Dan Lee
John 17:1-2, Salvation for the Glory of God

Jesus’ prayer in John 17 begins with a focus on the glory of God. Jesus prays that His impending death will ultimately glorify the Father and that this would come about through the granting (gifting) of eternal life to His elect. What Jesus’ crucifixion puts on display is the glory of God’s grace in salvation.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 27-34, Two Ways to Live

As Moses closes his final message to the children of Israel, he focuses on the consequences of obedience and disobedience. He does so by setting down before them two pathways: the pathway to life, good, and the blessing, and the other pathway to death, evil, and the curse. Along with these options for their future, he reveals to them their future in apostasy, judgment, and even a restoration afterwards. The Pentateuch closes with an allusion to the prophet like Moses to come, the Lord Jesus, who speaks from the LORD and all the people ought to hear. The call to choose life echoes throughout the ages, calling all to be reconciled and restored to God and to enter into His blessing through the Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 12-26, The Place and The Prophet

In this final legal section of the Pentateuch, Moses touches on a wide range of laws. Among these, two stand out as the most prominent in the main message of Moses regarding the Messiah: the place of worship and the future prophet like Moses. These two ideas propel us to build up God’s church, hope in Christ’s return, and listen to Christ.

Dan Lee
Deuteronomy 1-11, Remember and Obey

Moses speaks his final message to the children of Israel before heading up Mount Nebo and see the land of Canaan and die there. His aim is to expound the law but he is gripped by the urgency of the spiritual needs of his people and thus he earnestly exhorts them with a long introduction (nearly all of 11 chapters) to remember and obey. In this three part study of Deuteronomy, we examine the practical relevance of this exhortation and consider the ultimate Israelite who lived up to all that this exhortation required.

Dan Lee
Numbers 22-24, The Messianic Prophecies of ...

The very perplexing figure of Balaam shows that God can use even a wicked pagan priest to speak forth His truth. Unbeknownst to this man, the LORD intended to use him to reinforce His immutable commitment to bless Israel and send the Messiah for our salvation. Balaam’s prophecies show that Jesus is the coming king who will reign supremely over all the nations, crushing all His enemies. They also show that Jesus is the promised seed of the woman, the seed of Abraham, who grants the blessing of salvation to all the elect of God.

Daniel 7:1-14, The Kingdom of God (Part 3): the Antichrist

Daniel receives a second vision which expands on the first vision regarding the kingdoms of the world and the climactic conclusion with the indestructable and eternal kingdom of God. Several new elements are unveiled in this vision, including the prophecies regarding the antichrist. His final judgment is also revealed, in which the LORD, the righteous Judge, will recompense him for his deeds according to the books. The only Lawgiver and Judge will deal with every last sinner according to His perfect and uncompromised justice.

Daniel 2:31-45, The Kingdom of God (Part 2): the Four Kingdoms and the Stone

The sovereign God has revealed His plan for the four kingdoms of the world to precede the arrival of the final kingdom of God. Starting with the Neo-Babylonian empire, Daniel reveals the plan of God for human history which concludes with the indestructible and everlasting kingdom of the Messiah, who is the stone cut out without hands, which puts an end to all the kingdoms of the world. We are living in the final kingdom stage. May the Lord evermore encourage our hearts to look ahead to the coming of Christ and His glorious kingdom!

Daniel 2:1-28, The Kingdom of God: an Introduction

This new series of study will focus on the coming kingdom of God as declared in the book of Daniel. The conclusion of history is revealed in Daniel progressively through multiple visions, giving us an ever sharper insight into the end times. In this introductory study, we consider the relevance of the kingdom of God and the proper perspective regarding biblical prophecy: God not only reveals the final chapter of history, but He acts to bring it to pass, because all of history is the plan of the sovereign God who orchestrates all things to accomplish His good will and purpose.

John 15:25-27, Only Two Camps (Part 4): against the Spirit

We serve the triune God. Even as Jesus teaches on the topic of persecution, the trinitarian nature of God comes up. This is because the true and living God is indeed triune. When the world rejects the preaching of Christ, they do not merely reject the preachers, or Christ, or even the Father, they reject the Holy Spirit who has made Christ known in this age. Woe to the man who rejects His message! There are implications to this. Furthermore, Jesus assures us that we ought not to be surprised at persecution, for nothing befalls Christ of His people apart from the plan and the purpose of our sovereign God.

John 15:21-24, Only Two Camps (Part 3): against the Father

Jesus explains in this passage that the world’s hatred of Christians and their Lord is actually a deeper hatred directed against God the Father. Their hatred is actually against the holy Trinity, for they reject the testimony of the Holy Spirit also (vv. 26-27). What Jesus shows us once again is that no one can have the Father apart from the Son, that to reject Jesus is to reject the only true and living God. What this shows us is the importantance of knowing the true Christ and to believe and follow Him for who He truly is. In knowing the true Christ of Scripture we know the Father also. May the Holy Spirit evermore direct our hearts and minds to cling onto Him and earnestly live out our faith in Him.

John 15:18, Only Two Camps: the World's Hatred

Out of His great love for His people, Jesus prepares us for persecution. He teaches us that there are only two camps in this world: there are those that belong to the world (“of the world”), and there are those who belong to Christ (“not of the world” and “I chose you out of the world”). Jesus assures us that the wrold’s hatred toward us stems from its hatred toward Him. Why does the world hate Christ and in what ways does the world persecute the people of God? Listen to learn more.

John 15:12-17, Christlike Love (Part 3): Gracious Love

The love of Christ is a gracious love. The Lord has chosen individuals unto salvation in eternity past based on pure grace, apart from any meritorious works. This is the grace of the Lord toward His elect. And it is based on His election that He orchestrates all things so that they would hear the gospel, believe and repent, and bear fruit for the glory of God and be glorified when they enter into glory. This is the stunning love of Christ toward His people. May the Lord give us wisdom to drink deeply from His grace each day and know therefore how to extend that same kind of grace toward one another, for this is what He commands and desires to see among His people, a love like His to permeate His community, the church.