Game of Thrones – Daniel 11
“The chapter might be treated in Bible classes. We do not see how it could be used for a sermon or for sermons.” (Herbert Leupold)
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.” (2 Timothy 3:16)
1. The __________ of history
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.” (Luke 3:1-2)
“In Luke 3:1-2 the evangelist almost seems guilty of overkill; he runs through Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas, and Caiaphas, and then comes to what matters: ‘the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.’ It’s as if, Luke says, “The big news is that the word of God came to the people of God – all the name dropping was just background.” (Dale ralph Davis)
2. The __________ of history
“This summary gives us a profound perspective on history. On one level it is the continual story of wars and rumors of wars, as one human empire after another seeks to gain power by cunning or force. Yet though the tide in the affairs of men comes in and goes out, in the end it accomplishes precisely nothing. The balance of power in earthly politics may shift but it never comes to a permanent rest. On the one hand, therefore, Daniel 11 shows us the fallen world pursuing the wind and finding it elusive. What do power and politics gain for all their toil?” (Iain Duguid)
3. The __________ of history
“The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place…” (Acts 17:24-26)
4. The __________ of history
“Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)