Category: Daniel

This final chapter close the three-chapter vision / interpretation. Daniel is again told that his vision is for the last times, and is to be ‘sealed away until the time of the end’. ” ‘At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time…

This entire chapter is a monologue from the angel who arrived after 21 days of Daniel’s sacrificial prayers (see ch10). He gives past/present/future prophecy that echoes and expands upon the prophecies from chapters 7 & 8. ” ‘And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god,…

In this chapter Daniel has another vision while mourning / praying and abstaining from certain indulgences (not true fasting, but similar). “In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth… as I was standing on the bank of the great river (that is,…

This chapter contains a confessional / intercessory prayer from Daniel, and Gabriel responding with a prophecy of Jesus. ” ‘O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your [people], because for our sins… your people have become a byword among all who are around us… O…

This chapter contains Daniel’s ‘second vision’ and a partial interpretation. Just like the last vision, parts were already fulfilled, have now been fulfilled, and have yet to be fulfilled. “When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man… So…

This chapter contains a vision of Daniel’s, and a partial interpretation. Some of the vision had already been fulfilled in Daniel’s day, another portion was fulfilled by NT times, and a portion of it will be fulfilled in our future (as best as we can understand / interpret it). ” ‘As I looked… the Ancient…

This chapter contains the well-known account of ‘Daniel and the lions’ den’. “Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel… but they could find no… fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him… Then Daniel said… ‘…My God sent his angel…

This chapter contains ‘the writing on the wall’ and Daniel’s warnings against pride. “O king, the Most High God gave… your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty… But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and…

In this chapter King Nebuchadnezzar has another dream only Daniel is willing to interpret, and is a prophecy about God humbling the king. “Then Daniel… was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him… and said, ‘My lord… The tree you saw… it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong… It…

I’m sure many of us are familiar with the account of the three Jewish men who refuse to worship a foreign idol and are cast into a furnace, then are rescued by a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus. “And the herald proclaimed aloud, ‘You are commanded, O peoples… that when you hear the sound of… every…