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Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God
Matthew 4:4
The Book of Daniel 7:14
14 And he gave him dominion, and honor, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall never be taken away: and his dominion shall never be destroyed.
Brethren:
When he went to be glorified with his Father he had a power given him over all flesh, (See John 17:2, 5). With the prospect of this Daniel and his friends are here comforted, that not only the dominion of the church’s enemies shall be taken away, but the church’s head and best friend shall have the dominion given him; to him every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. (See Philippians 2:9-10). To him are given glory and a kingdom, and they are given by him who has an unquestionable right to give them, which, some think with an eye to these words, our Savior teaches us to acknowledge in the close of the Lord’s prayer, For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory(See Matthew 6:13). It is here foretold that the kingdom of the exalted Redeemer shall be,
When he went to be glorified with his Father he had a power given him over all flesh, (See John 17:2, 5). With the prospect of this Daniel and his friends are here comforted, that not only the dominion of the church’s enemies shall be taken away, but the church’s head and best friend shall have the dominion given him; to him every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. (See Philippians 2:9-10). To him are given glory and a kingdom, and they are given by him who has an unquestionable right to give them, which, some think with an eye to these words, our Savior teaches us to acknowledge in the close of the Lord’s prayer, For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory(See Matthew 6:13). It is here foretold that the kingdom of the exalted Redeemer shall be,
(1.) A uersal kingdom, the only uersal monarchy, whatever others have pretended to, or aimed at: All people, nations, and languages, shall fear him, and be under his jurisdiction, either as his willing subjects or as his conquered captives, to be either ruled or overruled by him. One way or other, the kingdoms of the world shall all become his kingdoms.
(2.) An everlasting kingdom. His dominion shall not pass away to any successor, much less to any invader, and his kingdom is that which shall bot be destroyed. Even the gates of hell (See Matthew 16:18), or the infernal powers and policies, shall not prevail against it. The church shall continue militant to the end of time, and triumphant to the endless ages of eternity.
(3) Henceforth all embrace his Gospel, submit to his ordinances serve and worship him in every religious duty; every people, of all nations, and of every language under heaven; which will be the case when the everlasting Gospel will be preached to them all with success. It shall never have an end, as the rest of the monarchies, signified by the four beasts, have had, or will have (See Psalms 14:6; Isaiah 9:7). It shall not pass away; or be removed from one to another, nor “corrupted" that is to say abolished and brought to nothing like the monarchies of mankind.
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