Thanks for taking time to read the sermon today. We've had a lot of rain where I live over the last two days. I am thankful to the Lord that there was no flooding at my house. Thank you for your prayers.
For the last couple of months,we have had the privilege of studying about the life and ministry of the prophet Daniel. Today, we will conclude our Daniel study. In this last study, there are two things that I want to focus on .
In Daniel chapter 12, we see that God told Daniel to seal up the book that Daniel had written. A lot had been revealed to Daniel, but not everything. He would go to his grave, but God told him that he would rise at the end of the world. In fact, the Lord revealed to Daniel that at the end of the age, those who are the Lord's will be resurrected to eternal life, while those who have rejected the Lord will have a resurrection of judgment. Jesus tells us this same thing in His teachings . He tells us that one day, He will return to this Earth. He will send His angels to the four corners of the earth to separate the righteous from the wicked. Jesus will judge the living and the dead. Those who have put their faith and trust in Jesus will be with Him forever. Those who have rejected Christ's free gift of salvation will be apart from Jesus throughout all eternity.
As believers in Jesus, we can look forward to the coming of our Lord. It will be the occasion when all things are restored to the state before sin entered into the universe. Peace will reign across the universe. There will be no more war, pain, sickness suffering or death for people or for animals.
The other thing that I want to focus on is that God asked Daniel to have faith in Him in regard to the future. This doesn't just apply to our ultimate end . None of us knows what is going to happen to us in the next minute or tomorrow. We do know the one who knows the future if we are in Christ. He goes before us directing us along the path that we are to go. We can trust in His graciousness and goodness to supply our needs and lead us on the path that is the best for our spiritual improvement. We must have faith to believe that He who began a good work in us will be able to complete it.
I've had a lot of fun posting these messages on Daniel. He is truly an example of faithfulness to God in the midst of trying and difficult circumstances. He is an example of putting the Lord first, no matter the consequences or what others think. Amen.
Prayer Requests And Other Matters
Let us continue to pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Cases continue to increase. Everyone needs to wear masks and practice social distancing. Let's pray that those who are sick will recover quickly.
Pray for peace. Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and Yemen continue to experience difficulties.
For our prayer focus countries this week, let us focus our prayers on the United Arab Emirates and Mali.
Starting on Friday of next week, we will spend the next month doing something very different here on the blog. I have finished a devotional book called "Thirty Days Thirty Psalms." I am going to post one devotional each day for 30 days in a row starting next Friday. We will not have a regular blog schedule during that period. Hopefully, we will learn a lot from these Psalms. It was fun writing this work, and I look forward to posting over this 30 day period. May God bless you all. Amen.
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