The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

Today was a much needed lazy day. I sat in front of the TV and watched a History Channel Marathon called Engineering an Empire. Every hour a new empire was examined. The focus of every show was engineering marvels during the height of the empire being examined. Each show began with the birth of the empire. However, every show ended with the empire’s final demise. The all day marathon can be summarized as follows:

“You [Nebuchadnezzar] are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will rise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth. Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to peaces, so it will crush and break all the others. … In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.” (Daniel 2:38-40, 44 NIV)

“The king said to Daniel, ‘Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery.’” (Daniel 2:47)

So what can be said:

Let all heaven and earth proclaim: Kings and kingdoms will all pass away, but there’s just something about God’s name.