"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
Daniel was a wise prophet who always
prayed to God and kept God's laws. When
God called on Daniel, Daniel always said, Yes! Yes!
Yes! When foolish kings tried
to stop Daniel from acknowledging his God, Daniel always said, No! No!
No!
One night, Daniel had a dream and he
wrote it down.
The waters were stirred up by a mighty
wind and four great horrific beasts rose from the deeps. No!
No! No!
One was like a lion with eagles' wings
that walked like a human on two feet. No! No!
No!
The second was like a bear with three
tusks in its mouth. No! No!
No!
The third was like a leopard with four
wings of a black bird and four heads. No! No!
No!
The fourth was terrifying and dreadful
beyond description, exceedingly strong.
It had great teeth that were devouring and breaking and feet that were
stomping and crushing. It had ten horns
and spoke arrogantly. No! No!
No!
The four beasts took dominion over the
land and ruled it with terror. No! No!
No!
As Daniel watched the Ancient of One,
dressed in pure white with hair like wool,
took his seat upon a great throne.
From the Ancient One radiated fire and light. The Ancient One was attended by thousands and
tens of thousands who sang praises and bowed down before him.
The Thousands and tens of thousands
bowed to the Ancient One and said, Yes!
Yes! Yes!
The Ancient looked out over the
thousands and tens of thousands attending him.
The Ancient One said, Yes!
Yes! Yes!
The Ancient One looked out over the
sea and all creation and said, Yes!
Yes! Yes!
The Ancient One held court, opened the
books and sitting in judgement said, Yes!
Yes! Yes!
The Ancient One looked to the beast
that had risen from the deeps and said, No!
No! No!
As Daniel watched the great beast was
put to death and the beast cried out, No!
No! No!
But the thousands and tens of
thousands cried out, Yes! Yes! Yes!
Dominion was taken away from the other
four beasts and the beasts cried out, No!
No! No!
But the thousands and tens of
thousands cried out, Yes! Yes! Yes!
As Daniel's dream continued, he saw
one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was
presented before him. He bowed to the
Ancient One and said, Yes! Yes! Yes!
To him was given dominion and glory
and kingship. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that
shall never be destroyed. And the
thousands and tens of thousands said, Yes!
Yes! Yes!
Daniel was trouble for the visions
terrified him. So he approached on of
the attendants to ask him concerning the dream and he said, "As for these
four great beasts, trouble and pain, power and suffering, wealth and greed,
oppression and hunger will come and go from the earth. Kingdoms and empires, dynasties and alliances
all come to an end. But God's love is
forever and the holy ones of the Most High shall rule forever and ever, without
end."
And the thousands and tens of
thousands say, Yes! Yes! Yes!
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