Thursday 29 September 2016

King Nebuchadnezzar Seeks Interpretation For His Dream: Daniel 2 v 2 - 3

Daniel 2:2 "Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king."
The subjects of the land are at the beck and call of the king. When the king called them, they came. These astrologers were thought of as the wise men of the day.  The job of these astrologers, magicians, and sorcerers was to advise the king on things of a spiritual nature. They told of future events, as well as giving advice. They do have some power, but it is limited. Their source is the devil.
Chaldeans could refer to all people native to Chaldea, or as here, to a special class of soothsayers who taught Chaldean culture.
Read, with me, what all believers are to do about things pertaining to this, in the following verse. Acts 19:19 "Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver."
God will not share your love. You must be loyal to God and not earthly astrologers, magicians, and sorcerers.
Daniel 2:3 "And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream."

The king was aware this bad dream was not caused by eating the wrong food for dinner, but was, in fact, a warning. He cannot continue on, without knowing the meaning of this dream.

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