Daniel
Daniel Prays For The People
At this time, Daniel was an old man, nearing ninety years of age. He had served through many changes of dynasty in the kingdom of Babylon, having been the prime minister of the kingdom under three successive kings. As the account tells us in the opening verses, he is readin …
Daniel’s Vision of a Ram And a Goat
As with chapter 7, this chapter precedes chapter 5 chronologically. Approximately two years after Daniel had his first dream in chapter seven he had another dream. This dream came during the third year of Belshazzar’s reign (v. 1). He was in the palace at Shushan, about t …
Daniel Gives a Prophetic Outline of The Dream
In the interpretation of the dream Daniel gives a prophetic outline from the time of Nebuchadnezzar to the second coming of Christ (v. 36). The image of Nebuchadnez?zar’s dream symbolized the four great world empires. The Babylonian Empire (vv. 37-38) – Daniel said …
The Kings of the North and South
Last time, we read about rise of Alexander the Great. His early death resulted in his Kingdom being divided among four of his generals. Today’s passage is a continuation of that conflict we saw last time between the king of the North (Seleucus) and his descendants in Syria and the king …