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Transition in the genre, from historical to prophetic visions in nature, starting with visions of the rise and fall of kingdoms then the last chapter dealing with end time/apocalyptic prophecy. Biblical apocalyptic should be understood as an actual account of what the writer saw and heard rather than…

The dragon stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were blasphemous names. The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon…

Intro: Last week we opened up Chapter 7 of Daniel. As I stated then, Chapter 7 is a summary of the remaining chapters of the Book of Daniel and so what we briefly talk about in this chapter, will be further examined as we make our way through the rest of the book. We started to look at the 4 beasts of…

Interpretation of Vision 15 “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. 16 I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 17 ‘These four great beasts…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

“Christ is at the center of everything that we do and are.” We are beginning a 5 week series on our Church vision. If you’re anything like me you hear that statement and instantly start to switch your brain off and the eyes glaze over. So why? Why Samuel are you going to put us through something you…

Scripture Reading: Daniel 6:20-23 . Title of Message: God is Faithful “God is faithful!” Silas’s Accident Praying for your spiritual refreshment this week Pastor and for satan to be subdued. It must be important if all of these distractions have occurred already. - Jon Griffeth “God is faithful!” Deuteronomy…

Title: "The Ascension: Our Hope and Commission" I. Introduction A. Opening Prayer B. Welcoming the congregation and setting the context for Ascension Day C. Highlighting the significance of Jesus' ascension II. Understanding the Ascension ( Acts 1:1-3 ) A. Exploring the post-resurrection appearances…

Prepare to Die The close of the Old Testament period was a dark, desperate time. By the end, the vestige of God’s portion, the family he had raised up through Abraham after forsaking the nations at Babel, consisted of only two tribes (Judah and Benjamin), collectively referred to as the kingdom of Judah.…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

Today is the second Sunday of what we call Advent. Advent is the celebration of the coming of our Savior, Jesus. As we go through this advent season, we are looking at the account of his coming, and focusing on basic themes of our Christian lives. Last week, we saw the angel appearing to Zechariah, and…

Intro Apocalypse - what does it mean? In means “Revelation” Apocalyptic writing is confusing and weird, but ultimately it is there to reveal a message, not hide it. So we’re looking at apocalyptic writing today. It may be confusing and strange, but it is here to reveal God to us. To reveal his plan of…

Daniel and his friends experienced a forced adventure when they were taken away to Babylon. And every choice they made led to a specific consequence. However, these men made choices based on their faith in God, and God blessed and preserved His faithful ones in a dangerous foreign land. Today we have…

Introduction So far in Daniel’s Story I’ve retold historical events. They have been stories that illustrate the relationship God has with His faithful people in times of crisis. There were stories that showed the grace of God in pursuing the hearts of pagan kings. They were stories that demonstrated…

Tough as Nails Today we are starting a new series we are calling “Unbreakable”. In this series we are going to look at the first few chapters of the book of Daniel. For several weeks now, God has been putting Daniel on my mind. Specifically this early part of his life. As I was preparing for this series…

4 Kingdoms of Daniel We are looking today at kingdoms of this world the kingdoms of the past we will casually look at ‘ but I want to specifically want to look at the last 2 the kingdom of the antichrist and The kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ 3 And four great beasts came up from the…

Holy Trinity Sunday The Great Commission is not only the mission of the Holy Trinity, but God’s mission for His people of whom He has commissioned to make disciiples.

Last week we saw Daniel’s vision of 4 beasts. We saw that they represented kingdoms and they paralleled the different parts of the statue in Neb.’s dream. We identified the beasts as ... Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Rome … which is the majority report amongst evangelical scholars. And we said the point…

Dan 7:1-14 Prophesy Isn’t an exact Science Unfolds History and is Unfolding in History Has Types and Shadows Each Kingdom is represented as an Animal/Beast Each Beastly animal become more savage God on His Throne White Hair: Ancient/Time/Wisdom White Rob: Pure/Holiness Bronze (Judgement) Fire flowing…

Looking back Looking back historically is a good reminder where we have been so we can have better understanding of where we are going. Daniel is in the midst of a vision and it grieved his spirit (Dan7:15). Today we look at a description of a part of the vision including the Ancient of days, judgment,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Daniel’s Vision The events that take place in Daniel chapter 7 chronologically take place before the events of Daniel chapter 5. God was going to let Daniel in “on a little secret.” God, in this dream, was going to tell Daniel what the future held just as He done with other prophets. For us, some of…

Last week in our study of Daniel. We will end on chapter 7 Encourage you to continue reading the last few chapters on your own. Daniel is applicable to us today. Daniel is a book that provides a message of hope to it’s audience in Daniel’s day, but for us as well. Message is timeless. Let’s read in Daniel…

1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. Chapter 12…