When the book of daniel is examined for content and literary character, it falls naturally into two roughly equal parts which may be designated daniel a. That makes the prophecies of the book very accurate up to 168164 that is. Additionally, a large proportion of the book is written in aramaic rather than the traditional hebrew adding to the complexity of these biblical texts. Liberal theologians have relentlessly attacked daniel because of the miracles in the book and the prophecies. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, whose name was called belteshazzar.
The beasts of prophecy written about by daniel in his book and john of the book of revelation. Daniel recognizes that human wisdom can never penetrate the mystery communicated to the king in his dreams. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering. Bible prophecy is fascinating, especially with what is happening now in the world. The story of daniel motivates faithfulness despite. How daniel s prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival the prophet daniel lived more than 500 years before the birth of jesus. Pastor roger barriers ask roger column regularly appears at preach it, teach it. How daniels prophecy foretells the messiahs arrival.
The hero of the book of daniel in the ketuvim section of the bible is one of the jews exiled in babylonia, a soothsayer at the babylonian court under. The claim in the book is that the author daniel made the prophecies contained therein and therefore must be taken in their plain sense. Biblical prophecy from book of daniel connects rapid rise. According to the written word of god, antichrist will be a man. The following pages are a scripture by scripture bible commentary on each chapter of the book of daniel and many historical quotes are given to reinforce the truth. If you want to understand these prophecies fully and in an easy to follow format then this is it. The book of daniel is unsealing focus on the middle east and prophecy. The book of daniel in preterist perspective the forerunner. If the book of daniel was a fraudulent production, christ was either ignorant of the matter, or dishonest about the prophecys authorship. Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince. In either case, if he misstated the matter regarding daniel, his claim of being the son of god would be nullified. Chapter nine opens up with daniel trying to understand the prophecy of jeremiah in which jeremiah prophesied concerning the exiles that were taken to babylon. As we go through the book we will be refreshed in our understanding that god has inspired his word including the book of daniel. It would be worthwhile and advisable to read the page on bible prophecy symbols first to gain a comprehensive understanding of the many bible symbols before beginning.
Biblical prophecy from book of daniel connects rapid rise of antisemitism as precursor to redemption by dr. This is explicable on the ground that the second part of the book is concerned only with the presentation of daniel s inner experiences to the exclusion of all objective relations. 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. Jewish perspective according to the talmudand this is going to be pretty surprising for christian readers and interpretersdaniel was not a prophet. In this famous prophecy, daniel tells us that all the prophecies concerning the jewish people will be fulfilled at the end of a period of 490 years. It is, however, among the writings of the jews which were popularly read during certain feast days.
This introduction is quite extensiveall of chapter 10. These prophecies encouraged daniel and the jews of his generation, and they continue to serve as an encouragement that the god of israel is a keeper of promises. Daniel the prophet of the bible, his life and accomplishments by avrohom bergstein daniel 33043399 457362 bce was a celebrated jewish scholar and master interpreter of dreams who was exiled to babylon after the destruction of the holy temple in jerusalem. Daniel 11 timeline condensed one page commentary video overview daniel 11 explained condensed one page commentary revelation 7. 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.
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. Jews for judaism daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation. The book of daniel opens with the backstory of his capture by the babylonians. After a thorough study of the word we find we have a more minute account of daniel s early life than is recorded of that of any other prophet. It is the best book i have read on the book of daniel. In the first chapter i learned something that i had never seen or paid attention to when i read daniel from the bible. Daniel prophecies a new translation of daniel from aramaic. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy.
That is to say the jewish author of daniel is using flawed methodologies in calculating the reigns of the persian kings and antiochus ivs end was not as predicted. Current events, daniel videos and texts, insights, my past, the future and endtime w ith the way the world is in these times, more and more people have at least some curiosity about bible prophecy and the future it tells us of. Daniel was gods mouthpiece to the gentile and jewish world, declaring gods current and future plans. The book of daniel also has much to teach us about daniel, the man. The introduction to the prophecy of daniel 11 is given in the preceding chapter. This episode explains daniel s 70 weeks prophecy and more. Because hippolytus was acquainted with second temple literature, jewish interpretation of the seventy sevens may also have informed his. Roger barrier takes an indepth look at the book of daniel, to help make sense of bible prophecy and how it applies to what is going on in the world today. No book of the bible has been attacked as viciously by theological liberals as the book of daniel. Antichrist will rule from the city of seven hills rome. Spirituality, the second coming of the lord, the return of the messiah, proclamation of the state of israel. Daniel 9 a true biblical interpretation jews for judaism. This is a video collection of sermons and bible studies on the prophecies found in the biblical book of daniel.
What revelation is to the new testament prophetically and apocalyptically, daniel is to the old testament. I was amazed to learn that it is not included in the section of the bible known as the prophets, and that the talmud does not even consider daniel to have been a. May 07, 2019 this is a video collection of sermons and bible studies on the prophecies found in the biblical book of daniel. The book of daniel was written during the persecutions of israel by the syrian king antiochus epiphanes. The book of daniel hadavar messianic ministrieshadavar. The book of tanach describing the experiences of daniel and his friends hananiah, mishael, and azariah in the babylonian and persian royal courts, as well as several of daniels prophecies. Christians contend that it is a perfect calculation of the coming of jesus. The prophet daniel in the hebrew scriptures confronts us with evidence of the time of messiahs coming. Lecture by rabbi benjamin scolnic the book of daniel and the nature of biblical truth given 7pm 9pm on saturday january 17, 2015 at. Much of the book is even written in aramaic, the language that was spoken in babylonia during the seventy years of exile following the destruction of the first beit hamikdash. Daniel is the story of the people of israel in exile, longing to return to the land of israel. And the people a prophecy of rome of the prince who shall come antichrist shall destroy the city jerusalem.
The book of daniel in preterist perspective and in the days of these kings shall the god of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed. But foretelling the future is not difficult for god. In the first six chapters daniel is introduced in the third person, while in the others he appears as the speaker. Throughout history, the people of israel have been persecuted in foreign lands. Satan had tried to keep daniel from understanding the visions he had received and thus prevent gods truth from being revealed. These examples are evidence that daniel is an authentic book of prophecy history written in advance.
Many excellent studies have been published about the book of revelation. Mar, 2016 in this series, im going through chapter by chapter to see what daniels history got right and if he got anything wrong. An atonement for israels sins is the third thing that will happen during daniels 70 weeks of years. According to the talmudand this is going to be pretty surprising for christian readers and interpreters daniel was not a prophet. 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. Watch our overview video on the book of daniel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. 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 messianic time table according to daniel the prophet jews. He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. People today are of the mindset that the events of the old and new testaments all happened back in. The hero of the book of daniel in the ketuvim section of the bible is one of the jews exiled in babylonia, a soothsayer at the babylonian court under nebuchadnezzar who died in 562 b. Daniels 70 weeks of years tribulation lamb and lion. Did jesus confirm his covenant of love and mercy with daniels people for 7 years. 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. The book of daniel is a study, a commentary, of the book of daniel in the bible. This brings us to daniels 70 th week, a key to understanding the last days and the return of christ. Tradition calls for the book of daniel to have been written as a whole around 537530. Book of daniel perspectives from faith communities in practice. His birth and linage are left in complete obscurity except that he was of the royal line, probably of the house of david, which had at this time become very. The book of ezekiel has always been a problem book. Porphyry, an intelligent man, produced a detailed verse by verse study of the book of daniel in support of his argument for a second century date in volume 12 of his 15 volume work against the christians which survives in part in jeromes 5th century commentary on daniel wilken, 1984.
In any case the linguistic diversity in parts of this book is no reason for assuming two sources for it, as meinhold does in his commentary p. None of the cases of explicit interpretation of revelation in daniel fit the modes we find in qumran or rabbinic literature. The book of daniel can be divided into two partsstories and prophecies. Book of daniel oxford research encyclopedia of religion. An interpretive study of the visions, revelations, prophecies, and historical perspectives of the book of daniel swaggart, jimmy on. 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. The book of daniel is filled with messianic illusions and calculations that even left daniel pondering their meanings. Angels antichrist apologetics apostasy in the church archaeology armageddon bible book of daniel book of revelation church and ecclesiology conferences creation versus evolution cults death end times eschatology eternity evangelism false prophets god gogmagog war heaven hope interpretation of scriptures islam israel jesus jewish people.
Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams and visions. Yeah sure, daniel had visions and so did prophets like isaiah and ezekiel. The book of daniel is the apocalyptic book of the hebrew bible. It would be hard to find another prophecy where the christian and jewish interpretations let alone what scholars say about it are so incompatible. This is the 2019 update and differs in some details from the 2008 version that has been published elsewhere on the internet. The prophecies reveal when these lastday events will occur. An essay on daniel 3 antiochus iv epiphanes in jerusalem. Daniel, book of, a book of the third division of the hebrew bible, the hagiographa, named for a man daniel whose fortunes and predictions are the subject of the book. Daniel and the origins of jewish biblical interpretation jstor. Answering jewish objections to the 70 seventy weeks of daniel introduction to the 70 weeks of daniel this prophecy takes place in the ninth chapter of daniel, being a response to daniel s prayer from heaven, regarding his people, city and temple. End times signs rapture prophecy timelines explained. Daniels prophecy read part 5 daniel prophesied the distinctly dispensational truth that there would be a jewish temple in the city of jerusalem during the future eschatological sevenyear tribulation period dan. Learn the rich text of daniel with insights culled from the classic commentaries on tanach.
This prophecy in the book of daniel written over 500 years before jesus was born also warned jerusalem and the jewish temple sanctuary would be destroyed after messiah jesus christ would be executed. This final chapter of the book of daniel focuses on the end timethe time just before and after jesus christ returns to earth. The book of daniel contains the only apocalypse in the hebrew bible. The validity of daniels authorship and prophecies is at stake. The angel informs him that seventy weeks have been decreed for them, and then gives a detailed but cryptic description of those weeks. But that atonement will not actually be applied to the jews until they appropriate it by accepting jesus as their messiah. This book is more like a commentary on the book of daniel and then some. Recommended books on bible prophecy prophecy lamb and. The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet daniel and the timing of messiah more than any other book of the hebrew scriptures, the writings of the prophet daniel confront us with evidence of the time of messiahs comingevidence that many people would rather not see. Danielan authentic book of prophecy watchtower online.
Pastor explores the book of daniel to explain bible prophecy. The mystery has to do with the future messianic kingdom, the kingdom of heaven which the messiah, jesus christ. 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. According to the talmudand this is going to be pretty surprising for christian readers and interpretersdaniel was not a prophet. 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. The bands of bronze and iron link the great tree prophecy to the great image prophecy of daniel chapter 2. I encourage everyone to read this book even nonchristians. When the book of daniel is examined for content and literary character, it falls naturally into two roughly equal parts which may be designated daniel a and daniel b. This atonement occurred, of course, when jesus shed his blood on the cross for the sins of the world. The daniel prophecies gods plan for the last days book. It can be explained only by the god of israel, the lord of heaven and earth. It cannot be overemphasized how relevant this book is to our current generation. And in fact the book of revelation is largely a christian interpretation of the. Daniel 11 picks up with the medopersian empire still ruling as the world power in daniels time.
Christians are using flawed methodologies in ascribing daniels 70 weeks of years as a prophecy concerning christs appearance and mission. Daniel 9 is one of the most difficult and controversial prophecies in the tenach. Daniel the prophet of the bible, his life and accomplishments. The book of daniel in preterist perspective what follows is the complete text of part 1 of in the days of these kings. The stories reveal how to be ready for earths final days. Daniel on the last days last days mystery prophecy. The book of daniel has sometimes been classified with the prophetic books of the old testament, a mistake owing largely to a failure to distinguish between the predominant characteristics of prophetic and apocalyptic writings. Dec 06, 2012 introduction to the old testament hebrew bible rlst 145 with christine hayes the destruction of jerusalem challenged the faith of the nation. The shortterm and longterm prophecies that have briefly been considered in these two articles are merely a sample of the dreams, visions, and prophecies contained in daniel. The book of daniel opens with a major conflict in the middle east. An interpretive study of the visions, revelations, prophecies, and historical perspectives of the book of daniel.
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