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Another World

He said, "Do you know why I have come to you? I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I leave, the prince of Greece will come. No one has the courage to support me against them except Michael, your prince. However, I tell you what is recorded in the book of truth. In the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to strengthen and protect him. Now I will tell you the truth. Daniel 10:20-11:2   We see another world where princes rule in parallel to this world. The prince of Persia ruled the Persian dynasty, yet the kings who ruled on earth were mere puppets. Michael, the arc angel, was the prince over Israel and the one speaking said he had supported Darius the Mede.   We can see that the spirit world plays figures in the natural world like chess pieces but the ultimate authority rests with the lord of hosts.   We Christians are part of the army of God, His Kingdom servants. Our champion is the Lord of Hosts, Jesus His name. H...

The Messenger

In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. The message was true and about a great conflict. He understood the message and had understanding of the vision. In those days I, Daniel was mourning for three weeks.  I didn't eat any rich food, n o meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn't put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over. On the 24th day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, I looked up, and there was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz, his face like the brilliance of lightening, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like a sound of the multitude. Daniel 10:1-6 This sounds like Jesus yet Jesus would not have needed Michael the Arc Angel to assist him. It could well have been Gabriel or another angel. Daniel was now 84. Perha...

Waiting For the Answer

-while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, came to me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering. He have me this explanation: "Daniel, I've now come to give you understanding. At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God. Daniel 8:21-23 I am sure I have seen Gabriel. I was working as a registered   nurse in a rehabilatitation facility in Chatswood. The year was 2004 or 2005. I had gone down stairs to obtain a strong medication for one of the patients and as I went downstairs he was standing to the right. I said, "Hello!" I asked te Lord what He wanted me to do and did not receive a reply. He was still there on the way back and I smiled and again said, "Hello!" I wondered why He had come. I went back to dispensing medications and looked up and he was there holding out his hand in which was a beautiful ring. I am ashamed to say I did not take i...

Gracious Acts

Ah, Lord- the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant with those who love Him and keep His covenants- we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances. We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land. Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to the men of Judah ..... Daniel 9:4-7 Daniel was a good and godly man, yet he identified with his people an the sins of his fathers. He was an intercessor. This man knew how, no matter what, to put the Kingdom first. We are in a new dispensation yet sin still abounds. I am being challenged to act righteously, not react out of the flesh when I get it right beautiful grace flows out of me. This week I got it right. Ah! Finally! I was challenged severely for two weeks now and this time I waited and worshipped. The lost in my world were very grateful for the gr...

Prayer for Restoration

In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahaserus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the Kingdom of the Chaldeans: in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of The Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, that the number of years for the desatuon of Jerusalem would be 70. So I turned my attention to The Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Daniel 9:1-3 Even though there was a prophesy that the time of captivity would be 70 years, Daniel did not rest back and just expect he went to prayer. When God speaks into our world, gives us a prophesy and we want to see it come to pass we can partner with Him through prayer, fasting and petition. We cannot manipulate the time because we are over the wait but by faithfulness and partnership with God we can see His Kingdom come. Amen! Catching God's heart is the start and praying His will is the next. I know as I allow God to direct my heart in prayer I have carr...

Daniel and Gabriel

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to unerstand it, there stood before me someone who appeared to be a man. I heard a human voice calling from the middle of the Ulai: " Gabriel, explain the vision to this man." So he approached where I was standing; when he came near, I was terrified and fell face down. "Son of man, " he said to me, "understand that the vision refers to the time of the end." Daniel 8:15-17 This is surprising as the description of the  events in this vision took place between the sixth and second century bc and do not appear to be end time events. This chapter refers to Antonichus as the little horn of chapter 8 but also have recognised that he typifies the coming end-time antichrist. Therefore there is a double-fulfilment of this vision. We all know that scripture has many meanings and our job is to respond to him and allow him to be God. Amen! Even in the midst of trial and testing we can have a great time with our God as...

Rulers Behaving Like Animals

In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me earlier. I saw the vision and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai canal. I looked up, and there was a ran standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last. I saw the ram charging to the west, the north, and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no rescue from his power. He did what ever he wanted and became great. As I was observing, a male goat appeared, coming from the west across the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground. The goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with savage fury. I saw him approaching the ram, and infuriated with him, he struck the ram, shat...