I was reading the book of daniel, which is filled with extraordinary and apocalyptic visions. But endtimes prophecy is not just a christian thing. In babylon he was placed in a training school for captives whod shown abilities to be trained in the knowledge and ways of the babylonians. Prophecies of daniel prophecies fulfilled, and yet to be. The prophet ezekiel, who wrote his prophecy in babylon about the same time, mentioned three biblical figures in a row as men of righteousness, noah, daniel. In these videos on the prophecies of daniel, ive tried to recreate visually what daniel saw and to explain it in a way which has been broadly accepted by students of bible prophecy for many centuries. Consider how clearly he determines the year of manifestation. In either case, if he misstated the matter regarding daniel, his claim of being the son of god would be nullified. That is to say, the fulfillment of the vision of daniel took place in the year a. 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.
The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet jews. An explanation, regarding the book of prophesy of the prophet daniel, brought out of the darkness into the light. Charts include studies on the rapture and great tribulation. He soon distinguished himself there when he and his 3 young friends from. They themselves, within themselves, have assumed these abilities, without god. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Daniel predicted five empires, four of which all came into being, with a fifth to come. This brings us to daniels 70 th week, a key to understanding the last days and the return of christ. Revelation 10 is the prophecy that announces the time to unseal the prophecies of daniel. History bears truth to the prophetic events and visions that have taken place, to the events and visions that are taking place, and to the last day events. Daniel who through the book received revelations from god.
The two prophecies are related and should be studied in sequence. In dreams and visions the prophet daniel saw amazing scenes of the future of the world. The same prophet can at times experience different levels of prophecy, ruach hakodesh, or both. The prophecies of daniel mysteries explained and dating demonstrated the seventy sevens or weeks, the four kingdoms and kings, etc page 1 of 2 note. Mar 03, 2008 readings from the bibles book of daniel, and its prophecies of the end times. Historicist interpretations of the book of daniel wikipedia.
The holy prophet daniel is the fourth of the major prophets. Daniels failed prophecies are noted regarding antiochus iv of syria and a resurrection of the dead upon the ending of the syrian oppression of jerusalem. You know, for religious fanatics and other societal oddballs. Prophecy did not cease when gods old covenant people were absent from their land, as daniel and ezekiel demonstrate. Prophecy in the book of daniel is not possible viewpoint of naturalism false at the 98. 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 failure of his prediction refutes evangelical claims that the bible is inerrant and prophecy proves its divine inspiration. Daniel 3 shadrach, meshach, and abednego delivered from the fiery furnace and the princes, governors, and captains, and the kings counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. In daniel 7, we have a parallel prophecy with four beasts and a little horn, which god gave to daniel to strengthen the prophecy of daniel 2 and give us even further detail concerning the coming kingdoms of the world. A key to the visions and prophecies of the book of daniel gaebelein, arno clemens on.
The original purpose of the book of daniel was to comfort and encourage persecuted jews during the maccabean revolt. The messianic time table according to daniel the prophet. Prophecy in the book of daniel is not possible, naturalism. That daniel was indeed a prophet is well substantiated. The prophecy also predicted that jesus ministry to confirm the covenant would be cut off in the middle of the 70th prophetic week.
He used them so the evil powers he exposed wouldnt readily. A key to the visions and prophecies of the book of daniel. So eventually, the generation that sees the siege of jerusalem will see the second coming. Daniel was gods mouthpiece to the gentile and jewish world, declaring gods current and future plans. It located the most of its predictions within well defined prophetic periods, though reaching many centuries into the future. Daniel 12 modern english version mev the prophecy of the end times. I was amazed to learn that it is not included in the section of the bible. Daniel on the last days last days mystery prophecy. The book of daniel is one of the most thrilling books in the bible, and it is, of course, a book on prophecy. In addition, the captivating prophecy, imagery, and symbolism make the book of daniel one of the most read of hebrew scripture, our old testament of the bible. A skeptics guide to bible prophecy the world according. And he will attract large crowds false prophets usually do.
The prophecy of daniel 2 2018 biblical end time prophecy. Prophecy for today, a bible study of daniel stendal, russell m. Many people think that biblical prophecies about the end of the world and the battle of armageddon are a christian thing. Daniel s prophecies are in many respects the most remarkable of any in the sacred record and is the most comprehensive. These false prophets also proclaim the coming of christ and what the signs are, but they do not know the signs themselves.
The prophecy would have a double meaning and would be fulfilled both times. These true prophets of the lord ministered in babylon, having been taken there alongside other judahites. The passage states that from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. Daniel 12 closes with the command to shut up and seal the prophecies until the time of the end. Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams and visions.
Daniel s prophecies come from outside timespace viewpoint of supernaturalism appears to be true. 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. The false prophet, the second beast of revelation, will be the religious leader who will point people toward the antichrist. The book of daniel is followed by the prophet hosea, the first of the prophets in the book of the twelve. Did jesus confirm his covenant of love and mercy with daniels people for 7 years.
Daniel bridges the entire 70 years of the babylonian captivity from 605 to 536 b. What will yet happen on the face of this earth in the years to come has already been prophesied and penned in the bible. 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. 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.
End of days bible study of the prophet daniel by h. He will be like many false prophets of our own daydispensing what people want to hear instead of the truth they need to hear. The four empires of daniels prophecies united church of god. Historicism, a method of interpretation in christian eschatology which associates biblical prophecies with actual historical events and identifies symbolic beings. As you will see, the prophecies of daniel alone are enough to prove the bible. The parthenon in athens stands as a reminder of greeces power. More than any other book of the hebrew scriptures, the writings of the prophet daniel confront us with. The book of daniel is an apocalypse, a literary genre in which a heavenly reality is revealed to a human recipient. The story of daniel the prophet is a history and prophecy revelation of events and visions of the prophet daniel that took place, have taken place, and are about to take place in the earth. Many books have been written and there are many incidents in history of falsehood and deceit, that also includes false christians and false prophets. It all began in december of 167 bc, when the seleucid emperor antiochus epiphanes desecrated the. Updated 2020 bible prophecy revealed book 2 kindle edition by fortner, michael d download it once and read it. Daniel foretold the rise of empires such as greece and rome hundreds of years before these events took place. Discuss in a group the dual prophecy made by jesus in matthew 24 which covers both the fall of jerusalem and the end of time.
Ezekiel condemns the false prophets reformed bible studies. All the prophets from daniel right back to john were attributed prophetic status when. Among the jewish captives taken from judah and exiled to babylon was a young man whose hebrew name was daniel, renamed belteshazzar by the babylonians daniel 1. Just as military planners send secret messages in code to keep the enemy from intercepting and understanding them, so god has cloaked prophecy in symbolic language. Jerusalem was conquered by the babylonians, the temple built by solomon was destroyed, and many of the israelite people were led away into the babylonian captivity.
He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. The prophet daniel is one of four major prophets in hebrew scripture, along with isaiah, jeremiah, and ezekiel. Scripture tells us that god will test us to see if we are committed to the one true god. He didnt use symbols to prevent us from understanding his messages. They do not know how to explain it properly, because they do not possess daniels abilities. It was the first prophecy giving a consecutive history of the world from that time to the end. The prophet daniel was one of the major prophets of ancient israel. Oct 25, 2017 prophecy charts showing timebased bible prophecies from the books of daniel and revelation. Around 604 bc, he was taken as a captive from jerusalem to babylon when he was probably a young teenager.
In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the seed of the medes, which was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. We will be adding a study page for the prophecy of daniel 7 soon. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy. Mostly because of their size, the latter prophets are subdivided into the major prophets isaiah, jeremiah, and ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets, whose writings could all be included in one large scroll which came to be known in greek as the dodecapropheton, the twelveprophet book. If the book of daniel was a fraudulent production, christ was either ignorant of the matter, or dishonest about the prophecys authorship. Jan, 2019 prophetic books of the bible prophets have existed throughout every era of gods relationship with mankind, but the old testament books of the prophets address the classical period of prophecy from the later years of the divided kingdoms of judah and israel, throughout the time of exile, and into the years of israels return from exile. His famous 70 weeks of years prophecy is understood not to refer to jesus and the destruction of the temple ca.
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