Bible Verse and Prayer for Today;
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 16:16
Prayer
LORD . I have chosen Wisdom and Understanding and with Your Baptism of the Holy Spirit I received these Gifts , To me this is more Valuable than Gold and Silver . Thank You Holy Spirit for this Gifts
. I am Thank you in the name of Jesus , Amen and Amen
Prayer Tips
Prayers in the Old Testament
- Solomon’s prayer of dedication
1Kings 8:22 and Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
1Ki 8:24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
31 If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because
they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess
thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and
bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned
against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and
turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of
thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they
should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy
people for an inheritance.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew,
locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land
of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all
thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own
heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which
thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but
cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of
thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this
house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that
the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know
thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know
that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou
shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which
thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause.
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou
be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry
them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were
carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the
land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and
have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in
the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto
thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city
which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy
dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their
transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give
them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may
have compassion on them:
51 for they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and
unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all
that they call for unto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to
be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant,
when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this
prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar
of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to
heaven. - Show respect (Fear) to God.
- Praise God.
- Thank God for keeping His promises.
- Confirm that you will abide and do His will.
- Remind God of His wonderful promises to you.
- Make humble and earnest request in prayer.
- Confirm that God is the fair Judge.
- Pray and thank God for His creation, the Rain, The sunlight and more.
- Ask God to teach you.
- Thank God for His miracles in your life, name them one by one.
- Confirm that you will bow to His punishment.
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Hoeveel beter is dit om wysheid te verkry as goud! En om verstand te verkry, verkiesliker as silwer!
Spreuke 16:16
Gebed
HERE. Ek het wysheid en verstand gekies, en met u doop van die Heilige Gees het ek hierdie gawes ontvang. Vir my is dit meer werd as goud en silwer. Dankie Heilige Gees vir hierdie gawes. Ek dank U in die Naam van Jesus, Amen en Amen.
Gebed Wenke
Gebede in die Ou Testament
Salomo se gebed van toewyding
1Kon 8:22 Toe het Salomo voor die altaar van die HERE gaan staan, teenoor die hele vergadering van Israel, en sy hande uitgebrei na die hemel
23 en gesê: HERE, God van Israel, daar is bo in die hemel of onder op die aarde geen God soos U nie, wat die verbond en die goedertierenheid hou vir u knegte wat voor u aangesig wandel met hulle hele hart,
24 wat vir u kneg, my vader Dawid, u belofte aan hom gehou het; ja, met u mond het U dit gespreek en met u hand volbring soos dit vandag is.
25 Hou nou ook, HERE, God van Israel, die belofte wat U aan u kneg, my vader Dawid, gedoen het, naamlik: Daar sal vir jou nooit ‘n man voor my aangesig ontbreek wat op die troon van Israel sal sit nie as jou seuns net hulle weg in ag neem deur te wandel voor my aangesig soos jy voor my aangesig gewandel het.
26 Laat dan nou, o God van Israel, u woord tog waargemaak word wat U gespreek het tot u kneg, my vader Dawid.
27 Maar sou God werklik op die aarde woon? Kyk, die hemel, ja, die hoogste hemel kan U nie bevat nie, hoeveel minder hierdie huis wat ek gebou het.
28 Wend U dan tot die gebed van u kneg en tot sy smeking, HERE my God, deur te luister na die geroep en die gebed wat u kneg vandag voor u aangesig bid;
29 sodat u oë oop mag wees nag en dag oor hierdie huis, oor die plek waarvan U gesê het: My Naam sal daar wees! sodat U mag luister na die gebed wat u kneg na hierdie plek toe sal bid.
30 Luister dan na die smeking van u kneg en van u volk Israel wat hulle na hierdie plek toe sal bid; ja, mag U hoor elke gebed na u woonplek, na die hemel toe, en as U dit hoor, vergewe dan.
31 As iemand teen sy naaste sondig en hulle hom ‘n eed oplê om hom tot selfvervloeking te bring en hy voor u altaar in hierdie huis kom sweer,
32 wil U dan hoor in die hemel en handel en u knegte reg verskaf deur die skuldige skuldig te verklaar en sy wandel op sy hoof te lê en die regverdige regverdig te verklaar deur hom te gee na sy geregtigheid.
33 As u volk Israel verslaan word voor ‘n vyand, omdat hulle teen U gesondig het, en hulle hul tot U bekeer en u Naam bely en tot U bid en smeek in hierdie huis,
34 wil U dan hoor in die hemel en die sonde van u volk Israel vergewe en hulle terugbring na die land wat U aan hulle vaders gegee het.
35 As die hemel toegesluit bly, dat daar geen reën is nie, omdat hulle teen U gesondig het, maar hulle na hierdie plek toe bid en u Naam bely en van hulle sonde hul bekeer, omdat U hulle verootmoedig,
36 wil U dan hoor in die hemel en die sonde van u knegte en van u volk Israel vergewe—want U leer hulle die goeie weg waar hulle in moet wandel—en gee reën op u land wat U aan u volk as ‘n erfenis gegee het.
37 As daar hongersnood is in die land, as daar pes is, as daar brandkoring, heuningdou, sprinkane, kaalvreters is, as sy vyand hom in die land, in sy poorte dit benoud maak, watter plaag, watter siekte ook al,
38 enige gebed, enige smeking wat enigeen van u hele volk Israel sal doen, as elkeen die plaag van sy hart ken, sodat hy sy hande na hierdie huis toe uitbrei—
39 wil U dan hoor in die hemel, u vaste woonplek, en vergewe en handel en aan elkeen gee volgens sy weë, U wat sy hart ken—want U alleen ken die hart van al die mensekinders—
40 sodat hulle U kan vrees al die dae wat hulle leef in die land wat U aan ons vaders gegee het.
41 Ja, ook na die uitlander wat nie van u volk Israel is nie, en uit ‘n ver land ter wille van u Naam kom—
42 want hulle sal hoor van u grote Naam en u sterke hand en u uitgestrekte arm—as hy kom en bid na hierdie huis toe,
43 wil U dan hoor uit die hemel, u vaste woonplek, en doen volgens alles waaroor die uitlander U sal aanroep, sodat al die volke van die aarde u Naam mag ken, om U te vrees soos u volk Israel, en mag gewaar word dat u Naam uitgeroep is oor hierdie huis wat ek gebou het.
44 As u volk uittrek in die oorlog teen sy vyand op die pad waarop U hulle stuur, en hulle bid tot die HERE in die rigting van die stad wat U verkies het, en van die huis wat ek vir u Naam gebou het,
45 wil dan in die hemel hulle gebed en hulle smeking hoor en aan hulle hul reg verskaf.
46 As hulle teen U sondig—want daar is geen mens wat nie sondig nie—en U op hulle toornig is en hulle aan ‘n vyand oorgee en hulle veroweraars hulle as gevangenes wegvoer na die land van die vyand, ver of naby,
47 en hulle dit ter harte neem in die land waarheen hulle as gevangenes weggevoer is, en hulle hul bekeer en U smeek in die land van die wat hulle weggevoer het, en sê: Ons het gesondig en verkeerd gehandel, ons was goddeloos—
48 en hulle hul tot U bekeer met hul hele hart en met hul hele siel, in die land van hul vyande wat hulle weggevoer het, en hulle bid tot U in die rigting van hulle land wat U aan hulle vaders gegee het, van die stad wat U verkies het, en die huis wat ek vir u Naam gebou het,
49 wil dan in die hemel, u vaste woonplek, hulle gebed en hulle smeking hoor en aan hulle hul reg verskaf,
50 en vergeef u volk wat hulle teen U gesondig het, ja, al hulle oortredinge wat hulle teen U begaan het; en laat hulle barmhartigheid vind voor die wat hulle weggevoer het, dat dié hulle barmhartig kan wees.
51 Want hulle is u volk en u erfdeel wat U uit Egipte uitgelei het uit die ystersmeltoond.
52 Mag u oë dan oop wees vir die smeking van u kneg en vir die smeking van u volk Israel, om na hulle te luister so dikwels as hulle U aanroep.
53 Want U het hulle vir U as erfdeel afgesonder uit al die volke van die aarde, soos U deur die diens van u kneg Moses gespreek het toe U, Here HERE, ons vaders uit Egipte uitgelei het.
54 Net toe Salomo gereed was om hierdie hele gebed en smeking tot die HERE te bid, het hy voor die altaar van die HERE opgestaan uit sy knielende houding, met sy hande na die hemel uitgebrei;
- Wys respek (Vrees) vir God.
- Loof God.
- Bedank God omdat Hy Sy beloftes hou.
- Herinner God aan Sy wonderlike beloftes aan jou.
- Maak nederige en ernstige versoeke in gebed.
- Bevestig dat God die Regverdige Regter is.
- Bid en bedank God vir Sy Skepping, die reën, die sonskyn en meer.
- Vra God om jou te leer.
- Dank God vir Sy wonderwerke in jou lewe, noem hulle een vir een.
- Bevestig dat jy voor Sy strawwe sal buig.
Bible Teaching of the Day
The Olympics represent the pinnacle of athleticism, training, and competitiveness, going all the way back to ancient times. The apostle Paul used illustrations from the world of athletics in several of his letters. In three Epistles, he used the image of all-out racing to urge vigorous and lawful pursuit of spiritual growth and service. Four times Paul spoke of his own growth and service in terms of his own such race.
To the gifted but immature believers in Corinth, Paul wrote, “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). Here, Paul compares the disciplined effort necessary for spiritual growth to an Olympic athlete’s effort to win the prize that awaits only the winner of a race. Growing Christlikeness does not just happen on its own. God certainly “works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13), but the believer must cooperate with God by exerting responsible and serious effort to follow what the Holy Spirit teaches. “Anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules” (2 Timothy 2:5). For the disciplined believer, the prize is the “upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:14, ESV). To what does God call the believer? It is to become like Jesus Christ in heart and lifestyle (Romans 8:28–30).
The true believer demonstrates the reality of God’s work in his heart by enduring all sorts of tests in the development of Christlikeness. The believer is in training, much as an Olympic athlete must train for a race. No pain, no gain. That is why the writer of Hebrews exhorted, “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart” (Hebrews 12:1–3). Jesus is portrayed as the finest runner, the One who set the pace, our model and hero in life’s race. Just as a runner in the Olympics must dispense with anything that would hinder his running, we must disentangle ourselves from sin. As a runner in the games must keep his eyes on the finish line, so we must keep our eyes on Christ and His joyful reward.
Some believers in Galatia had lost faith in God’s grace and were returning to a legalistic, performance-based religion. Paul wrote strong words to them: “You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you” (Galatians 5:7–8). The true Christian life can be lived only by faith—faith in the pure Word of God and faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. To follow Satan’s deceitful advice to try to earn God’s grace and free gift of salvation is to stumble in our race. Trusting our own works only insults God and does us no good.
Paul wrote with similar urgency to believers in Philippi, “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then . . . I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain” (Philippians 2:14–16). Paul encouraged the Philippians’ pure faith and likened his own labor on their behalf to running a race. He had invested hard work and deep suffering in teaching them God’s story, and he wanted his exertion to pay off—much like an Olympic athlete deeply desires his sacrifices to result in victory.
Another passage in which Paul uses the metaphor of a race is Galatians 2:1–2. There Paul tells how he had visited Christian leaders in Jerusalem in order to check with them the gospel he preached to the Gentiles. What was his reason for taking such care? “For fear that I was running or had run my race in vain” (NAS). It was vital to Paul that he knew, believed, and taught God’s truth. This was the way that he “ran his race.”
It was in peaceful confidence that Paul approached the end of his life. Anticipating his impending martyrdom in Rome, he wrote to his young protégé, Timothy, “The time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:6–8).
We don’t know if Paul had been an athlete in his younger years. In these references to the Olympic races, he certainly showed deep interest in and understanding of competitive running. He used that understanding of the Olympic races to illustrate the basics of the Christian life.
A runner must train for his race, know the rules, and commit to winning. A believer must endure hardship, exercise absolute and enduring faith in the Word of God, and keep his eyes on the goal. In the power of the cross, the believer grows more and more like the Savior. Despite obstacles, challenges, temptations, and even the threat of death, the Christian continues to run the race Christ has marked out for him.
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Die Olimpiese Spele verteenwoordig die hoogtepunt van atletiese vaardighede, opleiding en mededingendheid, en dateer heeltemal terug na antieke tye. Die apostel Paulus het illustrasies uit die wêreld van atletiek in verskeie van sy briewe gebruik. In drie briewe het hy die beeld van volskaalse wedlope gebruik om aan te moedig tot kragtige en wettige nastrewing van geestelike groei en diens. Vier keer het Paulus van sy eie groei en diens gepraat in terme van sy eie wedloop.
Aan die begaafde maar onvolwasse gelowiges in Korinte het Paulus geskryf: “Weet julle nie dat al die hardlopers in ‘n wedloop hardloop, maar net een die prys kry nie? Hardloop so dat julle die prys kan kry” (1 Korintiërs 9:24). Hier vergelyk Paulus die gedissiplineerde poging wat nodig is vir geestelike groei met ‘n Olimpiese atleet se poging om die prys te wen wat slegs op die wenner van ‘n wedloop wag. Groeiende Christusgelykvormigheid gebeur nie sommer vanself nie. God werk beslis “in julle om te wil en te werk om sy welbehae te verwesenlik” (Filippense 2:13), maar die gelowige moet met God saamwerk deur verantwoordelike en ernstige pogings aan te wend om te volg wat die Heilige Gees leer. “Elkeen wat as ‘n atleet meeding, ontvang die oorwinnaarskroon nie, behalwe deur volgens die reëls mee te ding” (2 Timoteus 2:5). Vir die gedissiplineerde gelowige is die prys die “opwaartse roeping van God in Christus Jesus” (Filippense 3:14). Waartoe roep God die gelowige? Dit is om soos Jesus Christus in hart en lewenstyl te word (Romeine 8:28–30).
Die ware gelowige demonstreer die werklikheid van God se werk in sy hart deur allerhande toetse te verduur in die ontwikkeling van Christus-gelykvormigheid. Die gelowige is in oefening, net soos ‘n Olimpiese atleet vir ‘n wedloop moet oefen. Geen pyn, geen wins nie. Daarom het die skrywer van Hebreërs vermaan: “Laat ons alles wat ons hinder aflê, ook die sonde wat ons so maklik verstrik. Laat ons met volharding die wedloop hardloop wat vir ons voorlê, die oog gevestig op Jesus, die Leidsman en Voleinder van die geloof. Want vir die vreugde wat Hom voorgehou is, het Hy die kruis verdra, die skande verag en aan die regterhand van die troon van God gaan sit. Ag op Hom wat so ‘n teenstand van die sondaars verdra het, sodat julle nie moeg word en moed verloor nie” (Hebreërs 12:1–3). Jesus word uitgebeeld as die beste hardloper, die Een wat die pas aangegee het, ons model en held in die lewenswedloop. Net soos ‘n hardloper in die Olimpiese Spele enigiets moet laat vaar wat sy hardloop sou belemmer, moet ons onsself van sonde losmaak. Soos ‘n hardloper in die Spele sy oë op die wenstreep moet hou, moet ons ons oë op Christus en Sy vreugdevolle beloning hou.
Sommige gelowiges in Galasië het geloof in God se genade verloor en het teruggekeer na ‘n wettiese, prestasiegebaseerde godsdiens. Paulus het sterk woorde aan hulle geskryf: “Julle het ’n goeie wedloop gehardloop. Wie het julle ingesny om julle te verhinder om die waarheid te gehoorsaam? Daardie soort oortuiging kom nie van Hom wat julle roep nie” (Galasiërs 5:7–8). Die ware Christelike lewe kan slegs deur geloof geleef word – geloof in die suiwer Woord van God en geloof in die voltooide werk van Jesus Christus aan die kruis. Om Satan se misleidende raad te volg om God se genade en vrye gawe van verlossing te probeer verdien, is om in ons wedloop te struikel. Om op ons eie werke te vertrou, beledig God net en doen ons niks goed nie.
Paulus het met soortgelyke dringendheid aan gelowiges in Filippi geskryf: “Doen alles sonder murmurering of teëspraak, sodat julle onberispelik en rein kan wees, kinders van God sonder gebrek in ’n verdraaide en krom geslag. Dan … sal ek op die dag van Christus kan roem dat ek nie tevergeefs gehardloop of gearbei het nie” (Filippense 2:14–16). Paulus het die Filippense se suiwer geloof aangemoedig en sy eie arbeid namens hulle vergelyk met die hardloop van ’n wedloop. Hy het harde werk en diep lyding belê om hulle God se storie te leer, en hy wou hê dat sy inspanning vrugte moet afwerp – net soos ‘n Olimpiese atleet diep verlang dat sy opofferings tot oorwinning moet lei.
Nog ‘n gedeelte waarin Paulus die metafoor van ‘n wedloop gebruik, is Galasiërs 2:1–2. Daar vertel Paulus hoe hy Christelike leiers in Jerusalem besoek het om die evangelie wat hy aan die heidene verkondig het, met hulle na te gaan. Wat was sy rede vir sulke sorg? “Uit vrees dat ek nie tevergeefs gehardloop het of my wedloop gehardloop het nie” (NASB). Dit was vir Paulus noodsaaklik dat hy God se waarheid geken, geglo en geleer het. Dit was die manier waarop hy “sy wedloop gehardloop het”.
Dit was in vreedsame vertroue dat Paulus die einde van sy lewe genader het. In afwagting van sy naderende marteldood in Rome, het hy aan sy jong protégé, Timoteus, geskryf: “Die tyd van my heengaan is naby. Ek het die goeie stryd gestry, ek het die wedloop voleindig, ek het die geloof behou. Nou is vir my die kroon van die geregtigheid weggelê wat die Here, die regverdige Regter, my in daardie dag sal gee – en nie net aan my nie, maar ook aan almal wat sy verskyning verwag het” (2 Timoteus 4:6–8).
Ons weet nie of Paulus in sy jonger jare ‘n atleet was nie. In hierdie verwysings na die Olimpiese wedlope het hy beslis ‘n diep belangstelling in en begrip van mededingende hardloop getoon. Hy het daardie begrip van die Olimpiese wedlope gebruik om die basiese beginsels van die Christelike lewe te illustreer.
‘n Hardloper moet vir sy wedloop oefen, die reëls ken en hom daartoe verbind om te wen. ‘n Gelowige moet ontbering verduur, absolute en blywende geloof in die Woord van God beoefen en sy oë op die doelwit hou. In die krag van die kruis groei die gelowige al hoe meer soos die Verlosser. Ten spyte van struikelblokke, uitdagings, versoekings en selfs die dreigement van die dood, gaan die Christen voort om die wedloop te hardloop wat Christus vir hom uitgestippel het.
Today’s Devotional
JESUS PRAYED.
While on the cross, Jesus prayed. Jesus prayed when He was in anguish and despair asking His Father why He has forsaken Him.(Mark 15:34 and Matthew 27:48) Jesus prayed when He surrendered His Spirit unto the Lord God, His Father. (Luke 23:46) But Jesus also prayed for His enemies, asking His Father to forgive them, for they did not know what they were doing. (Luke 23:34)
But Jesus did not start praying when He was on the cross. No, we see Him praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He asked the Lord to glorify Him so that the Lord God can be glorified. (John 17:1) Then Jesus prayed for His disciples, asking His Father that He (Jesus) may be glorified in them. (John 17: 9-10) After praying for His disciples, Jesus prayed for all believers to become one with Him and the Father. (John 17:21)
However, when we page through the Gospels we see that Jesus prayed on other occasions. Facing His biggest challenge, Jesus thanked God, took the bread and broke it. (Luke 22:19) When Jesus stood at the grave of Lazarus, He prayed “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.” (John 11:41) The night before Jesus appointed the 12 disciples, He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)
Just looking at the above we see Jesus praying when He was facing His biggest challenge, when He faced the death of a dear one and when He had to make difficult choices.
But Jesus opted not just to show us by example, but He also taught us how to pray. He taught us to say, “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Matthew 6:9-13)
Why then do we say we want to be like Jesus, when we are not prepared to pray like Jesus prayed? Why then are we afraid to pray the Lord to be glorified in and through us? Let us make up our minds to pray, every day, so that the Word of God can be fulfilled in us.
Vandag se Bemoediging
“JESUS HET GEBID!”
Terwyl Jesus aan die kruis was, het Jesus gebid. Jesus het gebid toe Hy angstig Sy Vader gevra het hoekom Hy Hom verlaat het. (Mark 15:34 en Matteus 27:48) Jesus het gebid toe Hy Sy Gees aan die Here God, Sy Vader, oorgegee het. (Lukas 23:46) Maar Jesus het ook vir Sy vyande gebid en Sy Vader gevra om hulle te vergewe, want hulle het nie geweet wat hulle doen nie. (Lukas 23:34)
Maar Jesus het nie begin bid toe Hy aan die kruis was nie. Nee, ons sien Hom bid in die tuin van Getsemane, waar Hy Sy Vader gevra het om Hom te verheerlik sodat die Here God verheerlik kan word. (Johannes 17:1) Toe het Jesus vir sy dissipels gebid en sy Vader gevra dat Hy (Jesus) in hulle verheerlik mag word. (Johannes 17:9-10) Nadat Jesus vir Sy dissipels gebid het, het Jesus vir alle gelowiges gebid om een met Hom en die Vader te word. (Johannes 17:21)
Wanneer ons egter deur die Evangelies blaai, sien ons dat Jesus ook by ander geleenthede gebid het. Voor Sy grootste uitdaging het Jesus God gedank, die brood geneem en dit gebreek. (Lukas 22:19) Toe Jesus by die graf van Lasarus gestaan het, het Hy gebid: “Vader, ek dank U dat U My verhoor het.” (Johannes 11:41) Die aand voordat Jesus die 12 dissipels aangestel het, het Hy uitgegaan na ‘n berg om te bid, en die hele nag in gebed tot God deurgebring. (Lukas 6:12)
As ons net na bogenoemde kyk, sien ons hoe Jesus bid toe Hy voor Sy grootste uitdaging te stane gekom het, toe Hy die dood van ‘n dierbare in die gesig gestaar het en toe Hy moeilike besluite moes maak.
Maar Jesus het gekies om nie net die voorbeeld te stel nie, maar Hy het ons ook geleer hoe om te bid. Hy het ons geleer om te sê: “Onse Vader wat in die hemele is, laat u Naam geheilig word; laat u koninkryk kom; laat u wil geskied, soos in die hemel net so ook op die aarde; gee ons vandag ons daaglikse brood en vergeef ons ons skulde, soos ons ook ons skuldenaars vergewe; en lei ons nie in versoeking nie, maar verlos ons van die Bose. Want aan U behoort die koninkryk en die krag en die heerlikheid tot in ewigheid. Amen. (Matteus 6:9-13)
Hoekom sê ons dat ons soos Jesus wil wees, terwyl ons nie bereid is om te bid soos Jesus gebid het nie? Waarom is ons dan bang om die Here te bid om in en deur ons verheerlik te word? Laat ons dan ‘n besluit neem om elke dag te bid sodat die Woord van God in ons vervul kan word.
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INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ARTISTS
MEET : RUSS TAFF
Russell Taff (born November 11, 1953) is an American gospel singer and songwriter who grew up in Farmersville, California.He has sung a variety of musical styles throughout his career including: pop rock, traditional Southern gospel, contemporary country music, and rhythm and blues. He first gained recognition as lead vocalist for the Imperials (1976–81).. One of his best-known performances is the song “Praise the Lord”. He has also been a member of the Gaither Vocal Band, and occasionally tours with Bill Gaither in the Gaither Homecoming concerts. As a solo artist and songwriter, Taff is known for the 1980s anthem “We Will Stand”.. Taff has received various Dove and Grammy awards either as a solo artist or part of a larger musical group, most notably the Imperials.
Early life
Russ Taff was born to Joe and Ann Taff on November 11, 1953, the fourth of five sons, and grew up in Farmersville, California. Taff’s father was a pastor of a small Pentecostal church – the Eastside Tabernacle Church which was located in an old laundromat – and machinist while his mother, Ann, was a field worker who picked fruit and chopped cotton.
Taff’s younger years were spent with the church and a tumultuous home life where he suffered physical and verbal abuse from both parents. His father’s alcoholism, which Taff shared later in life, and verbal abuse along with his mom’s physical abuse became overwhelming and confusing to the young boy. He retreated to his mother’s collection of black and southern gospel albums, as any secular music was forbidden by his parents along with newspapers, magazines and TV.
By the time he was 11 years old, Taff had learned to play the guitar which, along with singing, became an outlet for him from the familial strife. He credits his oldest brother, Bill, with being highly influential at this time, taking him to “all-night gospel sings and that sort of thing.” The family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas when Taff was 15 only to move back to California a few years later with Taff remaining in Arkansas to start college. It was at this time that he began listening to popular music for the first time.
This was also the time, historically speaking, when the Jesus movement was in evidence across the United States. At age 16, Taff started a band with James Hollihan, Jr. (who became a lifelong musical friend and frequent co-producer) which they named Sounds of Joy. This led to an opportunity to play at the high school they attended which opened many opportunities to share their faith with other classmates during this remarkable time in history. Sounds of Joy covered artists like Love Song and Larry Norman. The group ended up recording 3 albums of their own, one of which was produced by Gary Paxton. At one point in the 70s, Sounds of Joy got the opportunity to open for the Imperials who were recognized as one of the trailblazing artists in the field of what became known as Contemporary Christian Music (CCM).
The Imperials
Sometime prior to 1976, Taff toured as a singer with evangelist Jerry Savelle. Aside from the opportunity to perform, he was “really studying the Bible” after his many years of being influenced by the emotionalism of his Pentecostal upbringing. In 1976, having made an impression on the group 2 years earlier, The Imperials[8] called with an offer to audition for the position as the group’s new lead singer. Two weeks before his 23rd birthday, Taff traveled to Nashville, where the tryouts were taking place. Taff said “I sang with them that afternoon and that evening they hired me. I joined the Imperials when I was 22, and I’ve been riding buses ever since.” His first appearance on an Imperials album was on 1977’s Sail On which won the Grammy for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary Or Inspirational. Taff remained their lead singer from 1976 through 1981 for what is recognized as the Imperials most successful period as a group.
Part of the reason Taff left the group in 1981 was due to the financial arrangements he had with them. He was paid a straight salary for his work within the group, which meant he did not share in any of the monies generated by ticket or album sales. Mark Allen Powell, writing in the ECCM, opined that this arrangement was likely fine when he first signed on with the Imperials, but was not an equitable situation when Taff’s membership turned the group into the ‘single best-selling contemporary Christian music group’ in the US for the period of time he was a member. During his time with the Imperials the group garnered 3 Grammys and 5 Dove Awards with Taff earning 1 Dove Award himself. It was also during this time, at age 26, that the alcoholism that had been a part of the earlier family dynamic with his father became a part of Taff’s own life.
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Bible Prophecy in the News
World-coin, Iris Scans, And The Coming Beast System?
Imagine walking into a store in the near future–not with cash, not with a card, but with your eyes. No wallet, no phone. Just your iris. It sounds like science fiction. But it’s happening now, and it’s called World-coin.
Imagine walking into a store in the near future–not with cash, not with a card, but with your eyes. No wallet, no phone. Just your iris. It sounds like science fiction. But it’s happening now, and it’s called Worldcoin.
This is no ordinary tech rollout. The project, co-founded by OpenAI/ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman, is expanding rapidly across the world, offering people free cryptocurrency in exchange for one thing: a scan of their eyeball. And while some hail it as the next leap in digital identity and security, others–particularly Christians–are sounding the alarm as it prepares to enter the US this month.
Locations to register are being set up in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco to start but it is expected to expand rapidly.
While the technology is cutting-edge, the implications are ancient.
How Does Worldcoin Work?
At the heart of the project is a device called the Orb–a metallic, bowling-ball-sized scanner that captures a high-resolution image of your iris. This image is then converted into a unique digital code that becomes your World ID–your new identity in the digital age.
Once verified, you’re rewarded with Worldcoin tokens (WLD), a cryptocurrency you can store and use via the World App, a digital wallet already integrating with payment systems and global platforms. The goal, Altman says, is to distinguish humans from AI in an increasingly automated online world, while also laying the foundation for a universal basic income model.
The Orb’s main purpose is to make scanning people’s irises easier, but at some point, it’s expected to also serve as a point-of-sale terminal meaning you could buy items using just your eyeballs
But let’s not sugarcoat this: the infrastructure being built isn’t just for verification. It’s being designed to eventually link who you are biologically with how you access money, social services, voting rights, and more.
And that should give every believer pause.
From Sci-Fi to Surveillance
Some may argue, “It’s just for convenience,” or, “It’s voluntary.” But technology never stays still. Today’s novelty is tomorrow’s necessity. And what begins as “optional” often becomes “essential”–especially when tied to the flow of money.
Just look at how facial recognition is already used in airports, how palm-scanning has entered Amazon’s checkout lines, and how digital IDs are being tested by governments worldwide. Apple’s Face ID was the gateway drug. Now the iris is next.
What Worldcoin is doing is accelerating the normalization of biometric access as the new currency. And when you combine that with digital wallets, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and AI-driven identity systems, we are witnessing the slow fusion of the body with the bank.
The Real Risk: Linking the Flesh to Finance
The major concern isn’t just privacy–it’s control.
Biometric data is the most intimate form of identification. You can change your password. You can’t change your retina. If your eye scan becomes the gateway to your bank account, your passport, or your ability to participate in digital society, then whoever controls that infrastructure controls you.
What happens when you disagree with the system? Or the government? Or the culture? What if “proving you’re human” becomes contingent on your beliefs, social behavior, or political views?
We’ve seen previews of this already: social credit scores in China, PayPal freezing accounts based on speech, bank accounts suspended during protests in Canada. These aren’t conspiracy theories–they’re warnings.
And they echo something we’ve read before.
Bible Prophecy: A Shadow of What’s to Come
Revelation 13:16-17 tells of a time when “no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” The mark will be placed on the right hand or the forehead–two body parts that could be symbolic, but also eerily literal in light of modern tech.
Worldcoin scans the eye, one of the most recognizable features of the face. Amazon’s One system scans the palm. Between the forehead and the hand, commerce is being digitized and biologically authenticated. And what Revelation foresaw two thousand years ago is beginning to feel disturbingly close.
Now, to be clear: Worldcoin is not the mark of the beast. But it is a precursor technology–one of many that could easily be adapted or hijacked in the future by a centralized global authority. What Christians must understand is not just the tech–but the trend.
This isn’t just about scanning your iris for some free crypto. It’s about the coming convergence of biometrics, banking, and belief.
Why It Matters to You–Right Now
You might be wondering, “Why should I care? I’m not signing up for Worldcoin.”
Here’s why: once a system is built and widely adopted, opting out becomes increasingly difficult. And by the time it’s mandatory, it’s too late to ask questions. Thus far 12 million verified users are already part of the “world’ system.
Christians should not fear technology–but we must never blindly accept it. Every new tool should be filtered through both wisdom and Scripture. What is this system building toward? Who controls it? What are the unintended consequences?
If your identity, money, and movement become biologically tied to a digital system, the stage is set for Revelation 13 to leap from the page into history.
A Call to Discernment
In Matthew 10:16, Jesus told His disciples, “Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” That calling is more relevant now than ever. We live in a world driven by innovation but starving for discernment. Worldcoin may promise security, fairness, and convenience–but it also brings new chains.
Chains that look like shiny orbs. Chains that reward you for surrendering your image.
So, brothers and sisters, stay awake. Watch the signs. Guard your soul, your choices, and yes–even your eyes.
Because sometimes what looks like progress may, in truth, be prophecy unfolding.
Signs of the Times
Ring Of Fire Is Becoming More Active – Are We Prepared For What Could Come Next?
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In recent months, we have seen a tremendous amount of seismic activity occur along the Ring of Fire. Sizable earthquakes have been popping off like firecrackers, and volcanic activity has risen to very alarming levels.
In recent months, we have seen a tremendous amount of seismic activity occur along the Ring of Fire. Sizable earthquakes have been popping off like firecrackers, and volcanic activity has risen to very alarming levels. If you doubt this, just check out the eruption map on volcanodiscovery.com.
As you can see from that map, volcanoes are erupting all around the perimeter of the Pacific Ocean. Of course this shouldn’t exactly shock any of us, because 75 percent of all of the active volcanoes in the world are located along the Ring of Fire…
Most people are shocked to learn that the Ring of Fire isn’t an actual “ring” you can see, but a massive horseshoe-shaped belt stretching over 40,000 kilometers around the Pacific Ocean. This region touches the coasts of North and South America, Asia, and Oceania.
It’s home to 75% of the world’s active volcanoes–over 450 in total. The numbers are staggering: about 90% of all earthquakes on Earth occur here each year.
For decades, the west coast of the United States has been one of the quietest stretches of the Ring of Fire.
But now that is changing.
A couple of weeks ago, there was a magnitude 5.2 earthquake near San Diego, and the region has been rattled by literally hundreds of small earthquakes within the past 7 days.
The good news is that we haven’t seen a cataclysmic west coast earthquake yet, but one of these days time will finally run out.
This week, we learned that a team of researchers has determined that a large enough earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause the ground “to suddenly sink” in coastal areas of northern California, Oregon and Washington state…
Researchers warn that a “megaquake” — an exceptionally large earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 or higher — along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause the ground in some areas to suddenly sink. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a fault line that stretches from Northern California to British Columbia. This abrupt sinking, known as “sudden coastal subsidence,” would immediately raise local sea levels, inundate floodplains and leave entire coastal communities dangerously exposed to flooding.
So how much could some of these coastal areas sink?
Well, we are being told that a magnitude 8.0 earthquake could cause the ground to fall by up to six and a half feet in just 30 minutes…
A 700-mile-long fault line that runs along the West Coast is overdue for a massive earthquake that scientists warn could sink parts of the US.
New research found that a 8.0 magnitude or higher quake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, combined with rising sea levels, would cause coastal land to sink up to 6.5 feet within 30 minutes of a major tremor.
Wow.
That would be quite dramatic.
The lead author of the study says that once this occurs, “all the sea level rise you expected by 2300 is going to happen in minutes”…
In such events, “all the sea level rise you expected by 2300 is going to happen in minutes,” Tina Dura, the study’s lead author and assistant professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech told the San Francisco Chronicle.
What do you think that would mean for the millions of people that live near the coast in northern California, Oregon and Washington state?
Needless to say, a lot of “oceanfront property” would suddenly be under the Pacific Ocean permanently.
I was curious, and so I asked Google AI if a similar thing could happen in southern California, and this is what I was told…
Yes, land east of the San Andreas Fault could experience significant subsidence, meaning the ground could sink by several feet, during a major earthquake. The San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the Pacific Plate slides past the North American Plate. This movement can cause the ground to shift and drop, especially during earthquakes.
Because there have been so many earthquakes in southern California in 2025, there has been a lot of talk about “the Big One” recently. For example, the following comes from an article that was posted by Newsweek earlier this year…
Seismologists are closely monitoring California’s fault lines as concerns grow about the possibility that the “Big One” could happen soon.
The “Big One” refers to a massive earthquake that could occur along the San Andreas Fault, one of the state’s most significant and active fault lines. Scientists predict that this earthquake could reach a magnitude of 7.8 or higher, causing widespread destruction across Southern California or the San Francisco Bay Area depending on the rupture location.
I am convinced that when “the Big One” arrives, it will be far larger than magnitude 7.8. In my new book entitled “10 Prophetic Events That Are Coming Next”, I talk about a cataclysmic earthquake that will radically alter the geography of the California coast. Once that apocalyptic quake occurs, you won’t want to be living anywhere in the state of California.
Of course the entire southern coast of Alaska also sits directly along the Ring of Fire, and there have been signs that Mount Spurr could erupt very soon.
In fact, Mount Spurr has been getting rattled by dozens of significant earthquakes in recent days…
Mount Spurr in Alaska has experienced 66 earthquakes in just one week, signaling increased instability around the volcano.
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) released a report late last week detailing the heightened seismic activity, noting that an eruption cannot be ruled out.
If it erupts, it could send volcanic ash tens of thousands of feet into the air.
That would certainly cause quite a bit of chaos for all of the air traffic that comes through that region…
A massive cloud of ash billowing 50,000 feet into the air would force international hubs such as Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) and potentially Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) to shut down.
Halting all incoming and departing flights at these airports could have a ripple effect across the country, resulting in widespread delays and cancellations and even disrupting the global supply chain.
Hundreds of planes fly over Anchorage and Fairbanks per day, and it’s not just passenger flights that would be impacted. ANC is the fourth-busiest cargo airport in the world, with more than 8,000 cargo flights passing through each month.
Let us hope that Mount Spurr does not erupt any time soon.
But whether that happens or not, without a doubt our planet has entered a time of increasing instability.
Tectonic plates are constantly shifting and moving, and scientists assure us that cataclysmic natural disasters are inevitable.
If you live on the west coast of the United States, you are living in one of the world’s worst danger zones, and I would encourage you to make preparations for what is coming while you still can.
Gog and Magog Update
All News Highlights the Past 24 Hours
Ballistic Missile Explodes in Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport, Forces Suspension of Flights
Just after 9am a ballistic missile shot from Houthi controlled Yemen was able to evade Israel’s missile defense system and impacted into the perimeter of Ben Gurion airport, causing damage, injuring people, and leaving a crater 25 meters deep.
Places in the Bible
JORDAN Lower Gilead
Yarmuk Valley
The Yarmuk River is the northern border of Gilead and the southern border of Bashan (modern Golan Heights). The Yarmuk is never mentioned by name in Scripture. In the bottom of the valley, on the border of Israel and Jordan, is Hammath Gader, a region of hot springs (hammath) in the district of Gadara. These baths were built and visitors flocked to the site in the Roman and Byzantine periods.
Abila
The modern name of Quailibah preserves the ancient name of Abila. Locals remembered the tell as “Abil” in the 19th century. Abila is one of the cities of the Decapolis (Matt 4:25), but is not referred to specifically in Scripture. The site is divided into two major tells—Abila to the north and Umm el-Amad to the south.
Abila Church
Abila was excavated by W. Harold Mare of Covenant Seminary since 1980. Abila has evidence of occupation from the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium) through the Umayyad periods (8th century AD), but the most significant remains date to the later periods (Byzantine and Umayyad). Three Byzantine churches have been uncovered at Abila, leading the excavator to suggest that the city was the site of a bishopric headquarters.
Ramoth Gilead
Ramoth Gilead was one of three cities of refuge in Transjordan (with Bezer and Golan). In the Israel-Syrian wars, Ahab fought at Ramoth Gilead and was mortally wounded (1 Kgs 22:1-40). Ahab’s son Joram continued the battle and was wounded as well (2 Kgs 8:28-29). While continuing the battle against Syria, Jehu was anointed king of Israel at Ramoth Gilead. He drove “like a madman” from Ramoth Gilead to Jezreel (2 Kgs 9:14-16). In spite of Israel’s efforts, Hazael of Syria (in Jehu’s time) conquered Bashan (Golan) and Gilead, as far as the Arnon River (2 Kgs 10:32-33).
Tell el-Husn
Ramoth Gilead has been identified with three sites in close proximity to each other. Tell er-Rumeith (pictured above) was excavated by Paul Lapp in the 1960s and has Iron Age remains. Some scholars feel that the site is too small to fit the biblical description. Tell el-Husn (pictured left) is another possibility, though the Muslim cemetery on top prevents excavation. A third candidate is er-Ramtha, but the modern city sits on top of this site and makes excavation impossible.
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Introduction to the Bible – Bible Summary
Summary of the Book of Daniel
Author: The Book of Daniel identifies the Prophet Daniel as its author (Daniel 9:2; 10:2).
Jesus mentions Daniel as the author as well (Matthew 24:15).
Date of Writing: The Book of Daniel was likely written between 540 and 530 B.C.
Purpose of Writing: In 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had conquered
Judah and deported many of its inhabitants to Babylon – Daniel included. Daniel served
in the royal court of Nebuchadnezzar and several rulers who followed Nebuchadnezzar.
The Book of Daniel records the actions, prophecies, and visions of the Prophet Daniel.
Key Verses:
Daniel 1:19-20, “The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel,
Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service. In every matter of
wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten
times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.”
Daniel 2:31, “You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue – an
enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.”
Daniel 3:17-18, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to
save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not,
we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of
gold you have set up.”
Daniel 4:34-35, “His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from
generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does
as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold
back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done?’”
Daniel 9:25-27, “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven
’sevens,’ and sixty-two ’sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of
trouble. After the sixty-two ’sevens,’ the Anointed One will be cut off and will have
nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have
been decreed. He will confirm a covenant with many for one ’seven.’ In the middle of the
’seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will
set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured
out on him.”
Brief Summary: Chapter 1 describes the conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.
Along with many others, Daniel and his three friends were deported to Babylon, and
because of their courage and the obvious blessings of God upon them, they were
“promoted” in the king’s service (Daniel 1:17-20).
Chapters 2-4 record Nebuchadnezzar having a dream that only Daniel could correctly
interpret. Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great statue represented the kingdoms that
would arise in the future. Nebuchadnezzar made a great statue of himself and forced
everyone to worship it. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused and were
miraculously spared by God despite being thrown into a fiery furnace. Nebuchadnezzar
is judged by God for his pride, but later restored once he recognized and admitted
God’s sovereignty.
Daniel chapter 5 records Nebuchadnezzar’s son Belshazzar misusing the items taken
from the Temple in Jerusalem and receiving a message from God, written into the wall,
in response. Only Daniel could interpret the writing, a message of coming judgment
from God. In chapter 6, Daniel is thrown into the lions’ den for refusing to pray to the
emperor, but was miraculously spared. In chapter 7, God gave Daniel a vision of four
beasts. The four beasts represented the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and
Rome.
Chapters 8-12 contain a vision involving a ram, a goat, and several horns – also referring
to future kingdoms and their rulers. Daniel chapter 9 records Daniel’s “seventy weeks”
prophecy. God gave Daniel the precise timeline of when the Messiah would come and
be cut off. The prophecy also mentions a future ruler who will make a seven-year
covenant with Israel and break it after three and a half years, followed shortly thereafter
by the great judgment and consummation of all things. Daniel is visited and
strengthened by an angel after this great vision, and the angel explains the vision to
Daniel in great detail.
Foreshadowings: We see in the stories of the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lions’ den
a foreshadowing of the salvation provided by Christ. The three men declare that God is
a saving God who can provide a way of escape from the fire (Daniel 3:17). In the same
way, by sending Jesus to die for our sins, God has provided an escape from the fires of
hell (1 Peter 3:18). In Daniel’s case, God provided an angel to shut the lions’ mouths and
saved Daniel from death. Jesus Christ is our provision from the dangers of the sins that
threaten to consume us.
Daniel’s vision of the end times depicts Israel’s Messiah by whom many will be made
pure and holy (Daniel 12:10). He is our righteousness (1 Corinthians 1:30) by whom our
sins, though blood-red, will be washed away, and we will be as white as snow (Isaiah
1:18).
Practical Application: Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, we should always stand
for what we know is right. God is greater than any punishment that could come upon us.
Whether God chooses to deliver us or not, He is always worthy of our trust. God knows
what is best, and He honors those who trust and obey Him.
God has a plan, and His plan is down to the intricate detail. God knows and is in control
of the future. Everything that God has predicted has come true exactly as He predicted.
Therefore, we should believe and trust that the things He has predicted for the future
will one day occur exactly as God has declared.
Inleiding tot die Bybel – Bybel Samevatting
Opsomming van die boek Daniël
Skrywer: Die boek Daniël identifiseer die profeet Daniël as die outeur daarvan ( Daniel
9:2 ; 10:2 ). Jesus noem Daniël ook as die skrywer ( Matteus 24:15 ).
Skrywedatum: Die Boek Daniël is waarskynlik tussen 540 en 530 vC geskryf.
Doel van die skrywe: In 605 vC het Nebukadnesar, koning van Babilon, Juda verower
en baie van sy inwoners na Babilon gedeporteer – Daniël ingesluit. Daniël het in die
koninklike hof van Nebukadnesar gedien en verskeie heersers wat Nebukadnesar gevolg het. Die boek Daniël teken die aksies, profesieë en visioene van die profeet Daniël aan.
Sleutelverse:
Daniël 1:19-20 , “Die koning het met hulle gepraat, en hy het niemand gevind wat gelyk
is aan Daniël, Hanánja, Misael en Asarja nie; daarom het hulle in die diens van die
koning getree. In elke saak van wysheid en insig waaroor die koning hulle ondervra het,
het hy hulle tien maal beter gevind as al die towenaars en towenaars in sy hele
koninkryk.”
Daniël 2:31 “U het gekyk, o koning, en daar voor u het ‘n groot standbeeld gestaan, ‘n
enorme, skitterende beeld, ontsagwekkend van voorkoms.”
Daniël 3:17-18 “As ons in die brandende oond gegooi word, kan die God wat ons dien
ons daaruit red, en Hy sal ons uit u hand red, o koning. Maar selfs as hy dit nie doen nie,
wil ons hê dat u moet weet, o koning, dat ons nie u gode sal dien of die goue beeld wat
u opgerig het, sal aanbid nie.”
Daniël 4:34-35 , “Sy heerskappy is ‘n ewige heerskappy; sy koninkryk duur van geslag tot
geslag. Al die volke van die aarde word as niks beskou met die kragte van die hemel en
die volke van die aarde nie het jy gedoen?’”
Daniël 9:25-27 , “Weet en verstaan dit: Vanaf die uitvaardiging van die bevel om
Jerusalem te herstel en te herbou totdat die Gesalfde, die owerste, kom, sal daar sewe
‘sewe’ en sestig wees. -twee ‘sewes.’ Dit sal herbou word met strate en ‘n sloot, maar in
tye van benoudheid, sal die Gesalfde Een afgesny word en sal niks hê nie die heiligdom
Die einde sal kom soos ‘n vloed: Oorlog sal voortduur tot aan die einde, en verwoestings
is verorden met baie vir een ‘sewe’. In die middel van die ‘sewe’ sal hy ‘n einde maak aan
offer en offer en op ‘n vleuel [van die tempel] sal hy ‘n gruwel oprig wat verwoesting
veroorsaak, totdat die einde wat bepaal is, oor hom uitgestort is.
Kort opsomming: Hoofstuk 1 beskryf die verowering van Jerusalem deur die
Babiloniërs Saam met baie ander is Daniël en sy drie vriende na Babilon gedeporteer, en
as gevolg van hul moed en die ooglopende seëninge van God op hulle, is hulle
“bevorder” in die. koning se diens ( Daniël 1:17-20 ).
en het almal gedwing om dit te aanbid, het Sadrag, Mesag en Abednego geweier en is
wonderbaarlik gespaar deur God, ten spyte van die feit dat Nebukadnesar deur God
geoordeel is vir sy trots, maar later herstel het sodra hy God se soewereiniteit erken
het 5 beskryf Nebukadnesar se seun Belsasar wat die items wat uit die Tempel in
Jerusalem geneem is, misbruik en ‘n boodskap van God ontvang, in die muur geskryf, in
reaksie Slegs Daniël kon die skrif interpreteer, ‘n boodskap van komende oordeel van
God. In hoofstuk 6 word Daniël in die leeukuil gegooi omdat hy geweier het om tot die
keiser te bid, maar is wonderbaarlik gespaar. In hoofstuk 7 het God vir Daniël ‘n visioen
van vier diere gegee. Die vier diere het die koninkryke van Babilon, Medo-Persië,
Griekeland en Rome verteenwoordig.
Hoofstukke 8-12 bevat ‘n visioen wat ‘n ram, ‘n bok en verskeie horings behels – ook
verwysend na toekomstige koninkryke en hul heersers. Daniël hoofstuk 9 teken Daniël
se “sewentig weke” profesie op. God het vir Daniël die presiese tydlyn gegee van
wanneer die Messias sou kom en uitgeroei sou word. Die profesie noem ook ‘n
toekomstige heerser wat ‘n sewe jaar lange verbond met Israel sal sluit en dit na drie en
‘n half jaar sal verbreek, kort daarna gevolg deur die groot oordeel en voleinding van
alle dinge. Daniël word besoek en versterk deur ‘n engel na hierdie groot visioen, en die
engel verduidelik die visioen in groot detail aan Daniël.
Voorspellings: Ons sien in die verhale van die vuuroond en Daniël in die leeukuil ‘n
voorafskaduwing van die verlossing wat deur Christus voorsien is. Die drie mans verklaar
dat God ‘n reddende God is wat ‘n manier kan bied om uit die vuur te ontsnap ( Daniël
3:17 ). Op dieselfde manier, deur Jesus te stuur om vir ons sondes te sterf, het God ‘n
ontsnapping uit die vure van die hel voorsien ( 1 Petrus 3:18 ). In Daniël se geval het
God ‘n engel voorsien om die leeus se bekke toe te sluit en het Daniël van die dood
gered. Jesus Christus is ons voorsiening van die gevare van die sondes wat dreig om ons
te verteer.
Daniël se visioen van die eindtyd beeld Israel se Messias uit deur wie baie rein en heilig
gemaak sal word ( Daniël 12:10 ). Hy is ons geregtigheid ( 1 Korintiërs 1:30 ) deur wie
ons sondes, alhoewel bloedrooi, afgewas sal word, en ons so wit soos sneeu sal word (
Jesaja 1:18 ).
Praktiese Toepassing: Soos Sadrag, Mesag en Abednego, moet ons altyd staan vir wat
ons weet reg is. God is groter as enige straf wat oor ons kan kom. Of God kies om ons te
verlos of nie, Hy is altyd ons vertroue werd. God weet wat die beste is, en Hy eer
diegene wat Hom vertrou en gehoorsaam.
God het ‘n plan, en Sy plan is tot in die ingewikkelde detail. God weet en is in beheer
van die toekoms. Alles wat God voorspel het, het waar geword presies soos Hy voorspel
het. Daarom moet ons glo en vertrou dat die dinge wat Hy vir die toekoms voorspel het
eendag presies sal gebeur soos God dit verklaar het.
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