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“I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”

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18 Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar. 19 He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace.

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I, John, am the one who heard and saw all these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. But he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this book. Worship only God!”

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10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters[a] who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:10a Greek brothers.
  2. 19:10b Or is the message confirmed by Jesus.

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

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A church leader must not be a new believer, because he might become proud, and the devil would cause him to fall.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or he might fall into the same judgment as the devil.

20 No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons. 21 You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord’s Table and at the table of demons, too.

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11 Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

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11 All kings will bow before him,
    and all nations will serve him.

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16 On his robe at his thigh[a] was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:16 Or On his robe and thigh.

30 “I don’t have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me,

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Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.

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31 The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out.

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15 and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.

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26 This is what these words mean:

Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.
27 Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
28 Parsin[a] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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Footnotes

  1. 5:28 Aramaic Peres, the singular of Parsin.

32 You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’

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37 Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor. 38 He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.

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With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose. Now I will give your countries to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who is my servant. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.

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15 Because of me, kings reign,
    and rulers make just decrees.

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He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    even the princes of his own people!

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The Lord makes some poor and others rich;
    he brings some down and lifts others up.
He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world in order.

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