Wrap Up of Daniel

GracePointe Church of Christ in Elizabethtown, PA

Text: Daniel 12

Synopsis: Daniel 12 wraps up the book, and so doing it provides a glimpse of the end in which God’s people, because of God’s power will experience new life in the fullest sense. In this great divine reversal, those who have had their time of glory will be defeated, and those who have been oppressed and downtrodden will be rewarded. While the Bible is certain about this result, we as Jesus followers have to make sure we are not joining the beastly attitudes and actions of the powerful, and becoming oppressor ourselves. I am reminded of the Beatitudes in which Jesus teaches a way of life that is counter to that of those around us. When we talk about God’s “house rules” that we all should live by, surely these statements by Jesus are at the forefront of what it means to Love God and Love others. This is the call to go DEEPER into the mission of God. The message of Daniel is very similar to the message of Revelation. Don’t just wait for the future, but live your faith in the middle of your culture. In some ways the culture will applaud our faith and thank us for the good we provide, but in a drastic turn, our faith will also be bullied by those who want us to be more tolerant of cultures “beastly” attitudes and actions. God promises us an inheritance that is beyond anything we can achieve or be rewarded with in this life, LOVING GOD means trusting that God is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.