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WHAT IS DANIEL ALL ABOUT?
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Daniel 2
Memorise Daniel 2:21-22 "he revealeth the deep and secret things"
WHAT IS DANIEL ALL ABOUT?
Like Ezekiel, Daniel was another prophet whose ministry took place during the exile in Babylon. However, unlike Ezekiel, he did not live and serve amongst his own countrymen, but spent most of his life in the court of the king (first of Babylon and then later Persia), serving the royal palace.
The book of Daniel is unique amongst the prophetic books as it contains quite a few narrative portions, and the prophetic passages are woven into the historical account of what was happening at that point of time. The message of Daniel is also different, in that the emphasis is not so much on preaching, whereby present sins are rebuked and God’s judgment is declared. Instead, Daniel’s prophecies are primarily of visions, dreams and interpretation of dreams that look forward into the future, even till the last days, of the events surrounding the second coming of Christ.
There are two main thrusts of the prophecies of Daniel. The first from Daniel 2-7 describes the course of the history of the world, seen through Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2) and also Daniel’s own dream in Daniel 7. It depicts the rise and fall of the various empires of the world, ending with the Roman Empire and the future end time revived Roman Empire that would be the kingdom of the Antichrist. The second group of prophecies would be from chapters 8-12, which deal more specifically with Israel’s future. The prophecies predict both their short term and long term futures, as it looks not only to Israel’s release from captivity, but also to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and even to the events of the last days and the specific timing of the Great Tribulation, the seventieth week of Daniel’s vision of 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-25).
Through this whole book, the theme of God’s sovereignty is unmistakable. He is all-powerful, ruling over kings and empires, and knows all things, even the end from the beginning. As Daniel proclaimed, "blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: 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: he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him" (Daniel 2:20-22).
Thought: He’s got the whole world in His hands.
Prayer: Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His.
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Daniel 2
Memorise Daniel 2:21-22 "he revealeth the deep and secret things"
WHAT IS DANIEL ALL ABOUT?
Like Ezekiel, Daniel was another prophet whose ministry took place during the exile in Babylon. However, unlike Ezekiel, he did not live and serve amongst his own countrymen, but spent most of his life in the court of the king (first of Babylon and then later Persia), serving the royal palace.
The book of Daniel is unique amongst the prophetic books as it contains quite a few narrative portions, and the prophetic passages are woven into the historical account of what was happening at that point of time. The message of Daniel is also different, in that the emphasis is not so much on preaching, whereby present sins are rebuked and God’s judgment is declared. Instead, Daniel’s prophecies are primarily of visions, dreams and interpretation of dreams that look forward into the future, even till the last days, of the events surrounding the second coming of Christ.
There are two main thrusts of the prophecies of Daniel. The first from Daniel 2-7 describes the course of the history of the world, seen through Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2) and also Daniel’s own dream in Daniel 7. It depicts the rise and fall of the various empires of the world, ending with the Roman Empire and the future end time revived Roman Empire that would be the kingdom of the Antichrist. The second group of prophecies would be from chapters 8-12, which deal more specifically with Israel’s future. The prophecies predict both their short term and long term futures, as it looks not only to Israel’s release from captivity, but also to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and even to the events of the last days and the specific timing of the Great Tribulation, the seventieth week of Daniel’s vision of 70 weeks (Daniel 9:24-25).
Through this whole book, the theme of God’s sovereignty is unmistakable. He is all-powerful, ruling over kings and empires, and knows all things, even the end from the beginning. As Daniel proclaimed, "blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: 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: he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him" (Daniel 2:20-22).
Thought: He’s got the whole world in His hands.
Prayer: Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His.
Posted in Teens RPG