Today, I am just going to note some passages that I've written down the last few days. I may add a note or two but then, maybe not. 2 Samuel 18 : 1-3 NLT David now mustered the men who were with him and appointed generals and captains to lead them. He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”  But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom’s troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,......" For some reason, when I read this passage this morning, I thought of the contrast with the disciples deserting Jesus when they arrested Him. Ephesians 1 :17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so ...

Daniel 7 :7- 19... "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast....... I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things: 'The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will rise from the earth........"Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others....." I've studied the book of Daniel before. From that I remember that there is a lot of prophecy - or perhaps a better word would be foretelling in Daniel, where there are statements made about things that will happen in the future (of when Daniel wrote it).   Some of those things foretold in Daniel have already come to pass, i.e. the fall of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar living as an animal for a time before becoming sane again, etc. Some have not taken place yet.   Such is the above chapter in Daniel. I am not an expert on bib...

http://www.fwbcsavannah.com/WhatsNewInTheLibrary.html I know. That's not a title that you'd like to see. But as I read Daniel yesterday and again today, I see some things said of Daniel that I would like said of me.  Daniel 5:11-12 says this: ..... has the spirit of the holy god s in him...... he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom .... This man Daniel...was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems......" Daniel 6:4 says "....... tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent ." In one passage, the angel Gabriel appears to Daniel : "He instructed me and said to me, "Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding. As soon...

In my dream, I'm about half way up from the water. I had a dream last night. I can't tell you much about it. I don't remember much. But it goes something like this...I have one foot dangling off the edge of a cliff. Interesting so far, huh? I am seated on the edge of that cliff with my other foot still on the cliff. I don't know if it is under me, or pointed out in front of me. I think it is in front but that doesn't make sense with the rest of the dream...... My left side is against the cliff wall to my left. It goes up a long way. I can't see how high from where I'm seated, only when I back up (looking at myself - it's a dream, you know) can I see how really high up the cliff is, both above me and below me. My right leg dangles high above whatever is below.  I can't tell but I THINK it is the ocean, or perhaps some body of water. You know how sometimes in a dream you just know things that aren't really part of the dream?  Well that's...

Daniel has some of the most amazing stories in the Bible. They have very eye-popping visual images. This is one of those.  Chapter 3 tells of three people who were taken captive to Babylon where they (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) were commanded to bow down to the giant gold statue that Nebuchadnezzar had built. They were to bow to it.....or be thrown into the blazing furnace. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego would not..... something about the second commandment. ( Exodus 20:4-6 " You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments .) When confronted with death by blazing furnace, or life bowing to a gold statue, th...