Luke 12:40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

Since the first century, the Church has always felt like Christ was returning in their lifetimes. Jesus left us with the great commission, and told us that things would happen pretty quickly. He also told us that only the Father knows the hour of Christ’s return.

2020 has been a wild ride. It was exciting at first because “2020” is a cool number. There was a virus flying around, but that was on the other side of the world. We have great medical technology, right? We’ll be ok.

Woops.

Aaron, brother of Moses, had two sons. Nadab and Abihu. Like many of us, they played with fire. Unfortunately, they suffered consequences most of us never faced.

Genesis 2:1-3 (ESV), 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. The Creation of Man and Woman

Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;

Darius – Ruled 538-536 BC.  He took over when God judged Belshazzar (Daniel 5) and split his kingdom between the Medes and Persians.  Darius was appointed king of Babylon and here we join the story with him setting up the hierarchy of Babylon.

The Book of Daniel was written by a prophet named Daniel.  Daniel is categorized under the Major Prophets of the Bible.  Daniel lived in Babylon under several rules.  He had friends that were taken with him that he kept fellowship with.  He never wavered in his faith or his walk with God.  But who was Daniel?

Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 

He made a great feast, and was drinking wine in the presence of thousands.  

Who is Belshazzar?

A Study of Jude

Jude is an epistle (letter) written by Jude, brother of James written between 70 and 90 AD.  It is believed by most scholars that this Jude is not the Apostle Jude (son of James), but rather the half brother of Jesus.  Matthew 13:55 records Jesus’ brothers’ names as James and Judas, but english translations change the name to Jude, possibly for the same reason that today no one would name their child Judas.  This letter was written to Christians.