INTRO - Last week we discussed how the prophecy of apocalyptic literature is not difficult when we recognize God put in place things to help us connect the dots. Last week we learned that God told the Jews of the coming day when He’d end their misery. As we are noticing, not every “in those days” in…

INTRO - Last week we discussed the importance of personally understanding Daniel chapter seven. Once we understand God’s first apocalyptic lesson, Christians can read the Bible’s two end-times books with a degree of understanding. ILL - Ever had a bad day? I purchased a Ford car. It was a deal. Used,…

Ch. 7 Introduces a new section containing Daniel’s apocalyptic visions, it also takes us back to the reign of Belshazzar (cf. ch. 5) and concludes the Aramaic section of the book. God wants us to see important connections between history and apocalypse. Careful study of the Bible, along with the HS,…

INTRO - Last week we discussed Daniel in the lions’ den. Daniel is simply one more regular person that puts his faith in God forefront in all he does. Like Daniel, our faith gives us the ability to face fears and serve God even when we are the only Christian among many. Most people are good with the…

INTRO - My day always seemed to be busy. Whether busy building something for the house, serving God in ministry, or over time for his boss, Dad was a busy man. My dad does not have a building named after him. He didn’t publish a book or have a movie made about his life. As a technician in the early days…

INTRO - Last week we discovered there are three, or four if you count Saddam Hussein, Nebuchadnezzars. We noted the repeated pattern: king opposed to God has a dream God teaches a lesson king bows down to God. HIS - Where are we in the OT timeline? Major events: Fall about 4000 BC Flood about 2294 BC…

Lord’s Supper Sunday INTRO - We discussed the blazing furnace from which the young men escaped last week. We identified how sometimes God’s sovereign will takes us through fire, but sometimes Christians suffer the pain. We determined that our part is accepting God’s will, even if it means we experience…

INTRO - In our message last week Daniel and his friends prayed to God to tell them about the dream of the king and its interpretation. The Babylonian wise men didn’t know God and needed the king to tell them the dream in order to “interpret” its meaning. ILL - Have you ever seen one of those animated…

In our last message we were introduced to Daniel and his friends. We noted these teens refused to give in to the ways of the ungodly world in which they lived. This morning we enter a time between 1.5 and 3 years later. The teens are trained and taught in the ways of the Chaldeans. BTW - Chaldean comes…

INTRO - Perhaps you’ve said, “I’m not putting up with ______!” or “I’m at the end of my rope!” We all know what these statements mean. There is a point where people “put their foot down.” We use all sorts of word pictures, clichés to say we are not having it or we will not compromise. There is a point…