Daniel 12 Dare to Wait - Revision history

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‎Introduction:

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‎But young children never understand the answer we still have three and a half hours left (7-8a).

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‎One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.

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‎One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.

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'''Theological Proposition/Focus: God desires for His people to enjoy His blessing in His timing in his way.'''

'''Homiletical Proposition/Application: Daniel was told that he could rest because at the end he would receive God’s blessing.'''
=Introduction:=
==Setting the Stage:==
==Text: Daniel 12:4-13==
==Image: Driving across the country to visit grandma and grandpa.==

=Body=

==''Are'' ''we'' ''there'' ''yet''? is the question we all want answered (4-6).==
===We all want answers about the future.===
===One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.===
===Image: Teaching students to problem solve: trust that I have given you a meaningful hint.===
===MTR: Evaluate yourself, have you struck a balance of eager contentment?===

==But young children never understand the answer ''we'' ''still'' ''have'' ''three'' ''hours'' ''left'' (7-8a).==
===God's answers do not always make sense to our limited minds.===
===There is plenty that we simply do not understand.===
===Image: Clocks and kids - time is so hard to understand.===
===MTR: Ask yourself, am I willing to wait even if I don't understand God's timing?===

==Nevertheless, we are capable of being excited for the ''destination'' (9-11).==
===No matter what happens, we are going to reach the destination.===
===We are assured that the destination is worth the wait.===
===Image: When you know the destination is assured you can enjoy the journey.===
Road trip games.
===MTR: Make sure that you have taken time to study the destination so you can properly enjoy the journey.===

==And so we ''dare'' ''to'' ''wait'' in eager anticipation of God's final destination for us (13).==
===MTR: Dare to Wait.===

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 I have to admit, I really like verses 7 and 8 because I relate to it so well. In verse 7, the man clothed in linen lifts both hands in a solemn oath and states that it will be a time, times, and a half time. In the first half of verse 8 Daniel thinks what we all probably think right now, "yeah, um, I don't understand." It reminds me
 ==But young children never understand the answer ''we'' ''still'' ''have'' ''three'' ''and'' ''a'' ''half'' ''hours'' ''left'' (7-8a).==
-When I am over at Jessica and Richard's house one of the things I enjoy is telling Kepler that we will do something in 15 minutes. He will come up and say "Can we go outside and play on the swings?" I will respond, maybe in 15 minutes. less than a minute later Kepler comes back "has it been 15 minutes?" He has no real concept of time and that is okay he doesn't need to be bound by the clock at this point in his life. But it is such a good reminder to me that
+When I am over at Jessica and Richard's house one of the things I enjoy is telling Kepler that we will do something in 15 minutes. He will come up and say "Can we go outside and play on the swings?" I will respond, maybe in 15 minutes. Less than a minute later Kepler comes back "has it been 15 minutes?" He has no real concept of time and that is okay he doesn't need to be bound by the clock at this point in his life. But it is such a good reminder to me that
 ===God's answers do not always make sense to our limited minds.===
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 You see, there is so much we don't understand.
 ==Nevertheless, we are capable of being excited for the ''destination'' (9-11).==
 ===No matter what happens, we are going to reach the destination.===

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 In verse 4 we see the description of "many will go here and there to increase knowledge." The reality is that many want to know God's plan. We want to understand the details. We have a great advantage of being able to look backward across 2500 years and see how many of Daniel's prophecies have come to pass. But as we do so, we must do so with humility. You see, there are still events left to be fulfilled but the exact details are unknown. Sure we can speculate, but we must be willing to admit that we are speculating. I think that one of the hardest things for any of us to do is to admit that there are things we don't know. We want to increase in knowledge but in reality, there are things we just don't know.
 ===One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.===
-Daniel's vision includes spiritual mbeings who ask the question "how long?" Why are they asking the question? The text doesn't tell us but I suspect they are voicing the question that is already on Daniel's mind. When is God's plan going to come about? When will this gentile ruler come to power, when will God step in and deliver His people? When are all these amazing events going to occur?
+Daniel's vision includes spiritual beings who ask the question "how long?" Why are they asking the question? The text doesn't tell us but I suspect they are voicing the question that is already on Daniel's mind. When is God's plan going to come about? When will this gentile ruler come to power, when will God step in and deliver His people? When are all these amazing events going to occur?
 How long will the suffering last? We will see an answer, although this answer is not all that clear.  What I am reminded of is times when I have been teaching students and my students have asked me for a hint in solving a particular problem.

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 In verse 4 we see the description of "many will go here and there to increase knowledge." The reality is that many want to know God's plan. We want to understand the details. We have a great advantage of being able to look backward across 2500 years and see how many of Daniel's prophecies have come to pass. But as we do so, we must do so with humility. You see, there are still events left to be fulfilled but the exact details are unknown. Sure we can speculate, but we must be willing to admit that we are speculating. I think that one of the hardest things for any of us to do is to admit that there are things we don't know. We want to increase in knowledge but in reality, there are things we just don't know.
 ===One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.===
-Daniel's vision includes angelic messengers who ask the question "how long?" Why are they asking the question? The text doesn't tell us but I suspect they are voicing the question that is already on Daniel's mind. When is God's plan going to come about? When will this gentile ruler come to power, when will God step in and deliver His people? When are all these amazing events going to occur?
+Daniel's vision includes spiritual mbeings who ask the question "how long?" Why are they asking the question? The text doesn't tell us but I suspect they are voicing the question that is already on Daniel's mind. When is God's plan going to come about? When will this gentile ruler come to power, when will God step in and deliver His people? When are all these amazing events going to occur?
 How long will the suffering last? We will see an answer, although this answer is not all that clear.  What I am reminded of is times when I have been teaching students and my students have asked me for a hint in solving a particular problem.
 ===Image: Teaching students to problem solve: trust that I have given you a meaningful hint.===
 I used to teach an advanced math course at the university on Number Theory. In this course, we started from very basic principles. For example, every number can be factored into the product of prime numbers. From these basic principles, we built an entire theoretical framework to explain the fundamental properties of numbers. I enjoyed teaching the course but what made the course truly unique was that I never stood in front of the class and did math. Instead, I took a careful collection of sequenced problems that once completed built the entire theoretical framework. Students would come into class and solve these problems together until they had the entire framework. On many occasions, students would get stuck and ask me for a hint on how to solve a problem. I would give my hint and often they would immediately ask for another hint. The problem was that if I gave them another hint I would be solving the problem for them so my response would be. Just trust that I have given you enough information to solve the problem. If I give you any more I will rob you of the opportunity to grow through this process.

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 ==Image: Driving across the country to visit grandma and grandpa.==
-My dad was born and raised in Brazil on the Amazon but by the time I was born my grandparents had moved back to North Carolina. Every other year we would all load into the van and drive from Colorado to North Carolina. The trip was 1591 miles each way. We would wake up early in the morning, my parents would tell us to go to sleep in the can and we would drive. Usually by breakfast, we would be pulling into Hays Kansas and we would stop for McDonalds before continuing on the road. We had a box full of snacks and books to read. But, by the time we passed through Kansas City the question on our minds was always. Are we there yet? How much longer? The answer was 16 or so more hours of driving. We were kids and really didn't understand time but we all knew that 16 hours was a whole lot of time.
+My dad was born and raised in Brazil on the Amazon but by the time I was born my grandparents had moved back to North Carolina. Every other year we would all load into the van and drive from Colorado to North Carolina. The trip was 1591 miles each way. We would wake up early in the morning, my parents would tell us to go to sleep in the van and we would drive. Usually by breakfast, we would be pulling into Hays Kansas and we would stop for McDonalds before continuing on the road. We had a box full of snacks and books to read. But, by the time we passed through Kansas City the question on our minds was always. Are we there yet? How much longer? The answer was 16 or so more hours of driving. We were kids and really didn't understand time but we all knew that 16 hours was a whole lot of time.
 In life we are on a sort of road trip. From the moment we accept Jesus as our personal Savior we are born again and we set out on a journey. We know the destination is eternal life with our God. But there are times when we can't help but ask, "Are we there yet?"

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 ==Image: Driving across the country to visit grandma and grandpa.==
-My dad was born and raised in Brazil on the Amazon but by the time I was born my grandparents had moved back to North Carolina. Every other year we would all load into the van and drive from Colorado to North Carolina. The trip was 1591 miles each way. We would wake up early in the morning, my parents would tell us to go to sleep in the can and we would drive. Usually by breakfast we would be pulling into Hays Kansas and we would stop for McDonalds before continuing on the road. We had a box full of snacks and books to read. But, by the time we passed through Kansas City the question on our minds was always. Are we there yet? How much longer? The answer was 16 or so more hours of driving. We were kids and really didn't understand time but we all knew that 16 hours was a whole lot of time.
+My dad was born and raised in Brazil on the Amazon but by the time I was born my grandparents had moved back to North Carolina. Every other year we would all load into the van and drive from Colorado to North Carolina. The trip was 1591 miles each way. We would wake up early in the morning, my parents would tell us to go to sleep in the can and we would drive. Usually by breakfast, we would be pulling into Hays Kansas and we would stop for McDonalds before continuing on the road. We had a box full of snacks and books to read. But, by the time we passed through Kansas City the question on our minds was always. Are we there yet? How much longer? The answer was 16 or so more hours of driving. We were kids and really didn't understand time but we all knew that 16 hours was a whole lot of time.
 In life we are on a sort of road trip. From the moment we accept Jesus as our personal Savior we are born again and we set out on a journey. We know the destination is eternal life with our God. But there are times when we can't help but ask, "Are we there yet?"
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 ==''Are'' ''we'' ''there'' ''yet''? is the question we all want answered (4-6).==
-In Daniel 12:4 Daniel is tolled to take the scroll in which he has recorded the prophecies roll it up and place a seal on it. We often think of a seal as being something that conceals and it certainly can, but here I think the seal has much more to do with a guarantee. The idea here is that Daniel is told that the events that have been foretold are guaranteed. Daniel can count on the outcomes. When we get to the end we will realize the significance of this guarantee.
+In Daniel 12:4 Daniel is told to take the scroll in which he has recorded the prophecies roll it up and place a seal on it. We often think of a seal as being something that conceals and it certainly can, but here I think the seal has much more to do with a guarantee. The idea here is that Daniel is told that the events that have been foretold are guaranteed. Daniel can count on the outcomes. When we get to the end we will realize the significance of this guarantee.
 ===We all want answers about the future.===
 ===One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer.===
 ===Image: Teaching students to problem solve: trust that I have given you a meaningful hint.===
 ===MTR: Evaluate yourself, have you struck a balance of eager contentment?===

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 '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: Daniel was told that he could rest because at the end he would receive God’s blessing.'''
-=Introduction:=
+=Introduction: Memory Verse of the Month Acts 1:8=
 ==Setting the Stage:==

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 ===MTR: Evaluate yourself, have you struck a balance of eager contentment?===
-==But young children never understand the answer ''we'' ''still'' ''have'' ''three'' ''hours'' ''left'' (7-8a).==
+Scholars believe that the answer Daniel receives is that these things will take place after 3.5 years. That is, during the tribulation, Israel will enjoy relative peace for 3.5 years but then after 3.5 years everything will fall apart and there will be 3.5 years of turmoil before God steps in. I agree with these scholars but I will tell you, I hold my view hear very lightly. I simply don't understand everything and that is okay. I realize that God is on a different level than I am and so my understanding of God's timing may be wrong.
-===God's answers do not always make sense to our limited minds.===
 ===There is plenty that we simply do not understand.===
-===Image: Clocks and kids - time is so hard to understand.===
+This does not mean that all pursuits of understanding are bad, but it does mean we need to be humble. Let me expand this just a little. There are things in theology that we don't understand and that is okay. I don't want you to give up on knowing God better but I also don't want you to expect to fully understand God.
 ===MTR: Ask yourself, am I willing to wait even if I don't understand God's timing?===
 ==Nevertheless, we are capable of being excited for the ''destination'' (9-11).==
 ===No matter what happens, we are going to reach the destination.===
 ===We are assured that the destination is worth the wait.===
 ===Image: When you know the destination is assured you can enjoy the journey.===
-Road trip games.
+Growing up on our road trips we would play road trip games. Trying to go through the alphabet looking at signs, playing a card game, etc. We enjoyed the games because it helped pass the time. We knew where we were going and we trusted we would get there. so why not enjoy the ride?
 ===MTR: Make sure that you have taken time to study the destination so you can properly enjoy the journey.===
 ==And so we ''dare'' ''to'' ''wait'' in eager anticipation of God's final destination for us (13).==
 ===MTR: Dare to Wait.===
 [[Category:Sermons]]

Daniel 12 Dare to Wait - Revision history

Wakefien: /* Introduction: */

Wakefien: /* But young children never understand the answer we still have three and a half hours left (7-8a). */

Wakefien: /* One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer. */

Wakefien: /* One of the hardest calls to faith is the call to trust that God has given a sufficient answer. */

Wakefien: /* Image: Driving across the country to visit grandma and grandpa. */

Wakefien at 15:22, 4 April 2024

Wakefien at 14:19, 4 April 2024

Wakefien at 20:05, 2 April 2024

Wakefien at 16:44, 1 April 2024

Wakefien: Created page with "__NOTOC__ '''Theological Proposition/Focus: God desires for His people to enjoy His blessing in His timing in his way.''' '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: Daniel was..."

Wakefien: Created page with "NOTOC '''Theological Proposition/Focus: God desires for His people to enjoy His blessing in His timing in his way.''' '''Homiletical Proposition/Application: Daniel was..."