The Angel of the Lord Encourages Daniel (TMF:1220)

Friday, September 20, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Angel of the Lord Encourages Daniel (TMF:1220) - Daniel Litton
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       As we continue to look at the passage here in Daniel, we can see from the vision that as Daniel interacts with the angel that he is still afraid of him and has lost his strength. And the angel encourages him all the more by reiterating what he had already said in verse 19. For he says to him again, ““O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage”” (ESV). He reminds Daniel that he is greatly loved by God, to not fear, to be at peace, to be strong, and to be of good courage. And, going to verse 20, the angel says he’s going to tell Daniel the answer to his prayer—for that is why he had come. He was there to provide Daniel an answer for the prayer he had been praying to God. In Daniel’s case, it was to tell him what has been written in the Book of Truth, which is about the future. Let us recall the words of the Prophet Isaiah, in Isaiah 46:9, 10, which state: “Remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose” (ESV).