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Special Testimonies On Education
known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: that they
would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret.”
The Spirit of the Lord rested upon Daniel and his fellows, and the
secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. As he related the
facts, the dream came fresh to the king’s mind, and the interpretation
was given, showing the remarkable events that were to transpire in
prophetic history.
The Lord was working in the Babylonian kingdom, communicat-
ing light to the four Hebrew captives, that he might represent his work
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before the people. He would reveal that he had power over the king-
doms of the world, to set up kings and to throw down kings. The King
over all kings was communicating great truth to the king of Babylon,
awakening in his mind a sense of his responsibility to God. He saw
the contrast between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the most
learned men in his kingdom.
The Lord gave his faithful representatives lessons from heaven, and
Daniel declared before the great men of the king of Babylon, “Blessed
be the name of God forever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
and he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and
setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to
them that know understanding: he revealeth the deep and secret things:
he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.”
“There is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to
the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.” Glory was
not given to the men who stood as oracles in the kingdom; but the men
who put their entire trust in God, seeking for grace and strength and
divine enlightenment, were chosen as representatives of the kingdom
of God in wicked, idolatrous Babylon.
The historic events related in the king’s dream were of consequence
to him; but the dream was taken from him, that the wise men, by their
claimed understanding of mysteries, should not place upon it a false
interpretation. The lessons taught in it were given by God for those
who live in our day. The inability of the wise men to tell the dream,
is a representation of the wise men of the present day, who have not
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discernment and learning and knowledge from the Most High, and
therefore are unable to understand the prophecies. The most learned
in the world’s lore, who are not watching to hear what God says in
his word, and opening their hearts to receive that word and give it to