Daniel 2:27-45
Christian Standard Bible
27 Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, medium, magician, or diviner(A) is able to make known to the king the mystery he asked about. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has let King Nebuchadnezzar know what will happen in the last days.(B) Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay in bed(C) were these: 29 Your Majesty, while you were in your bed, thoughts came to your mind about what will happen in the future.[a](D) The revealer of mysteries(E) has let you know what will happen. 30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me,(F) not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.(G)
The Dream’s Interpretation
31 “Your Majesty, as you were watching, suddenly a colossal statue appeared. That statue, tall and dazzling, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was terrifying. 32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze, 33 its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay. 34 As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it,[b](H) struck the statue(I) on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.(J) 35 Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff(K) from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled(L) the whole earth.
36 “This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation. 37 Your Majesty, you are king of kings.(M) The God of the heavens has given you sovereignty, power,(N) strength, and glory. 38 Wherever people live—or wild animals, or birds of the sky—he has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all.(O) You are the head of gold.
39 “After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.(P) 40 A fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron; for iron crushes and shatters everything, and like iron that smashes, it will crush and smash all the others.[c](Q) 41 You saw the feet and toes, partly of a potter’s fired clay and partly of iron—it will be a divided kingdom, though some of the strength of iron will be in it. You saw the iron mixed with clay, 42 and that the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly fired clay—part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle. 43 You saw the iron mixed with clay—the peoples will mix with one another[d] but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay.
44 “In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed,(R) and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms(S) and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever. 45 You saw a stone(T) break off from the mountain without a hand touching it,[e](U) and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future.(V) The dream is certain, and its interpretation reliable.”
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Daniel 7:13-14
Christian Standard Bible
13 I continued watching in the night visions,
and suddenly one like a son of man(A)
was coming with the clouds of heaven.(B)
He approached the Ancient of Days
and was escorted before him.
14 He was given dominion(C)
and glory and a kingdom,
so that those of every people,
nation, and language(D)
should serve(E) him.
His dominion is an everlasting(F) dominion
that will not pass away,
and his kingdom is one
that will not be destroyed.
Matthew 6:7-13
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7 When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.(A) 8 Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.(B)
The Lord’s Prayer
9 “Therefore, you should pray like this: (C)
Our Father in heaven,
your name be honored as holy.(D)
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.(E)
11 Give us today our daily bread.[a]
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.(F)
13 And do not bring us into[b] temptation,(G)
but deliver us from the evil one.[c](H)
Mark 1:14-15
Christian Standard Bible
Revelation 11:15
Christian Standard Bible
The Seventh Trumpet
15 The seventh angel blew his trumpet,(A) and there were loud voices in heaven saying,
The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom
of our Lord and of his Christ,
and he will reign forever and ever.(B)
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