Scripture Reading: Daniel 8:1-39

Memory Verse: “‘And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have reached their fullness, a king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands sinister schemes.’” (Daniel 8:23)

INTRODUCTION:

In Belshazzar’s reign, Daniel was given the vision recorded in Daniel 8. He had been a captive nearly 70 years and was probably about ninety years of age. He knew that the end of the seventy-years captivity would bring release to many Jews. It then would be only natural for him to be thinking of the future of his people. From the dream of Nebuchadnezzar

Scripture Reading: Revelation 17.

Memory Verse: “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.” (Daniel 7:25)

INTRODUCTION:

The first mentioned activity of the little horn of Daniel 7, is that it plucked up three of the 10 horns. The 10 horns symbolized 10 kings, or kingdoms, that arose after Rome became weak. When Odacer, the leader of the Heruli, stripped Caesar Augustus of regal authority

Scripture Reading: Daniel 7:1-8.

Memory Verse: “‘“Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.”’” (Daniel 7:17-18)

INTRODUCTION:

A few years before the kingdom of Babylon was overthrown, Daniel saw in a vision a time of strife with four beasts as symbols: a winged-lion; a bear; a four-headed, four-winged leopard; and a beast so terrible and unlike anything in nature that he could not name it. As he saw these beasts in vision, he

Scripture Reading: Daniel 2:31-35.

Memory Verse: “‘You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.’” (Daniel 2:34-35)

INTRODUCTION:

According to the standards of her day, Babylon was a strong

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:10-16

Memory Verse: “‘I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,’ says the Lord your God.” (Amos 9:14-15)

INTRODUCTION:

Much has been said in regard to the reclaiming and regathering of Israel. The dispersion began with the captivity of Israel, and being taken to

Scripture Reading: Genesis 32:24-32.

Memory Verse: “So He said to him, ‘What is your name?’ He said, ‘Jacob.’ And He said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.’” (Genesis 32:27-28)

INTRODUCTION:

Abraham’s descendants through Isaac are known as Israel, a name given to Jacob as he returned from Mesopotamia. At first the name meant, “One who prevailed with God.” Christ defined an Israelite as one without guile, and Revelation 14:5 indicates such are faultless. A true Israelite is an overcomer. But Israel, as a nation,

Scripture Reading: Matthew 23:13-39.

Memory Verse: “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36)

INTRODUCTION:

As the personal ministry of Christ on earth was drawing to a close, the disciples heard Him pronounce harsh woes upon the Scribes and Pharisees because they were such hypocrites. They were rejecting Christ and His teachings (as their disobedient fathers rejected the prophets of old); and at the very time Christ was speaking to them, they were plotting to silence His

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 53:1-12.

Memory Verse: “But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:39-40)

INTRODUCTION:

Paul made a positive statement in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, that the death and resurrection of Christ was according to prophecy. When those words were written, it

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:1-9; 53:1-12; 61:1-6.

Memory Verse: “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” (John 5:39)

INTRODUCTION:

The Apostle Peter said the prophets testified beforehand of the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow (1 Peter 1:10-12). The prophets knew of the Plan of Redemption that called for the sacrifice of Christ, because of sin. They also saw beyond the cross, to His return in the glory of the Father, to reign in peace and righteousness. John, like the prophets, spoke of

Scripture Reading: Ezekiel 29:13-21.

Memory Verse: “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.” (Matthew 5:17-18)

INTRODUCTION:

Christ gave life, or spirit, to prophecy, and He taught what the Father sent Him to teach (John 5:30). But through the prophets of old many important messages came that had to do with national affairs. Foreseeing the future, God