Daniel 11 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. This introduction is quite extensiveall of chapter 10. Intro to the sda bible commentary on daniel introduction 1. Daniel prophecy chart based on daniel chapters 2, 7, 8, and the seventhday adventist bible commentary 2008 somer penington 1. Ptolemaeus philopator, so called, say some, per antiphrasin, because he killed his father. Where chapter eleven forms part of a report which the angel gave to daniel. In 1981, greece became the 10 th nation to join, which meant that endtime theories flourished, all based on the number 10, which seemed flimsy to me at the time. A verse by verse commentary on daniel eleven batesville sda. The 49 verses of this chapter, as compared to the 45 of chapter 11, make it the longest in daniels book.
But the good news is that victory is assured for gods faithful followers. Daniel 11 commentary james burton coffman commentaries. The seventhday adventist bible commentary declines to speak decisively. What do the 1,290 and 1,335 days represent daniel 12. The book is named after its principal character, daniel. These show that prophecies have been fulfilled in prophetic time, and that these same prophecies will be repeated. Note how it depicts the character and behavior of five outstanding individuals, namely daniel, his three companions and nebuchadnezzar, the king himself. Daniel 11 explained condensed one page commentary updated. Gods creation is but a reservoir of means made ready for him to employ instantly to do his pleasure letter 1, 1897.
The prophecies of daniel and the revelation should be. In chapter 8, the body of the vision is related in verses 112, but the time appears only in verse 14. 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. We are beholding michael and the angels affecting the minds and activities of human affairs. Even if these three mennoah, daniel and jobwere in it, they could save. Daniel 11 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Included in this publication are the portions of text written by ellen white. Even the best commentaries on daniel 11 tend to become so bogged down in grecoroman history that they lose sight of the history of gods people. Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. Light for the humblelet this mind be in you, which was also in christ jesus. We have been examining the scope of the daniel 11 vision right from the time of babylon and persia down to the very last days, the time of the end.
Daniel 11 antiochus and antichrist revisited introduction 1. The final prophecy of the king of the south was fulfilled in 1798, and he is never afterwards mentioned in prophetic history. Pdf adventist eschatological identity and the interpretations of the. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king. A reservoir of means god spoke, and his words created his works in the natural world. Since this verse also states that the daily sacrifice is taken away, it is likely that the armies of the beast of revelation 17, upon entering jerusalem, will ban this ritual. This book is part of a 9volume set that includes seven volumes of the sda bible commentary, the sda bible dictionary and a special supplement to the commentary, volume 7a which contains pertinent ellen g.
Here in the first verse of chapter 11 we have the continuation of that conversation between daniel and gabriel. In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the lineage of the medes, who was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. Daniel refuses to eat kings food, passes three year training course. A suggestive outline study of daniel 11 mountain view, ca.
Much like the rest of the prophetic visions from daniel, chapter 11 talks. The 2019 daniel 11 prophecy conference hosted by the village seventhday adventist church in berrien springs, michigan, united states. Look at how he came to daniel in a night vision and revealed to him what he needed to know. Though daniel was only a foreign captive in a massive world empire, the lord of all the earth josh.
As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. The practice of naming ot books for their main hero is demonstrated by other books such as joshua, samuel, esther, job, etc. Also, it was the only chapter in the bible that was sealed until the time of the end. Daniel 11 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. Daniel 11 is not understood nearly as well as daniel 2, 7 and. Read daniel 11 kjv along with a helpful commentary. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king james version daniel chapter 1 daniels capture. Daniel begins the book with the simple statement that in the third year of the reign of jehoiakim, king of judah, 607 b. Nehemiah esther job psalms proverbs ecclesiastes s. This chapter contains one of the most specifically fulfilled prophecies of the bible, predicting history over some 375 years, and to the end, with amazing accuracy. Bible commentary seventhday adventistegw vol 18 pdf. If you strive in all humility to understand what is the mind. In a similar way, the prophetic timeperiods related to the vision of chapter 11 are only mentioned in chapter 12. A natural reading of daniel 11 by ken lebrun this paper represents the view that the king of the south plays no role at all in last day events.
Making sense of daniel 11 illiam barclay once said that the study of the book of revelation either finds or leaves a man mad. Ministers should present the sure word of prophecy as the foundation of the faith of seventhday adventists, declared ellen white. A study of the book of daniel the church of christ in. Overall, daniel 11 12 is a milder version of what happens during the appointed time of the end. The prophecy of daniel 11 includes amazing details about great empires, political developments and endtime powers that would affect the jewish people. The seventhday adventist church holds a unique system of eschatological or endtimes beliefs. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. Manuscript 59, 1900 seventhday adventist bible commentary. In the third year of the reign of belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously. Chapter 10 focuses on our lord, as revealed to daniel in his vision verses 56. Eschatology, daniel prophecies, adventist identity, historicism. The first four chapters of the book nar rate the steps by. According to the sda bible commentary, daniel, authorship, chapter 3. The introduction to the prophecy of daniel 11 is given in the preceding chapter.
Nichol, seventhday adventist bible commentary, vol. My own encounter with the challenge of interpreting daniel 11 began during. Daniel chapter 10 describes a cosmic struggle between god and satan daniel chapter 11 comes to a dramatic climax with this final attack against gods people. Instead of the temple being destroyed in daniel 89, it is only profaned in 11 12 by the setting up of an idol in the holy place 11. Isaiah was sawn asunderisaiah, who was permitted by the lord to see wonderful things, was sawn asunder, because he faithfully reproved the sins of the jewish nation. White and the interpretation of daniel and revelation. Young and the volume on daniel in the commentary on the old testament by c.
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