There was war in heaven, michael and his angels waging war with the dragon devil. The base is the 7 kingdoms of history, the middle is the 10 toes kingdom, and the crowning glory is the final 7. Taken into slavery after the fall of jerusalem in 605 b. The purpose of the book of daniel in the book of daniel the scriptures foretell how the lord will deal with the people of daniel the jews and the gentile nations. The new hebrew kings chronology was made possible by recent biblical research that applied information contained in the book of daniel to identify the date for the beginning of the divided kingdoms period as 961 bce, not the 931 bce date derived from the traditional assyrian chronology used throughout modern academia. Another interpretation is that the seven heads represent seven successive rulers in the roman empire which are succeeded by a tennation confederacy which has ten simultaneous kings rev 17. History is also unmistakable as to who uprooted the three exterminated kingdoms.
As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise, and another shall arise after them. History shows that the western roman empire divided into ten separate kingdoms, alemanni, franks, burgundians, suevi, vandals, visigoths, anglosaxons, ostrogoths, lombards, and the heruli. The second kingdom that followed babylon, though not named in the text, is named elsewhere in the book of daniel. The fourth beast would be a fourth kingdom with ten kings, and another king who would pull down three kings and. This paper argues that the book of daniel can be read as a meaningful whole when. Daniel 2 is the chapter with the prophecy about the great image seen by king nebuchadnezzar of the babylonian empire. Daniel has a 2nd vision the little horn is from a part of alexander the greats kingdom daniel again sees the little horn which grows from his home base in three directions. Bible prophecy contains a variety of symbolic representations. Later in the book of daniel the restored or future version of the roman empire is described in greater detail. The king saw a rock that came out of heaven and dramatically crushed all the kingdoms of men upon the earth.
In daniel 7 the empires of babylon, medoperisa, greece, and rome are now described as four animals. Daniel as an example of boldness and faithfulness to god in the most difficult. Do you know how to interpret the four kingdoms of daniel. The book of daniel places the prophetic context of the ten toes and ten horns of the prophetic hour in the kingdoms of the north and south that surround jerusalem. A study of the book of daniel the church of christ in. In daniel 7, the fourth beast has ten horns, depicting the same ten divisions of rome. Daniel as an example of boldness and faithfulness to god in the most difficult circumstances had eternal impact on the people and the kings that he. The divine kingdom daniel 2 john macarthur the book. Furthermore, according to daniel 7, an eleventh horn will come out of these ten. To read a thorough study of the location of the empire of antichrist, read this. Threatened by death at every turn daniel never ceases to serve the king until he is forced to. As in daniel 2, specific details help identify these empires. Having set up in detail the lifesituation faced by daniel and his friends, the book of daniel now in daniel 2 begins the first of the three themes that form the chiastic structure described in the section above the big picture of the book of daniel. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.
Rashi, a medieval rabbi, interpreted the four kingdoms as nebuchadnezzar you are the head of gold, belshazzar another kingdom lower than you, alexander of macedon a third kingdom of copper, and the roman empire and in the days of these kings. This theme is that god will overthrow pagan kingdoms and replace them with his own kingdom. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 7 kingdoms in collision it. The kingdoms of the world and the kingdom of god e w heaton on. 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. In chapter 7, daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms.
To reject the book of daniel as gods word, is to reject the. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history. King nebuchadnezzar dream unlocks the rest of prophesies of the book of daniel which unlock the book of revelation. The four kingdoms in daniel 2 and daniel 7 are babylon, persiamedia, greece and rome. The word was true, and it concerned a great conflict. The prophetic chapters of the book of daniel date to 167164 bc, with daniel 7 dated.
The 7 crowns i guess and its just a guess are the 7 kings that are left after the assyrian subdues 3. Daniel s prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9. Regarding the fourth beast, the ten horns are ten kings of this last and. To be consistent in our interpretation of scripture, the ten kings would each have a kingdom. With robert miano, andrew bongiorno, lance henriksen, kevin mccorkle. Rashi explains that the fifth kingdom that god will establish is the kingdom of the messiah. From chapter 2 of the book of daniel by ken raggio. Daniel was told two times in chapter eight that the prophecy was for the latter days dan 8. A beast like a bear, raised up on one side, with three ribs between its teeth. I give this production a ten for its effort, an eight for execution.
The book of daniel dramatizes the biblical record of the same name, and does so very well. Persia in the third year of king cyrus of persia a word was revealed to daniel, who was named belteshazzar. A study of the book of daniel gene taylor1preface the study of any of the old testament prophets is a worthwhile endeavor. What do the 10 toes represent in the book of daniel, and. Media and darius the mede received the kingdom, being about sixtytwo years old. The four beasts or kingdoms from the book of daniel the.
The book of daniel no other book in the bible has been attacked like the book of daniel. I refer to it as a stone kingdom because of the imagery revealed in king nebuchadnezzars dream. In daniel 7, the prophet outlines the rise and fall of kingdoms. What are the ten hornskings that came out of the fourth. Babylon in daniel 2 verse 38, and mediapersia and greece in daniel 8 verses 20, 21.
When we consider the four times that daniel s vision of the four kingdoms is repeated in chapters two, seven, eight and eleven we notice a curious contrast. But there is a god in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to the king nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days dan 2. Daniel 2 god will overthrow pagan kingdoms and replace. The first three kingdoms and the first phase of the fourth kingdom are all past. The ten toes of daniel 2 and the ten horns of revelation 17 represent the same ten governments acting in the same period of time. Daniel later identified the toes of the image as ten individual kingdoms dan 7. The first ten kings of rome were augustus, tiberius, caligula, claudius, nero, galba, otho, vitellius, vespasian and titus. The stone represented gods eternal kingdom as described in daniel 2. Daniel 8 not only describes the empires, but in verses 20 and 21 names two of themmediapersia and greece. In the 1970s many fundamentalist christians believed it would be the european common market. What still remains future is the second phase of the fourth kingdom, or the revived roman empire. So satan is described by his kingdom in this instance. What do the 10 toes represent in the book of daniel, and what are the names of the 10 nations theyre speaking of.
This comparison leads us to some very interesting conclusions. In the dream and the interpretation of it, we see gods revelation of a. The correspondence of this beast to that in daniel 7 is obvious in that the beast has ten horns and ten crowns, speaking of political power and yet having seven heads. The fourth beast with ten horns, three of which fall out to make room for a talking. The book of daniel contains the only apocalypse in the hebrew bible. The woman rides a great political power that has ten horns ten subsidiary governments. Porphyry claimed that instead of being written by daniel about b. Daniel 7 the book of daniel in preterist perspective. 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. Daniel as an example of boldness and faithfulness to god in the most difficult circumstances had eternal impact on the people and the kings that he encountered.
So the second kingdom, the kingdom that followed babylon, was the medopersian kingdom. Daniel wrote king nebuchadnezzar dream prophetically. Thus, the roman empire would be divided into ten kingdoms with a king over each kingdom. The prophet daniel saw the rise of the stone kingdom of christ. Jerusalem was conquered by the babylonians and many of their best young men were taken into captivity, including daniel. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Daniel 7 speaks of the rise of a ten horned phase of the fourth kingdom, which represents the antichrists kingdom.
Book of daniel oxford research encyclopedia of religion. Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. The meaning of the seven heads is not immediately clear but may be related to the deposition of three kingdoms by the little horn of daniel 7. From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. So at that time, he lists the following 10 kingdoms. And yet the ten toes remain until the second coming of christ jesus the rock. Berean study bible and the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. However, for most contemporary readers it is more difficult to identify the 10 kingdoms as they appeared at the earliest time of these prophecies fulfillment in. In the book of daniel, god pulls back the curtain, letting us know that the forces of god and of the devil are battling it out, fighting for control of countries and kingdoms. Moreover, the prophecies of daniel and revelation almost exclusively focus on the peoples of the house of israel who are scattered among the nations, the peoples of the house of. Between daniel 2 and 8, then, three of the four earthly kingdoms are identified by name. I will be comparing the prophecies about the endtime ten toes in daniel 2 and the endtime ten heads in revelation 17 also mentioned in revelation. Rome was the last seat of this ancient empire, which has been revived several times. Kings of north and south, daniel, old testament, visual and architectural evidence. Who are the ten nations that are mentioned in daniel 2. The book of daniel is no exception for it provides a wealth of information to those who would diligently consider it and its teachings. As explained in detail in the commentary on daniel 2, the fifth kingdom is different from the previous four in that it is a spiritual kingdom. Daniel 7 tells of daniels vision of four worldkingdoms replaced by the kingdom of god.
But this cannot be so, because those ten original kingdoms, represented by the ten horns on the fourth beast in daniel 7 became only 7 kingdoms, as 3 were plucked up and destroyed by the papacy. Verses 2627 mention the shift in power from the fourth beast which has ten horns daniel 7. Revelation 1and the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Through a series of dreams and visions and their interpretations daniel is shown an outline of future kingdoms of the world. Rome was the most powerful of all the ancient kingdoms.
Daniel 10 background information with maps and images. While the king falls before daniel, he is actually paying honor to daniels god who is, in the vocabulary of the monarch, the god of gods, the lord of kings, and. Built primarily around the story of the hebrew peoples captivity in babylon and under several different kings, the movie uses the narrative of its title character to portray how even when all seems lost, god is still with his own. It has iron teeth and ten horns, from which a smaller one appears. If you look on the web, you will find all sorts of theories, most recently that it will be a league of 10 muslim nations. In the days of these kings book perfectbound paperback 740 pages.
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