Read: Daniel 8:1-27; 1 John 2:1-17; Psalm 120:1-7; Proverbs 28:25-26
Daniel had a vision where he was standing in the citadel of Susa. This is the very place Esther was queen. He was shown the next kingdoms that would rise up. The first kingdom was represented as a horned ram and it represented Media and Persia. After that the baggy goat with a huge horn which would be Greece with the king named Alexander the Great. After that four kingdoms would arise represented by horns. One of these horns would be a ruthless leader that would hate the children of God. He would be killed but not by human hands. This was Antiacus Ephphanes who marched into the sanctuary and slaughtered a pig on the altar. Everything that Daniel saw was not only for that time but the end times.
First John talks about the commandment of love. It is the only one Jesus gave us. First he told us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves, then when he was about to leave he gave us a new commandment to replace that one. This one was to love one another as He loved us. If we don’t walk in love, then we walk in darkness and cannot clearly see.
John tells us not to love the world because you cannot love the world and love God.
Lord, help us to walk in your love today.
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