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Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

How to Read Apocalyptic Literature | Daniel 8

Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study

Ten Minute Bible Talks

Mental Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Christianity

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Are you confused by the "weird" books of the Bible like Daniel or Revelation? What does "apocalyptic" mean? Is the world about to end? What is the goal of such books? In today's bonus episode, Keith and Patrick walk through Daniel 8 and discuss why and how to read apocalyptic literature in the Bible. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Daniel 8 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0

Normally on 10 minute Bible talks we do, well 10 minute long devotions, but every now and

0:08.8

then Keith and I like to have a little bit of fun and go long form on you so if you already saw the time

0:13.9

stamp you realize this doesn't fit into your normal 10 minute Bible talks diet and

0:18.5

yet I think if you like the Bible and you're interested in learning more about it

0:22.2

you're gonna love this more about it, you're going to love this conversation.

0:24.4

Right now at our church we're actually going through the book of Daniel.

0:27.4

If you don't know anything about the book of Daniel, the last six chapters are full of these wild apocalyptic visions and a lot of Christians are interested

0:36.0

in the idea of apoculipses or just apocalyptic literature like revelation in general and so we thought

0:41.8

it would be fun to take a little bit of an opportunity

0:44.1

to talk about how we should read these kinds of wild text and focus specifically

0:49.1

on the book of Daniel. So we'll talk about how to read apocalyptic literature and then we'll look specifically at

0:54.6

Daniel Chapter 8 as a bit of a case study and how to apply what we've learned during our

0:58.9

church's study of this really fascinating book.

1:01.6

Okay, so Patrick, let me ask you a couple of questions

1:04.6

to get started, and here's my first one for you,

1:08.5

the private school intellectual that you are.

1:10.7

I'm sure you want any problem with either one of these.

1:13.0

What's the best song ever?

1:15.0

You know, that's a funny question for me because I don't spend much time

1:19.0

listening to music.

1:20.0

So it really depends on my mood.

1:23.0

Well, just the best song ever.

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