Daniel: Instructions for Exiles

In Daniel 12, the heavenly figure who appeared to Daniel and gave a word of revelation concerning the future of his people now is giving Daniel instructions of what to do with the vision. When Daniel asked for further clarity of what is going to take place, the heavenly figure tells him to go his way where Daniel will die, but his death will not be the end. We can learn from Daniel 12 how to live as exiles in a foreign world, how to lives as citizens of God’s kingdom in a world that is hostile towards us.