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In this sermon, we continue an in-depth review of The Daniel Manual for living and ministering in a diverse, quickly changing society.
Big Idea: We find ourselves in a changing, increasingly secular culture that demands our attention and our absolute allegiance. So, what should we do? How should we live in such secular and uncertain times? Well, let’s learn from Daniel, an Old Testament prophet and statesmen who prayed for and provided wisdom to at least four kings in two competing and diverse empires and pointed them to the one, true and eternal king. Here’s the Daniel Manuel for living in such a time as this.
Key Takeaways:
- The end of a dream and the God working in Babylon. God gives Jerusalem into the hand of Babylon.
- Daniel 6 and the lion’s den. The lions watched him, and the Lion watched over him.
- We now move from narrative history to prophecy/apocalyptic
- Double chiasm where the ideas rhyme, not chronological. Daniel 2-7 Aramaic; Daniel 8-12 Hebrew. A literary device in which an idea is explained, then repeated but in reverse order.
- These beasts and the two explanations.
- The most important moment in human history. The investiture of Jesus Christ. And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:60-62. The power of God in this age.