Daniel 2:19-23

In the latter days all the gifts of the Holy Spirit will be intensified. We need to listen closely.

What is in the darkness is hidden from sight but the light of Christ illuminates the dark so that all things hidden are revealed.

God is sovereign over all nations and their rulers. The last word is always His.

The wisdom that Daniel receives comes from God. Daniel’s highlighting of this characteristic suggests that he identifies himself in the tradition of Jewish sages.

Daniel 2:19–23 (NKJV)

¹⁹ Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

²⁰ Daniel answered and said:

“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,

For wisdom and might are His.

²¹ And He changes the times and the seasons;

He removes kings and raises up kings;

He gives wisdom to the wise

And knowledge to those who have understanding.

²² He reveals deep and secret things;

He knows what is in the darkness,

And light dwells with Him.

²³ “I thank You and praise You,

O God of my fathers;

You have given me wisdom and might,

And have now made known to me what we asked of You,

For You have made known to us the king’s demand.”

² Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.” 

Genesis 46:2

¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, While slumbering on their beds, 

Job 33:15

¹⁷ “Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance 

Acts 22:17

¹⁸ and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’ 

Acts 22:18