Sep 11, 2010 | Daniel
As it stands right now, this will be our last message from the Book of Daniel – the finale. “Finale” is a musical term, used to describe the last movement of a multi-part composition. For example, there is a finale to a symphony and to many...
Sep 11, 2010 | Daniel
This is a chapter which accentuates the preacher’s opportunity to take verses out of their context. For example, I once heard a message taking the last words of verse 4 and seriously abusing them. “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,...
Aug 29, 2010 | Daniel
One of the major problems that readers have when it comes to prophesy is trying to determine specificity. One prophesy is meant to be understood exactly as it is written, while others – not so much. In looking at prophesies about Antiochus Epiphanes, there have...
Aug 29, 2010 | Daniel
Picture a desperate criminal – a man who has often taken human life – a thoughtless, heartless beast of man. Picture such a man cornered by the police, and now has no where to run. Since he knows what will happen to him, he decides to resist his arrest...
Aug 22, 2010 | Daniel
I apologize for being so mentally disorganized last Sunday afternoon. I should have spent an hour reacquainting myself with my notes, rather than spending that time in fellowship with you. But I’m not going to repeat what I had tried to say. We must move along....
Aug 22, 2010 | Daniel
I know that I have complained about this before, but it makes for a good introduction to our message, and I need to hear it again, so please bear with me for a moment. There are a great many things in professional sports which should discourage Christians from their...
Aug 15, 2010 | Daniel
There is no more obvious place in scripture which proves the comment that “prophecy is history pre-written.” The parallel between the two is obvious. In fact the expositor may become torn between emphasizing the scriptures or the history. Last Sunday...
Aug 15, 2010 | Daniel
This afternoon we will return to study this scripture in detail, but for our message this morning, I’d like to take one thought and magnify it into a wider lesson. Scripture tells us that the Antichrist will solidify his power in the world through the stratagem...
Aug 8, 2010 | Daniel
We are approaching the conclusion of the Book of the Prophesies of Daniel. Chapters 11 & 12 take some of the things that have already been seen, and they put a little more meat upon the bones. There are a few dividing lines in these chapters, but I couldn’t...
Aug 8, 2010 | Daniel
Five months ago, we had a message about the Word of God, taken from the scripture which we read a few minutes ago. Daniel 5:5 – “In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the...
Jul 18, 2010 | Daniel
As I often try to do on these warm Sunday afternoons, and after big, heavy meal, I will try to keep this short. Sometimes this is difficult, because I have to take a big subject and bring down into a little package. On other occasions it is easy, because I have a...
Jul 18, 2010 | Daniel
When I hear the exhortation found in Daniel 10:19 my mind automatically goes back to the Book of Joshua. God’s angel said, “O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.” In many ways, I identify with Joshua. When...
Jul 11, 2010 | Daniel
Daniel was not a great and important man simply because it was divinely ordained that he be great. It was ordained that David and Solomon would also be great and important men. But remember that David fell far short of Daniel in character and honor, and Solomon fell...
Jul 11, 2010 | Daniel
In a vision, as Daniel was facing one who appears to be the Son of God, his strength failed him. He fell prone to the ground – flat on his face. In this position and condition, he was forced to focus on the words which the Lord gave to him. And then an angelic...
Jul 4, 2010 | Daniel
Whenever the subject of the Antichrist is raised, people who are ordinarily not interested in the Bible can quickly become very interested. The Antichrist is someone who can consistently sell tabloid newspapers. He is someone about whom lots of people have opinions,...
