Daily Bible study notes
Daniel 11:1 "...in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him" Chapters 10-12 are continuous, they continue the same vision and explanation. The angel is finishing a thought from the end of chapter 10. He has been working with Michael in the spiritual warfare which has …
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Daniel 10:1 "...third year of Cyrus king of Persia..." Cyrus's decree to rebuild the temple was during his first year, so this is two years later. Daniel didn't go with the returning exiles. Not told why, but if he was a teenager when he was captured, he could be between eighty-five and ninety-one years old. …
Daniel 9:2 "...understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem" Jeremiah had prophesied that the captivity would last 70 years. He wrote that in the letters he sent to the exiles. Daniel had …
Daniel 8:1 "In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar..." Two years after the first dream. 1 "...a vision appeared unto me..." Apparently while he was awake as opposed to the one he had before which was while he was sleeping. 2 "...Shushan in the palace..." He not only sees visions of the future, …
Daniel 7:1 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon..." Rollback to Belshazzar's first year. 1 "...Daniel had a dream...upon his bed..." Begins the dreams of Daniel which will tell of end time events as they relate to the nation of Israel. This dream is a regular one that occurs while he is asleep. …
Daniel 6:1 "It pleased Darius..." We switch from the reign of the Babylonians to that of the Medes/Persians. The earthly government has changed, but God still has His servant Daniel where He wants him. 1-3 "...set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom...three presidents; of whom Daniel …
Daniel 5:1 "Belshazzar the king..." We've shifted from Nebuchadnezzar to Belshazzar. Critics of Daniel have argued over the information he gives on Belshazzar. The chapter will mention Nebuchadnezzar as his father, and reference will be made of the third ruler. History has affirmed Daniel's account. Nebuchadnezzar was grandfather to Belshazzar. The Bible frequently refers to …
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