COMMENTARY:
: 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (1860 “contempt” [d@ra’own] means aversion, abhorrence, loathing, or abhorring.)
DEVOTION: Daniel wants to know about the future. He is told by the angel Michael that … Read More
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: 27 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall beat the time appointed. (4150 “time appointed” [mow‘ed] means season, appointed place, meeting, fixed day, space of time, or unit of time.)
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: 2 When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks.
: 3 All that time I had eaten no pleasant food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed. (2531 “pleasant” [chemed] means desirable, delight, beauty, … Read More
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: 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments (3034 “confession” [yadah] means confess sin, to profess, to show, make an admission, or … Read More
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: 17 As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end. (NLT)
: 17 So he came near where … Read More
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: 16 I came near to one of them that stood by and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. (1156 “asked” [ba‘ba] means seek, desire, request, make petition, beseech, pray for, or beg.)
DEVOTION: There is meaning to life. Those … Read More
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: 4 Then the president and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. (540 “faithful” [‘aman] means to be reliable or trustworthy, worthy of trust or belief, to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. (NKJV)
DEVOTION: Here we find a party going on with everyone drinking. Then in the middle of the party the king decides to go into the treasury house and get the golden cups that were taken from … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God has wrought toward me. (2324 “show” [chava] means interpret, explain, inform, declare, make known, to make information that was previously known only to a few people or that was hidden or meant to be kept a secret, or to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 … ye fall down and worship the golden image….
DEVOTION: Worship is something that you are supposed to do to the God of the Universe only. The first of the Ten Commandments states that “You should have no other gods before me.” There is only ONE TRUE God presented in the Word of God. … Read More