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Resources For Daniel 10-12 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher Daniel 11 and the Historic Events which are Depicted in the Prophecy - CLICK HERE As I mentioned this morning, this 3-chapter vision is filled with very detailed statements that are presented as "history before it is written" - Chapter 11 in particular.  The link above will connect you with a "spreadsheet summary" of statements from Daniel 11 connected with historical events.  This is itself a summary of the work n the ESV Study Bible Notes if you would like to dig deeper still. Giving Thanks Like The Pilgrims - CLICK HERE This one is not about Daniel, but in light of the holiday, I thought I'd pass it along.  History matters and I am glad to help keep the lessons from our own national history and the Pilgrims familiar.  And don't miss our Thanksgiving Day Online Worship Service this week either.

Resources For Daniel 9 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - WaterShed Preacher From NIV Application Commentary by Tremper Longman Daniel 9:11–14 -  In the next section of his prayer, Daniel draws a direct connection between the sin of the people and their present suffering. We cited above two of the curses Daniel has in mind, but there are more (see Deut. 27–28). Between the Law of Moses and the Prophets, God’s people had no excuse. They knew what the consequences of their actions would be. But somehow they rationalized it. Perhaps they grew presumptuous because of God’s long patience with them. They would sin without immediate punishment, so they began to doubt that God would really follow through with his threats. Jeremiah 7:1–29, the so-called “temple sermon” of Jeremiah, charges Israel with presumption because of the presence of the temple in the city. They wrongly reasoned that if God’s residence was the temple, there would be no way that an enemy, even one as m

We have found the notes included in the ESV Study Bible to be consistently helpful as we collaborate in sermon preparation.  They provide basic context, historical background and, in passages like Daniel 9, a fair summary of different understandings of difficult texts.  It successfully shines outside light on the text, without distracting from or imposing outside views of the text itself.  We offer the notes that follow as a helpful summary - with a chart no less! - of four common views of the "Seventy Weeks" in Daniel 9, including how it would have been understood by the Jews two centuries before Christ in what we call the Maccabean Period. - Pastor Aaron & Pastor Bill CLICK HERE for Amazon.com connection to the ESV Study Bible From the ESV Study Bible There are many suggested interpretations of the seventy weeks (or “seventy sevens,” see ESV footnote), but there are three main views: (1) the passage refers to events surrounding Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 b.c. );

Resources For Daniel 8 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - WaterShed Preacher From NIV Application Commentary by Tremper Longman That leads us back to the function of the highly symbolic numbers in Daniel and elsewhere, which are so difficult to figure out. Their purpose is not for date-setting but for comfort. They remind us that God knows what he is doing. God is sovereign and has set a limit on how long the present evil world will oppress us. These facts should comfort us by reminding us that God is in control of the situation. I submit for our consideration that the misuse of these apocalyptic dates is an attempt to wrest control from God and place it firmly in our own sinful grasp. But the result is disruption in the church and in our lives. Such vain speculation leads, as in the case of the people I mentioned above, to a complete disregard for present realities. God calls us to live in the present while waiting with hope for the future. Pastor Bill Lindner - Ce