Preaching Daniel at Harderwyk - Daniel 7 - November 1, 2020

 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, narrating events of the last few centuries b.c., will show how human evil leads inexorably to judgment.  
• Finally, chapter 12 (treated with chapter 11) will conclude the book on a note of victory and resurrection for God’s people.

Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher

Understanding Apocalyptic Visions: There's More To Reality Than Meets The Eye - My own blog - CLICK HERE

In this blog post, I gather some thoughts and Scriptures that teach us about the "complex, nuanced view of reality" that permeates the Bible.  Namely that there is more to reality than just a "cause-and-effect physical realm" and that understanding that a "spiritual realm" exists as well is key to understanding apocalyptic writings like we face in Daniel 7.

From Daniel - Reformed Expository Commentary by Iain Duguid
The challenge of Daniel 7 for us is therefore not to work out the specific identity of the different beasts, in case ours should be the final hour. Rather, in the midst of this beastly world, our challenge is to live our lives with our eyes firmly fixed on the heavenly throneroom. Instead of being terrified by the beasts, we must daily live remembering the one who will deliver the final and decisive judgment. p. 119