Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your god, your words were heard, and i have come in response to them. Daniel 10 commentary daily verse, scripture by topic. Daniel chapter 12 commentary northwest college of the bible. Baltasar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles. This chapter is the introduction to detailed prophecies about israels future, chapter 11 is the main content and chapter 12 presents some conclusions. Verse 4 contains daniels instructions to conceal what has been revealed to him. Watch our overview video on the book of daniel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought.
Moved with rage, the king of the south shall go out and do battle against the king of the north, who shall muster a great multitude, which shall, however. This chapter relates the beginning of daniel s last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. And he said to me, o daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that i speak to you, and stand upright, for i have now been sent to you. At that time michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people. Daniel chapter 10 commentary northwest college of the bible. The time would be long before all would be accomplished. There will be four kings of persia, and the last will make war on greece. At that same time, babylon was under siege by the medes and persians, which is noted later in this chapter. Daniel 10 niv daniels vision of a man in the bible gateway. Lehman strauss said this part of the book of daniel is the least read and studied and further, commentators who. And being now drunk he commanded that they should bring the vessels of gold and silver which nabuchodonosor his father had brought away out of the temple, that was in. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision. Let us consider some specific reasons why we should extend our understanding of daniel s last prophecychapters 10 to 12. Michael, we learn here, is a great prince the context suggests he is an angel who helps gods people.
In the third year of cyrus king of persia a thing was revealed unto daniel, whose name was called belteshazzar. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, whose name was called belteshazzar. Chapters 1011 home audio studies the book of daniel the book of daniel. Expositors explains, verse 3 introduces us to the next phase in world empires. She rehearses the past associations between king nebuchadnezzar and daniel to separate him from all of the other wise men who had just appeared. Even though he may be the same as the ancient of days, the speaker chooses not to call him that in this verse. Overview of daniel 1012 daniels final prophecy page 4 these are not isolated facts. Two lessons ago, on my lesson on daniel 9 part 1, the primary topic was prayer. The making of a man lesson 1 daniel 1 nisan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 daniel starts praying dan 10. Daniel confirms that the special knowledge does not come from his wisdom but. Daniels vision of a man in the third year of cyrus king of persia, a revelation was given to daniel who was called belteshazzar.
Cyrus actually inherited the persian throne in 559 b. Daniel sees the preincarnate christ chapter outline top. This chapter 9 is one of the most powerful chapters of prophecy in the entire bible. Its message was true and it concerned a great war the understanding of the message came to him in a vision2 at that time i, daniel, mourned for three weeks. Chapters 26 form a chiasm, a literary figure in which elements mirror each other. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in persia. The child of god may for a time give way to the impulses of his old fleshly infirmity. Daniel 10, new international version niv the bible app. Remember, cyrus had conquered babylon in fulfillment of a prophecy god had given to isaiah over 100 years earlier isaiah 44.
The first reference to michael within the prophecy is in 10. Daniel chapter 10 sermon by bruce shields, daniel 10. But he does establish the day of this revelation, during the reign of cyrus, king of persia. Daniel 10, new king james version nkjv the bible app. He therefore throws a feast to mark this milestone, and uses the holy vessels from the beit hamikdash. This verse gives the reason why, though daniels words were heard from the first day daniel 10. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Daniel 10, new living translation nlt the bible app. On every account, and for every reason, the division should have been at the close of the fourth verse of this chapter, and the first four verses should have been attached to the. Daniel 10 niv daniels vision of a man in the bible.
There, daniel observes a phenomenal sight, a vision of a man greatly dressed. Daniel 4 niv nebuchadnezzars dream of a tree bible gateway. The greatest tribute we can pay to our spiritual forefathers is to advance the knowledge of bible prophecy which they handed down to us. Similar to daniel 2, where he emphasized the truth of what god had revealed to the king, and the. Chapter 4 records the personal experience of king nebuchadnezzar. The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. This is one of those dreams that makes you feel like youll explode unless you tell somebody. This one gave me such detail about the future of my people that in your time scholars who dont believe in predictive prophecy have tried to make the claim that i didnt really write my story at all. The big picture chapter 10 prelude as if the dream predicting the messiahs coming wasnt enough, two years later i received another revelation. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. As we shall see, daniel understood the message of this vision and it troubled him greatly. Daniel, chapter 4 king james version christian answers webbible. They sum up for daniel the destiny of israel as a nation, the saints, and the wicked. For this morning, let us understand the narrative of daniel chapter 10, and then seek to discern the biblical principles underlying the drama.
So the statement about michael standing up, to both rescue his living saints and raise the dead, is one of two, which together frame the prophecy. Now, there were seventy priests of bel, apart from women and children. Chapters 1011 this is by far the most complex passage in all of scripture with 5 historically validated prophecies fulfilled within the span of just a few hundred years. We are told in verse 1 that this vision comes to daniel in the third year of cyrus king of persia. I looked, and there before me stood a tree in the middle of the. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels final vision, describing a series. Daniel, chapter 4 united states conference of catholic bishops. Nebuchadnezzars boast in verse 30, would not have been spoken until after. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, who was named belteshazzar. This chapter relates the beginning of daniels last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The queen suggests calling for daniel chapter outline top.
This chapter and the two next make one entire vision and prophecy, given daniel about two years after the former. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. Verse 22 notes his removal of the high priest onias iii, antiochus sold the priesthood twice over, first to. His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall advance like a flood and pass through, and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress. Then michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me. Verse 4 text in the four and twentieth day of the first month if our assumption regarding verse 2 is correct, daniels three full weeks extended from sunday the 4th until saturday the 24th of the first month. A thousand of the citys elite were engaged in a drunken orgy. Yet we see in this verse that daniel obviously loved this man very much. Daniel 4, the madness of nebuchadnezzar the fourth chapter of the bibles book of daniel. Daniel 11 antiochus and antichrist revisited introduction 1. This history of susanna, in all the ancient greek and latin bibles, was placed in the beginning of the book of daniel. Next chapter of daniel the book of daniel, chapter 10 we hope that you find the content of the book of daniel, chapter 10 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Years before, yirmiyahu issued his famous prophecy that babylonia would rule over the jews for seventy years jeremiah 29.
It is chapter 12 a part, or a continuation of the general prophecy or vision which was commenced in dan 10, and which embraces the whole of the eleventh chapter. Malbim comments that according to belshazzars calculations, these seventy years have now elapsed and he is still in power. To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth. Jerome, in his translation, detached it from thence. Daniel chapter 10 ebenezer bible fellowship bethlehem pa. And behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. This is a long chapter, and you will have to roll up your sleeves and pitch in with me as we look at it together.
Worship is a dominant theme in the book of daniel and lies at its very center. Finally, nebuchadnezzar is telling daniel the dream. Strengthened by his riches, he shall stir up all kingdoms, even that of greece. This verse gives the reason why, though daniel s words were heard from the first day daniel 10. The following chapters 4 6 not only show daniel and his friends exemplary faithfulness but also indicate various characteristics of the heathen world empires, which will find their culmination in the time of the end. The end times according to daniel part three, chapters 1012. The third year of cyrus was 534 bc see verse 4, and was about four years after the vision of the 70 weeks in chapter 9. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. Let us consider some specific reasons why we should extend our understanding of daniels last prophecychapters 10 to 12. Daniel was mourning because the babylonian empire had fallen, but freedom to rebuild jerusalem had not been granted. Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands. Daniel 11 is not understood nearly as well as daniel 2, 7 and 8.
Daniel is episodic rather than linearit has no plot as such. In chapter 10, daniel tells of a revelation he received during the third year of king cyrus of persias reign. For angels are not his adversaries, but his fellowservants and brethren revelation 22. So we should not assume that the events in verse one are the same as the appearance of the ancient of days. A very good example of that is time, times, and half a time. Daniel, chapter 5 king james version christian answers. This date in the book of daniel can be crosschecked with dates in surviving persian records and can be related accurately to our modern calendar.
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