The Prophecy of the Kings
If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Daniel, the 11th chapter. We have observed a number of times now that Daniel 1 through 6 contains a sort of spiritual biography of Daniel, showing God's sovereignty in his life. But as we move from the first six chapters of Daniel, to the 7th through the 12th chapters of Daniel, we move behind Daniel's own life, his biography, to the spiritual realities which were behind that public ministry. We've said all along that this book is about the blessing of knowing God and that Daniel is one of the best biblical models of what it looks like to know God in life. Here's a man of tremendous importance in public service. A busy man. He was just as busy as any late 20th century modern ever thought of being busy, and yet he…