The First Things (Creation) (1): In the Beginning God

If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn to the first chapter of the Bible, Genesis, chapter 1. Genesis means origin or beginning. And this book, the book of Genesis, lays the groundwork, not only for the book of Exodus which logically and necessarily follows from it, but also for the rest of Scripture. Matthew Henry, a long time ago, said “Genesis is a name borrowed from the Greek. It signifies the original or generations.” Fitly is this book so called, for it is a history of originals. The creation of the world. The entrance of sin and death into the world. The invention of the arts. The rise of nations and especially the planting of the church and the state of it in early days. “It is also,” Henry said, “a history of generations. The genealogies…

The Prayer of Daniel

As we continue our study of the great prophecy of Daniel, I'd remind you again that in the first six chapters of Daniel, we saw somewhat of a spiritual biography of this man as he was placed in crisis after crisis, and as he responded by the strength of God's grace in such a way to honor the Lord. And we've already said that when you move from Daniel 6 to Daniel 7 the scene changes a bit. It's not unlike the book of Revelation where the first eleven chapters of the book of Revelation focus on the war between the church and the world, and then the second half of the book focuses on that which is under and behind that war between the church and the world. That is, the war between Christ and the beasts. So also in Daniel, behind the spiritual biography of Daniel in the first…

The Dream of the Ram and Goat

I'd invite you to turn with me in your Bibles to Daniel, chapter 8, as we continue our study of this great book. We said last week we've entered into the second half of the book. When we moved to Daniel, chapter 7, the vision has expanded as the first six chapters of the book are basically a biography of Daniel and his friends explaining their own individual contests and conflict with the kingdom of the world. As we move through Daniel 7, all the way to the end of the book, we see a larger picture, the picture that is actually the backdrop to the life of Daniel. And that is the conflict between the forces of evil in this world and the kingdom of God. Let's hear God's holy word in Daniel, chapter 8. Daniel 8 Father, we again come before You in a perplexing passage. A passage…

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