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In a special visitation to the prophet Daniel during his impassioned prayer, the angel Gabriel brought him God’s timetable for the arrival of the coming Messiah.  Using the word picture “week” to represent a group of seven years, the message Gabriel brought to Daniel was as follows: 25 So know and understand: From the issuing ofContinue reading “Artaxerxes’ Decree – Nehemiah 2“

Ninety-three years after the angel Gabriel brought Daniel the message of the seventy “weeks” until the coming Messiah, God set in motion the event that would begin the clock – the decree of Artaxerxes to finish the rebuild of the city of Jerusalem. Artaxerxes was king of the Medo-Persian empire, which under Cyrus the Great,Continue reading “Nehemiah’s Prayer – Nehemiah 1“

The prophet Daniel learned from reading the words of the prophet Jeremiah that the exile of God’s people in Babylon would last for seventy years.  This time period was based upon 490 years of them and their ancestors ignoring God’s sabbath, or Shabbat, the land rest required by the law of Moses, given by GodContinue reading “The Seventy Weeks Messianic Prophecy – Daniel 9”

In his later years, the prophet Daniel searched the scriptures to continue to gain a deeper understanding of the Lord’s nature, works, and ways.  In the book of Deuteronomy, Daniel found the reasons for the exile of his people to Babylon and the destruction of their temple in Jerusalem.  In the writings of Jeremiah, heContinue reading “Praying the Word – Daniel 9“

The Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt and eventually into their own land with an agreement, or covenant, that depended upon their commitment to Him and obedience to the Law of Moses.  For His part, God promised to protect His people, shower them with blessing after blessing, forgive their sins and shortcomings, heal theirContinue reading “From the Books – Daniel 9“

Daniel’s prophetic vision of four future empires concludes with a transition from the fourth human empire, Rome, and its reconstitution using modern-day descendants, to the future installation of God’s kingdom on earth.  Towards the end of the final human empire, a person known as the Little Horn, or Antichrist, will be permitted to draw uponContinue reading “Heaven’s Court is Seated – Daniel 7“

A curious entity known as the Little Horn emerges in two places in the Old Testament.  One, found in Daniel 8, will appear in the latter days of the Empire of Greece, and bring much suffering to the people Judah while ruling over them.  A second Little Horn will appear at the end of ourContinue reading “The Little Horn of Greece – Daniel 8“

In a series of prophecies given to Daniel throughout his life, the Lord presented a timeline for the coming empires of human government which would rule the world. These would each reign in succession, in their appointed time, until God one day chooses to replace them all with His own government, to be led byContinue reading “Rome, the Fourth Great Empire – Daniel 7”

Alexander the Great was a young military genius who defeated the Medo-Persian empire in 333 BC.  He is the biblical king of Greece mentioned in the prophecies of Daniel, written almost two hundred years before Alexander lived.  Alexander’s armies moved swiftly like a leopard against the lumbering “bear” of Medo-Persia, two analogies used in Daniel’sContinue reading “Alexander the Great – Daniel 8“