book of Daniel

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The book of Daniel is a fairly short book and can be read in one sitting. Daniel understood that judgment had come upon his nation because they had departed from the Lord. Portions of his prayer are below. You can read the full prayer in Daniel, chapter 9.

Daniel 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

 

A primary difference between Daniel and our age is the lack of understanding that there is a God in heaven to be obeyed and that there are consequences for disobedience.

We don’t understand cause and effect any more.

The church does not focus too much on what is happening because it is waiting for Jesus to come.  Yet, Jesus said, occupy till I come, so we need to be aware and be light and salt in the world around us and not allow evil to overtake the nation.

Luke 16:8b  for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

 

However, the United States, like Israel of old, has participated in overwhelming evil.

We must work to remove evil leaders and evil from our nation.  We have no right to complain about judgements falling on the United States.   If we don’t remove the Achans in the midst, then we reap what we sow by sins of omission.

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If we, as a nation, do not have the moral courage or ability to deal with evil in high places, it will be a blessing if other nations, under international law, will step in and do what we have thus far, been unable to do. Other nations have suffered due to the actions of the United States, first and foremost most recently Ukraine, but many other nations as well. Under international law, now that they know “who dunnit”, hopefully they will go after the criminals in our own nation as it seems there is not the ability or moral courage within for us to do it ourselves.

It would be honorable if we could deal with evil in high places ourselves, but we may not be able to do that and it would be better to get the job done by anyone who has the moral courage.

And the trail needs to be followed back to the globalists as well, who seek to destroy the world if they cannot govern it.


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Kicking the Can Down the Road

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I’ve always had a bit of a problem with this verse.  Does anyone else see what I see in it?

Isaiah 39:8  (KJV) Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

 

Well, maybe you don’t see the problem until I put it in context.

Let’s put it in context.  Isaiah had just received some visitors from Babylon.  He showed them all the temple treasures.  The visitors were probably thinking, thank you very much, we’ll be back to get those. 

Here’s the story.  (WEB)

Isaiah 39:1   At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered. 2 Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them. 3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him, “What did these men say? From where did they come to you?”

Hezekiah said, “They have come from a country far from me, even from Babylon.”

4 Then he asked, “What have they seen in your house?”

Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies: 6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until today, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh. 7 ‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’”

8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”

 

In that context, let’s reflect on this verse.

Isaiah 39:8  (KJV) Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

 

Isaiah, the prophet, just told Hezekiah that the Lord said that as a result of Hezekiah showing all the treasures to the visitors from Babylon, that one day the Babylonians would take those treasures from Jerusalem, to Babylon, which did happen.  Also, Hezekiah’s sons would be enslaved and made eunuchs.

The book of Daniel was written by Daniel, who was taken into captivity at the time that Babylon conquered Jerusalem.  At that time, the people of the tribe of Judah, which also included those of the tribe of Benjamin, were taken to Babylon.  Only a remnant of the people were left in land and not removed to Babylon.

Daniel 1:1   In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. He brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

3 The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring and of the nobles; 4 youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and who had the ability to stand in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.

 

Having established the history and story line, here is the verse again.

Isaiah 39:8  (KJV) Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

 

If I were to put it into today’s street vernacular, it might go like this.

You know what?  Hey, that’s great, bro.  It ain’t happening in my day,   It ain’t happening to me.  So I’m okay.  So I ain’t gonna worry about it.  I’m gonna have peace.  Peace out.

In other words, Hezekiah really didn’t care about what was going to happen to Jerusalem or to his posterity…to his sons, to his grandsons and beyond.  There was going to be peace and truth in his day.  That was enough for Hezekiah.

Sorta selfish and self-centered, don’t you think?

In political terms, it is called “kicking the can down the road”.  People know they are creating problems that they are leaving to their children and grandchildren, but they don’t care.  They just hope they die soon enough that they don’t have to experience the consequences of what they created either through active engagement or through slothfulness and laziness and complacency.

Where this attitude exists, there needs to be a course correction.

John 15:13  Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I Timothy 5:8  A man must care for his own people. At least he must care for his family. If he does not care for them, he shows that he does not believe in God. He is worse than one who has never believed.

Postnote

I have to add this as there is a definite attempt on the part of certain schools of thought to try to say that the book of Daniel was written after the fact.  However, Jesus referred to the book of Daniel, so it is trustworthy.

Mark 13:14 (KJV) But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

Mark 13:14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

Mark 13:14 ‘And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

 

There are those who might say, what is this about, why does it matter?  The reason it matters is because the book of Daniel has been very accurate historically, so there are people who want to say it was written “after the fact” rather than that a prophet of God heard the Lord.  Atheists want to diss (dismiss) prophecies.  If they accept them, the mathematical odds against atheism and the views of atheism are overwhelming.  So they have to pretend that facts don’t exist in order to push atheistic lies and agendas on society.  (This is why apologetics matter.  Apologetics deal in facts.)  Certain groups, including the CIA and warmongers, would like to tilt the prophecies a certain direction in order to take society a certain direction, and they try to convince certain segments of Christiandom to back them.  When you understand the game, you understand how not to play it.  Some day you’ll get it.

 

 

 

 


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