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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 121:1-2 Click to listen A Song of ascents. The psalms of ascents were special songs for travelers going far away to the temple to worship. The step-like structure that predominates (it isn’t always there) make them psalms of various degrees or ascending moments. Here in Psalm 121 there are clearly four […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:10-13 your inheritance at the end of days
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:11-13 Click to listen 11 From the time that the regular daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days. 12 Blessed are those who wait and reach one thousand three hundred thirty-five days. 13 But you, […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:8-10 Many will be purified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:8-10 Click to listen 8 I heard this without understanding, so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” Daniel admits that he heard what the Lord said, but that he didn’t understand what it meant. It’s reasonable to infer that prophets normally understood what they were […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:5-7 How long
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:5-7 Click to listen 5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and two others appeared, one standing on this bank of the river and one on the other. 6 One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:4 seal up the scroll
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:4 Click to listen 4 But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and seal up the scroll until the time of the end. Many will so quickly go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.” The two halves of this verse, which is the end of the prophecy by the Angel […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:3 Shine like stars
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:3 Click to listen 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever. Those who are wise are those who have believed in God. Luther translated this participle as Die Lehrer, “the […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:2 Sleepers awake
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:2 Click to listen 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Why does the verse begin with saying that “multitudes” or “many” will comes alive on the Last Day? Won’t everyone rise? There are at […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 12:1 The end will come
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 12:1 Click to listen The final chapter of Daniel presents the glorious end of God’s holy creation. Those whom God has set aside in view of Christ’s merits and mercy will shine like the brightest stars in the heavens, and those who have rejected God will be flung into eternal punishment, […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 11:44-45 The end of Antichrist
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 11:44-45 Click to listen 44 But reports from the east and the north will terrify him, and he will go out in fury to destroy and completely annihilate many. 45 He will pitch his royal tents between the seas and the beautiful holy mountain. Yet he will come to his end, […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 11:42-43 No fellowship with Antichrist
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 11:42-43 Click to listen 42 He shall stretch out his hand against nations, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43 He will rule over treasures of gold and silver, and all the wealth of Egypt. Libyans and Cushites will follow in his footsteps. Here we are shown that near […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 11:40-41 The beginning of the end
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 11:40-41 Click to listen From here to the end of the chapter (verses 40-45) we hear a prophecy about the last things that will happen to the Antichrist, and his final end. As with the previous verses, these things do not apply to Antiochus Epiphanes, but to the enemy of the […]
God’s Word for You – Daniel 11:38-39 Objections and answers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUDANIEL 11:38-39 Click to listen 38 He will honor the god of fortresses instead of these. He will honor a god that his ancestors did not know, with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. 39 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a strange god. […]
