daily reading 13.3 (Daniel 11:14–20)
5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023
Our opening prayer this week:
My song is love unknown,My Savior’s love to me;Love to the loveless shown,That they might lovely be.O who am I, that for my sakeMy Lord should take, frail flesh and die?He came from his blest throneSalvation to bestow;But such disdain! So fewThe longed-for Christ would know:But O! my Friend, my Friend indeed,Who at my need his life did spend.Sometimes they strew his way,And his sweet praises sing;Resounding all the dayHosannas to their King:Then “Crucify!” is all their breath,And for his death they thirst and cry.Why, what has my Lord done?What makes this rage and spite?He made the lame to run,He gave the blind their sight,Sweet injuries! Yet they at theseThemselves displease, and ’gainst him rise.They rise and needs will haveMy dear Lord made away;A murderer they save,The Prince of life they slay,Yet cheerful he to suffering goes,That he his foes from death might free.In life, no house, no homeMy Lord on earth might have;In death no friendly tombBut what a stranger gave.What may I say? Heav’n was his home;But mine the tomb wherein he lay.Here might I stay and sing,No story so divine;Never was love, dear King!Never was grief like thine.This is my Friend, in whose sweet praiseI all my days could gladly spend.
Daniel 11:14–20
- "In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will assert themselves to fulfill a vision, but they will fail.
- 15 Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their select troops will not be able to resist.
- 16 The king of the North who comes against him will do whatever he wants, and no one can oppose him. He will establish himself in the beautiful land with total destruction in his hand.
- 17 He will resolve to come with the force of his whole kingdom and will reach an agreement with him. He will give him a daughter in marriage to destroy it, but she will not stand with him or support him.
- 18 Then he will turn his attention to the coasts and islands and capture many. But a commander will put an end to his taunting; instead, he will turn his taunts against him.
- 19 He will turn his attention back to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble, fall, and be no more.
- 20 "In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger or in battle."
Helpful notes on Daniel 11:14–20
For yourself pray:
- That God protects you from nasty, wily people
For others pray:
- That God comforts all affected by the shooting at the Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee
A psalm to listen to, as time allows:
- Psalm 43 (YouTube, soloist with piano)
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