THE CHOICE FOR THE AGES: EARTHLY KINGDOMS OR AN ETERNAL ONE? (7)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Daniel 7:1-28
The Choice for the Ages: Earthly Kingdoms or an Eternal One? (7)
Series: Daniel-Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God
Tim Badal
Daniel 7:1-28
Turn in your Bible to Daniel 7 as we continue in our series titled "Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God." We've been looking at the life and times of Daniel. We learned that at a young age Daniel was taken into captivity by the Babylonians, losing his homeland, family, and friends. He learned to live as a righteous God-follower amidst kings and rulers who at times made following God and His commands very, very difficult. In the first six chapters of the book of Daniel we've seen how he navigated that and navigated it well. It gives us hope that we can also do that, even in the difficult and dark days we find ourselves in, as we are called to live out our faith.
Last week we took a break because the first six chapters of Daniel are very different from the last six chapters. In Daniel 7 we move away from biography and narrative-that is, the telling of a story of a person's life-to what we call apocalyptic literature, which is characterized by prophecies about the future. Some of what was future in Daniel's time is already in our past, but some of what he saw in visions and dreams has a fulfillment in our future as well. As a result, some of what we're going to read about in Daniel 7 is difficult to understand. It will be the beginning of a lot of figurative language. We'll see words such as "like" and "as," where Daniel will say something "is like this" or "is as that." That's because Daniel has a hard time describing what he's seeing. He will try to put into human words what he sees in visions and dreams, because these could be things he's never seen before.
Maybe this has happened to you as well. You've come to a beautiful vista, maybe a grand waterfall or another aspect of God's creation. You know you've really seen it but how to describe it to someone else is the challenge. Even when you take pictur ...
Series: Daniel-Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God
Tim Badal
Daniel 7:1-28
Turn in your Bible to Daniel 7 as we continue in our series titled "Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God." We've been looking at the life and times of Daniel. We learned that at a young age Daniel was taken into captivity by the Babylonians, losing his homeland, family, and friends. He learned to live as a righteous God-follower amidst kings and rulers who at times made following God and His commands very, very difficult. In the first six chapters of the book of Daniel we've seen how he navigated that and navigated it well. It gives us hope that we can also do that, even in the difficult and dark days we find ourselves in, as we are called to live out our faith.
Last week we took a break because the first six chapters of Daniel are very different from the last six chapters. In Daniel 7 we move away from biography and narrative-that is, the telling of a story of a person's life-to what we call apocalyptic literature, which is characterized by prophecies about the future. Some of what was future in Daniel's time is already in our past, but some of what he saw in visions and dreams has a fulfillment in our future as well. As a result, some of what we're going to read about in Daniel 7 is difficult to understand. It will be the beginning of a lot of figurative language. We'll see words such as "like" and "as," where Daniel will say something "is like this" or "is as that." That's because Daniel has a hard time describing what he's seeing. He will try to put into human words what he sees in visions and dreams, because these could be things he's never seen before.
Maybe this has happened to you as well. You've come to a beautiful vista, maybe a grand waterfall or another aspect of God's creation. You know you've really seen it but how to describe it to someone else is the challenge. Even when you take pictur ...
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