Daily Readings (Page 172)

Are you facing antagonism because you are a Christian?

How does the connection of zeal and service help you understand the dynamics of Christian living?

Based on this passage, what are gifts for? Which of the seven areas of ministry mentioned in this passage most relate to you, and how can you apply Paul’s exhortation?

What is foolish living? What is reasonable living? How are you living? How will you live reasonably today?

Why do you think God is pleased with us when we offer our bodies as a living sacrifice?

Why does the writer use the word ‘therefore’ in verse 1?  

What is the point of the vision? What is its message to Daniel, to the Jews, and to us?

Describe the political military power of ‘the other horn’ from the information found in this chapter?

After the four kingdoms, come the ‘holy people of the Most High [who] will receive the kingdom’. How is the conquest of the ‘holy people of the Most High’ different from that of the four kingdoms?

The final figure who appears in Daniel’s vision is ‘one like a son of man’ (vv13-14) – as an apparent description of the Lord Jesus. Why do you think all the kings and kingdoms of the world are pictured as beasts but Christ looks like a son of man?