What Shall be the End of These Things? – Daniel 12:1-13

 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...

Shining Ones – Daniel 12:1-4

 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,...

Principles of the Resurrection – Daniel 12:1-3

 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...

Those Written in the Book – Daniel 12:1-3

 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...

Antiochus, the Antichrist – Daniel 11:31-45

 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....

Indignation against the Holy Covenant – Daniel 11:27-30

 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...

Antiochus Epiphanes – Daniel 11:21-45

 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...

The Confusion, Danger and Blessing of Peace – Daniel 11:21-27

 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...

The Empire of the Greeks – Daniel 11:1-20

 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...

The Latter Days – Daniel 10:14

 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...

Be Strong, Yea, be Strong – Daniel 10:5-12a, 18-19

 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...

Daniel Chastened Himself – Daniel 10:10-12

 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...

A Man Greatly Beloved – Daniel 10:10-12

 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...

Causing the Sacrifice and Oblation to Cease – Daniel 9:25-27

 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,...