I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king's business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding. Sermons
I. ON THE BODY. Even the prophets were but men like ourselves. Daniel was utterly prostrated by this overpowering vision. Became ill for a long time. In our present state we can only bear so much. II. ON THE MIND. "I was astonished at the vision .... Arid there was none who understood it." 1. Fulfilled prophecy is an open book. 2. Unfulfilled, a book only partly open. There should, then, be: (1) Devout inquiry. (2) The glad acquisition of some knowledge. But: (3) No dogmatism. Even a prophet, who had with his own eyes seen the glory, had to grope along the path of daily duty, with only the common dim and partial light. III. ON THE LIFE. "I rose up, and did the king's business. These grand disclosures of things heavenly, of things future, of things Divine, to his soul; the high enjoyments of religion; only disposed him to be more faithful in meeting present obligations. There is no proper separation between deepest spirituality and the faithful plodding on the path of duty, which so much becomes us. He who has been favoured with the clearest views of Divine things will be none the less prepared to discharge with faithfulness the duties of this life. He who is permitted and enabled to look into the future will be none the less likely to be diligent, faithful, laborious in meeting the responsibilities of the present moment. If a man could see all that there is in heaven, it would only serve to inspire him with a deeper conviction of his obligations in every relation. If he could see all that there is to come in the vast eternity before him, it would only inspire him with a profounder sense of the consequences which may follow from the discharge of the present duty." - R.
The Prince of Princes. This text calls attention to the four ancient empires, and the circumstances connected with the people of God in the various operations and doings of these empires.I. THE PRINCE Jesus Christ, as the representative of His people, hath "power with God and with man, and hath prevailed." He is an interposing Prince on behalf of a chosen people. II. THE PRINCES. "The Prince of princes." Jesus Christ has entire authority over the princes and kings of the earth. And His people, His companions are princes. They get their royal name after Him; the whole family in Heaven and earth are named after Him. III. THE ADVERSARY. "He shall be broken without hand"; by the judgment of God independent of man (James Wells.). People Belshazzar, Daniel, Elam, Gabriel, JavanPlaces Babylon, Elam, Greece, Media, Persia, Susa, UlaiTopics Able, Afterward, Appalled, Appearance, Astonished, Astounded, Beyond, Business, Carried, Daniel, Exhausted, Explain, Fainted, Full, Got, Ill, King's, Lay, None, Overcome, Rise, Rose, Sense, Several, Sick, Understand, Understanding, Understood, Vision, Wonder, Wondered, YeaOutline 1. Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat.13. The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice. 15. Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision. Dictionary of Bible Themes Daniel 8:27Library Abram's Horror of Great Darkness. "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him." If we consider the sketch, given us in scripture, of the life of this patriarch, we shall find that few have had equal manifestations of the divine favor. But the light did not at all times shine on him. He had his dark hours while dwelling in this strange land. Here we find an horror of great darkness to have fallen upon him. The language used to describe his state, on this occasion, … Andrew Lee et al—Sermons on Various Important Subjects Questions. Watching the Horizon The Angel of the Lord in the Pentateuch, and the Book of Joshua. The Apocalypse. The Harbinger Daniel Links Daniel 8:27 NIVDaniel 8:27 NLT Daniel 8:27 ESV Daniel 8:27 NASB Daniel 8:27 KJV Daniel 8:27 Bible Apps Daniel 8:27 Parallel Daniel 8:27 Biblia Paralela Daniel 8:27 Chinese Bible Daniel 8:27 French Bible Daniel 8:27 German Bible Daniel 8:27 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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