      Proverbs 29:2

      When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (KJV)

      We have seen a rash of wickedness in leadership in our world today haven’t we? Everything from

      Presidents who commit fornication in the White House

      To business leaders who are unethical

      To parents who teach children to sin through their own example

      We have a Chief of Police who is so corrupt that a man who was charged to protect the families of our area murdered his wife and then took his own life. What’s more, we are losing our spiritual heritage here in the United States. It is becoming more and more common to play down the impact Christianity had on the foundation of our country.

      Our founding father’s faith is being denied

      Our founding father’s goals for our country are being ignored

      Our founding father’s themselves are being lied about

      And I am quite sure we can attribute it to the judgment of God upon our land. Americans have lived in such grace.

      We have wealth

      We have power

      We have prestige

      world-wide. But we have forgotten God. And because of it I am afraid God has given our leaders over to the devil.

      God gave into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar

      THEIR ARTICLES OF FAITH

      ...with part of the vessels of the house of God...

      Remember that the Jews did not worship God in the same fashion we do. Theirs was a system of rituals.

      Each ritual was symbolic of a spiritual truth

      Each ritual was vital to their faith

      It will be worthwhile to remind you of the different items involved in their worship. The house of God was divided into three major areas.

      A. The outer court

      This area was walled and had a gate facing the east. Only the priests entered this courtyard area, and they did it on the behalf of the people of Israel.

      As they entered the court, the first piece of furniture or vessel the priest would see was

      1. The Brazen Altar

      This is where the sacrifice was offered to God. No one draws near God without a sacrifice. Blood has to be shed to atone for our sins. This symbolizes for us the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.

      After the animal was sacrificed and offered before the Lord the priest would approach

      2. The Laver

      This was a large vessel filled with water and having spigots to allow for running water to wash the priest’s hands and feet. There was a large catch bowl around the bottom of it so the ground wasn’t running with mud.

      It reminds us that even though we are saved and forgiven our sins through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, we need to confess our sins daily before the Lord to remain clean and have good fellowship with Him.

      Again, facing the east was the door to the Tabernacle’s first room,

      B. The holy place

      Entering into this room to the right was

      1. The golden lamp

      The priests were responsible to make sure the light never went out in the Holy place. It is representative of Jesus Christ who is the Light of the world. It also reminds us of the Holy Spirit of God who enlightens the Word of God to our souls so we can understand God’s way.

      To the left was,

      2. The table of showbread

      The priests would place 12 fresh loaves of bread on the table every week. It represents Jesus Christ who said he was the bread of life. It also reminds us that man cannot live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. We desperately need to read and study and meditate on the Word of God.

      Strait ahead and next to the holy veil was

      3. The altar of incense

      The priest would burn sweet smelling incense here, representing the prayers of the saints rising before God.

      Only one man was ever allowed to go past the holy veil into

      C. The Holy of Holies

      And he was only allowed in their once a year. This was where the Ark of the Covenant was located. The ark was a box which contained three very important articles of Israel’s spiritual heritage

      1. The Ten Commandments written by the hand of Moses

      2. Aaron’s rod that budded

      3. A bowl of manna

      When Israel lost these, they lost what they considered to be the tools of their worship. From then on, all they ever

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