Go your way till the end – and shine!
Today we arrive at the last chapter of the Book of Daniel. The end of this book focuses on the end of time. The end times are a fascinating subject to some who pore...
Monthly Archive: November 2016
This almighty God with a gentle touch
Daniel 10 describes how in the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation is given to Daniel about a great war, which leaves him greatly distressed. At that time I, Daniel, mourned...
I know who holds the future
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom— in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures,...
A leader of pure evil
Daniel’s vision in chapter 8 is of a ram and a goat. The ram has two horns of different lengths and runs this way and that. No animal could stand against it, and none...
Fantastic beasts and a fantastic future
The first half of the Book of Daniel contains the action; the second recounts some of the dreams and visions Daniel has had over his lifetime. These dreams and visions are apocalytic. Apocalyptic literature is...
Being odd for God
In the last post, we learnt how this decree had come to pass. This decree that no one should pray to anyone else except the king. And what is Daniel’s response? He just carries...
Jealousy in the workplace
Daniel in the den of lions. Such a familiar story! But before we jump to that den with those lions, let’s take our time and work our way slowly through Daniel 6, because there’s...
The writing’s on the wall
Did you pick up on this expression from the story in Daniel 5? This story is actually the origin of this widely used idiom. In this account, the writing on the wall is a...
Twelve ways I think we all dishonour God on a regular basis
But you did not honour the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. Daniel 5:24 Daniel here is speaking to King Belshazzar who desecrated the silver and gold goblets...
Power struggles
In Daniel 4, we see one king, King Nebuchadnezzar being ‘cut down to size’ by the one true God, the God of Daniel and the exiles. This king responds by recognising his place before...
