QT 19/04/2024 Friday Daniel 7. Even the powerful beasts are created. 连野兽都是被创造的

QT 19/04/2024 Friday Daniel 7. Even the powerful beasts are created.
READ & LISTEN here
https://www.esv.org/Daniel+7/

MEDITATION: Daniel 7 starts the second half of the book relating to visions. The four beasts have been interpreted to refer to various political empires from Daniel's time to the time of Jesus.

The beasts had power to wreak havoc and exert their influence in the political and military arena of world politics. But the passage reveals the higher power behind them all:

The first beast had the mind of a man "GIVEN TO IT" (Dan 7:4).

The leopard beast's "dominion was GIVEN TO IT" (Dan 7:6), by another person, of course!

The beast in Dan 7:11 was "GIVEN OVER to be burned with fire" (Dan 7:11).

"As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion WAS TAKEN AWAY" (Dan 7:12). Even their lives were "prolonged for a season and a time".

In spite of the powers of the beasts and horns, it was the "Ancient of Days" (Dan 7:9,13,22) and the "son of man" (Dan 7:13) who would finally triumph, "that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him" (Dan 7:14).

APPLICATION: Jesus refers to himself as "the Son of Man" in Mark 14:61-62. Stand on His side, therefore, and serve Him today.

星期五2024年4月19日 今日读经：但以理书7章。连野兽都是被创造的。
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/dan/7/

默想：但以理书的下半部从第7章开始，写的是关于异象的事情。那四只巨兽被解读为从但以理时代到耶稣时代不同的政治王国。

这些巨兽拥有权柄破坏并在世界的政治和军事领域上发挥他们的影响力。但这篇经文却揭示了在这一切背后存在着更高的权柄：

第一只巨兽有人的心“给了它”(但7:4)。

像豹的巨兽又“有权柄给了它”(但7:6)，那当然是另一个人给的！

但7:11里的巨兽“被扔在烈火中”(但7:11)。

“至于其余的三兽，它们的权柄都被夺去”(但7:12)。他们的生命甚至“得着延长，直到所定的时候和日期”。

尽管巨兽有权柄有角，那“万古长存者”(但7:9,13,22)和“人子”(但7:13)最后终究会战胜，“各国、各族和说各种语言的人都事奉他”(但7:14)。

应用： 在马可福音14:61-62，耶稣指自己就是“人子”。所以，今天就站在祂那一边，并事奉祂。