Recent entries tagged Daniel

Daniel's final vision is one reason why critics assail the book so frequently. Parts of it are so accurate skeptics believe the only way it's possible is if the book was written after the events it describes.

It's not AIG, Lehman, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It's not the national debt or budget deficits. They're only symptoms of the real disease, the cancer eating away at our society --- that cancer is "A Deficit of Decency" --- more specifically, a lack of ethics.

Technology and the Internet provide huge advantages for Bible study --- what was unthinkable a few decades ago becomes ordinary today. To maximize your study time, you should take advantage of what technology offers, while being careful how you step.

Daniel's prayer for the nation maintains relevance for today. The stewardship of the country is in voters hands, and we will be accountable to God for the choices made in the voting booth. How does Daniel's prayer for forgiveness relate today?

Daniel's prophecy of seventy weeks contains the key to understanding all end times prophecy. While much misunderstanding exists, allowing the Bible to explain itself makes the 70 week prophecy clear and easily understood.

Daniel's prophetic vision of a Ram and Goat representing the Persian and Greek empires. Antiochus Epiphanes appears as a foreshadowing of the coming anti-Christ.

Notes on our continuing study in Daniel are now available for chapter seven. Chapter seven parallels chapter two and Nebuchadnezzar's vision. God reveals the same information to Daniel, but from a different perspective. Many differences in the Bible are solved by understanding it's the same event viewed in a different perspective (or Frame of Reference).

Notes on our continuing study in Daniel are now available for chapter six. Daniel 6 contains the famous story of Daniel in the Lion's den and provides lessons on integrity and commitment. View the entire <a href="/daniel/chapter-6/">commentary on Daniel chapter six</a>.