27 - The Book Of Daniel - Audio King James Version
DANIEL
Daniel, a captive Jew in Babylon, is given visions by God about world events affecting Israel, leading to the future Kingdom of God on earth.
Captives in Babylon
Daniel was a Jewish captive, taken to Babylon about 606 BC. He and his three friends, though only teenagers, displayed great courage in exile, holding to their beliefs, and worship of the true God (chs 1- 3). In later years, when Daniel was about 80 years old, he faced being thrown into the lions’ den, rather than give up his faith (ch 6). God delivered him; He had further work for him to perform, as His prophet.
A Book of Prophecy
The prophecies concern conflict between the kingdoms of men (particularly as they affect Israel) and the Kingdom of God.
Ch 2—Nebuchadnezzar’s Image: the statue of a man whose parts, from head to feet, represented successive empires involved in God’s purpose.
Ch 4—Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Tree: a vision concerning the future of Babylon, and the longer-term Gentile period (2,520 years).
Ch 7—Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts, depicting the same four empires as the metals of the Image (ch 2).
Ch 8—Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and He- goat: the future conflict of Medo-Persia and Greece, and with a longer-term prophecy centred in the “little horn”.
Ch 9—Daniel’s Vision of 70 Weeks: the period up to Messiah’s coming.
Chs 10-11—Daniel’s Vision of the Kings of the North and South: from the time of the Persians to the time of the end.
The Overthrow of Man’s Rule
Ch 2, particularly, contains a dramatic forecast of the end of all human empires when a stone (Christ) topples the image and grows into God’s Kingdom, centred in Israel (see 2:44). Ch 12 foretells the resurrection and judgement and gives further time periods relevant to the last days.
Some interesting links with other parts of the Bible
For example: Compared with:
a) Daniel 2:44; 7:27 a) Revelation 11:15
b) Daniel 4:35 b) Isaiah 45:9;
Romans 9:20,21
c) Daniel 7:2-8 c) Revelation 13:1-5
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03 - The Book Of Leviticus - Chapter 23 - New Heart English Bible
Proclaim as feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Fifty Days Later, the Day of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and Booths.
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02 - The Book Of Exodus - Chapter 33 - New Heart English Bible
Exodus 33: Moses set up a tent of meeting. He said to the LORD, "Don't send us from here without your presence." The LORD passed near to Moses.
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JOEL
Forthcoming judgements in the Holy Land, including a final conflict involving all nations, when God will intervene dramatically!
“Like the noise of chariots … like the noise of a flame of fire … the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars withdraw their shining” (2:5,10)
Some interesting links with other parts of the Bible For example: Compared with:
a) Joel 1:4; 2:25 a) Deuteronomy
28:38,42
b) Joel 2:27; 3:17 b) Ezekiel 37:26-28
c) Joel 3:2 c) Zechariah 14:2-4
d) Joel 3:13 d) Revelation 14:14-19
The Locust Plague (ch 1)
God had, from the earliest times, warned Israel that if they turned from His Word, great disasters would follow (Deuteronomy 28).
Literal plagues of locusts were sent to remind God’s people of what He had said. When He appealed to the Jews through the prophet Joel, around 800 BC, God likened the forthcoming invasions of human armies to the cutting, swarming, hopping, destroying locusts, which they may already have experienced (1:4).
Invading Armies (ch 2) Assyrian and Babylonian invasions of the land of Israel, foretold in this chapter,
were followed centuries later by Greek, Roman and Mohammedan incursions. These left the Holy Land desolate until AD 1917, when the Jews were allowed to return.
The promise of Blessing (2:18-32)
The troubles which were to come on God’s people had as their object the return of Israel to the true worship of God.
Great blessings are promised when this national repentance finally comes. Meanwhile, the greatest invasion of the
Holy Land has yet to take place!
Final Invasion (ch 3)
Details are given of an invasion by all nations, at a time when Israel is back in the land (3:1), as they are today.
The wickedness of all nations is now so great (v 12-13) that when North and South become involved in a great Middle East conflict, God’s judgements will be seen on the earth. The time is ripe for the putting in of His “sickle” (v 13) and the cutting down of the wicked!
God will intervene dramatically by sending Jesus Christ to Jerusalem (v 16), like so many other Scriptures indicate.
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04 - The Book Of Numbers - Chapter 33 - New Heart English Bible
Numbers 33: The Israelites journeyed from Egypt. In the fortieth year Aaron died. They camped by the Jordan and the LORD said, "Take the land."
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01 - The Book Of Genesis - Chapter 40 - New Heart English Bible
Genesis 40: Pharaoh put his cupbearer and baker in prison. Joseph interpreted their dreams. The cupbearer was restored but the baker was hanged.
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Umhlanga Festival Swaziland Africa
The Umhlanga Reed Dance is a traditional dance and ceremony where up to 40 000 Swazi maidens gather and dance for the Queen Mother. This Swazi cultural event is performed as a tribute to the Royal Family and dates back centuries in time. Taking place over a week, normally the last in August, it is largely private, however its final two public days (normally a Sunday and Monday) are a spectacle that is unrivalled in Africa today. Thousands upon thousands of maidens dress up in brightly coloured attire and sing, dance together as they deliver the reed or umlanga to the Royal Residence. Their enjoyment of this ceremony is quite apparent as they use the opportunity of bonding with girls of similar ages from across the country.
Her Royal Highness Princess Sikhanyiso Chief Maiden Solo Dance, this was during the Eswatini biggest cultural event #Umhlanga. This ceremony is an amazing spectacle and a centuries-old tradition where the Kingdom’s unmarried and childless females present their newly cut reed to the Queen Mother to protect her residence.
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This is Eswatini’s (Swaziland’s) best known cultural event, and has a more open feel than the Incwala. In this eight-day ceremony, young girls cut reeds, present them to the Queen Mother (Indlovukazi) – ostensibly to repair the windbreak around her royal residence – and then dance in celebration. Up to 40,000 girls take part, dressed up in brightly coloured attired – making it one of the biggest and most spectacular cultural events in Africa.
The proper festivities kick off on day six, when dancing gets under way in the afternoon. Each group drops their reeds outside the Queen Mother’s quarters then moves to the main arena, where they dance and sing their songs. The dancing continues on day seven, when the king is present. This is the main day that most visitors attend. Each regiment dances before him in turn.
Little can prepare you for the sheer scale of the pageantry, with column upon column of girls advancing like vast ululating centipedes across the parade grounds of Ludzidzini, each dissolving in turn into the pulsating mass of bodies around the royal kraal. Up close, it’s an almost overwhelming immersion in noise and colour, as the girls stamp, sing and sway in step, anklets rattling, naked flesh and dazzling costume blurring into a living, chanting kaleidoscope. The warrior escorts, adorned with cow tails and clutching knob-stick and shield, are sternly intent on their duties and seem contemptuous of tourists, but the girls are all smiles. It’s Eswatini’s biggest holiday and, after days of tramping the hillsides, cutting reeds and camping out, they’re determined to party.
Today the Umhlanga is as well attended as ever. Indeed cultural historians marvel at how its ever-increasing popularity in Eswatini defies the apparent decline of traditional culture elsewhere. It offers the visitor a unique experience. There are no special visitor arrangements – except for a special grandstand to accommodate visiting dignitaries – but simply turn up at Ludzidizini and follow the crowds (Day 7 is the main day). Police will direct you where to go, and where to park.
The event takes place around the last week of August / first week of September in the Lobamba area, next to the Ezulwini Valley. The dates for the 2019 Umhlanga Reed Dance have now been confirmed. The festival will start on Tuesday 27th August, with day 7 (main day) falling on Monday 2nd September.
Tourists visiting the annual Reed Dance are allowed to take photographs on Days 6 and 7 (main day) – as the maidens walk to deliver the reeds to the Royal Residence, and then as they dance in the main arena. Photography at other times is restricted to accredited members of the media, who can check the Media Accreditation section on this page for further information.
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01- The Book Of Genesis - Chapter 12 - New Heart English Bible
Genesis 12: God told Abram, "Go, I will make you a great nation. You will be a blessing." In Egypt Abram lied about Sarai and Pharaoh was cursed.
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