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 Resources For Daniel 7 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - WaterShed Preacher From NIV Application Commentary by Tremper Longman To state it again, each of these themes appear, more or less, in each of the concluding chapters. However, in order to avoid undue repetition especially in the sections on Contemporary Significance, I plan to emphasize one of these themes in each of the following six chapters.  Chapter 7, with its vision of four hybrid sea beasts, underlines the horror of human evil.  Chapter 8, with its prophecy of the 2300 mornings and evenings, will stress the announcement of a specific time of deliverance.  Chapter 9, Daniel’s prayer requesting forgiveness for past sins, concerns repentance and restoration.  Chapter 10, which pushes back the veil that keeps human beings from observing spiritual realities, will reveal the spiritual battle behind the physical one.  Chapter 11, with its prophetic description of history, narrat...

  Resources For Daniel 6 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - WaterShed Preacher From The Gospel According to Daniel  by Bryan Chapell As we come to the end of act one in the book of Daniel (chaps. 1–6 describing Daniel’s life), it is helpful to review the scenes that prepare us for act two (chaps. 7–12 describing Daniel’s prophecies). Each previous chapter had a key image or event that plays a pivotal role in piecing together the gospel message of Daniel: In chapter 1, Daniel and his friends were kept healthy on a politically dangerous diet of vegetable soup, as God communicated to his people, “I remember you.” In chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar’s multilayered statue was displaced by a heavenly rock, as God assures his people, “I will rescue you.” In chapter 3, one “like a son of the gods” appears with Daniel’s friends in a fiery furnace to demonstrate God’s Immanuel principle: “I am right here with you.” In chapter 4, Nebuchadnezzar’s restoration from animal-like...

Resources For Daniel 5 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher Freshman Humanities Class and the Book of Daniel - my Blog Post -  CLICK HERE  I was taught as a college student that there was no mention of King Belshazzar apart from Daniel 5 and that the Bible was not trustworthy in its history.  At that moment, a  rebuttal was sitting in a Berlin museum waiting to be translated.  A real-life archaeology story that is not as adventurous as Indiana Jones, bur far more consequential. Daniel - The Bible Project - CLICK HERE to go to YouTube. This a well-done animation that gives a 9-minute overview of the structure and message of Daniel.  They point to "the pattern and the promise" intended to give hope to God's suffering people in many times and seasons. From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary by Iain Duguid This is why the humble are exalted: not because their humility is meritorious, but because they fix their eyes on th...

Resources For Daniel 4 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - Watershed Preacher From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary by Iain Duguid As we contemplate Christ, once humbled and now exalted, we are reminded over and over of the profound fact that the only thing we contribute to our salvation is our utter depravity. Yet at the same time we are also reminded that, foul as we are, we are far more loved than we ever dared to hope. p. 75 Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher "Me & Nebuchadnezzar" - From Heavenwad - Daily Prayer Blog by Scotty Smith - CLICK HERE   I love the daily postings of prayers by Scotty Smith.  His October 6 posting was built from our sermon text, Daniel 4.  Note: just to the right of the prayer is a box that lets you subscribe to his daily posts and have them sent to your email inbox each morning. The True & Perfect -  Tim Keller with Clever  Animation -   CLICK HERE This is a favorite visual for communi...

Resources For Daniel 3 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher From Daniel: The Gospel Transformation Bible Notes Sadly, Nebuchadnezzar does not yet acknowledge this God as his own; he only honors “the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” (vv. 28–29). The words remind us of the importance of trusting Christ personally, not just acknowledging him as a religious icon or concept that others accept. - p. 1128 From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary The question of whether this fourth person is a Christophany (a physical appearance of Christ before his incarnation) or merely an angel cannot be resolved from the text, which would fit either instance equally well. In either case, however, it is a physical demonstration of God’s presence with believers in their distress. God did not simply rescue his servants from the fire, he sent his personal emissary to pass through the fire with them, a presence that takes richer dimensions in the New Testament, when...