Daniel - The Apocalypse Project

There are many similarities between the images Revelation and the prophecies of Daniel. There are probably as many different interpretations regarding the prophecies of Daniel as there are disputes over the interpretation of Revelation. We are going to read the book of Daniel and allow the prophecies to speak for themselves. This means that […]

Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (2:1-16)
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon , begins to have dreams that cause him to lose sleep. So he calls for all of his magicians and sorcerers to come before him to interpret the dream. All of the magicians, enchanters, and sorcerers tell the king to tell them the dream and they will reveal the […]

Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image (1-18)
Perhaps inspired by the vision he had seen, Nebuchadnezzar decides to build an image of gold. Verse 1 tells us that it was sixty cubits high and six cubits in width. In our terms of measurement, this would be an image that was 90 feet high and 9 feet wide. Thus, this […]

Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (1-18)
Chapter 4 is very unusual because it seems that Nebuchadnezzar now takes the pen and writes down the events that took place in the first person. The king of Babylon is going to describe for us the things that personally took place to him. In verse 4 the story begins that Nebuchadnezzar has […]

Handwriting on the wall (1-9)
We now read that the king of Babylon is Belshazzar and so it is estimated by scholars that it has been about 23 years since the death of Nebuchadnezzar. As we will notice later in the story, Belshazzar seems to be second in charge of the kingdom, but is given power […]

Daniel made governor (1-3)
Darius the Mede is now in control of the region of Babylon . Three governors were set up to be in charge over 120 satraps within the kingdom. To each of these governors were the satraps accountable. We see that Daniel was one of the governors. Daniel excelled so much more than […]

Introduction:
The first six chapters of Daniel record the visions of Babylonian kings and the trials of those who had been taken captive. In chapters 7-12 we will now read about the visions that came to Daniel. These chapters are more difficult than the first six chapters and will require us to carefully read the images […]

The ram (8:1-4)
The next vision of Daniel occurs in the third year of the reign of Belshazzar. Therefore, this vision occurs during the days of the power of Babylon . In Daniel’s vision he sees that he is in the capital of Susa , which is over two hundred miles from Babylon . Daniel raises […]

Daniel’s Prayer (9:1-9)
In verse 1 we read that it is the first year of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus. Therefore our time is about 539 B.C. when the Medo-Persian empire conquered the Babylonian empire (Daniel 5:31 ). Through the reading of “the books,” which we would understand to be the scriptures because of […]

Chapter 10 introduces us to the coming vision of Daniel 11. Chapters 10-12 seem to fit together as one unit revealing the final prophecy and vision of Daniel. Daniel 10:1 tells us that it is now the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia . This gives us the date of about 535 B.C. Therefore […]

Chapter 10 set the introduction to the vision that Daniel would see in chapter 11. Before we read chapter 11, let us remember a couple of aspects about the vision we are going to read about. Daniel 10:14 tells us that what the angel reveals to Daniel is concerning “what will happen to your people.” […]

We now turn our attention to chapter 12. The beginning of this chapter is still a continuation of the words of the angel who has been speaking in chapter 11. Once again we have a poorly timed chapter break, since this is still the same discussion that was taking place in Daniel 11. Recall that […]