The Unity of Daniel’s Prophecy
Dan.2 – the great image of Nebuchadnezzar’s
dream
Dan.7 – vision of the 4 beasts
Dan.8 – vision of the ram and he-goat
Dan.9 – vision of the 70 sevens
Dan.10-11 – vision of kings of North and South
Then add:
Rev.12-13,17 – the Satanic beast
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Synopsis of Dan.2:
• Head of gold – Nebuchadnezzar (2:38)
• Breast & arms of silver – an inferior
kingdom (2:39)
• Belly & thighs of brass – a kingdom of
brass follows (2.39)
• Legs of iron – 4th kingdom strong as iron
(2:40)
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Synopsis of Dan.2 (ctd.):
• Feet/toes of mixed iron & ceramic – 4th
kingdom divided; partly strong & partly
brittle (2:41-42)
• Stone cut without hands – God’s unending
kingdom destroys all other kingdoms (2:44)
• Nebuchadnezzar’s confession – “your God,
He is God of gods and Lord of kings” (2:47)
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The meaning of the iron
• 1st occ: Tubal-Cain taught men to
work brass and iron (Gen.4:22)
• 2nd occ: Curse – “I will make your
heaven as iron and your earth as
brass.” (Lev.26:19)
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The meaning of the iron
• A Figure of Oppression
— Egypt an “iron furnace” (Deu.4:20)
— Curse: a “yoke of iron” (Deu.28:48)
— “prisoners of affliction and iron”
(Psa.107:10)
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The meaning of the iron
• Other associations of iron and brass
— Vision of ch.4: symbolic tree stump
banded with iron and brass (Dan.4:15)
— Beast #4: its “teeth of iron” and
“claws of brass” (Dan.7:19)
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Synopsis of Dan.7:
• 4 great beasts arise from the sea – 4 kings
(7:3,17)
• 1st like a lion with eagle’s wings – then manlike (7:4)
• 2nd like a voracious bear (7:5)
• 3rd like a 4-winged, 4-headed leopard (7:6)
• 4th dreadful, strong, 10-horned, diverse from
the others (7:7,19,23)
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Synopsis of Dan.7 (ctd.):
• Little Horn (7:8,20-21,24-25)
– speaking great things, blaspheming
the Most High
– before whom 3 horns (kings) plucked
– afflicting the saints
– changes times & laws for “a time, times and
dividing of time”
• Beasts judged (7:9-14)
Ancient of Days sits
– one like a Son of Man enthroned
– Little Horn judged, destroyed in fiery flame
–
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Synopsis of Dan.8:
• Ram with 2 horns – kings of Media and Persia,
pushing North, South and West (8:4, 20)
• He-goat from the West, with one conspicuous horn
– trampling the Ram
– Greece
– the 1 horn its first king (8:5-7, 21)
• 4 new horns of he-goat – Grecian empire divided
into 4 less powerful kingdoms (8:8, 22)
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Synopsis of Dan.8 (ctd.):
• Little Horn, King of Fierce Face –
– arising at “the end of their reign”
– understanding enigmas
– causing deceit to prosper
– mighty – but not by his own power
– destroying many, including the saints
– suspending the daily sacrifice
– transgression of desolation polluting the
Sanctuary
– standing against the Captain of captains
– but broken without hand (8:9-12,23-25)
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Synopsis of Dan.8 (ctd.):
• Time of the vision –
– “for the time of the end” (8:17)
– “in the after-part of the indignation” (8:19)
– “for the appointed time is the end” (8:10)
– 3 expressions; 4 different “time” related
words employed
– “shut up the vision for it is unto many days”
until “the time of the end” (8:26; 12:4,9)
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Synopsis of Dan.9:
• Daniel
prayed for the end of the 70
years of desolations of Jerusalem (9:13; Jer.25:11)
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Synopsis of Dan.9:
• Received instead a prophecy of 70 sevens
– upon the People and holy city (Jerusalem) (9:24-27)
– to finish transgression & establish righteousness
– from the decree to restore Jerusalem 69 sevens until
Messiah cut off
– the Coming Prince destroys the People with a flood
– the prince covenants with many during the last seven
– the prince substitutes “abomination of desolation” for
sacrifices during the last half-seven
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Synopsis of Dan.11:
• 4 more kings of Persia, the last will stir up Greece
(11:2)
• a mighty king with great dominion will do
according to his will (11:3)
• his kingdom divided to the 4 winds, but not for
his sons (11:4)
• detailed exploits of kings of the North (Syria)
and kings of the South (Egypt) (11:5-20)
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Synopsis of Dan.11 (ctd.):
• “Vile Person” will obtain the kingdom (North) by
flatteries (11:21-12:3)
– with
the arms of a flood he floods over his
opponents
– he is “against the holy covenant” in league
with those forsaking the covenant
– he will substitute the “abomination of desolation”
for the daily sacrifice
– the People of understanding will be captured or
killed
– “to the time of the end” “yet for an appointed
time”
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Synopsis of Dan.11 (ctd.):
– he
blasphemes “the God of gods”; he
worships a “foreign god” (11:36)
– Egypt, Libya & Ethiopia are in his thrall
(11:42-43)
– he makes Jerusalem his palace (11:45)
– day of affliction for Israel - Michael defends
- escape for those “in the book” (12:1)
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Synopsis of Rev.12-13,17:
• great red Dragon (Satan) – 7-headed, 10-horned
(12:3,9)
• the Woman (Israel) flees to the desert –
nourished by God 1,260 days – “time and
times and half a time” (12:6,14)
• war in heaven – Michael’s army vs. Dragon’s
(12:7)
• Dragon pursues the Woman as with a flood
(12:15-16)
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Synopsis of Rev.12-13,17 (ctd.):
• Beast rises from the sea – 7-headed, 10-
horned (13:1)
– on its heads a name of blasphemy (13:1)
– like a leopard-bear-lion (13:2)
– Dragon gives him his power, throne &
great authority (13:2)
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Synopsis of Rev.12-13,17 (ctd.):
• Beast from the sea
– mouth speaking great things & blasphemies –
power for 42 months (13:5-6)
– he wars against the saints (Israel) and other
nations (13:7)
– those not “in the book” do obeisance to him
(13:8; 17:8)
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Synopsis of Rev.12-13,17 (ctd.):
– the Scarlet Beast supporting the Great Harlot –
having names of blasphemy, 7 heads and
10 horns (17:3)
– Great Harlot drunken from blood of the saints –
Israel (17:6)
– 7 successive kings (17:10)
– the Beast is the 8th in succession, but also
of the 7 (17:11)
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Synopsis of Rev.12-13,17 (ctd.):
– 10 horns are 10 kings who receive power with the
Beast (17:12)
– 10 kings & Beast war with the Lamb – “Lord of lords”
“King of kings” (17:13-14)
– the Beast judged, cast into “the lake of the fire”
(17:12)
• “seal not the words of this prophecy of this book,
for the season is near” (22:10)
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