Understanding the book of daniel chapter 11

When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom. In the third year of cyrus king of persia a message was revealed to daniel, whose name was called belteshazzar. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. Daniel 11 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. At the end of chapter 10 we find gabriel talking with daniel. The most detailed prophecy in the bible life, hope. Understanding the book of daniel free bible booklets.

Also, it was the only chapter in the bible that was sealed until the time of the end. The chapter is called the book of truth, which highlights empires controlling the middle east, from daniel s time until armageddon. Each sentence condenses quantities of information, and many metaphors are employed. Study the bible online using commentary on daniel 11 and more. Because of the detail of the prophecy, we will be forced to frequently. If you would like to know gods program for the future, it is essential that you understand this book of daniel. Daniel 11 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. The book of daniel no other book in the bible has been attacked like the book of daniel. Book of daniel bible study chapter 11 a tale of three madmen. The book of daniel lesson 10 chap 10, 11, 12 by walter c. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels final vision, describing a series. A disciple on daniel 11 one of the hardest to understand portions of scripture. The angel gabriel, in this chapter, performs his promise made to daniel in the foregoing chapter, that he would show him what should befal his people in the latter days, according to that which was written in the scriptures of truth. The angel in daniel 10 confirms king darius chapter outline top.

Daniel 10 the story of experiences to be expanded in gabriels long narration notice, in verse 1, that the thing revealed to daniel was true and that the scripture or writing of truth in verse 21 must be the thing the drama of the long story gabriel tells begins in the last part of chapter 10 and continues through chapter 11 and part of chapter 12. Three more kings will arise in persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. Daniel 11 explained condensed commentary daniel 11 truth. The fundamental theme of the book of daniel is gods control over history.

The angel told daniel that this part of his book was not going to be understood until the end of those great time prophecies written in the book. The prophet daniel is one of four major prophets in hebrew scripture, along with isaiah, jeremiah, and ezekiel. It should also be noted that when daniel was given this prophecy every part of it. Daniel knew that there would be a long period of time before the vision was fulfilled it says so in verse 1 the appointed time was long, he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase. There are various ways of understanding the structure of daniel 11. Xerxes i 486465 bc ruled during the peak of the persian empire and sacked athens. While the setting of this prophecy is quite clear the time of the end, understanding who the kings represent is more complicated. Daniels symbolic experience of understanding daniel 10. Daniel 11 antiochus and antichrist revisited introduction 1. Next chapter of daniel the book of daniel, chapter 11 we hope that you find the content of the book of daniel, chapter 11 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Homiletical commentary on the book of daniel, the preachers homiletic commentary grand rapids. The purpose of the book of daniel background information the chapters.

Study guide for daniel 11 by david guzik blue letter bible. The angel give assurance and comfort to daniel in daniel 10, after the angel had received aid from the angel michael. Gabriel in chapter 10 described a struggle that was going on with the king of persia against the prince of persia. Chapter 7 spoke of the coming kingdom of heaven, but daniel 1012 does. The section of 235, unfolds the near fulfillment of the persian kingdom and the reign of. This introduction is quite extensiveall of chapter 10. The book of daniel is no exception for it provides a wealth of information to those who would diligently consider it and its teachings. Porphyry claimed that instead of being written by daniel about b. 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. The climax comes with the prophecy of the resurrection of the dead. Daniel takes this to imply the neglect of all other gods, although this does not appear to have been the case.

The heroes of daniel 1112, the wise, are based on the suffering servant of isaiah 53. There are some parts that seem to ring familiar, with respect to current events and people in the world, and to those things which show the purposes in gods working his strange works among men, to bring about the end. The study of any of the old testament prophets is a worthwhile endeavor. A study of the book of daniel church of christ in zion. Daniel, chapter 1, introduces the theme of the entire book a titanic struggle between good and evil. Daniel 11 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. It is the only book which jesus specifically urges his lastday people to study. They focus in particular on the pressure two nations would place on israel, but the twelfth chapter of daniel assures that israel will be delivered in that final day. I found daniel chapter 12 is an extension of daniel chapter 11. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 11 youtube. It is quite a long chapter so we will focus on some areas more than others. Some believe this was actually cyrus, instead of darius. Chapters 8 and 11 have some sections that are hard to distinguish between the historical figure antiochus epiphanes and the antichrist.

While the book has some things in it which may be difficult to understand, at the same time it. Broughton makes these three to be cyrus, artaxasta. It is complex in its historical and prophetic account of things now past, and things to come. This prophecy does not mainly concern alexander because he did no harm to jerusalem, though he conquered the general area. His explanation of the prophecy begins in the 11th chapter of daniel. 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. Bible and, time and again, i find that i go back to dr halley, especially on prophecy and bible history.

King of the south ptolemy soter, who had egypt, palestine and part of syria in the south. Daniel chapter 11 explained discover the 66 books of the. Correct daniel 11 commentary with no gaps continuous timeline which leads to end times prophecy in the middle east today. First of all, daniel 11 makes a complete timeline of its own. Book of daniel chapter 11 bible study a tale of three madmen. From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Just the same, its language is cryptic, almost like a code. Daniel 11 and in the first year of darius the bible. Here in the first verse of chapter 11 we have the continuation of that conversation between daniel and gabriel. The prophecy actually looks ahead from daniel to the final antichrist.

Gabriel explained that he had been dispatched to give daniel understanding of the vision he had seen, which dealt with the fate of the jews in the latter days dan. The first look at the book of daniel is exciting and tough at the same time. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. We saw last time that an angel was sent to daniel to bring him an important prophetic message, yet it took 21 days to reach daniel because of conflict in the angelic realm. In particular, bible students differ as to where in the chapter one distinguishes between those prophecies already fulfilled and the beginning of those prophecies yet unfulfilled.