The Final Vision pt. 3

Introduction

If you have your Bibles, you can take them and open them to Daniel chapter 12. This will be the last time, at least for a long time, that you will have to open up to the book of Daniel, as this morning, we will finish working through the entire book of Daniel. We started back in January, and here we are, halfway through the year, and we have officially made it to the end, and what a fitting way for the book of Daniel to end, than to draw our minds back to “the last things”. This morning, my goal is simple, to conclude the book of Daniel, by calling on us to remember that divine conclusion that will come about in God’s timing. That one day, all of history will lead up to the great and glorious day when God will deliver his children from this world, and allow us to fellowship with him in the new heavens and the new earth, so if you will, stand with me as we read Daniel chapter 12.

Body

(1) The Promise of Deliverance

a. Deliverance through the Trouble

b. Deliverance through Resurrection

c. Deliverance through Evangelism

(2) The Fulfillment of Time

The times in this chapter remind us of two things:

a. All things will come to a conclusion

The Persecution

The Deliverance

b. All things have a purpose

(3) The Blessing of Endurance

What does the enduring Christian look like? (We can look to Daniel 1-6)

a. Holding fast to your faith when the world around you tries to get you to conform.

b. Standing in worship of God, when the world around you is knelt down to idols.

c. Being ready to face the trialing persecution that may come with boldness and prayer, knowing that your God is able to deliver.

d. Committing yourself to ordinary disciplines regardless of what others think or do in response to them, knowing that ordinary disciplines leads to extraordinary faith.

Conclusion