Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Daniel 2:21

“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:”

Daniel 2:21 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Daniel 2:21, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Daniel 2. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 75:5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
  • Psalms 31:14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
  • Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
  • Daniel 4:17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth …
  • Daniel 7:25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time a…
  • James 3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
  • Daniel 4:32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know t…
  • Job 34:24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
  • Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
  • Acts 13:21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
  • 2 Chronicles 1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
  • Luke 1:51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
  • Job 12:18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
  • 1 Kings 4:29And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

More to meet God in Daniel

Daniel 9:24Daniel 6:10Daniel 4:34Daniel 12:1Daniel 3:28Daniel 5:23Daniel 9:27Daniel 7:14Daniel 6:26Daniel 12:10Daniel 4:35Daniel 9:26Daniel 8:13Daniel 11:36

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.