Archive · 2026
9 posts published on 9 days in November 2026, listed by the day of publication.
Daniel 6 describes how Daniel's exceptional character and trustworthy service under King Darius provoke jealousy among other officials, who seek to destroy him but find no corruption or negligence in his conduct. Knowing Daniel's devotion…
During the first year of Belshazzar’s reign, Daniel dreams of four great beasts rising from a storm-tossed sea, representing four kings and their kingdoms. The terrifying fourth beast has ten horns, followed by a little horn that speaks…
In the third year of Belshazzar’s reign, Daniel receives a vision set at Shushan beside the Ulai waterway, where a powerful two-horned ram is defeated by a swiftly advancing goat. Gabriel identifies the ram with Media and Persia and the…
In the first year of Darius, Daniel understands from Jeremiah’s writings that Jerusalem’s desolation will last seventy years, prompting him to seek God through prayer, fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. He confesses his own sin and Israel’s…
In the third year of Cyrus, Daniel spends three weeks mourning and abstaining from pleasant food, meat, wine, and anointing before receiving a revelation beside the river Hiddekel, or Tigris. He sees a glorious man clothed in linen, with a…
Continuing the revelation begun in Daniel 10, the heavenly messenger describes coming Persian kings, a mighty Greek ruler, and the division of his kingdom after his power is broken. Rival kings of the south and north pursue supremacy…
Daniel’s final revelation announces that Michael, the great prince who stands for Daniel’s people, will arise during an unparalleled time of trouble, and everyone among his people found written in the book will be delivered. Many who sleep…
God commands Hosea to marry a wife whose unfaithfulness will serve as a prophetic sign of Israel’s departure from the Lord, and Hosea marries Gomer. Their first child is named Jezreel, announcing judgment on Jehu’s dynasty for the…
Hosea 2 reveals God's response to Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness, portrayed through the broken relationship between a husband and his wife. Israel has turned to false gods, especially Baal, forgetting that the Lord is the true source of…