ANSWERS

SET YOUR HEART TO UNDERSTAND. Some commentators are like lawyers.  They use big words like “contradistinction” (the difference between two or more things that is made clear by comparing them).  They sometimes offer unproven claims with no evidence:  “The reference here is undoubtedly to Gabriel”.  Sorry, I reserve the right to doubt what you say

TIME TO REPENT

A GOOD TIME TO START… Daniel was living in the time of the punishment of Israel but God gave him a glimpse of hope.  Seeing that there was relief in sight, Daniel decided to pray for Israel.  They had lived in great sin and deserved all the horrors they had experienced.  But the mercy of

THE VILE AND THE VIOLENT

FOCUSED VISION In previous visions Daniel seems to outline the advent of four kingdoms, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.  Here there are only two beasts but we have a better understanding this time.  An angel appears to give Daniel knowledge of who these beasts are.  They do represent two of the kingdoms previously revealed.  They

BEASTLY

FORWARD VISION Daniel has established his reputation for revealing the future.  Now he goes back to a dream and visions he had early in the reign of the last Babylonian king.  This is a great chapter in prophesy and it has provoked dozens of opinions from commentators.  I will offer links to them so you