LIFE
OF CHRIST
Session 14:
The Coming of Christ: Experiencing His Coming
(Students
should complete "Tracing the Historical Events of the
Life of Christ" exercise on page 174 of the manual.)
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Experiencing
Christ
(Write in the correct answers from the
listening process of CD 14)
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The Degradation of Man
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The Most _______ Description of the ____ of Man (Daniel 2-4)
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2:1 And in the second
year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled,
and his sleep brake from him.
2:2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show
the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the
king.
2:3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and
my spirit was troubled to know the dream. (2:1-4)
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The Dream and the Interpretation of the
Dream was revealed to __________. (Daniel 2:29-37)
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2:29 As for thee,
O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon
thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that
revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come
to pass.
2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any
wisdom that I have more than any
living, but for their sakes that
shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that
thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This
great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before
thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
2:32 This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his
arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,
which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron
and clay, and brake them to pieces.
2:35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and
the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the
chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried
them away, that no place was found for them: and
the stone that smote the image became a great mountain,
and filled the whole earth.
2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation
thereof before the king.
2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of
heaven hath given thee a
____________, power, and strength, and ___________.
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_____________ of What He Had Just Been Told.
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3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an _______ of gold,
whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth
thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura,
in the province of Babylon.
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He Commandment His Herald to Proclaim.
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3:4 Then an herald cried
aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music,
ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king hath set up:
3:6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the
same hour be cast into the midst of a _________ ____________
furnace.
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After Many Incidents of the Music Playing
and the People Falling Down to
Worship the King, the next Scene Has the King
___________ at __________.
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4:4 I
Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing
in my palace:
4:5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts
upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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__________ Was Called to Give the
Interpretation.
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4:24 This is the
interpretation, O king, and this is the decree
of the most High, which is come upon my lord the
king:
4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling
shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee
with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over
thee, till thou _______ that the most High _______ in the
kingdom of ________, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
4:26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the
tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that
thou shalt have _________ that the heavens do rule.
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The _______ of Nebuchadnezzar.
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4:28 All this came upon
the king Nebuchadnezzar.
4:29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of
the kingdom of Babylon.
4:30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that
I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might
of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
4:31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice
from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee
it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
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From the Realm of _______ and ______ to the
Realm of a __________.
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His heart was changed
from the heart of a man to a heart of
a Beast.
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The ________ _________
of his mind changed.
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The base of his
understanding shifted _________.
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He ______ the capacity
to enjoy the glory, the honor,
and the brightness of being as a king of kings.
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Although he was still
king of Bablyon, his experienced life as a lowly beast of the
field.
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The ________ from the Wonder of Human Existence to Act Like the ________
of the _________.
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Driven by three simple
drives that dominates it.
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Consumed with the
motivation to _________.
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Consumed with the
motivation to _________.
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Consumed with the
motivation to _________ ____
______________.
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How long would he had to
experience life in animalistic sensual
desires -- driven to use things and others for his own
personal demands?
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4:25 . . . till thou
know that the most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he
will.
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When could
Nebuchadnezzar be returned to the power, the
strength, and the glory of experiencing the good life?
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4:26 . . . thy kingdom
shall be [returned] unto thee, after
that thou shalt have known that the heaven do rule.
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What was the event that
actually returned Nebuchadnezzar to
the kingdom that God had given him?
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4:34 And at the end of
the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted
up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me.
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He lifted up his eyes to
heaven.
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The point of the story
to help us experience the mystery of
the life of Christ in our lives -- the coming of Christ.
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Nebuchadnezzar got into
trouble when he looked on the
earthly things and actually thought he had put
together his life, his kingdom, or the realm of his
existence.
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Nebuchadnezzar got out
of troube when he lifted his
eyes to heaven and knew God rules in the kingdom
of men.
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How do you keep your
eyes off the earthly circumstances
and focused on the heavenly reality?
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Let Jesus always be
before your face, let Him be your
power and strength.
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Consume Jesus -- keep
Him as the apple of your eye,
bind Him upon your finger, and let Him be written
on the table of your heart.
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He will make you to be
in the right frame of mind with His
countenance--stand face-to-face with him every day of
your life.
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Experiencing the Life of Christ.
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Is Life in the Living
Word or in the Written Word?
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Sadly, Jesus is then pushed aside by our emphasis on what we have heard.
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Although what we have heard is the truth, it
does not have any power to reproduce itself.
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The power of life is only in the words of
Jesus--not what he has said but what he is currently saying--life is
only in Jesus.
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It is only the continually hearing of Jesus
that enables us to experience the life of Christ continually.
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