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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Daniel 1:17
As for these four
children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom:
and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
For further study - Daniel 1:1-21
Today we begin the reading of the passages from the book of Daniel for our devotionals. This is a book that is basically a "timeline" of the "Gentile world powers" from the days of Daniel until, and including the Tribulation period, the seven years of judgment on the earth and earth-dwellers in the future. This time period is known as the "times of the Gentiles."
As the Babylonian Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar was fighting in Egypt, he
received the message that his father had died and he had been promoted
to "King of Babylon". On his journey back to Babylon he passed through
Jerusalem and noticed a strange type of worship of a different God than
his god. The worship of this new God was going on in a Temple like he
had never seen.
Knowing that he was to become ruler of the known world, he was
determined to know something about this new, to him, religion.
Nebuchadnezzar decided to take some "hostages" from the "royal family"
in Jerusalem back home with him to learn more about this religion.
Chapter one of Daniel is
the sojourn of Daniel and three of his Hebrew friends to Babylon to
learn the ways of the Chaldeans. They were to be trained to become a
part of the group known as the "wise men" in Nebuchadnezzar's court.
As you read this account you learn how teenage boys (Daniel was 15 years
old when taken to Babylon) could purpose in their hearts, verse 8, to honor the Lord with their obedience to His plan for their lives.
God would honor their obedience and give them "knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom," verse 17. At the same time God was preparing young Daniel to minister to the King, Daniel 2.
Daniel would not only win the King's favor but reveal through the
interpretation of the Kings dream, God's plans for the future.
God would use this man Daniel to give us the prophetic truths that
describe many current events today giving us evidence that we are
quickly approaching the time of the return of the Lord (see my study on
Daniel).
Because Daniel purposed in his heart to do right, God used him for His
purposes, to explain to us His plan for the future. The twelve chapters
of Daniel are prophecies of the unfolding of the historic events that
will take place on the earth leading up to the time of the coming of
Jesus Christ back to the earth.
Our study of some of these prophecies found in the book of Daniel will
reveal to each student of God’s prophetic Word that the events foretold
2,500 years ago are about to be fulfilled in the near future. Remember,
the very next event to happen is the Rapture, which could happen today.
PRAYER THOUGHT: Allow me to be used by you Lord as I purpose in my heart to honor you.