At the end of Daniel 8 we left Daniel in a state of astonishment, he was even sick for a few days. The RSV reads that “he was appalled and did not understand the vision”. In the introduction of Daniel 8 we have mentioned that in the Hebrew there are two words for ‘vision’: ‘Chazon’ which covers all of the vision and ‘Mareh’ which deals with part of that vision. In Daniel 8:27 the Hebrew word for vision used is ‘Mareh’ part of all the vision of Daniel 8. The question may be raised, which part of the total vision had made Daniel sick and he did not understand? The obvious answer is that it is the part not explained by the angel, the time factor of Daniel 8:14. It would take 2300 days/years before the sanctuary would be cleansed or restored. Daniel’s concept of a sanctuary was related to Jerusalem which was still in ruins. He was accustomed to pray with his face towards Jerusalem, Dan.6:10.
Category Archives: DanielDANIEL 8 With the opening of the eighth chapter of Daniel’s book we follow the third prophetic line, historically the same but with additional information. In Daniel 2 we followed history along the line of the metallic image dream of Nebuchadnezzar. Gold, silver, bronze/brass and iron finishing with an unsuccessful mixture of iron and clay.... With chapter 7 of Daniel we enter into the specific prophetic part of this Bible book. The previous chapters were historic except for chapter two which has history and a prophetic dream, the dream of Nebuchadnezzar which gave us a prophetic outline of future empires, by way of a metallic image. In this chapter we start with prophetic dreams and vision given to Daniel with animal images like we find them in the last book of the Bible, the Revelation of Jesus Christ. We will also notice that what is shown to Daniel is an enlargement of what was shown to Nebuchadnezzar This principle of enlargement and adding more detailed information will continue throughout the rest of the book and further in the last book of the Bible and in certain parts of the epistles of the apostle Paul. What was shown in Daniel two forms the foundation or is the ABC of Bible prophecy and can only be properly understood and comprehended by using the historicist school of prophetic interpretation, not futurism or preterism. The latter two are misleading and a mixture of truth and error, light and darkness and have been invented to turn people’s mind away from where the real problem is and danger lies. TAMID. The quotations here below, from Jewish sources give evidence of the meaning of the daily, in Hebrew TAMID. The daily or Tamid in the New Testament or Covenant is fulfilled by Jesus Christ who is High Priest in the heavenly Sanctuary. The daily or Tamid in the Old Testament Sanctuary is now performed by... DANIEL CHAPTER 6 We have arrived at chapter 6 in our journey through the book of Daniel and it is the last chapter of the historic part of this Bible book. It takes us to a faith experience in the life of Daniel who has reached the age of over eighty years. Again as in... |
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