Dave Hopping – Daniel 10
Sermon Quotes
Ezra 1:1-4
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem. And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns, be assisted by the men of his place with silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.”
Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year after their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak made a beginning, together with the rest of their kinsmen, the priests and the Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem from the captivity. They appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to supervise the work of the house of the Lord.
Ezra 4:4
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build
“Cheer up! You’re a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you’re more loved than you ever dared hope.”
-Jack Miller
Revelation 1:13-16
and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
Ephesians 6:16-18
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
“Most of us think of prayer as a retreat from the action, not as an offensive weapon with which we attack the enemy. After all when we pray, we usually seek a quiet spot. We also hear and use the expression “let me pray about that” when we are not sure we want to do something we are asked to do. . .We are to see prayer as our principal means of communication with our divine war Commander.”
-Tremper Longman
“He (Jesus) has come to intensify and heighten the battle. No longer will the battle be waged against flesh and blood enemies of God’s people, but rather he will fight Satan himself. . .Now we se that Satan has become the clear object of divine battle. The irony of the gospel is that the battle is won, not through killing, but rather by dying. Jesus, the warrior, accomplished his great victory by dying on the cross.”
-Tremper Longman