Welcome back to our small group study! John Barnett here. I want you to imagine we are sitting right across the table from each other, maybe at Panera or Starbucks, with our Bibles open and a fresh cup of coffee.
Today, I am incredibly excited to introduce a class on what I cued as the greatest prophetic passage in the entire Bible. If you want to learn how to move from simply studying charts of the future to letting God’s voice actively transform your heart today, you absolutely must join us for this lesson. Here are three memorable, life-changing truths we will unpack together:
1. The Blueprint of Devotion: Hearing God’s Voice Through Adoration and Confession
Scripture References: Daniel 9.
Summary of What’s Covered: We kick off the class by looking at how Daniel began his historic prayer and supplication through a literal, prophetic Bible study between 539 and 538 BC. We will explore how reading God’s Word allowed Daniel to hear God’s voice, prompting him to respond using the "acts model" of prayer. I will show you how he began his personal time with deep adoration and confession. I’ll also share one of my personal study techniques: a read-through where I don’t write in my journal but note everything directly in the biblical text so I never forget the treasures I find.
2. The Prophetic Heptads: Unpacking the Coming Prince and the End-of-Days Temple
Scripture References: Daniel 9 (with connections to the teachings of Jesus, Paul, and John).
Summary of What’s Covered: Next, we dive into the deep, foundational doctrines of biblical prophecy. We will learn that Daniel’s seventy weeks are actually "heptads" and should not be confused with ordinary weeks. We will discover the glorious meaning of the Messiah being "cut off" as a substitutionary atonement for our sins. We will also identify "the prince" of "the people to come" as the Roman Empire and the revived Roman Empire, and we’ll see the amazing harmony of Scripture as Daniel, Jesus, Paul, and John all perfectly saw and agreed upon an operating end-of-days temple.
3. The Coffee-Cup Prayer: Surrendering Your Heart to the Sovereign King
Scripture References: Daniel 9.
Summary of What’s Covered: Finally, we will learn how to apply one of the greatest chapters in the Bible to our daily lives. I am going to open up my personal journal and share the exact application prayer I wrote in the dark this morning while drinking my first cup of coffee and meditating on how God’s Word can transform my heart. Together, we will pray to adore the Lord as our great God and King, confess our failures to heed His voice, and ask Him to cleanse us. We will learn to pray for His guidance to accomplish His purpose in our lives, leaving our study with the ultimate, comforting assurance that our sovereign Lord is in complete control of the future.
If you want to move beyond head knowledge and experience the incredible power of a prayer-saturated study of prophecy, you need to grab your Bible, get your journal ready, and let’s seek the Lord’s face together!
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