by Paul Apple | Oct 24, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE NATIONS UNTIL THE VERY END WHEN HE WILL SAVE AND PROSPER ISRAEL SO REMAIN FAITHFUL NOW IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE REWARDINTRODUCTION:Wayne Barber: There are six instructions that Daniel gets for the final days. Things that God...
by Paul Apple | Oct 23, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE CLIMAX OF GOD’S PROGRAM FOR ISRAEL INVOLVES- RESCUE FROM SEVERE TRIBULATION,- RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE AND- REWARD FOR FAITHFUL SERVICEINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: Verse 1 also relates the final deliverance of the saints, followed in vv. 2-3 with an...
by Paul Apple | Oct 22, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: WORLD EVENTS CAUSING ISRAEL TURMOIL ARE PREDICTED FROM DANIEL’S TIME TO DESPICABLE ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES — BEFORE JUMPING AHEAD TO THE ULTIMATE ANTICHRIST IN END TIMESINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: In the previous section the vision was introduced; now its...
by Paul Apple | Oct 20, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GLORIOUS CHRISTOPHANY AND STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT PREPARE DANIEL FOR THE CONCLUDING VISION THAT REINFORCES GOD’S CONTROL OVER WORLD KINGDOMSINTRODUCTION:Iain Duguid: Daniel 10 is written to help us understand that life is hard and why life is hard, but also to...
by Paul Apple | Oct 19, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DANIEL’S PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND PETITION FOR DELIVERANCE PROMPT REVELATION OF GOD’S FUTURE PROGRAM FOR ISRAELINTRODUCTION:S. Lewis Johnson: It is undoubtedly true that this is one of the great prophecies of the Old Testament, perhaps one of the most...
by Paul Apple | Oct 17, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: EVIL WORLD EMPIRES MAGNIFY THEIR POWER AND INFLUENCE BUT ULTIMATELY WILL ALL BE BROKEN BY THE SOVEREIGN POWER OF GODINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: In the previous chapter God had given a preview of world history with emphasis on the end times, particularly the...
by Paul Apple | Oct 16, 2022 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SUCCESSIVE EVIL EMPIRES DOMINATE THE WORLD SCENE UNTIL GOD REIGNS VICTORIOUS WITH HIS SAINTS IN HIS KINGDOMINTRODUCTION:Stephen Miller: For a variety of reasons, “modern commentators are generally agreed that chapter 7 is the single most important chapter of...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD CAN RESCUE HIS FAITHFUL SERVANTS FROM TREACHEROUS ENEMIES – EVEN FROM THE MOUTHS OF LIONSINTRODUCTION:Peter tells us “Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Pet. 5:8). But as we see in the famous story...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: SOME DAY THE PARTY WILL BE OVER ABRUPTLY FOR ANY WORLD SYSTEM THAT REJECTS GODINTRODUCTION:“Turn out the lights, the party is over!” The jig is up. World powers can bask in their false confidence and take security in their wealth and power. But when God...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE MOST HIGH IS RULER OVER THE REALM OF MANKIND AND BESTOWS AUTHORITY ON WHOMEVER HE WISHESINTRODUCTION:Power Struggles can be quite dramatic. They take place all the time in the political realm. But when the highest authority on earth enters into a power...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE GOD WHO IS SUPREME IN SAVING POWER DESERVES OUR UNSWERVING LOYALTY DESPITE THE PRESSURE OF INTENSE PERSECUTIONBackground:Daniel and his friends were in a pagan environment that was hostile towards the worship of the true God. They faced the dilemma of...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: MAN’S INABILITY REQUIRES GOD’S SUFFICIENCY –TRUE WISDOM AND POWER COME FROM THE SOVEREIGN GODBackground:This chapter exposes man’s inability (his limitations) and God’s gracious sufficiency. In himself man is bankrupt in the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 13, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE SOVEREIGN GOD RAISES UP LOYAL LEADERS AND EQUIPS THEM TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSESBackground (1:1-2) The moral and spiritual decline of Israel led to the coming of Nebuchad. against Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity. This was a desperate time for the...
by Paul Apple | Mar 11, 2020 | Bible-OT
I have always liked the name of the Christian singing group – Jars of Clay. It is an apt expression of the humility and privilege of serving the majestic King of the Universe – “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power...
by Paul Apple | Mar 11, 2020 | Bible-OT
[Originally posted March 12, 2007] This is a quick summary of the outline of the first 6 chapters of Daniel that Pastor Mark Dever (from Capitol Baptist) presented at the 2007 Shepherds’ Conference. It was a solemn warning that the Christian church in the United...
