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Alright I'm super excited new decade new year let's open a new book of the

Bible. I mean if you've got a Bible go to the book of Daniel in the Old Testament

and as you are finding your place in God's Word let me just remind you I don't

know if you are aware of this it's an election year. Is anyone aware of this?

Spoiler alert it's going to get real noisy in the news there's going to be a

lot of conflict people are going to freak out and here's what's going to happen

number one people will be fixated and focused upon that which is seen I want to

go behind that and beyond that through the book of Daniel to show you that which

is unseen behind the world that we see is a world that God rules and reigns

there is a reality in the presence of God with angelic beings that are just

Israel as the world in which we live as human beings Daniel's going to reveal all

of that to give you hope and to give you courage so that you keep your faith in a

world that's lost its mind. Number two what's going to happen during this

election cycle people will be pulled particularly believers to

be heard toward the right or toward the left some of you are feeling that

tension let me say that my hope per and goal is in opening Daniel not to pull

you left or right but to pull you up and to allow you to see all of human

history and nations and kings and kingdoms and elections and politicians and

decisions from the perspective of Jesus Christ King of kings Lord of

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