Pastor Steve Massey- “Back to the Future: The King’s Ascension.” 05/10/2026

About this episode

Pastor Steve Massey discusses the significance of Daniel's prophetic vision and the ascension of Christ in understanding historical chaos and God's sovereignty.

It's always tempting to immediately connect Bible prophecy to our moment. We scan today's headlines, trying to match current events with Scripture. But that instinct, if left unchecked, leads more often to confusion than clarity. "... Four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another," Daniel 7:3 (LSB). So begins Daniel's prophetic vision of global chaos and cruelty—not in our future, but in his. "I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, and He came up to the Ancient of Days and came near before Him," Daniel 7:13. What Daniel saw was not the end of the world, but the turning point of human history: the moment when the Son of Man—Jesus Christ—ascended to heaven after His life, death, and resurrection and was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom. Daniel's vision shows us that before we can understand the chaos of history, we must first see the reign of Christ. Only then can we respond rightly to God's work in our chaotic present, and face our future with confidence. This Lord's Day, we'll return to our study of Daniel and its apocalyptic vision of world history and Christ's sovereign reign…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Massey

Topics covered

• Bible prophecy
• Daniel's vision
• Christ's ascension
• apocalyptic literature
• understanding chaos
• sovereign reign of Christ

Keywords

• Bible prophecy
• Daniel 7
• Jesus Christ
• ascension
• apocalyptic vision
• sovereignty
• chaos
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Daniel, Daniel 7, Daniel 2

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