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God is a person, not a mere set of propositions; and there is therefore a difference between seeking knowledge about God and seeking God himself.
Those who hate you shall rule over you…
It is difficult for us to imagine what those words must have meant to him. To receive such a personal message, carried by a special messenger from the world beyond this one, must have been overwhelmingly reassuring.
If thinking about the book of Daniel leads us to endless speculation, and fails to produce a life like Daniel’s, we have understood neither his message nor his call to live for God as salt and light in the world.
By far the most wonderful thing any human can hear is that he or she is loved by God. It brings stability and hope into the worst of situations.
