Fri.’s Devo - The Last Kingdoms

Read: Daniel 11:2-35; 1 John 3:7-24; Psalm 122:1-9; Proverbs 29:1 The man who appeared to Daniel continued to tell Daniel what was going to happen. Three more Persian kings would reign: Ahazerus, Artaxerses, and Darius, then the fourth would be Xerxes. He would use his wealth to accumulate an army of 2,641,000 to fight against Alexander the Great of Greece. Alexander had a small army in comparison but they were unified with one cause of revenge against Persia and their oppression. The next chapter played out just as the man told Daniel that it would. It is a picture of just how it will happen again in the end. What stands out to me is this, “But, the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him.” They will be persecuted but through the persecution, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end. First John tells us how to know a true believer. A true believer will grow in righteousness. A follower of Satan will keep on sinning and not repent. They make it a practice to sin. A true believer loves other believers. So we should not be surprised when the would hates us. They are of the spirit of Cain who killed his brother Abel because of his jealousy. We love our brothers and sisters and show it by our deeds of kindness. We know we are his by the witness of his Spirit. Lord, thank you that you rule over all the kingdoms of the earth and your power prevails.