Daniel: Faithfulness In Exile: Apocalyptic & Prophetic Literature | Wes Hodgson

What comes to mind when you hear the word "apocalypse"? Zombies? Destruction? The Bible uses it differently. In Scripture, apocalypse means to unveil, to pull back the curtain and see what is really there, a heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances.

This week we stepped into the second half of the book of Daniel, exploring the genres of apocalyptic and prophetic literature. These are not passages designed to scare us or satisfy our curiosity about dates and timelines. They exist to comfort us, challenge us, and give us hope, even in the darkest seasons of life.

As Tim Mackey of the Bible Project puts it, the purpose of these genres is "to give us a heavenly perspective on our earthly circumstances so that every generation of God's people can be comforted, challenged, and given hope for the future."

Whatever darkness you are walking through right now, God has not left the throne. Join us as we continue through Daniel.