A Vision for the Time of the End

MESSAGE - Pastor Dale Thiele

Daniel: Hope Amid a Hostile World

A Vision for the Time of the End 

  • A Historical Prophecy
  • What It Means for Israel
  • What It Means for Us 

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:

  1. Read Daniel 8:1-27. How can God provide such a detail prophecy of future events? What does this chapter teach us about God?
  2. How does this prophecy prepare Daniel and Israel for what lies ahead?
  3. Transgression is mentioned twice in the chapter (v. 12 & 23). Whose transgression is this? Why? What is the connection between transgression and judgment (see Deut. 28:45-50)?
  4. What does this prophecy teach us about the nature of evil and the aims of the Evil One?
  5. In what ways does the evil prophesied in Daniel 8 foreshadow the evil of the cross? What encouragement does this give us? 

Memory Verse of the Week:

1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. (ESV)