daily reading 11.2 (Daniel 8:23–27)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023


Our opening prayer this week:

Lord, hear me in your faithfulness; Reply in your great might.
Judge not your servant; none who lives Is righteous in your sight.
My enemy has sought my life And crushed me to the ground;
And made me live in darkness like The dead, no longer found.

My spirit faints within me, Lord, My heart is desolate;
Yet I remember your past deeds, All that your hands have set.
My soul gasps like a thirsty land, My hands in prayer are spread.
Lord, hear me. Do not hide your face, Lest I be like the dead.

At daybreak let me find your love; I know that you are true.
Show me the road that I must walk; I lift my soul to you.
And save me from my enemies; I flee to you in need.
Teach me to do what pleases you; Let your good Spirit lead.

Daniel 8:23–27

  • "Near the end of their kingdoms, when the rebels have reached the full measure of their sin, a ruthless king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
  •  24 His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause outrageous destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the powerful along with the holy people.
  •  25 He will cause deceit to prosper through his cunning and by his influence, and in his own mind he will exalt himself. He will destroy many in a time of peace; he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken—not by human hands.
  •  26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been told is true. Now you are to seal up the vision because it refers to many days in the future."
  •  27 I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for days. Then I got up and went about the king's business. I was greatly disturbed by the vision and could not understand it."
Helpful notes on Daniel 8:23–27

 





















For yourself pray:

  • That God unseals to you deeper parts of his word

For others pray

  • That Jesus will overthrow the Antichrist with the word of his mouth and bring him to nothing by the splendor of his coming

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

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