This chapter treats of the same subject as the second chapter. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. Now, we enter the book of daniel for a versebyverse study of this. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. Daniel 7, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The outward political history had been shown in its general features to the world. In the first year of belshazzar king of babylon daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed. He shall speak great words against the most high symmachus reads, he shall speak great words, as the most high. He approached the ancient of days and was led into his presence. Daniel 7 niv daniels dream of four beasts in bible. But the saints of the most high shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Daniel 7 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Read daniel chapter 7 in this free douay rheims version of the catholic bible.
This interpretation is confirmed, also, by daniel 7. 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. Daniel chapter 9 records daniels seventy weeks prophecy. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time. In addition he tries to changes times and laws etc. His vision of gods throne of government and judgment, daniel 7. 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 7 in the first year of belshazzar king of babylon. 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. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. He and his friends serve the kingq according to daniel 1. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. So he spoke with me and revealed 42 to me the interpretation of the vision.
The coming of the lord for his bride before the tribulation, to rescue her from the wrath to come 1 thes 1. Daniel refuses to eat kings food, passes three year training course. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. In my vision at night i looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. And for calvin, the books were opened verse 10 referred to the preaching of the gospel. Chapters 812 contain a vision involving a ram, a goat, and several horns also referring to future kingdoms and their rulers. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter.
The vision predicts major world empires and events from the time of daniel to the second coming of christ. In chapter 7, god gave daniel a vision of four beasts. It is used for those who will be saved during the tribulation revelation. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king james version daniel chapter 1 daniels capture. By perusing the book of daniel in chapters 57, instead of. The six former chapters of this book were historical. The fourth beast is called a king here in verse 17 and is called a kingdom in verse 23. In daniel 7 the prophet records a night vision that god gave him concerning four world empires, symbolized as four beasts daniel 7. Daniel 7, new international version niv the bible app. 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.
The vision to be exposed in chapter 7 is dated during the year 553 b. 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. We currently offer versebyverse commentary on the first three chapters of the book of daniel. Many scholars have felt the references in daniel apply to jewish saints only. Daniel 1 commentary verse by verse commentary bible study. Daniel 7 the seventh chapter of the book of daniel tells of daniels vision of four worldkingdoms replaced by the kingdom of god. 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.
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. The only two rapture positions that would tie in with daniel 7. 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. The four beasts represented the kingdoms of babylon, medopersia, greece, and rome. The interpretation of these visions, given him by an angel that stood by, daniel 7. He will speak against the most high and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. 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. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin. The vision ended with daniel saying, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my. Our class on revelation provides a detailed versebyverse treatment of that beautiful book in 25 lessons with audio. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. Daniel spake and said, i saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of.
Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king. Daniel 1 new international version niv daniels training in babylon. It is clear by the four horns and the activities of the little horn that daniel 7 and 8 overlap in time. Daniel 1 niv daniels training in babylon bible gateway. 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. These he carried off to the temple of his god in babylonia and put in the. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem.
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