DANIEL 2:21
And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. [NKJV]
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. [BSB]


GOD'S PERMUTATIONS AMONG MEN
He is the LORD, the Owner of Power and Wisdom. Such Ownership is more expressive in "Wills" than in "Titles," or more visible in "Decisions" than in "Possessions," over these interests.

Are you among those Christians that say the gifts and calling of God is without repentance (Romans 11:29), which is why when God did not collect back His gifts from Satan or sinners? Do not say that anymore. This top Bible verse above disagrees and God shall both give and take away that which He's given as He Wills. The Day of Judgment comes, when even those gifts and powers given to Satan shall be taken away from Satan by He who gave it to him in the beginning, just as the Beauties, the pretty faces, the Attractions, the Grace, the Gifts, the Favors, the Talents, etc, given to unprofitable ones shall be retrieved from them because God who owns all those will not waste them in those who shall be wasted in that Day. As it is written,

[Matthew 25:28-30] — "Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’"

Look at the top Bible verse above, and these 3 Structures from it:



*1* GOD CHANGES TIMES AND SEASONS

God does not change though He changes times and seasons, and the times are changing. Someone said that some things in the Word of God are no longer relevant or applicable to these modern times and ages for times have changed. But here is understanding that you should not build your faith and decisions based only on the changes of these times and seasons, but rather have faith and obedience in the God who changes the times and seasons. What make sense in these seasons and times will eventually not make sense when God change the seasons and times. And yet God will judge man for what the man did or said in times or seasons, even after those times and seasons have changed and what mattered no longer matters in the advent of different seasons and times.

Though we are in end times, and seasons are changing, Satan is not he that changes times and seasons, but the Lord God is He who changes times and seasons. Amen.

Men worry about time being short, because men are under the pressures of time limitations and passages. But even Times are under pressures of God's Changes upon them. God is outside Time Equations, Schedules or Timelines, and so God is not subjected to Times but subjected to His Own Words. It's the Words of God that keeps to time, not necessarily God Himself keeping to time, seeing He changes times and seasons; and yet God is never late even outside Time Schedules. How is God never late, though He is never subject to Time Schedules? By God Changing Times.

[Hebrews 1:12] — "You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”"

Stop observing Times and Seasons as being religious or devoted to the observation of the Times and Seasons as the heathenism, Judaism, Muslimism, do. [Galatians 4:10]. Stop giving God time ultimatums when you pray, or subjecting God to the pressures of human's Time Schedules like we foolishly did or like Martha and Mary expected the Lord Jesus Christ to have come early enough when they sent for Him to have prevented their brother, Lazarus's death. Even the Son of God, played it down when it came to God the Father's Timing or Times of Event, because God would not want to be preempted or predictable, which is why many prophets are disgraced when they claim to know when and how God will act or what He will do tomorrow, and God does not want to be so plain or predictable. If God show you precisely what He will do, He might not show you exactly when or how, for confidentiality. Jesus Christ said He will rise from the dead after three days like Jonah from the belly of the beast, but before three days He rose from the dead so that even those details were not fully disclosed until God did them. Infact, it seemed the Lord Jesus Christ did not even spend complete two full days being in the heart of the earth.

He spoke of the events to His returning, but stated He did not even know the time or hour He will return, except the Father God who is secretive with Timings. For this reason, we labelled the coming "Times" of the Lord Jesus Christ as "Coming of a Thief in the night." For He preferred rather for His "Timings" to be associated with the coming of a Thief in the night, (not just He being crucified among thieves and having a thief in the company of His apostles), than for Him to announce when He's coming back or to book the Appointment of His Arrival to us. As it is written,

[1 Thessalonians 5:1-2] — "Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night."

You know that "God's Time is the best," but now begin to also know that "God's Time is as a Thief in the night." The spirit of a man may know the things of the man (1 Corinthians 2:11), but the spirit of a man does not know the time or hour of the man (Ecclesiastes 9:12).

The Lord Jesus Christ taught His Disciples to concentrate more on advancing the gospel, than on meddling with politics even if it's for the forcing the Kingdom of the saints or righteous to take power from the unrighteous politicians. As it is written,

[Acts 1:6-8] — "So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”"


*2* GOD BOTH REMOVES KINGS AND INSTALLS KINGS

Speaking of politics and Governments, these are God's doings though it may appear men are the kingmakers or voters. He gave Mankind dominion in the beginning, but He kept exclusively for Himself how much and how distributed Dominion, Power, Government or Authority, is allocated to each man or nation. Also He gave Mankind all the earth, but He kept exclusively for Himself how much and how distributed the Lands, Earth, Water or Resources/Riches, of earth are allocated to each man or nation.

[Romans 13:1-2] — "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. Consequently, the one who resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves."

Power belongs to God. He both exalts and brings down, and He both promotes and demotes, as he wills.


*3* GOD GIVES WISDOM TO THE WISE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING (DISCERNING).

Notice these things God does in the top Bible verse above were in "Present Continuous tense" and not past things. These things happen today, as they were happening yesterday and tomorrow.

Why does God gives wisdom to the wise, rather than giving wisdom to the foolish; and gives knowledge to the discerning or understanding, rather than giving knowledge to those who lack understanding?

God has determinants of Giving that do favor those who already have more than those who have not. God gives wisdom and knowledge to all, but not all eventually get Wisdom or knowledge.