It's great to see all of you here, and I want to invite you to turn in your Bibles to Daniel chapter 11. for our time of study in the word, this morning, Daniel, chapter 11. For those of you visiting with us, we're doing a verse by verse study through the book of Daniel, and as we continue in our study of this book, we come this morning to Daniel chapter 11, verse 21. And my goal this morning is to cover verses 21 through 35.
And the title of the message is The Rise and Reign of the Despicable One. The rise and reign of the Despicable one, and we'll learn who that is, in just a moment. Before we get into the message for this morning, I just wanna share with you that one of the commentaries that I have been using as we have been going through the book of Daniel is this commentary by HC Loopold. It's an excellent, commentary, and at the end of each chapter, at the end of each commentary that he provides on each chapter of Daniel, he has a section entitled Homiletical Suggestions.
In which he provides guidance for pastors and preaching through the chapter that he has just provided commentary on. And so you can imagine how interested I was in reading what his guidance might be for Daniel chapter 11. Well, at the end of his commentary on Daniel 11, he wrote these words and imagine my dismay in reading them. He says this chapter might be treated in Bible classes.
We do not see how it could be used for a sermon or sermons. Honestly, when I read those words from HC Loophole, my first thought was, sir, you don't know the Cornerstone congregation. Though I said those words in my head, though, I'll admit to you that I was still a little bit worried when I preached to you last week from Daniel chapter 11 verses 2 through 21, but your response To last week's message confirmed two things to me. First, it confirmed to me that all scripture, including Daniel chapter 11, is profitable for teaching and for training in righteousness so that the people of God might be equipped for every good work....
