Here we are at the end of the book of Daniel, and the angel is going to give Daniel some of the most specific and cryptic information imaginable. Buuuut, if you’d like to predict the end of the world and make a few bucks off of book sales, well, this is your verse!
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Support the showThese angels have been giving Daniel one of the most precise and terrifying revelations in scripture, mostly for the benefit of those who would read, not for Daniel. Daniel didn’t get it, but the angel promised him that some day a people who were “wise” (those who believe in Jesus) would understand. That is you and I today!
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Support the showFor all eternity, if you have placed your faith and allegiance in Jesus, you will shine like the brightness. You are someday going to replace the stars, because they won’t be there anymore (Matthew 24;29). What an amazing thought!
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Support the showIn a strange and subtle way, we shift from talking about things that (for us) have already happened in the past to things that will happen in the future. For Daniel, it was all future events, but for us it’s a little harder to discern. It seems now like we are talking about the Antichrist of the end times. By chapter 12, we will be sure that’s what we’re talking about.
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Support the showAntiochus loses Egypt to Rome in the most remarkable way, and vents his fury against Jerusalem and Israel on his way home for no other reason than they were there.
The post The Abomination of Desolation…Again | Daniel 11:29-35 | Week 9 Day 4 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showAntiochus IV gave himself the title “Epiphanes,” which was basically his admission that he wanted his subjects to think of him as god. That’s why the angel speaking to Daniel called him contemptible. That and he was also going to be the worst persecutor of the Jews until Hitler.
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Support the showAntiochuses and Ptolemies and Cleopatras abound in today’s passage from Daniel–except he didn’t know their names yet. But God knew them and gave them His own names. The kings of the North and the South.
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Support the showThe time of the Persians, which for Daniel just started, will soon be coming to a close. And then a lot of stuff will happen and it’s going to make Daniel’s head spin. And ours too.
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Support the showWhen an angel comes to you because the Archangel Michael fought for him to get out of some kind of demonic jail, it must be an important message!
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Support the showCould you fall asleep in the presence of an angel? Would you be terrified, or incredibly sleepy? Would you feel okay laying down and taking a nap? You never know how you will react until you’re faced with a situation–take it from Daniel.
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Support the showDaniel has already seen some crazy stuff. What is up now? Find out in the next installment of Daniel’s wild and crazy dream and vision life.
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Support the showGabriel comes to give Daniel an answer to his confession and request, but it’s not much at all what Daniel was expecting. 70 sevens? 69 sevens? Half a seven? An abomination that causes desolation? I’m sure Daniel was more confused than before he started.
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Support the showDaniel realized when Babylon ended that the Israelites should be returning to the Holy Land like Jeremiah promised. What went wrong?
The post Daniel’s Confession | Daniel 9:1-19 | Week 8 Day 1 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showThe Lord is going to give Daniel one of the most complete understandings of the end times up until now in the Bible. So far, we understand there’s going to be an antichrist, a seven year period and a three and a half year period of trouble.
The post Seal Up the Vision | Daniel 8:23-27 | Week 7 Day 4 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showThe encounter Daniel is having gets seriously strange and figurative now, but he has a little help to understand it on its way.
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Support the showWhen the angel Gabriel speaks, we should listen. There are very few places in scripture recorded where we get to hear directly from Gabriel, so when he does speak, we should listen closely. Gabriel is historically thought of as one of the top three angels in God’s kingdom–Michael, Gabriel and Lucifer (who rebelled and became known as Satan).
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Support the showNow there’s a ram and a goat and it’s getting weird, but when there’s an angel around to explain things, how bad can it really be?
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Support the showDaniel is starting to get a little concerned about this Antichrist guy. Should we tell him that he’s going to learn a lot more about him?
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Support the showIt’s time for Daniel to gain a little insight into his dreams. Good thing there’s an angel around to help.
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Support the showJust before the destruction of Babylon, Daniel had a vision of some beasts. It got weird, but it’s actually super important.
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Support the showThis is the moment you’ve been waiting for…Daniel is going in and coming out of the lion’s den. Also, why does King Darius have a lion’s den??
The post Daniel in the Lion’s Den | Daniel 6:17-28 | Week 6 Day 2 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showWe’ve probably all been there: where someone is jealous of our success or something we have and they lay a trap to catch us and then have us thrown in the lion’s den to be eaten alive by ravenous lions. Okay, maybe the lion’s den part only applies to Daniel…
The post Jealous Satraps | Daniel 6:1-16 | Week 6 Day 1 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showThe handwriting is on the wall, and it spells doom for Babylon. In one evening, Babylon was overthrown by Persia with one of the most creative and quick transitions of power in human history.
The post Mene Mene Tekel Parsin | Daniel 5:25-31 | Week 5 Day 5 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showDaniel’s bravery before the king continues as he gives him quite a lesson in just how bad he is and why the Lord sent the disembodied hand to scratch on the wall and totally freak Belshazzar out.
The post You Knew… | Daniel 5:18-24 | Week 5 Day 4 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
Support the showDaniel bravely rejects anything and everything Belshazzar has to offer him. By this point, Daniel is either really brave, or really done with living (I think it’s brave).
The post You Can Keep It | Daniel 5:13-17 | Week 5 Day 3 | Daily Devotional first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.
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