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One of the somewhat mystifying things to me is that Daniel was trained in all the arts of the 'wise' men of the realm--which were occultic characters.

Went through it but didn't have a lot of revelations.

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Maybe not revelations but a LFL(lesson for life)
Are you familiar with Kay Arthur she has a home study guides for most of the books of the bible. See link....

http://www.precept.org/newindex.html

The neat thing about her studies is she gives no answers to anything you figure it out through the Holy Spirit or don't get it till you really seek. She has a system to mark your Bible and ask you question for you to find. No answers.

Time=606 BC When the times of the Gentiles began and will end with the coming of Christ.

Daniel 2:1-29
Time=606BC
1-7 Nebuchadnezzar was in his second reign as king of Babylon. He had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

He gave orders to call in all the magicians, conjurers, sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. They stood before the king and just praised him.

Nebuchadnezzar said to them, they were to tell him what his dream was and give an interpretation. If they did not he would destroy them all. If they did declare the dream and its interpretation, they would receive from Nebuchadnezzar gifts, a great reward and great honor.

They asked the king to tell them the dream first. They were stalling.

The above is from a political point of view. Also Shows how GOD is in control of the Empires of the world in relation to their development to GODS Kingdom.

8-12 Nebuchadnezzar knew they were all stalling about interpreting the dream and could not interpret the dream so.
12 Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Saddam Hussein thinks he is the reincarnate of Nebuchadnezzar. Sort of sounds like him.

13 So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.

14-18 Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to the captain...15 he said to Arioch, the king's commander, "For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

Daniel requested of the king for some time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king. Daniel informed his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azriah so they might request compassion from the GOD of heaven.

The Secret Is Revealed to Daniel

19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven;
20 Daniel said,
"Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever,
For wisdom and power belong to Him.
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"It is He who changes the times and the epochs;
He removes kings and establishes kings;
He gives wisdom to wise men
And knowledge to men of understanding.
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"It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things;
He knows what is in the darkness,
And the light dwells with Him.
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"To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise,
For You have given me wisdom and power;
Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You,
For You have made known to us the king's matter

24-29 Daniel goes to Nebuchadnezzar to interpret the dream and says...28 "However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed.
29 "As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place.

To be continued now the fun part starts. Break time.