Against the Flow of Time (Daniel 10-12)
For his entire adult life, Daniel has had to trudge through the mud and darkness of Exile. Sometimes, he experienced immediate – even miraculous – rescue when he was in trouble. Other times, like near the end of this book, we find Daniel mourning over what’s happening to God’s people. And in this troubled time, […]
Praying A Promise (Daniel 8-9)
God gives Daniel a vision of a goat and shaggy ram and a lot of horns. The point being: things aren’t going to get easier for God’s people any time soon. But Daniel remembers God’s promise in Jeremiah, that the exile would last for seventy years, and that a new covenant was coming. Even though God’s […]
Apocalypse Now (Daniel 7)
Daniel has a terrifying dream of four wild beasts. After they appear, the Ancient of Days takes his seat, and one like a Son of Man comes on the clouds of heaven to receive an everlasting dominion. Jesus Christ would later speak these words of himself, that he would come on the clouds of heaven […]
(Studies) Against the Flow (August/September)
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Into the Lions’ Den (Daniel 6:1-28)
Now an old man, Daniel is still standing faithfully against the accusations of the Babylonian rulers. Meanwhile, King Darius has to stand faithfully by his own law, and throw Daniel into the lions’ den. In this scene we see a glimmer of the true Daniel who was to come–one who would be falsely accused, sent […]
Heavenly Graffiti (Daniel 5)
Daniel 5 – The one where a hand appears out of nowhere and writes words on a wall
A King Humbled (Daniel 4:1-37)
We’ve heard God speaking into Nebuchadnezzar’s life time and time again, but the penny still hasn’t dropped for him. After all that God has done to humble him, Nebuchadnezzar still stands over Babylon and says: “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the […]
Living Through the Fire (Daniel 3:1-30)
Three kids stand up against the king’s command, and refuse to bow down to a golden statue. Because of this, the king explodes in rage, and throws them all into a fiery furnace. In these flames, the true and living God meets them, and saves them from death.
Living With True Perspective (Daniel 2:1-49)
In a time when God’s people were living in a foreign land, they needed a greater perspective. And God chose to give them this perspective through the dream of the Babylonian king. The dream showed that kingdom after kingdom would rise and fall, and only God’s kingdom would reign forever. This is the perspective that would […]
Living on the Line (Daniel 1:8-21)
When Daniel and his friends were asked to dine at the king’s table, they took a stand and refused. It was a fairly small matter, but their faithfulness with this small matter prepared them to be faithful in the face of death later in life. For us, this can open up any number of challenges […]