This wording is very important. Even though his intention is to alter the times and law of God, it cannot be done because of the reality that God has set by the power of His authority. Neither His timekeeping nor His law are subject to alterations, as they are a direct outflow of His character of goodness and love.
Read MoreBe aware that Satan’s most effective strategy involves working from the inside, deceiving the people of God to do his bidding. Because of this, most of the Jews failed to recognize their Messiah.
Read MoreThis is why obedience is so vital in the life of a follower of Christ. It is through obedience that we are empowered to grow spiritually, gaining greater understanding and truly learning of Christ the Savior. The breaking accomplished through Christ is the destruction of thoughts, attitudes, habits, actions, and relationships that lead us into sin.
Read MoreThe year that Rome destroyed the last vestige of Greek political dominance was 168BC. And the little horn, which began to manifest at that time, will maintain its presence until the second coming of Christ.
Read MoreWe should be no less concerned than Daniel to rightly gain understanding of the truth and significance of these things for ourselves. We will find that to inquire of the Lord with sincerity of heart brings a ready response from Him through the power and leading of His Holy Spirit.
Read MoreBeloved, are you serious about learning to walk by faith? Are you seeking Jesus in the cloudy, dark circumstances of your life? He is saying something that you need to hear!
Read MoreAfter Babylon’s defeat, its territory and subjects still existed under the Medes and Persians. Later, the Persian kingdom became subjects of Greece; and then Greece came under Rome’s dominance. But what is to follow the fourth kingdom? There is not another state or government coming over which mortal man will preside.
Read MoreThe mention of the fire of God tends to strike fear in the heart of sinful man, but those who love Him possess a reverent fear (not terror) that displaces the basic human fear of fire.
Read MoreAlthough Daniel did not have the benefit of hindsight as we do, his trust and obedience to his God wrought an amazingly accurate description of what was to come upon the world.
Read MoreDaniel’s prophetic view projected forward, and his descriptive words would—down through the ages—help his fellow believers to make sense of what was happening in the course of time.
Read MoreThe sleek, carnivorous leopard is a fitting symbol for the third kingdom in Daniel’s dream. And, for added emphasis to the rapidity with which this military organization swept up world power, wings are added. Not two, but four!
Read MoreIt is a fact that no amount of activity instigated by Satan can override the sovereignty of God. His divine love is the greatest power of all, and is at the very heart of the true gospel message.
Read MoreMan’s desire for world power—to control others—goes all the way back to the self-seeking fallen angel who came to this earth in order to take it as his own. This adversary wants to control you! But, every day, you get to control who rules you. It’s a question of choosing whom you will obey.
Read MoreDaniel’s dream, which occurred while he was still serving under Babylon’s world dominion, was given to him by God as a panorama of world history, beginning in his day and going forward, all the way through to the second coming of Christ.
Read MoreThe account of Daniel in the den of lions brings to us a vital message of consistency of character. God’s children are to be the same in all seasons, whether in sadness and difficulty or seasons of ease and abundance.
Read MoreThis is an invitation to allow His dominion to overthrow any other dominion that you have allowed to rule over you, starting now. This is at the heart of the gospel message.
Read MoreHis enemies may have attributed the preservation of Daniel to a supposition that at this time the lions do not happen to be hungry, rather than admire the faith of Daniel in his God or the power of his God to effect a miracle.
Read MoreTo honor and obey the God of heaven is never disrespectful of people. It is our archenemy who labors diligently (for he never takes a day off) to make obedience to God appear as evil or lacking in thoughtfulness toward people. But living for God is an example for anyone who may be watching, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey.
Read MoreDaniel knew that he was safer in the den of lions with God’s protection than in the royal court of the Medes and the Persians without it. Even the threat of death could not dislodge his loyalty to the LORD.
Read MoreDaniel, his most honored and faithful statesman, had been specifically targeted, and the king’s own signature set the sinister plan into place. The knowledge of his role in the whole scheme distressed him beyond description.
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