The Writing on the Wall | The Life of Daniel | March 8, 2026

We think the kingdoms of this world are always going to rule, are always going to stand, and we think, man, like, we gotta keep political power or military power so that we're safe, and we we gotta we gotta get the right leader in office. We gotta we gotta hold on to the country so it doesn't fall apart. But the reality is is all throughout Daniel, the entire theme of the book is that the kingdoms of man do not stand, but God's kingdom does. [01:19:28] (27 seconds)  #GodsKingdomEndures

Because Daniel had already interpreted the writing on the wall. We're gonna talk about in a minute. The writing on the wall told Daniel that the the Babylonian empire would end that night. Babylon was actually finished, and Daniel knew this reality. He knew that he he asked himself, what does it pay to be the third in a dying kingdom? What what is what is gold give to someone that that's headed for the end that night? Or or as Jesus asks us, what good is it to gain the whole world and to lose our soul? [01:05:25] (36 seconds)  #EternityOverEmpire

And you have the power through the power of the Holy Spirit, where you can change your future. You can't change your family history, but you can change your future. How? It's a really simple but difficult step. It's repentance. Now biblical repentance is not just confession. Repentance is to turn around and go a different way. It's to do what Daniel did. Daniel saw his grandfather and fathers who worshipped idols, and he said, I'm not gonna repeat that pattern again. I'm gonna turn from it, and I'm gonna move into a new space. So when we repent, we confess and we repent, but then we move ahead into a new way of living with Jesus, the way of his family, the culture of his heritage. [01:15:06] (47 seconds)  #RepentAndRenew

We we interpret the times through the wisdom of the age. We we reinvent the moral compass based on our modern beliefs. We say, well, did god really say that about my sexuality? Because my culture says that that that's good. Did did God really say that Jesus is the only way? Because my culture says that truth is relative. So what about all the other religions? Like, can't they have some semblance of truth? Or or did did God really say? Did did he really say that that I should sacrifice my life for others? Because my culture tells me that that comfort and happiness is the highest goal of my life. [00:56:36] (34 seconds)  #TruthOverRelativism

We we we never look at what has happened so that we can move past what has been. But exiles, they study the past. They they learn what befell those before, And they make a concerted effort to turn from it, to move away from it, to turn a 180 degrees and go the opposite direction. And I want you to hear me. You you are an exile. You're an exile in our popular culture. You're an exile even in your family culture. And if you're in Christ, you are a new creation. [01:14:16] (36 seconds)  #NewCreationExiles

Every generation that has come has assumed that they're the the wisest generation that's ever come before. But but the reality is is just because we have more access to information, does that mean that we have more wisdom? Does that mean that we have more discernment of truth? Does that mean that the biblical realities that have proven true for thousands of years that that they're false just because they don't fit our relativistic society. In in Babylon, [00:57:55] (26 seconds)  #TimelessBiblicalTruth