The center of all life must be the center of our life
Daniel 6-8/Matthew 16-17
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OT
8:15-19 As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man suddenly stood in front of me. And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.” As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.” While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet. Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.”
NT
16:2-3 He replied, “You know the saying, Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow, red sky in the morning means foul weather all day. You are good at reading the weather signs in the sky, but you can’t read the obvious signs of the times!”
OT Flash Points
The end of time
Rams, goats, leopards, monsters
NT Flash Points
Aspects of everyday life are asides
Jesus sees the real issues
Perspective
The prime issue is devotion to the person, Jesus, rather than religious activity
Jesus Is Salvation –
Not just an example & figurehead of a religion