"In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the word was true and concerning a great distress. And he understood the word and had an understanding of the vision." (Daniel 10:1) Daniel saw great distress, happening in Israel’s future from chapter 9. It tells us here that he lacked understanding. Chapter 10, 11, and 12 is the understanding that God gave Daniel, but we must note before we go any further that Daniel could not receive understanding about anything until he saw this Jesus, in all glory conquering everything and standing victoriously in the heavens. This is the identical vision that John saw in revelation chapter 1. Saints, if we cannot see Christ today, who is what he has done, and where he lives, then we can have very little understanding about anything. Understanding does it mean anything apart from Christ. Colossians 1 : 16 - 17 says, “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. All understanding is hollow and pointless apart from seeing the reality of Christ. The disciples who were walking on the road to Emmaus, were seeking understanding, what happened to Jesus who was crucified? They could not even find his body as it was gone from the sepulcher. Then Jesus appeared, but they did not know it was him. He walked with them for a while and reviewed them that they did not know their old testament, which spoke about him, and the events that were distressful to them. Then he sat down to break bread with him, and they urged him to keep talking, and as he broke bread, he vanished from their site. One of them said didn’t our hearts burn within us, telling us that this was Jesus? Scripture says their eyes were opened! This means they could understand everything in the Old Testament everything about their present condition and things to come because they saw Jesus. Are you seeing Jesus in your daily life. Do you go to the Bible looking for him, his life, his purpose. If not, you’re reading, your praying, your religious activity is hollow. We need to see Jesus in all things if we are going to understand anything about today, tomorrow, or things to come. Amen.
