Bible Verse of the Day Sunday January 22nd, 2023

Daniel 2:27-28 Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these.

After King Nebuchadnezzar had gone through all his supposable tellers of the future to explain the meaning of his dream, he heard of a young Hebrew man who came there in the Babylonian captivity of 597 BC that could interpret his dream. The significance of this dream was hidden not only from the King but from all his magicians and soothsayers so that Nebuchadnezzar could see the power of the one true God. The King was most likely hoping for some revelation that extended his kingdom and power, but Daniel showed him that this revelation was from God and was about significant changes in the world.

In this day and age, the Word of God has been relegated to a more poetic literary status by the supposable wise people of the world. Part of the problem is that so many humans have translated and retranslated the Bible to fit their prejudices and preconceptions that one without a knowledge of the Word of God is unsure of which one to believe. Consequently, Satan has used this to cause people to lose confidence in what the Bible teaches. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit of God is the only way anyone can honestly know and understand what the truth of the Bible is (1 Corinthians 2:14)

Numerous variations of the gospel show up in so many different translations of the Bible. However, the bottom line is Jesus is the only way to real true eternal life (John 14:6). This bottom line also includes the grace of God through our faith in the sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the Cross of Calvary and His resurrection. There is absolutely nothing that we can do to work our way to an eternity with God. We have nothing that God needs or nothing that we possess that would impress God. The only thing that God wants from us is us, mind, spirit, body, and soul, surrendered to Him totally and completely (Ephesians 2:8-9) 

For Daniel and the other Children of Israel, who were in captivity in Babylon, there was only one true and sure answer: the God of Israel. It was not the supposable wise men of the day or the magical religions of the east; God and God alone held all the answers.

It is the same for us today; it is not the supposable wisdom of the world that holds the answers for our lives, it is still the one true God, and He has revealed all that we need to know through His Holy Word. Just as God revealed the truth of the King’s dream to Daniel, He will reveal to you, through His Holy Word, what that truth, the truth that sets you free, really is. The Bible is the bedrock and heart of our faith in this changing and uncertain world that we live in today. God knows where all this upheaval and tumult ends up because, contrary to worldly and popular belief, God is still in Control.