Category: Thoughts from Daniel
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12/11/24 “Trusting an Omniscient God” (Dan. 11-12)
Reading Time: 3 minutesDaniel’s prophecy ends with a foretelling of future events with warnings for the Jewish people and a call to remain steadfast in the face of suffering and hardship. Interestingly enough, the events of chapter 11 in Daniel are so perfectly predicted that critical bible scholars believe that these things must have been…
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12/10/24 “Taking God at His Word” (Dan. 9-10)
Reading Time: 2 minutesGod is presented on page after page of the Scripture as a promise-making and also a promise-keeping God. In Isaiah, the Lord states concerning His word, “it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it”…
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12/9/24 “An Everlasting Kingdom” (Dan. 7-8)
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Daniel chapters seven and eight we see two visions that at first glance are incredibly confusing and definitely require some further study and knowledge of world history in addition to bible prophecy. If you ever read passages like these and find yourself lost, confused, and feeling hopeless you’re in good company.…
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12/6/24 “The One Who is Truly Great” (Dan. 4)
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Daniel chapter four, Nebuchadnezzar has a second dream that proves to be much more unfortunate than the first. The first dream concerns kingdoms to come and things that wouldn’t really affect him. The second dream is God’s response to Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and His plan to humble him. The Scripture shows us…
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12/5/24 “Omniscient & Sovereign” (Dan. 2-3)
Reading Time: 3 minutesDaniel chapter two is filled with wonderful truths that should encourage us greatly and bring us hope! Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had a dream that horrified him because he couldn’t understand its interpretation Likewise, the wise men and diviners in his kingdom couldn’t figure it out. When all else fails, Nebuchadnezzar…
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12/4/24 “Fighting Assimilation (Dan. 1)
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs we turn the page to the book of Daniel we see once again that the historical setting for this book is during the time of the Babylonian captivity (Dan. 1:1-3). Specifically, Daniel, like Ezekiel, was amongst the first wave of captives before the final destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Amongst…