“His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle. Daniel 11:20 (NIV). https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/daniel-11-20.html says that the successor mentioned here is Seleucus Philopator, who succeeded his father, Antiochus the Great, as the emperor of the Selucid Empire. HeContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 8 December 2021. Today’s topic: History Leads to Him”
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Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 30 November 2021. Today’s topic: The True King
“The king of the South will become strong, but one of his commanders will become even stronger than he and will rule his own kingdom with great power. After some years, they will become allies. The daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to make an alliance, butContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 30 November 2021. Today’s topic: The True King”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 26 October 2021. Today’s topic: Positive Spin?
He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the templehe will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” Daniel 9:27 (NIV). https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/daniel-9-27 says that verse 27 refers toContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 26 October 2021. Today’s topic: Positive Spin?”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 21 September 2021. Today’s topic: Whatever It Means
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people?” He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings andContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 21 September 2021. Today’s topic: Whatever It Means”
Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 23 August 2021 Today’s topic: The Little Horn
“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully. Daniel 7:8 (NIV). The other beasts represent empires fromContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Daniel, 23 August 2021 Today’s topic: The Little Horn”
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