daily reading 14.3 (Daniel 11:36–39)

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


Our opening prayer today:

My Lord, you wore no royal crown;
you did not wield the powers of state,
nor did you need a scholar's gown
or priestly robe, to make you great.

You never used a killer's sword
to end an unjust tyranny;
your only weapon was your word,
for truth alone could set us free.

You did not live a world away
in hermit's cell or desert cave,
but felt our pain and shared each day
with those you came to seek and save.

You made no mean or cunning move,
chose no unworthy compromise,
but carved a track of burning love
through tangles of deceit and lies.

You came unequalled, undeserved,
to be what we were meant to be;
to serve, instead of being served,
to pay for our perversity.

So when I stumble, set me right;
command my life as you require;
let all your gifts be my delight
and you, my Lord, my one desire. Amen.

Daniel 11:36–39

  • "Then the king will do whatever he wants. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will say outrageous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, because what has been decreed will be accomplished.
  • 37 "He will not show regard for the gods of his fathers, the god desired by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all.
  • 38 "Instead, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
  • 39 "He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward."
    • .
Helpful notes on Daniel 11:36–39



Antiochus Epiphanes was the final Old Testament Antichrist
Daniel 11 predicts the final New Testament Antichrist too






 









For yourself pray:

  • That God keeps you from the power of the Antichrist

For others pray:

  • That God by his Spirit uses you to exalt the goodness of sexual desire and marriage

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

  • Psalm 46 (YouTube, soloist with guitar)

   



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