Devotions

The exiles are home and the people settled in their home cities, well at least in the right place. Jerusalem’s walls are down, the temple destroyed, and the Assyrians had relocated people to their land. But they were home. They ...

Cyrus acknowledges Yahweh, the God of the heavens, the one who is the God of Israel, the one who is in Jerusalem. Cyrus issues a proclamation for all to return “whose spirit God has stirred” then returns all of the ...

Daniels final vision was of the final conflict, for a time far beyond his own natural life. He wondered at the outcome and the angel told him to rest and assured him he would have his inheritance. What Daniel witnessed ...

Daniel is mourning and fasting and after twenty one days has a vision. An Angel appears and explains the warfare happening not just in the earth, but in the heavens. The angel assures Daniel that his prayers were heard as ...

Daniel has had another vision and it is troubling. He is seeking to understand when Gabriel joins him and gives him an explanation of the kingdoms and times that reveals great destruction to come in Jerusalem and to God’s people. ...

The conquering king Darius is manipulated into signing an edict that would prevent Daniel from worshiping God. When Daniel hears it was signed, he opens his windows and prays. According to the law, the edict the king just signed, Daniel ...

Daniel has explained the second dream to Nebuchadnezzar and a year passes. Then, as he is complementing himself on all he has accomplished, the dream happens, he is expelled, living with the animals. Until he lifts his eyes, seven years ...

These accounts are about Daniel and his companions. They were the brightest of their community. They were the best educated. They were impacting their nation and getting prophetic insight from God. So, we might make the mistake of thinking God ...

The book of Daniel begins as the king of Babylon besieges Jerusalem and it says that “the Lord gave Jehoiakim the king of Judah into his hand”. This doesn’t give us the history to understand that this is God’s judgement ...

All of the judgments are finished and God wipes away every tear. The new heaven and new earth are revealed. In this realm, there is great beauty, but even more than that, “God is with humanity”. In our lives and ...