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Wars, conflicts, global catastrophes, and senseless human suffering—all these have the potential to shake our faith. The message of the book of Daniel is that God desires to reveal himself in his people’s difficult situations, whether in the Babylonian exile of Daniel’s day or the crises of our own. In Glimpsing the Mystery, Barbara M. Leung Lai unpacks the stories of the first half of Daniel and...

support the human empires oppressing God’s people. God and his powerful angels—especially Michael, a powerful spiritual being (11:1)—will fight for God’s people and will bring about an eternal victory. Yet this will only be realized in the distant future, at the specific time(s) of deliverance. The overarching message is that judgment is certain for those who resist God and oppress his people. The equally certain truth is that God’s people, downtrodden in the present, will experience final deliverance
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