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Intro- We want to hit the highlights of what we covered last week, because we covered a lot, then we will cover this chapter.
- Are these 70 literal weeks?
Many interpreters view this a 490 years or 70 7’s.
It comes down to, should we read this as weeks or years?
We will come back to that question.
For now let’s focus on the goals that are laid out.
“to finish the transgression”
“to put an end to sin”
“to atone for iniquity”
“to bring in an everlasting righteousness”
“to seal both vision, and prophet”
“to anoint a most holy place”
— All of these things were fulfilled in Christ.
This was not to be interpreted (my opinion) as a specific set amount of time, rather, Symbolically, the fullness of time, until God saw fit to bring Christ into the world.
- We are left with the image of Daniel frightened and facedown upon seeing this man in a vision.
Who is this man?- many scholars due to the similarities in the way they are described view this as the pre-incarnate Christ.
Identifying this man with God would explain why it affected Daniel the way it did when Daniel did not have the same reaction upon seeing Gabriel in chapter 8
V.13- says that this man wanted to come to Daniel beforehand, but he was withstood by the prince of persia.
Since he refers to Michael (an angel) as a prince, it is safe to assume the “prince” that had withstood him was also a spiritual being, a demon.
Daniel was given this incredible look behind the veil into a different realm that we do not read much about in detail but we know is there.
Paul wrote in that our war is not against flesh and blood but against spirits.
God is in control… often times we don’t feel like He is, because we are looking with physical eyes…
- is one of the hardest chapters to try to talk about in a Bible class setting because it is impossible to cover all of the detail that is contained within it.
It foretells 400 years of Jewish history.
Some of which has already been addressed earlier in the book.
In the first 35 verses, there are 130 specific prophecies.
Since we cannot possibly cover all of that, I want to hit a few things that stand out to me, and then focus on prophecy in general.
This quickly passes through the bulk of Persian history.
It reveals that the 4th king will be richer than the rest (Xerxes I ) or Ahazarus
This is is the king we read of in who threw a party for the entire kingdom that lasted for 180 days.
He was instrumental in aggravating Alexander the great which ultimately led to the downfall of Persia.
I find this interesting because it describes we read of these strange terms of peace.
A daughter was given to be married to an enemy king in order for the wars to stop.
That daughter was Cleopatra I.
She was angry, she convinced her husband Ptolmey V to ally with Rome and go to war with her father.
Speaking of oppression of the Jews that was an ongoing battle:
V.32- “People who know their God shall stand firm”- What a powerful statement… It’s not about a religious “I know what my parents believed” - But the people who knew their God would stand in the midst of trials.
V.35- some of the wise shall stumble so that they may be refined...
It is difficult for us to imagine that God allowed His people to be oppressed, but He did.
He allowed them to be oppressed (to go through the refining fire) because they were so impure, they needed to be purified.
V.35- “For it still awaits the appointed time” - God was still in control, He had determined the time that the suffering of His people would end.
Prophecy.
In my personal opinion, there is no greater evidence that there is a God and that the Bible is His word than that of Prophecy.
Let’s glance at a couple prophecy’s found in scripture dealing with the same time periods we are dealing with in Daniel, found in other parts of scripture.
There are many prophecies found in scripture that as we look back at history we see that they were fulfilled.
There are even some prophecies we still see today.
There are many prophecies found in scripture that as we look back at history we see that they were fulfilled.
There are even some prophecies we still see today.
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Written in 589 B.C. predicts that Nebuchadnezzar will take Egypt and that it never again will rise to a major world empire.
Today Egypt is still considered a 3rd world country
aWritten in 589 B.C. predicts that Nebuchadnezzar will take Egypt and that it never again will rise to a major world empire.
Today Egypt is still considered a 3rd world country
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Written in 595 B.C. and both predict the city of babylon will become desolate and will never be rebuilt.
Today Babylon lies in ruins and has no inhabitants
a. Written in 595 B.C. and both predict the city of babylon will become desolate and will never be rebuilt.
Today Babylon lies in ruins and has no inhabitants
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Out with doubt, Kyle Butt pg.
48-49
a. Out with doubt, Kyle Butt pg.
48-49
Next week- We finish the book.
Is chapter 12 about the end of the world?
What is the abomination that makes desolate, what does the 1,335 days mean?
Stay tuned until next week :)
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