Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World: The Gospel According to Daniel (Gospel according to the Old Testament)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Like Daniel and the Israelite exiles in Babylon, we too are strangers and exiles in this world. We too are waiting for the coming of the Son of Man, who has received the kingdom from the Ancient of Days, to establish his kingdom on earth. Schwab demonstrates how believers living among unbelievers, and as citizens of countries with increasingly hostile governments, have opportunity to reveal God-inspired wisdom and discover hope as they look to Christ.
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- Calls Christians to discover hope as they look to Christ
- Unpacks what it means to be strangers and exiles in the world
- Includes accessible redemptive-historical exegesis
Top Highlights
“In other words, what one gains by reading apocalyptic is wisdom. Not wisdom in the form of straightforward nuggets like proverbs, but insight into the way the world works, how God stands behind the creation, how events are guided with moral purpose, and how one equipped with this knowledge should conduct oneself.” (Page 23)
“Daniel did not draw on his education for answers, but in faith, as he looked to the one God, the answers were forthcoming. Although the apostle Paul was well educated, he says that the gospel he preached was folly to the philosophically minded Greeks, and yet it showed forth wisdom from God deeper than any earthly wisdom. Jesus has become our wisdom (1 Cor. 1:20–30). Although Christians today may be highly educated in the best schools, they are truly wise only if they take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor. 10:5).” (Page 31)
“Although the events happened, Daniel is not about the history of the sixth century; it is about what believers should confess and believe in any century.” (Page 12)
“Throughout the rest of Daniel, the omniscient narrator goes out of his way not to ascribe direct action to God. Outside of the first chapter, God is not an actor in the stories; he is transcendent, and his actions are mediated through his agents.” (Page 25)
“Similarly, the wisdom of Babylon is never directly criticized or mocked; it is simply shown to be impotent and worthless” (Page 31)
God reveals the future to affect the present. Prophecy glorifies the One in control, inspires believers’ confidence, intensifies hope for God’s will to be done, and moves people to repentance and holiness. This study of the book of Daniel highlights these essential aspects of prophecy. Given the mysterious symbolism throughout Daniel, not every reader will agree with Schwab’s interpretation of this or that detail. But his focus is clear: God’s absolute control and unrelenting resolve to accomplish his redemptive purpose in Christ should give God’s people in every age ‘hope in the midst of a hostile world.’
—Michael P. V. Barrett, president, Geneva Reformed Seminary
- Title: Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World: The Gospel according to Daniel
- Author: George M. Schwab
- Series: The Gospel according to the Old Testament
- Publisher: P&R
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 216
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Daniel › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. › Relation to Daniel; Bible. O.T. › Relation to the New Testament
- ISBNs: 1596380063, 9781596380066
- Resource ID: LLS:GSPLOTDANIEL
- Resource Type: Monograph
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