I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. Later this month it will be my wife’s and my 16th anniversary. To celebrate this event I have decided to wish my wife Happy Anniversary for 16 days.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Daniel 9-10.

    While studying scripture, Daniel discovered that God had promised to restore Jerusalem after 70 years of exile for the Jewish people. He realized that those 70 years were almost up. However, rather than just rejoice that the 70 years of exile were almost over, Daniel mourned the sins which had led to the exile in the first place. He went to God in prayer and fasting to request that God forgive the Israelite people for their sins and the sins of their ancestors. Further, when Daniel requested that God act, he did not claim any right on his behalf, or on behalf of the Jewish people to that action, not even on the basis of God’s prophecy. Instead, Daniel asked God to act for His own sake, for the sake of His reputation. Our prayers and actions should be similar. We should ask God to act, and we should act, so as to cause people to praise God.

I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. Later this month it will be my wife’s and my 16th anniversary. To celebrate this event I have decided to wish my wife Happy Anniversary for 16 days.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Daniel 7-8.

    The two visions which Daniel describes in this passage were primarily about the rise of the Hellenistic(Greek) Empire of Alexander and his successors. The primary focus of these visions was the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. These visions must have provided great comfort to the Jews at the time of that ruler. However, there is more to them than that. In both visions it is made clear that all political powers will serve at the will of God. When their time is up, they will face God’s judgment for the actions they took while using the power which He had delegated to them. The kings of this earth will be brought down when God has decreed, even though it may seem like nothing can stand in their way.