Grecia book of daniel

Through a series of dreams and visions and their interpretations daniel is shown an outline of future kingdoms of the world. Daniel 10 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. The first part of daniel 11, which all commentators whether liberal or contrastive accept as describing greece, chronicles how greece would be a divided kingdom daniel 11. Later in the chapter, the man warns daniel that soon the prince of greece 10. Daniel chapter 2 tells of daniels interpretation of king nebuchadnezzars dream. Many people do not realize that daniel 7 is a further illustration of daniel 2. It is of the greek elements in the book of daniel that i propose to treat. The third year of belshazzar, the last year of babylon. Daniels dream about four animals in belshazzars first year as king of babylon, daniel had a dream.

This same latter day battle is mentioned numerous in the book of daniel, and all begins with a vision of a goat coming from the west, across the face of the whole earth, without ever touching the ground. Daniel 11 is a literal, historical prophecy, not a symbolic one. However, the prophets daniel and zechariah wrote prophecies concerning greece and alexanders macedonian empire. We know the horn power in daniel 8 will come from the north, will appear during the appointed time of the end, will destroy many people, will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and will blaspheme the god of heaven. There is a latterday battle that gabriel prophesied to daniel, involving the prince of grecia and the prince of mediapersia. Greece, grecia encyclopedia of the bible bible gateway. It is a not infrequent phenomenon of geographical nomenclature that an area and its inhabitants. His prophecy included many details, including the fact that the greek empire would split into four parts. The revelation passes quickly from persia daniel 11. But, since we know from daniel 10 that demonic princes such as the ones over persia and greece rule under.

He saw visions as he was lying on his bed, and he wrote down what he had dreamed. Daniel 7 ncv daniels dream about four animals bible gateway. Sep 05, 2019 how long would it take to read the book of daniel. Without going further into the distinctions between words used, all translated as prince, i think i have made the point. The book of daniel has been the battlefield between conservative and liberal scholars for years. Thus, daniel 8 begins a new division of the book of daniel. However, the very fact that the book of daniel remains intact in scripture and that the early dating of this book the 6th century b.

This article continues a series in which we consider two important prophecy passages from the book of daniel. Alexander the great, quickly and powerfully conquered the persians in a brilliant series of battles, and greece became the masters of the oriental world. An angel spoke and said the ram was the king of persia and the goat was the king of grecia who would overcome the persians. Territorial spirits are national angels, or demons, who rule over certain geographical areas in the world, a concept accepted within the charismatic movement, pentecostal traditions, and kingdom now theology.

The goat told him that in 2,300 days the sanctuary would be cleansed. The date and composition of the book of daniel have been fixed with an absolute certainty. Prayer is heard at once in heaven, though the sensible answer may seem to be delayed. During this pause in the prophecy, a jewish nation no longer existed in the middle east. The original word here is closest to yawan, aka javan son of japhethwho is credited in the bible with being the start of the tree of descendants that populated. The angel told daniel, in the days of cyrus about 75 years in advance, that the fourth persian king would oppose grecia. Most likely, the prince of persia is a reference to an evil spiritual entity that wielded authority over the ancient kingdom of persia. Daniel 10 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Daniel prayed to god to forgive jerusalem, and god gave him 70 weeks to get the people to stop sinning. Daniel lived to see the babylonian empire fall in the autumn of 539 b. Hebrew and an aramaic dialect, known as biblical aramaic, are used alternately, as in the book of ezra. This is either something that occurred unintentionally because the answer was so clear to those who made the record or it is an intentional obscuring. The name alexander or alexander the great, referring to the macedonian king, never appears in the bible. Verse 20 describes what the angels says, and now i must return to fight with the prince of persia.

Who was the prince of persia and the prince of greece referred to in the book of daniel. This map reveals the greek empire in 323 bc under its greatest ruler alexander the great. It will also bring to view arguments from daniel 8 to support. Further light on the characteristics of this empire is given in daniel 7. It is a palestinian work1 of the year 169 or 168 before the christian era. The prophecy of daniel 11 then pauses for some 2,000 years between the time of the maccabees and the appearance once again of the king of the south at the time of the end verse 40. The subsequent description of the little horn indicates that it is a man who opposes god 8. The prince of grecia shall come speaks of the time of the end of the persian empire that will last until the time of the prince of greece, that is, alexander the greats conquest of the world, which foreshadows.

The remainder of the book correlates the nation israel with this program. The ram which thou saw having two horns are the kings of media and persia. Though the title of this study is the time of the of the end, i want to assure you this has no relationship to the present state of the earthquake situation in california. From chapter 2, verse 4, through chapter 7, daniel is in aramaic, the gentile and diplomatic language of daniels day. The seventhday adventist church shares the traditional view that the four kingdoms of daniel, as paralleled in chapters 2 and 7, correspond to the neobabylonian empire, the medopersian empire, the greek empire and the roman empire.

Graecia, whence graeci or greeks, was a geographical term properly applicable to an indoeuropean group in the nw corner of the southeastern mediterranean peninsula of europe, opposite the heel of the italian peninsula. Jan 19, 2017 gabriel explains to us in verse 21, the rough goat is the king of grecia. The four empires of daniels prophecies united church of god. This section deals exclusively with the times of the gentiles. Daniel foretold the rise of empires such as greece and rome hundreds of years before these events took place. The prophetic vision of daniel above, indicates that four kingdoms would arise from the grecian empire following the death of alexander the great, who was its. Daniel 11, king of the north and the eastern question.

Who is the prince of persia in chapter 10 of daniel. Daniel 10 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Also notice that the lion is used as a symbol for babylon in the book of jeremiah jeremiah 4. The word translated grecia in the book of daniel is the name yavan javan, the name of a son of joktan, and of the race ionians, i. The first three kingdoms of babylon, medopersia, and greece followed each other, with each successive kingdom conquering the previous one. In the vision the wind was blowing from all four directions, which made the sea very rough. Lessons from the book of daniel videos knowing the time. The noneschatological prophecies in daniel have proved so reliable that. Daniel 8 background information with maps and images. But thou, o daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. This chapter and the two next which conclude this book make up one entire vision and prophecy, which was communicated to daniel for the use of the church, not by signs and figures, as before ch. It is coming into a new edition in may at in the mean time, i assume that the prince of persia is a demonic power with some sort of influence over persia.

The book of daniel deals with gentiles and jews the church is totally excluded. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy. Who was the prince of persia and the prince of greece. Christian interpreters typically read the book of daniel along with the new testaments book of revelation.

Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. The four beasts or kingdoms from the book of daniel the prophet daniel records several visions describing four beasts or kingdoms that would rise to power. Furthermore, they hold the view that the ram and the goat correspond to the medopersian empire and the greek empire, respectively. The heat of battle is now past with each side claiming a major victory.

Biblical dating under the rule of king belshazzar of babylon. The four kingdoms of daniel are four kingdoms which, according to the book of daniel, precede the endtime. In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so. The lion here symbolizes royal splendor and kingly power. Daniel 11 who were the kings of the north and south. The church fathers interpreted the beast in revelation as the empire of rome. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. The grecian, or macedonian empire, rose up by conquering the existing persian empire. Notes on daniel from king james bible old testament. 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. The question you ask is important but the answer is obscure until you know what you are looking at, then suddenly it all seems so simple. While the first chapters of daniel have a more gentile orientation and flavor, chapter 8 turns to a more jewish emphasis.

Daniel 10 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. Book of daniel from the king james version of the bible. The four beasts or kingdoms from the book of daniel the. Jan 02, 2020 by gods inspiration, daniel predicted that there would be a succession of four global empires.

When the angel was talking to daniel, the prince of greece had not yet appeared on the scene. Grecia is a reference to the regions immediately west and north of present day turkey, specifically, greece, macedonia, etc. In daniel 2, god gives us a brief identity of the first four world ruling kingdoms. If you recall from our study, the scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns babylon was the. This belief has been popularized by the novel, this present darkness by frank peretti, as well as by the ministry of peter wagner. The king of the north throughout the chapter, occupies the territory north of jerusalem, which was the northern division of alexanders grecian empire, which became the. Who are the four beasts of daniel 7 bible prophecy. The prince of persia is only mentioned in daniel 10, a highly apocalyptic and therefore at least partially symbolic section of the book of daniel. So we cannot introduce symbolism into this chapter, when it is clearly a literal historical record. The tenth through twelfth chapters more fully describe the vision in the eighth chapter by a second vision on the same subject, just as the vision in the seventh chapter explains more fully that in the second. If in our prayers amidst long protracted sorrows we believed gods angel is on.

I saw four huge animals come up from the sea, and each animal was. While i believe the ram is iran of today, it is important to understand and take note of the specifics of daniels vision. The following sections below about daniel 8 and daniel 9 are some bonus content that we have included for your benefit. When the angel was talking to daniel, the prince of. But now, gods messenger angel makes mention of the prince of greece. Historically, this was greece and the horn is symbolic for alexander their king. Let me suggest you get a copy of my book on daniel. But in daniel 7, god gives us further illustration to identify those kingdoms even more. Next, this prophecy seems to include the story of the maccabees, a jewish family that led the resistance against antiochus and his successors because of their efforts to force the jewish people to accept pagan greek. The parthenon in athens stands as a reminder of greeces power. There are predictions of great earthquakes in the bible and some of them will be tremendous, but none of them, to my knowledge, specify california. Daniel 8 and the realm of grecia introduction it is the purpose of this document to set forth prophetic arguments which may prove that the realm of grecia which the fourth king of persia donald james trump stirs up all against in daniel 11 is not the united nations, but russia. This man explains to daniel that he was delayed by the prince of persia 10.