Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

C.S. Lewis famously wrote in his novel The Weight of Glory. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.

It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, Mary, snub,

and exploit, immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. You have never talked to a mere mortal. See what CS Lewis is doing here is

drawing our eyes from the daily droll of life, the tasks and busyness and

schedules and worries and anxieties we have and he's focusing us on the bigger story we and everyone we encounter is a part of.

The barista you get your coffee from, the driver in front of you going 10 under, your habitually late co-worker, your kids, your spouses, your parents, not a one of them is a mere mortal. Every single one is immortal, destined to become an everlasting

splendor or immortal horror. Lewis's assertion suggests to us that this knowledge should

change the way we see the people around us, change the way we see our lives, change the

way we do everything. But don't just take Lewis's word for it. Today we're

wrapping up the book of Daniel. We've read about the faithful life of Daniel living

and exile and we've waited through five chapters of prophetic visions he was given in his lifetime.

And now we come to the 12th and final chapter of the book.

And as I read this chapter, I had moments of questions,

what exactly does this mean?

Where does this number come from? How many years is that?

But ultimately, what I saw woven throughout this chapter

was a reminder given to Daniel much like the one Lewis

gives in the weight of glory. Let's begin with the first four verses. At that time,

that is after a period of suffering for God's people.

At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise.

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