If you read Daniel it becomes pretty clear how God uses the evil nations and demonic powers of the world for his own ends. Satan is the god of this world, but this world is Jesus' footstool, and "He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.".
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well, that's pretty dark stuff actually. gonna read daniel as well now just to get a better perspective on this. Daniel is one of the other books that figures a lot in prophecy discussions, i am personally just totally sus on the whole old testament rn. for many many reasons. not saying there isn't a lot of the story in there just that some parts have clearly been twisted for at least, at minimum, the benefit of the pagans in rome.
well, i'm reading daniel and so far i hate daniel and i think he arranged to have nebuchanezzar assasinated.
not only that, the names are confusing, nebuchanezzar, and nebuchadnezzar, and belshazzar and belteshazzar. at the point leading up to the execution of nebuchanezzar it gets very weird.
i suppose i'll sit and read the rest of it at some point but it's straight cancer what i've read so far.
The old testament is challenging without a doubt. Much of it describes situations to avoid rather than behavior to strive towards. I haven't read Daniel yet, but I'll get there.
yeah i honestly don't know if i am gonna manage to stay interested because it's like watching a fucking soap opera with assasinations and murder and bullshit.
anyone who falls for the idea that this is the word of god is tripping. definitely the old testament so far is reading like the bible of satanists.