Sunday School Manuscripts

This morning we’ll try to conclude our treatment of the tenth chapter of Daniel.  Last time, we examined the unseen angelic and demonic world that, through prayer, God uses to significantly influence both world events and our own individual life circumstances.  We saw in this story that this angelic activity in the heavenlies played out concurrently—at the same time of Daniel’s three weeks of … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 17 (1/10/21)

This week, our text in Daniel chapter 10 once more leads us to the topic of prayer.  The main truth from this week’s text in Daniel chapter ten is simply: God uses the prayers of his people to bring his sovereign rule to earth.   Although this text speaks specifically to global and political rule, we have also seen in Daniel that God powerfully uses the prayers of his people to bring his rule to … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 16 (12/27/20)

Read:  Daniel 10:1-20  This week, we turn to Daniel chapter 10.  Last time, we left off with the so called “70 weeks” prophecy of Daniel in chapter nine.  This entire chapter serves as an introduction to this last major section of the book.  The centerpiece of this section is the final apocalyptic vision in chapter 11 and chapter 12 is basically an epilogue to that vision.  This is the longest … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 15 (12/20/20)

This morning, we come to verses 24-27 in the ninth chapter of Daniel which contains what is known as the “70 weeks of Daniel.”  You’ll recall that in the first 19 verses of this chapter Daniel prays an inspiring prayer of confession, pleading for God’s mercy on God’s people.  He fully and humbly acknowledges their national sin of repeatedly turning their back on God and the covenant relationship … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 14 (12/13/20)

Read Daniel 9:20-27  This week, we return to Daniel chapter nine that we said is divided into two parts.  The first 19 verses, which we looked last week contain a prayer prayed by Daniel.  Daniel had been reading the writings of the prophet Jeremiah and in response to the promise of God through Jeremiah that the time of God’s exile of his people to Babylon was drawing to a conclusion, he prays … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 13 (12/6/20)

Read: Daniel 9:1-27  This week we return to the book of Daniel as we come to chapter nine.  This chapter is divided into two parts.  The second part is a bit like chapter eight, filled with prophecies of the future brought to Daniel by the angel Gabriel.  You’ll recall in chapter eight that Gabriel interprets for Daniel this powerful vision he has had of the ram and the goat and the little … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 12 (11/29/20)