""For he who has entered into His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His own. So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience." (Hebrews 4:10-11). Rest is a person. It is the revelation of that person which is Christ Himself. Daniel and Israels ultimate hope was in the coming Messiah, however, the kingdoms of the earth would continue to be manipulated by the enemy to overcome God’s eternal purpose, specifically wrought out through the Messiahs coming to Israel. Daniel lived through Babylon and a portion of the Medo- Persian empire, and he is seeing how the Heavens rule not Satan. Daniel chapter 8 reveals a most evil attempt of Satan through the Greek empire. Daniel would not see its emergence so the Ancient of Days gives him a vision, which will later be seen by Israel prior to the initial coming of Christ. This vision reveals the most glaring revelation of the spirit of the antichrist through Antiochus Epiphanies. This evil Greek general will commit fornication and abomination in the temple of God prior to the coming of Christ. He will press the people of Israel. But this revelation of Daniel provides a genuine rest for the people of God to know that the heavens rule, no matter what you see. God will provide overcomers who will defeat Satan‘s attempts to thwart God‘s eternal purpose on the earth which is manifested through the Christ child in Israel. This revelation of the Greek empire supplied rest for the people of God in that day. They knew according to Daniels prophecy that God already knows all about the struggle. The heavens rule, brothers and sisters. What are you worried about today? The actual antichrist is coming, and he’s going to commit great abominations that will again be manifested and culminated in the temple of God. Today, however, the spirit of that antichrist is prevailing on the Earth. How is that affecting you as you see such an evil advance? Anxiety, worrying, laying up materials to fight against the coming onslaught? Brothers and sisters we have revelation given to us ahead of time in the word of God. Rest in that revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ prior to his second coming. Amen!
