Gabriel speaking to Daniel says, "there is no one who holds strongly with me against these ones except Michael your prince." (Daniel 10:21). Then in chapter 9 he told Daniel, "Know therefore …until the time of Messiah the Prince will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;… And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah will be cut off (crucified) and will have nothing;" (Daniel 9:25-26). These verses indicate that God assigned during Daniels day, Michael to be there prince and do battle against Satan’s dark minions (the prince of Persia, and the prince of Greece) along side of Gabriel. What a tremendous, heavenly insight Daniel gives us. No matter what is taking place on the Earth, even if we think God is not aware, He is! Heaven is battling to fulfill, God’s , eternal purpose, no matter what age we live in. In chapter 11 we see this continues. Daniel sees the prince of Greece (Javen) will cause so much turmoil to the land of Israel, multiple warring s between the nations of the north and the nations of the south using Israel as their trampling ground. The poor people of Israel have been so trample upon through the ages. I encourage you to read the first four versus of Psalm 83. The Psalmist says. "behold, Your enemies are in tumult, …They devise crafty counsel against Your people, …They have said, Come and let us destroy them from being a nation, That the name of Israel may no longer be remembered." (Psalms 83:2-4). Verse 1 wondered if God was aware or awake. Do you see what’s happening to Israel , your people? Saints, after reading these few chapters of Daniel, and seeing the princes of darkness that Satan has put in place to stop Israel, how can we not see that he is still busy turning the world against the nation of Israel. Do you know what God‘s goal is? That they would see their true prince. Not Michael the angel, but God has sent the Messiah prince, who was cut off and crucified, Jesus . O would we pray that the eyes of Israel would be open to see Messiah Jesus as their true prince, Amen. It surely will happen in the future, but may God start opening more eyes of Jews and gentiles in these last days.

Chapter 10 of Daniel reveals what we typically do not see. That is the spiritual warfare in the heavenly realm on behalf of what is taking place here on earth. In this chapter, there is a temptation to focus on that subject matter. We do not need to study Satan or his minions, nor do we need to have a full comprehension of God’s angels and their activity in order to live this Christian life. We simply need to know that it’s there and it’s happening, God allows it, the warfare is constant, and God is in control. What we need to keep our eyes upon is Christ and that God is looking for precious ones to cooperate with him in regard to what he is doing on the Earth. It was long prophesied that Cyrus would be Israel’s deliverer. Satan knew this and did everything he could to stop it. Satan will not prevail, no matter what because God will do what God is going to do! And God will use even angels to do his bidding if need be, but what God longs for in every age are precious ones who are cooperating with what God is doing. The angels are not the precious ones, Daniel has that designation. In this scene, it’s almost as though Gods predetermined operation of setting God‘s people free is dependent upon Daniel praying for God‘s purpose and plan, and while he is interceding God sends angels to do battle with the prince of Persia. God longs for us to be precious ones cooperating by praying for and living for what he desires. Amen. I don’t know how to say it, but here goes: “God doesn’t need us, but he has made it so that his purposes and plans are dependent upon our cooperation.” May you and I be such a precious one that will cooperate.

I challenge you to just read the Bible with this thought; “God is longing to dwell,without interruption, with man.”. You can go from Genesis to Revelation and see this preeminent theme. Of course, it’s interrupted by man’s rebellion over and over again, and Satan is there, jealously, disrupting, and seeking to stop any effort of mankind to get close to God. This desire of God is really clear as we look at the dwelling places that God has provided throughout time. The garden (Adam), the altars (patriarchs), the tabernacle, Solomons temple, Daniels Rebuilt temple, the temple, during Jesus‘s day, the temple that will be built during the tribulation, and finally the full realization of Jesus, being Israel’s temple during the millennium. God will bring Israel into this reality. All of Israels built temples are symbolic of God’s desire to dwell with man. John chapter 2 reveals the reality of God’s house. Jesus cleanses the temple with a whip and then later says, destroy this temple, (or the fathers house) and I will raise it up again in three days . We know that he is referring to his body being resurrected. This indicates that Jesus Christ is the real dwelling place of God. He is the true house of the father! He is the ideal man that God can live within! But that’s not all… through the work of the Cross, Resurrection and the Spirit all believers have been brought into Christ. The church therefore is Christ. This means that we in Him and He in us are the real house of God, both Jew, and gentile. But it doesn’t end here …after the millennium all believers become the prepared wife of the Lamb and will become the final dwelling place of God called the new Jerusalem. We need to pray for Israel as they go through their troubles, we don’t want to see the these things happen, but these troubles are what will draw them with chords of love to see Jesus as their true dwelling place with God, enable them to experience Jesus as their ability to dwell with God,(Millennium), and ultimately realize with all believers their eternal dwelling place of God in the new Jerusalem. To pray for the peace of Israel is not to simply pray for a easier, better day, or to pray for a situation now on earth where they are free from oppression, but it is to pray for this ultimate realization where they will say to Jesus you are the Christ, the son of the living God. This is the only peace that Israel can ever have, and the only peace that we can ever have. The Father longs for the day when we with Israel become His Home forever. “My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (Ezekiel 37:27)

“I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them”. (Revelation 21:3)

"In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the word was true and concerning a great distress. And he understood the word and had an understanding of the vision." (Daniel 10:1) Daniel saw great distress, happening in Israel’s future from chapter 9. It tells us here that he lacked understanding. Chapter 10, 11, and 12 is the understanding that God gave Daniel, but we must note before we go any further that Daniel could not receive understanding about anything until he saw this Jesus, in all glory conquering everything and standing victoriously in the heavens. This is the identical vision that John saw in revelation chapter 1. Saints, if we cannot see Christ today, who is what he has done, and where he lives, then we can have very little understanding about anything. Understanding does it mean anything apart from Christ. Colossians 1 : 16 - 17 says, “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. All understanding is hollow and pointless apart from seeing the reality of Christ. The disciples who were walking on the road to Emmaus, were seeking understanding, what happened to Jesus who was crucified? They could not even find his body as it was gone from the sepulcher. Then Jesus appeared, but they did not know it was him. He walked with them for a while and reviewed them that they did not know their old testament, which spoke about him, and the events that were distressful to them. Then he sat down to break bread with him, and they urged him to keep talking, and as he broke bread, he vanished from their site. One of them said didn’t our hearts burn within us, telling us that this was Jesus? Scripture says their eyes were opened! This means they could understand everything in the Old Testament everything about their present condition and things to come because they saw Jesus. Are you seeing Jesus in your daily life. Do you go to the Bible looking for him, his life, his purpose. If not, you’re reading, your praying, your religious activity is hollow. We need to see Jesus in all things if we are going to understand anything about today, tomorrow, or things to come. Amen.

Daniel experienced the identical vision that John had in Revelations chapter 1. Both saw Christ glorified yet they saw him glorified as a man. Daniel saw a “certain man.” This is significant. We need to know that all old testament saints from Adam to Daniel need this certain man, the incarnated Christ. Israel was looking for a Messiah prince, who would deliver them from all their troubles. What they need, is a certain man called Jesus, who would deliver them not only outwardly but inwardly. Every age, and every move of God is dependent upon this certain man. In Daniels age of rebuilding the temple, he needed to see this vision of Jesus. In our age of the church, we absolutely need to see the significance of this certain man who lives in us, and because of his incarnation can supply his life within us. Christ appears multiple times in the book of Daniel And each time we see the significance of the incarnated son of God. God’s eternal purpose relies upon the word becoming flash and dwelling among us. Paul said I am crucified with Christ. I no longer live yet Jesus Christ lives in me. Our ability to experience and enjoy this certain man in our daily lives is the Reality and Testimony of the church in this day that God desires.

God is moving in every age he desires, something in every age . We call this God’s moves. In Daniels day. It was the move of allowing Israel to be in captivity. Daniel prayed in chapter 9 for their readiness to be released from captivity. Then at the end of chapter 9, God gives him more revelation of what God is going to do in the future, Daniels 70 weeks. God’s going to rebuild the temple, God is going to send the Messiah prince, God is going to allow the antichrist to have his way during the tribulation for a short time. And then we know it before the tribulation occurs, the age of grace has emerged, the church age, which we live in now. In all of these moves, God is looking for saints on earth to Express His move, to be interested in what he’s doing, and to be according to what he’s doing. In chapter 10 Saints were released to go back to Jerusalem. Not all of them, just a remnant. Daniel, due to his old age remained under the reign of king Cyrus. But he continue to pray, earnestly for God‘s people to go back to Jerusalem and express what God’s doing. Now what did that look like? It simply was believers, who were passionate for what God wants. Rebuild Jerusalem! What age do we live in? The Church age! Now what does a believer look like who is expressing God’s move on earth today. Quite simply we live in a wonderful age where Christ has come to live in us and the church should simply be an expression of Jesus Christ rather than ourselves. Unfortunately, most Christians do not know the reality of the church . They treat it like a building, a program, a time, a place, a club, an event, etc. We need to cry out like Daniel in chapter 9 God forgive us we’re blinded by our religion. The church is simply Christ in us! If you find the church in your locality, you should find saints who are living for the expression of Jesus Christ in their daily life. And when they come together, it is a glorious expression. Day by day all things happen and come to us for the expression which is the building of the church. Yes, we are Building Something… It is the holy habitation of God, which is Christ, who has brought us into him, and,he into us , and on earth we are to be a constant expression of him until that glorious day we are all gathered as the new Jerusalem. There we all will have been processed through time to be his eternal expression. May we participate today in the building of the church, the new Jerusalem. Whatever happens to you today turn away from it and turn to Christ and say, Lord Jesus you are the Christ,, build your Church amen .

"Seventy weeks are apportioned for your people and for your holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make propitiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies." (Daniel 9:24) Daniel was such a precious saint to God because Daniel was fervent for God’s move upon the Earth. The big move of God was seeing Israel released from captivity and return to Jerusalem.(Daniel 9:1). He prayed so fervently because it seemed Israel was in no condition to go back to Jerusalem. In his exhaustion, Gabriel came to him and informed him of Gods next big moves upon the Earth. 70 weeks were appointed for the restoration of Israel. 7 weeks or 49 years would occur, and then the temple would be rebuilt. 62 weeks or 434 years would then take place until the Messiah Prince would come to Jerusalem. And that time would be marked by the crucifixion, or cutting off, of Christ. The Jewish people eventually would reject him and crucify him. The last week or seven years is the tribulation period still to come. These are all the years or weeks that God has determined to deal with the people of Israel, and restore them unto himself and his kingdom. Now there is an obvious gap between the 69th week and the 70th week. This was a Mystery to Daniel but it’s known to us as the age of grace. During all these major moves, God is looking for saints like Daniel, that he can call precious which means they are riveted to whatever God is doing. For example, during the 49 years of rebuilding the temple, what should a saint do?! They should live exclusively for the rebuilding of the temple. Now , what is God’s move today? It is the building of his real temple. It is the church the dwelling place of God. God’s move today is that believers Express Christ in anticipation of his coming. The appropriate dwelling place for God on earth today is a fellowship that is filled up with Christ expressing Him. It is so easy in these days to live for ourselves, to focus on our needs, and to become enmeshed with the cares of this life, The Lord is looking for saints, who have given over them selves to live for this Christ, to pray for this expression on the Earth in the church, and in essence to be living for God’s move upon the Earth in this age. These are Overcomers. These are precious saints in these last days. When we see what God’s move is on the earth today, and we live for it and pray for it everything else falls into place. Everything that is happening is happening for the building of God’s habitation. Your frustration, your struggles, your problems, your dead ends., And on and on and on everything is for God’s purpose, which is Christ, expressed in you, and thus in his body locally. Pray for that revelation that we might see what is the fellowship of this mystery called the church. Amen.

"At the beginning of your supplications the command went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are preciousness itself. Therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision." (Daniel 9:23) Daniel is called, not only preciousness, but he is called preciousness itself. This means that Daniel was so infused with a vision for God’s economy that from God’s point of view Daniel is the epitome of what is precious to God. I think we struggle so much to try and please God and become Worthy in his sight. We find ourselves trying to do something or be something for him. We consequently are found living in the realm of condemnation, failure, and looking at our mistakes. Do you know what God wants? If you could just describe his eternal purpose for the next three minutes, what would you say? Every Christian should have a vision for Gods, eternal purpose. Then that purpose of God should be the passion of all of our praying and our living. To the Ephesians, Paul prayed that God would open the eyes of the hearts in the church. "The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling," (Ephesians 1:18). If you and I could pray longingly for what God desires to see fulfilled on the Earth this kind of prayer would garner the attention of the Heavens. This kind of prayer sent Gabriel‘s to the side of the Saint Daniel. This kind of prayer commands God to perform his will on the Earth. This kind of saint is preciousness itself to the Lord.

""For he who has entered into His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His own. So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience." (Hebrews 4:10-11). Rest is a person. It is the revelation of that person which is Christ Himself. Daniel and Israels ultimate hope was in the coming Messiah, however, the kingdoms of the earth would continue to be manipulated by the enemy to overcome God’s eternal purpose, specifically wrought out through the Messiahs coming to Israel. Daniel lived through Babylon and a portion of the Medo- Persian empire, and he is seeing how the Heavens rule not Satan. Daniel chapter 8 reveals a most evil attempt of Satan through the Greek empire. Daniel would not see its emergence so the Ancient of Days gives him a vision, which will later be seen by Israel prior to the initial coming of Christ. This vision reveals the most glaring revelation of the spirit of the antichrist through Antiochus Epiphanies. This evil Greek general will commit fornication and abomination in the temple of God prior to the coming of Christ. He will press the people of Israel. But this revelation of Daniel provides a genuine rest for the people of God to know that the heavens rule, no matter what you see. God will provide overcomers who will defeat Satan‘s attempts to thwart God‘s eternal purpose on the earth which is manifested through the Christ child in Israel. This revelation of the Greek empire supplied rest for the people of God in that day. They knew according to Daniels prophecy that God already knows all about the struggle. The heavens rule, brothers and sisters. What are you worried about today? The actual antichrist is coming, and he’s going to commit great abominations that will again be manifested and culminated in the temple of God. Today, however, the spirit of that antichrist is prevailing on the Earth. How is that affecting you as you see such an evil advance? Anxiety, worrying, laying up materials to fight against the coming onslaught? Brothers and sisters we have revelation given to us ahead of time in the word of God. Rest in that revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ prior to his second coming. Amen!

"But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, indeed, forever and ever." (Daniel 7:18). The Ancient of Days always has a burning churning purpose from eternity past.His sits on the throne with the books. (Vs.9-10). This desire is centered in His Son who ascends before His throne (vs. 13-14) and takes the book from the Ancient of Days and administrates Gods purpose upon the earth. Revelation, chapter 4 and 5 complement this passage. Then we see the ancient of days is mentioned again in verse 18 down to verse 28. The ancient of days is focused on the Saints. Who are the Saints? Certainly Daniel saw them as the Jewish people being connected with the Messiah and the Kingdom. But we know the Saints include the church. The son of God ascended before the throne in verse 13 To what end? To administrate the kingdom of God to who? The Saints! The word saints means, set apart, sanctified holy ones. That’s who we are not because of who you are, but because of who he is! He has made you saints who now possess this burning desire of God in our spirit to be an expression of his glory, just like that temple in Jerusalem was to express his glory on the earth, we are to be that expression today, and into the future Jerusalem, the glory of God on the earth. As a saint this is our desire today in the church. The new Jerusalem is the culmination of what we are enjoying today in the church. Oh, may we be a present day participant enjoying the life of a saint. But let me warn you according to Daniel chapter 7 human government, energized by Satan culminating in the antichrist, will make a war against the Saints, and it says will seek to wear out the saints. That’s why the Bible says do not be weary in well doing. Just get in touch with that desire of God. Start thinking about God’s, eternal purpose, his burning wheel doing something moving toward something … pray with of you, for that, and get in line with that! The enemy cannot touch it, and the enemy will be devastated. Amen! Identify as a saint, identify with the saints. He’s chosen us to dwell in us, and we are expressing him in every place full of Jesus ‘ love and grace. This is the church. This is the desire of God on earth today.