Daniel chapter 11 is one of those chapters that you have to really study to know the meaning of. It has a lot of reference to history (future at the time of writing!), and various symbols and intricacies. I did not, by far, understand it. However, for much of the chapter it talks about a man, called the ‘abomination of desolation’ in verse 31. This man sets himself up as a king without regards for traditions, religions, God, other kings, or even women (verse 37). He sets himself above all these things. He gets to the position by flattery and deceit. He seems to have the world under his feet, but I like the very last verse:
‘And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.’ (Daniel 11:45)
It doesn’t matter what you do with yourself in this life, there is one thing we can be certain of – it will end. And what can we say of our end? Who will help us then? Well if we are Christians, if we love the Lord, then God Himself will help us – but who would be the man who has rejected God his whole life and who cannot help himself after death? Never let your successes and failures and troubles and circumstances in this life get in the way of your view of the next. The next life is the important (and very much longer) one.
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