Daniel refuses to eat kings food, passes three year training course. The phrase son of man is retained here because of its use in the new testament as a title of jesus, probably based largely on this verse. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. But there the four kingdoms, and messiahs final kingdom, were regarded according to their external political aspect, but here according to the mind of god concerning them, and their moral features. The outward political history had been shown in its general features to the world. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem.
Daniel spake and said, i saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of. He approached the ancient of days and was led into his presence. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. He wrote down the substance of his dream2 daniel said. In daniel 7 the prophet records a night vision that god gave him concerning four world empires, symbolized as four beasts daniel 7. In my vision at night i looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.
An angelic guide interprets the beasts as kingdoms and kings, the last of whom will make war on the holy ones of god, but he. The four beasts represented the kingdoms of babylon, medopersia, greece, and rome. Four beasts come out of the sea, the ancient of days sits in judgement over them, and one like a son of man is given eternal kingship. He will speak against the most high and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. Now, we enter the book of daniel for a versebyverse study of this. Daniel 7 niv daniels dream of four beasts in bible. These he carried off to the temple of his god in babylonia and put in the. Daniel 7 the seventh chapter of the book of daniel tells of daniels vision of four worldkingdoms replaced by the kingdom of god. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king. Daniels prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9. Daniels visions interpreted 24 and the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. Daniel 7, new king james version nkjv the bible app. But if there are ten toes daniel 2 and ten horns daniel 7 and revelation and 17 associated with the rule of this final world ruler, there is no good reason to spiritualize what god has said in at least four different places.
So he spoke with me and revealed 42 to me the interpretation of the vision. We currently offer versebyverse commentary on the first three chapters of the book of daniel. The seventh chapter of the book of daniel records an unusual vision that he received in the first year of the babylonian king belshazzar 555556 b. Daniel 1 commentary verse by verse commentary bible study. Our class on revelation provides a detailed versebyverse treatment of that beautiful book in 25 lessons with audio. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. It is clear by the four horns and the activities of the little horn that daniel 7 and 8 overlap in time. By perusing the book of daniel in chapters 57, instead of. The only two rapture positions that would tie in with daniel 7. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time. Chapters 812 contain a vision involving a ram, a goat, and several horns also referring to future kingdoms and their rulers.
The coming of the lord for his bride before the tribulation, to rescue her from the wrath to come 1 thes 1. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. The vision ended with daniel saying, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my. Daniel 7, new international version niv the bible app. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. The six former chapters of this book were historical. It is used for those who will be saved during the tribulation revelation. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. The vision to be exposed in chapter 7 is dated during the year 553 b. Daniel 1 new international version niv daniels training in babylon.
The interpretation of these visions, given him by an angel that stood by, daniel 7. The vision predicts major world empires and events from the time of daniel to the second coming of christ. The four empires are the same as nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream in daniel 2, although in that dream they are pictured as various metals in a statue. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. Forty five more days, even beyond the 1290 days, allows for transition between israels time of being shattered verse 7, and gods setting up of his kingdom. Daniel, as many other authors of the antiquity and the bible, writes of himself in the third person throughout the first part of the book. His vision of gods throne of government and judgment, daniel 7.
The fourth beast is called a king here in verse 17 and is called a kingdom in verse 23. Daniel 7 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Daniel 1 niv daniels training in babylon bible gateway. Daniel chapter 9 records daniels seventy weeks prophecy. This interpretation is confirmed, also, by daniel 7. Daniel 7 in the first year of belshazzar king of babylon. He and his friends serve the kingq according to daniel 1. But the saints of the most high shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king james version daniel chapter 1 daniels capture. He shall speak great words against the most high symmachus reads, he shall speak great words, as the most high. In chapter 7, god gave daniel a vision of four beasts. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin. In addition he tries to changes times and laws etc.
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