March 3, 2024 | Daniel: Living with God’s Wisdom

Series Overview:

God stands tall through the entire book of Daniel with His grand plan for an unimaginable, but truly wonderful future victorious kingdom. God is on a mission and raised up Daniel who believed Him! His life and the lives of his friends lived radically counter-cultural, seeking the Lord which moved them to wisely focus on the important things, the essential things, and leaving the temporary pleasures and promises of this world behind. Though ultimately given great earthly privilege and position, faith and God’s ways have its own rewards. In a world of pain, suffering, and confusion, Daniel modeled what it means to follow the Lord in His perfect plan. So today, the cost of following Jesus is high, but God will vindicate His people. This book encourages us to persevere in the Lord’s plan as the best way to the best world.

Weekly Overview:

These few verses are meant to comfort and encourage Daniel and God’s people. First, there is deliverance for God’s people that rages against them—then and now. Michael is the angelic prince, Israel’s defender. At the end of the end, Satan will attempt to destroy all God’s people with a time of unprecedented tribulation. As Jesus said, “there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.” Secondly, Daniel and God’s people are comforted and encouraged by the hope of resurrection.

Today’s Text | Daniel 12:1-3