The second commandment Exodus chapter 20:4 “for you shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in heaven, above or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -v5- you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity (which means 1. Wickedness 2. A wicked or unjust act.) of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, -v6- but showing mercy to thousands to those who love me and keep my Commandments.” (verse 6 is the curse breaker).
Now let’s go to Isaiah chapter 39. This is after Hezekiah’s prayer to the Lord and the Lord kills 185,000 Syrians that were going to wipe out Jerusalem, and the Lord told Hezekiah that he had to get his things together because he was going to die. So Hezekiah cried out to the Lord with prayer; with real tears, and the Lord heard his prayer, and gave Hezekiah 15 more years to live. But remember God hates pride.
Now let’s read Isaiah 39 verse one at that time. “Merodach, Baladan the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. -v2 - and Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures, the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment and all his armory that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. (kind of like, look at all the stuff I have guys). -v3- then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and said to him, what did these men say. And from where did they come to you?” So Hezekiah said they came to me from a far country, from Babylon. -v4- and he said, what have they seen in your house? So Hezekiah answered they have seen all that is in my house, there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them. -v5 – then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, hear the word of the Lord of hosts. -v6- behold the days are coming when all that is in your house and what your fathers have accumulated until this day shall be carried to Babylon, nothing shall be left, says the Lord. -v7- and they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom will beget, and they shall be Eunuchs in the Palace of the king of Babylon. -v8- so Hezekiah said to Isaiah, the word of the Lord which you have spoken is good. (Good? He only cares about himself, not even about his own heirs; his own blood). For he said at least there will be peace and truth in my days.” (OK, we just read the second commandment and the curse. Now let’s see who it falls on?) King Nebuchadnezzar had three conquests against Jerusalem.
In the first conquest Daniel was taken to Babylon, along with Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. In the second conquest, he took Ezekiel to Babylon, but not in the palace because he had to be a priest to the people in the 70 years of captivity. On the third conquest, it is said that Jeremiah chose to remain in the land of Israel as part of the remanent left behind. The Lord always leaves a remanent.
Now, let’s look at Daniel chapter 1, that has 20 verses in it. In these 20 verses In the KJV, NKJV, ASV, ESV and YLT, It says Eunuch 7 times, in v3, v7, v8, v9, v10, v11 and v18. Know if you read the NIV, GNT, NLT and some other Bibles, you won’t find Eunuchs even mentioned in Daniel, so if you have one of these Bibles the Holy Spirit can’t even put together the curse in the second commandment. In Exodus chapter 20 relate to Isaiah 39 and Daniel one. The reader must know a little history that is in the palace of any kings of old; that no man could live in the palace who is able to reproduce children and spoil the kings seed which would be in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace. Now after three years of being trained, they were ready to enter the Kings service, then the story of the kings dreams, the story of the fiery furnace, the king Nebuchadnezzar’s attitude adjustment for seven years eating grass, then Nebuchadnezzar himself got to write some scriptures in the book of Daniel. By the time you get to Chapter 8 and all the visions, you’ll understand the book of Daniel is not in chronological order. So when Daniel and his friends were at the river fasting and praying for 21 days, you would know the exact year when all things will end. But we don’t know. We know the span of years it would happen if we had 1290 days and 1335 days to gather we get 2625. If you put those days into years and subtract 606 BC, the year most people think he, Daniel, was taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar you will answer 2019. From what I have read they think he, Daniel died about 535 BC. If you subtract 535 from 2625 you get 2090. So if you knew the exact year Daniel was at the river with his friends you would know the end of the tribulation. Just remember in Daniel chapter 12 verse five then I Daniel looked, and there are two others one on this river bank and the other on that river bank. V6 - and one said to the man clothed in linen, Who was above the waters of the river, how long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be (now most scholars believe it is Jesus himself standing in the waters of the river, and the two who are on each bank are angels). Verse seven then I heard the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half time, (that I believe is 3500 years. Time=1000 years, Times = 2000 years, and a half time = 500 years). And with the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished. (I believe this is after the great tribulation and after the thousand year reign of Christ, and after Satan is turned loose again) it says in Revelation 20 (what I can see how people today may reject Christ because they can’t see him, because you have to have faith to see him.) but the thousand years he is here on earth with us they can see him and at the end of the 1000 years, Satan is turned loose, they are some who will join Satan to fight against Christ, it’s hard to believe that, but true. Now back to Daniel 12:8 although I heard I did not understand, then I said, my lord what shall be the end of these things? Jesus told the angel or whoever was on the bank of the river, it would be for a time, times, and a half time. But Daniel 12:10 many shall be purified and made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand. (The Lord does not lie. Knowing Jesus and helping others is the rent that we pay on earth for our room in heaven.)