Wed.’s Devo - Daniel is Told the Future Events

Read: Daniel 11:2-35; 1 John 3:7-24; Psalm 122:1-9; Proverbs 29:1 Daniel 11 is the explanation that the angel gave Daniel about the vision he had seen. He explains what will happen when Egypt from the south comes against Syria in the north. It tells exactly what is going to happen. Cleopatra was the daughter of the king of the south. Alexander is the “mighty king” - the goat of Daniel 8:5-8. Antiochus Epiphanes was the despicable man in verses 21 to the end. *** What is so encouraging is that our timeline has already been written in heaven also, and God could give us a play by play of what is going to happen in the next hundred years because he is outside of time. He is in our yesterday, today and tomorrow and he promised to make everything work for our good because we know and love him. *** The last sentence tells us there will be many of us who are persecuted, but this will refine us and make us pure till the end. *** The past is repeated. This was the events that would happen before Jesus came the first time to walk on the earth. They will mirror the things that will happen before he comes again. *** First John explains that those who continue in sin do not belong to God, but to Satan. Jesus came to destroy his work. We, who are part of God’s kingdom and family do not continue in sin. We should live righteous lives and love our neighbors. Abel was killed for living righteously by his own brother, who was evil. So, we should not be surprised when the world hates us. *** If we hate our brother or sister then we have murder in our hearts and don’t have eternal life in us. Jesus showed us real love and how to love our brother who hates us. He forgave his enemies so we can too because he lives in us. Our love must be active and obvious in our lives. It is the Holy Spirit that helps us do this. *** Lord, may we love our enemies and do good to them. It is your kindness that leads others to repentance. We trust that our future is in your hands and it is good.