COMMENTARY:
: 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
COMMENTARY:
: 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
COMMENTARY:
: 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
COMMENTARY:
: 3 And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. (6470 “troubled” [pa ‘am] means to stir, to be beaten, be disturbed, or to be agitated.)
DEVOTION: Have you ever had a dream that you just didn’t understand why you had it … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. (214 “treasure house” [‘owtsar] means storehouse, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and the length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. … Read More