END TIMES – ETERNITY 12:1 Following the Tribulation: Compare Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. Compare Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. 12:2-3 At the end of the 1000 years, resurrection(s) Compare Revelation 20:12-13 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 12:4 Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Compare Revelation 22:10 And he saith unto me (John), Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 12:4-7 Daniel continues to talk with two men (Angels). 12:8-10 Daniel says I understood not: He is told Go thy way, the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. In the middle of Tribulation, Antichrist turn on the Jews. 3 ½ years to go. 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (3.6 years) 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. (3.7 years) 12:13 Daniel is told: But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. It’s coming soon: Rapture (of Believers) Tribulation (7 years) 1000 year reign of Christ Great White Throne Eternity !!!!!
The Kings of the North and South 11:1 … the first year of Darius the Mede, … Michael (your prince) Speaks and tells Daniel what’s coming … Compare Ezra 4:24Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 11:2-7 4 kings to come …the 4th king shall be broken …king of the South … King of the North… 11:8-18 King of South –EGYPT … Fights with king of North Compare Isaiah 37:18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries 11:19 Compare Psalm 37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 11:20 Compare Isaiah 60:17For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 11:23 Compare Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 11:40 Compare Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. Compare Ezekiel 38:4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 11:42 Compare Joel 3:19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Daniel 11 continues with events that are yet to come that will rock the world and be part of the terrifying events just before Jesus Christ’s return. When considering the many prophetic details of Daniel 11 that were fulfilled as predicted, one can have confidence that the remaining prophecies of this chapter and others in the Bible that are yet to be fulfilled will likewise occur as God has ordained. Through a dream, God revealed to ancient King Nebuchadnezzar that eventually the kingdoms of this world will be replaced by the Kingdom of God, the 1000 year reign of Christ. As Daniel explained to the king: “And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever” (Daniel 2:44).
IN THE LATTER DAYS 10:1-3In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, … was mourning … till three whole weeks were fulfilled. Compare Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 10:4-5 Daniel gets a visitor … behold a certain man clothed in linen Compare Ezekiel 1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. 10:6-8 Only Daniel saw the vision Compare Revelation 1:15-16And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. Compare Acts 22:6-9… And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. 10:9-11 The Man deals with a fearful Daniel Compare Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. Compare Job 4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 10:12-13 Sorry I’m late (21 days) Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; Compare Revelation 12:7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 10:14-18 Daniel is going to be told the future Compare Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 10:19 Daniel is composed, ready to hear. Compare Psalm 37:36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 10:20-21 … fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. … the prince of Grecia shall come. …but Michael your prince. prince of Persia = a reference to an evil spiritual entity that wielded authority over the ancient kingdom of Persia. prince of Grecia = the spiritual powers which ruled over Greece. Michael your prince = Israel’s champion under the Persian troubles,
Continue Daniel 11 The Kings of the North and South
70 Weeks (Precedes Daniel 6) 9:1 In the first year of Darius … 9:2Daniel understood by books the number of the years, … (He read the Scripture). Compare 2 Chronicles 36:21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. Compare Zechariah 7:5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 9:3And I set my face unto the Lord God, … (He looks to God) Compare Nehemiah 1:4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 9:4-19 Daniel’s Prayer for self and his Nation (Israel) Compare 1 Kings 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; Compare Psalm 25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Compare Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. Compare Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. Compare Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; Compare Psalm 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. Compare Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake. 9:20-23 God answers and sends Gabriel:I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city (490 yrs) 9:25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks (49 yrs), and threescore and two weeks (434 yrs): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Compare Isaiah 55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 9:26And after threescore and two weeks (434 yrs) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Compare Matthew 27:50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. TRIBULATION (7 years) 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week (3.5 Yrs) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
The Ram and the Goat (This occurred before Daniel 4 and follows Daniel 7) 8:1In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar … 8:2I (Daniel) saw in a vision … Compare Esther 1:2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, Compare Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. Compare Genesis 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; 8:3-4I saw the ram (a powerful king that none could stand against) 8:5an he goat came from the west (Another powerful king) 8:6-12 A great battle ensues … involving Heaven and Earth Compare Psalm 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 8:13-14 Occurs during the Tribulation (two thousand and three hundred days) Compare Jeremiah 12:10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. CompareRevelation 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 8:15-19Daniel sought for the meaning, Gabriel, (told to) make this man to understand the vision. 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 8:21And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: … the first king. (the kingdom of Greece, Alexander the Great) 8:22four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. 8:23 … then the antichrist … 8:24-25 … shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. … 8:26 … wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. (not yet) 8:27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
FOUR BEASTS (This occurred BEFORE DANIEL 4) 7:1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: … Compare Ezekiel 1:10-14As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 7:3He dreams of 4 beasts … Compare Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: 7:5 A second, like to a bear, 7:6 Lo another, like a leopard, 7:7 A fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, 7:8-16 The description of the forth continues … Compare Ezekiel 1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. Compare Revelation 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;, Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 7:17These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 7:18 But the saints of the most High (the Jewish nation) Compare Isaiah 60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 7:19-21 the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, (Second coming of Christ) Compare Revelation 1:6And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7:23-25 TRIBULATION Compare Revelation 17:12And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 7:26-27 The Millenium 7:28 … As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
THE LION’S DEN 6:1-3DARIUS is king of Babylon, Daniel is No. 1 of three presidents; 6:4-9 DECREE that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 6:10-15 DETERMINATION Decree or not, Daniel continues to worship God. That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Compare Jonah 2:1-4Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 6:16-18 DEN OF LIONS The punishment … Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. 6:19-22 DELIVERENCEMy God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. REMEMBER Daniel 3, Shadrack, Meshack and Abenego – The Fiery Furnace? Acts 2 Peter slept in Prison, lead out by an angel? Acts 16 Paul and Barnabas sang in Prison? Acts 27 Paul was calm in the Storm on the Ship? Romans 8:31-33 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. 6:23-28 DECREE The king was glad Daniel alive. The king punished the accusers. Then he issued a nation wide decree. Compare 1 Chronicles 5:20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. Compare Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. God delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Compare Ezra 1:1-2Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. LESSONS TO LEARN … Be faithful to God, Others are watching … Little Lies can lead to BIG trouble … Pride is a trap … We are to obey the word of God, ALL the time … Evil deeds (sin) will be punished …
Belshazzar’s Banquet Belshazzar is the king of Babylon. The Medes had surrounded the city and all the country had fallen but the city was virtually impregnable. Belshazzar, in defiance threw a riotous Banquet … to should he had no fear. Compare Esther 1:3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: As the party progressed, the wine flowed, immorality was in order as the women were brought in and then the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem. He and his drunken co-horts used these dedicated vessels for praising their gods. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Then, when all is going well, A HAND STARTED TO WRITE ON THE WALL! …Just a hand, no body attached. It wrote 4 words “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN”! FEAR struck the heart of Belshazzar, the evil king. His knees knocked so bad, they thought someone was at the door. 5:6-10 Finally, in fear, the king called for his wise mem. But even with the promise of reward, third highest in the kingdom, these men could not read or interpret the message. Terror struck their hearts … Fear ripped their souls! 5:11-17 And then Daniel is called for. With the same rewards promised the King pleaded with Daniel. 5:18-23 Daniel replied “Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation”. MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN is Numbered, Numbered, Weighted, Divided! 5:24-28 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. 5:29-31Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. As we read the story, we are aghast at the king. The nerve of him, using God’s golden vessels for his riotous party. BUT how many are guilty of the same thing? The world is besieged by Satan, the devil. And we are having a banquet! Those around us are dying, going to hell, and we are using God’s vessel for our own pleasure. God’s Vessels? … Yes, our bodies! Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all souls are mine; … Romans 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 1 Corinthians 7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 1 Peter 1:19-20But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Believers who drink, dance, attend evil movies, worry, gossip, speak filthiness, foolishness, covet, are hateful, serving our own lusts etc. … Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Romans 3:10-18As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: … 2 Timothy 3:2-7 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, … The handwriting is on the wall (actually in the Scripture)! Our days are numbered! Our actions are weighted and we are found wanting. Romans 2:1-6Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: Before we think too harshly about Belshazzar’s Banquet … How’s yours going?
A very familiar Sunday School Story. In this chapter we see: Pride, Idol Worship, Jealousy, Anti-Semitism, Anger, Hate. Daniel 3:1-7 PRIDE – 18-23 years have passed since Chapter 2. Old Neb’s forgotten about God, Daniel’s God. Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: … Proverbs 13:10Only by pride cometh contention: … Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Proverbs 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low: … Old Neb was a great man. God had revealed the future to him and thru him … BUT Pride was a problem. Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. Compare Isaiah 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Daniel 3:5-7Idol Worship — When does a man begin to worship Idols? When he becomes a Fool … How does he become a Fool? Romans 1:21-23 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Remember the 10 Commandments .. Look at just the first 3: Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; … Compare Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. Daniel 3:8-11 Jealousy — The strongest of all mental sins … makes monsters out of men. Proverbs 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: … Proverbs 14:30… but envy the rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? Song of Solomon 8:6… jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Jealousy Crucified Christ Matthew 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. Jealousy kept the Jews from salvation Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, Acts 17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, … Jealousy produced false doctrine 1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Jealousy destroys love, removes happiness
Daniel 3:12Anti-Semitism began with the call of Abram and continues today. It is a tool of Satan. Daniel 3:13-18 Anger — Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Compare Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Daniel 3:19-23 Hate — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. Then we see: Faith and Divine Deliverance Daniel 3:16-18 Faith … If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. … Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Daniel 3:19-23 Compare Exodus 12:33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. Daniel 3:24-30Divine Deliverance … Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. … Compare Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Compare Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. CONCLUSION: PSALM 1:1-10 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
