SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/19/2013
9:38 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Interlude in
Daniel
Today’s SD will be a different format that what we
have been doing as we will look at what Dr. Wiersbe entitles “Interlude” which
is a section between the end of the tenth chapter and the last two chapters of
the book of Daniel. Chapter ten was the
introduction to this great prophecy that the angel Gabriel will give to Daniel
before he returns to help Michal in the upcoming invisible battles that are
still going on today. The prophecies in
the book of Daniel are primarily for the nation of Israel even though there are
Gentile nations involved in them, but Daniel’s prayer is for the nation of
Israel and God has answered his prayers and gave him in detail the things that
will happen to the nation of Israel, and many of the things that Daniel learns
are not good, and they are extremely hard on him as a person. I am reminded of the Apostle John who wrote
the book of the Revelations of Jesus Christ, and in one section of this book
John is told to take a little book from the hand of an angel and to eat the book, which will be
sweet in his mouth, but will make his stomach sour. “Re 10:9 So I went to the angel, telling him
to give me the little book. And he *said to me, "Take it and eat it; it
will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as
honey." Re 10:10 I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate
it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach
was made bitter.” Daniel has gone
through the same reactions when he receives the prophecies that he has
received. I am also reminded of what Dr.
Wiersbe has written about prophecy stating that when we learn of the prophecies
that are in the Bible we are to be humble in knowing what the Lord has planned
for His people, and we are not to brag about every new thing that we learn. Yes prophecy is sweet when we learn it, but
then when we think about all of the people who are involved in the prophecies
we learn about and how miserable their lives are going to be that is when it
makes our stomachs bitter and our hearts aches for them. One can see the reactions that Daniel has
when he has received the prophecies and one can see the reaction of when John
received the book of revelations, and in a short time, Lord willing, we will
see the many tears that Jeremiah will shed over the sinfulness of the nation of
Israel (the Southern Tribes). We will
not look at the Interlude that Dr. Wiersbe wrote:
Interlude
“The prophecy given in chapters 11 and 12 is long and
complex. The first thirty-five verses of
Daniel 11 were prophecy in Daniel’s day but are now history. They deal with important but, for the most
part, forgotten historical characters with difficult names and complicated
relationships. The chapters may be
outlined as follows:
I.
Prophecies
already fulfilled (11:1-35)
a.
About Persia –11:1-2
b.
About Greece—11:3-4
c.
About Egypt and
Syria—11:5-20
d.
About Antiochus
Epiphanes and Syria –11:21-35
II.
Prophecies yet
to be fulfilled (11:36-12:3)
a.
About the
Tribulation and Antichrist –11:36-12:1
b.
About the
promised kingdom –12:3-3
c.
Final intrusions
to Daniel (12:4-13)
These
prophecies fill the details of previous prophecies the Lord had given to Daniel
and were the answer to his prayer for greater understanding of God’s plans for
Israel. The focus is on Israel in the
last days.”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “A.D. 30” I have also read that Christ died in A. D.
29.
Today’s Bible
Question: “Who said “A prophet is not
without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house?”
Answer in our next SD.
12/19/2013 10:04 AM
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