- What’s your relationship with history / history lessons?
- HIStory is His story! In Daniel 11, we see amazing historical correspondence up till verse 40.
- We need to ask, what do the events in 2nd century Palestine have to do with me, a Singaporean living in the 21st century?
Three Reflections on HIStory from Daniel 11:
A. GOD’S HAND MAY SEEM HIDDEN
1. Failed alliance between Ptolemy and Seleucus – divorce, murder, scheming, revenge (11:5-7)
2. Where is God in this story? Sometimes it seems that our lives are in the hands of powerful people and institutions, not God’s hands.
B. GOD’S PEOPLE MAY BE DOWNTRODDEN
1. The story zeroes in on the persecution of the God’s people (11:29-33)
2. The persecution of God’s people happens throughout history – and even today.
C. BUT GOD REMAINS SOVEREIGN
1. God wins “at the time of the end” (11:40-45)
The Implication for Us:
Even if we are not history buffs, we each have a personal, spiritual HIStory!
We can chart God’s story in our lives.
Conclusion
Christ the Lord entered the mess of human history. This is the reason that we can find our HIStory in God’s story!
Next Week’s Topic: Daniel 11 (Thematic)
Next Week’s Speaker: Rev Tony Yeo
