This prophecy of the messiah relates to both comings two returns from captivity, and assigns the times thereof. It is daniels detailed accuracy in his prophecies that has caused many critics to try to give a late date to the book of daniel, although no evidence has been. Daniel prophecy of seventy weeks is the backbone of all bible end time prophecy. Daniels prophecies are in many respects the most remarkable of any in the sacred record and is the most comprehensive. The widely held view that the book of daniel is largely fictional rests mainly on the modern philosophical assumption that longrange predictive prophecy is impossible. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology cosmic in scope and political in focus. I encourage everyone to read this book even nonchristians. The book of daniel is a study, a commentary of the book of daniel in the bible. The dispersed jews became a people and city when they first returned to israel from captivity. Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams and visions. In either case, if he misstated the matter regarding daniel, his claim of being the son of god would be nullified.
Book of daniel overview insight for living ministries. That daniel was the writer is made evident by the book itself. Mar, 2016 in this series, im going through chapter by chapter to see what daniels history got right and if he got anything wrong. Oct 25, 2017 prophecy charts showing timebased bible prophecies from the books of daniel and revelation. Its prophecies speak with increased meaning to this generation. If you want to understand these prophecies fully and in an easy to follow format then this is it.
This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding how daniel s prophecies relate to the days we are living in. This prophecy, like all the rest of daniel s consists of two parts, an introductory prophecy and an explanation thereof. If the book of daniel was a fraudulent production, christ was either ignorant of the matter, or dishonest about the prophecy s authorship. However, even in the material is prophetic in nature, they are more interpretations of dreams than anything revealed as a message from god for his people. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniels prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i.
Daniel prophecy of seventy weeks christian truth center. For most of the details, daniel was given the interpretation, but not all. People today are of the mindset that the events of the old and new testaments all happened back in the biblical days of human history. There is a timeline near the end of the chapter that allows the careful student to test the validity of the prophecies. The same prophet can at times experience different levels of prophecy, ruach hakodesh, or both. The chapter stands apart from almost every other bible prophecy passage for one reason. It is, however, among the writings of the jews which were popularly read during certain feast days. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy. The word translated grecia in the book of daniel is the name yavan javan, the name of a son of joktan, and of the race ionians, i. It thus is a convincing demonstration of the divine origin of the. The prophecy in daniel 12 is not only about a future time of trouble daniel 12. He is the founder of end time ministries and he has a very interesting take on the four beasts of daniel 7. The prophetic book of daniel was written for our time.
Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince. Daniel could be called the prophet of the antichrist because he supplies us with more information about this tyrant than any other prophet, including john in the book of revelation. The first half of the book chapters 16 contains stories in the third person about the experiences of daniel and his. The book of daniel is unsealing focus on the middle east and prophecy. There is a strong enmity between the greeks christian orthodox and the turks muslims that goes back to the conquest of constantinople istanbul and the rise of the ottoman empire. No prophecy in the entire bible is more critical to understanding the end times than the seventy weeks of daniel. This book is more like a commentary on the book of daniel and then some. The most detailed prophecy in the bible life, hope. It reveals a history of the region, written in advance, from daniel s time right up to the return of jesus christ.
End of days bible study of the prophet daniel by h. Nevertheless, jehovah revealed to daniel information that would make it possible to pinpoint the time when jesus would be anointed, or appointed, as the messiah, or christ. The book of daniel opens with the backstory of his capture by the babylonians. The book of the prophet daniel is the major apocalyptic book of the old testament and contains the prophecy of the son of man, a messianic figure fulfilled in jesus christ. The aim of the book is to show that the god of israel, the one true god, is greater than the pagan gods. The book of daniel, a book of the old testament found in the ketuvim writings, the third section of the jewish canon, but placed among the prophets in the christian canon. The climax comes with the prophecy of the resurrection of the dead. The book of daniel records the actions, prophecies, and visions of the prophet daniel. The alleged reference to daniel s expressions in the septuagint version of deuteronomy they easily explain as a later gloss, and the actual acquaintance of the first book of the machabees with the prophecy of daniel they not unnaturally regard as compatible with the nondanielic authorship, and indeed with the composition of the book of. Book of daniel bible study with verse by verse commentary and understanding daniel bible prophecy and the little horn antichrist power. May 29, 2014 this is a comprehensive but rapid overview of the history from the time of the assyrian empire up until the return of christ. Four of those folks described how the prophecy of daniel 9. Charts include studies on the rapture and great tribulation. The prophecies came in the form of dreams, both the kings dreams and daniels dreams.
Daniel was a young man of jewish nobility taken into captivity by nebuchadnezzar in the third year of jehoiakim and renamed belteshazzar. It is the foundation roots of all end time prophecy even the johns apocalypse the book of revelation. Because of the many intricate components of the prophecy in daniel 11, some scholars have suggested that the book of daniel was written several hundred. Daniel s book prophesied events fulfilled many centuries ago as well as major events yet to come. One feature of this section is daniel s reliance on. Did jesus confirm his covenant of love and mercy with daniel s people for 7 years. Because of the many intricate components of the prophecy in daniel 11, some scholars have suggested that the book of daniel was written several hundred years later, during the 160s b. The angel informs him that seventy weeks have been decreed for them, and then gives a detailed but cryptic description of those weeks. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. You can actually piece together an entire timeline to endtime events using the book of daniel alone. There was a 7 year period between the death of christ and the time the gospel was sent out to the gentiles at the calling of cornelius. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiah s arrival the prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Daniel is not included as a book of prophecy by the jews. This final chapter of the book of daniel focuses on the end timethe time just before and after jesus christ returns to earth.
Fortunately, we can look back with the benefit of history, and the clarification of later scriptures. A prophetic book placed in the english bible among the major prophets, immediately after ezekiel. Daniel prophecies a new translation of daniel from aramaic. Daniel who through the book received revelations from god. They propose that daniel was written after the fact in the form of prophecy. There is no clearcut dividing line between the end of the church age and the beginning of the daniels last prophetic week. It thus is a convincing demonstration of the divine origin of the scriptures. Each verse and each sentence is dissected to unveil great prophesies which are coming to fruition today. In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so. A wellnoted prophecy teacher, radio host, and writer on endtime issues is irvin baxter.
Daniel was gods mouthpiece to the gentile and jewish world, declaring gods current and future plans. In the bible, the prophecy of seventy weeks chapter 9 of the book of daniel is a prophecy given to daniel by the angel gabriel in response to daniel s prayer for god to act on behalf of his people and city i. Aug 15, 2017 the book of daniel provides a framework for understanding apocalyptic prophecy in the bible. This is the order followed in the greek septuagint and in the latin vulgate. Daniel nine is a critical part of the bible prophecy puzzle. End times signs rapture prophecy timelines explained. The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet jews. Almost everyone looks at the book of daniel with a.
It located the most of its predictions within well defined prophetic periods, though reaching many centuries into the future. In this series, im going through chapter by chapter to see what daniel s history got right and if he got anything wrong. Bible prophecy 11 prophecies of jesus and the end times. Some people would argue that daniel nine is the holy grail of prophecy. Daniel served in the royal court of nebuchadnezzar and several rulers who followed nebuchadnezzar. The fall of rome confirms the book of daniel as true prophecy. In these videos on the prophecies of daniel, ive tried to recreate visually what daniel saw and to explain it in a way which has been broadly accepted by students of bible prophecy for many centuries. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 1 prophetic symbols.
Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks foretells the messiahs arrival. The validity of daniel s authorship and prophecies is at stake. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival the prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. The book of daniel opens with daniel as a young captive in babylon.
Learn how accurately nebuchadnezzars dream in daniel 2 represented. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. Dec 22, 2019 the book is made up primarily of historical narrative found mainly in chs. Daniel bridges the entire 70 years of the babylonian captivity from 605 to 536 b. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival. In dreams and visions the prophet daniel saw amazing scenes of the future of the world. English standard version but you, daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The events are centered on the captivity of israel in 583 b. This unparalleled display of predictive prophecy has caused the book of daniel to be carefully inspected by those hoping to find flaws in the prophecies, or clues that would justify their claim that daniel is actually a book of history, written by someone else after the events it describes took place, rather than prophecy. Some may wonder about how we can be so sure of that date. Daniel 11 was sealed until the time of the end dan 12. This is proved by daniel s personal experiences and by the prophecy, which runs through the book, of the establishment of the kingdom of god, a universal, eternal kingdom, a kingdom of peace and justice for all who prove faithful to him. Chapter 7 spoke of the coming kingdom of heaven, but daniel 1012 does.
The book of daniel stands as a unique mix in the old testament, for while it begins with history, it makes a strong transition at chapter 7, where it contains visions of future events significant to the jews. The daniel prophecies gods plan for the last days book. The book of daniel, also called the prophecy of daniel, a book of the old testament found in the ketuvim writings, the third section of the jewish canon, but placed among the prophets in the christian canon. It is also about people being deliveredwhich is the greatest news in the bible. The validity of daniels authorship and prophecies is at stake. Daniel 7 gives us the prophets dream of four great beasts that rose up out of the sea. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel. But endtimes prophecy is not just a christian thing. In the first chapter i learned something that i had never seen or paid attention to when i read daniel from the bible. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of daniel. The book of daniel stands as powerful evidence for the genuineness of bible prophecy. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels final vision, describing a series. All four end with an antichrist figure who blasphemes god, overthrows the jewish law. It was the first prophecy giving a consecutive history of the world from that time to the end.
It cannot be overemphasized how relevant this book is to our current generation. The four empires of daniels prophecies united church of god. They fail to grasp the awesome truth that we are still living in biblical days. The book of daniel is followed by the prophet hosea, the first of the prophets in the book of the twelve. This is the suggestion that i made to elder haskell which resulted in the book he published. The books of daniel and the revelation should be bound together and published. Many people think that biblical prophecies about the end of the world and the battle of armageddon are a christian thing. Daniel the prophet was the hero and traditional author of the book of daniel.
Prophecies of daniel prophecies fulfilled, and yet to be. Prophecy charts showing timebased bible prophecies from the books of daniel and revelation. The story of daniel the prophet, and the story of the seer of patmos. But foretelling the future is not difficult for god. Because prophecy bulks large in the bible, i would like to say a word about it before we look at the book of daniel specifically. The angel gabriel specifically told daniel to seal up these prophecies until the time of the end.
It is the best book i have read on the book of daniel. This final chapter of the book of daniel focuses on the end timethe time just. The fourth and final end time theme of the book of daniel relates to the timing of the lords return. The book of daniel lays the basis for the book of revelation.
The prophet daniel is one of four major prophets in hebrew scripture, along with isaiah, jeremiah, and ezekiel. Jun 07, 2014 in the center of this discussion is the book of daniel. Did jesus confirm his covenant of love and mercy with daniels people for 7 years. The book of daniel claims to been written in the 6 th century before christ as a prediction of future events. The second half of daniel consists in four visions. Daniel chapter 11 as a direct continuation of chapter 10, daniel is given the key points in the battles between the powers of earth and god, with a range of prophecies giving specific details in a timeline from the medopersian empire, the greek empire, the roman empire, the holy roman empire, islam and the ottoman empire, and then the antichrist. A few explanations of certain portions might be added, but i am not sure that these would be needed. In addition, the captivating prophecy, imagery, and symbolism make the book of daniel one of the most read of hebrew scripture, our old testament of the bible. A study guide to the prophecies of daniel and the revelation. Daniel unsealed world historys response to biblical prophecy. If the rules are not understood, bible students will not agree on the meaning of the prophecies in daniel and revelation. But on this page you will see this great prophecy come to light. The four visions of chapters seven to twelve are an early example of apocalyptic literature and, in contrast to the earlier chapters, are introduced in the first person. Satan had tried to keep daniel from understanding the visions he had received and thus prevent gods truth from being revealed.
May 07, 2019 this is a video collection of sermons and bible studies on the prophecies found in the biblical book of daniel. However, many theologians do not believe that it is not really a prophecy. While it may not agree with the conclusions reached by sir robert anderson, serious bible students will want to consider the authors analysis in chapter 4 and appendix 4, which outline the important prophecy on daniel s. Jesus himself also referred to this time in his olivet prophecy saying, for then. In these videos on the prophecies of daniel, ive tried to recreate visually what daniel saw and to explain it in a way which has been broadly accepted by students of bible prophecy for. You know, for religious fanatics and other societal oddballs. In the hebrew canon, daniel is placed in the writings or hagiographa. Prophet daniel was trained in the kings court and then elevated to a high rank in the babylonian and persian kingdoms. Prophecy for today from daniel kindle edition by stendal, russell.
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