Discover how the historic chapters of Daniel give interesting lessons and insights to end time events. This presentation especially looks at Daniel 3 and 6 comparing with Revelation 13 and 14. Video available at www.empowermissions.org.

<p>Discover how the historic chapters of Daniel give interesting lessons and insights to end time events. This presentation especially looks at Daniel 3 and 6 comparing with Revelation 13 and 14. Video available at www.empowermissions.org.</p>

<p>Free sharing permitted under the Creative Commons <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/">BY-NC-ND 3.0 (US)</a> license.</p>

Empower Missions

Christian Hjortland

End Time Lessons in Daniel 1-6

We're going to take a look at end time lessons in Daniel chapters 1 to 6.

And we are going to see maybe specifically how the experiences in Daniel, how things in Daniel that is written there is, what can we say, a symbol illustration of what will take place in the end times, which the Revelation talks about.

So I'm excited about this topic and I know you have been taking a look at Daniel already, I think with Max.

And so it's also good with some repetition.

We will not go into depth, but we will be mostly in Daniel chapter 3.

So let us start with another word of prayer.

Father, we thank you so much that we have this opportunity to get into your Word.

And I pray that you please be a Christian as he teaches us, give us, give him the guidance of your Holy Spirit and help us to have understanding in these things.

I don't know if, do you know that there is a chiastic structure of Daniel chapter 1, verse 7?

Let me just give you a few words on chiasm.

In Bible you find something, what can I say, Hebrew way of writing?

It's, we can think about it as, let us do it like this.

Okay, let's say you have, you have a thought here, A, B, and then we can have another B and then A.

So here we have thought A, and then the passage goes on with the thought B.

And then the thought B again, and then finally thought A.

That will like, you have bread, and then maybe you have tomato and tofu, and then you have bread again.

So basically, it can also be like a step ladder like this.

You know, you have step here, step, step, and it goes toward a climax.

Usually, and the reason why it was written like this is because the writer would like to make a point.

I mean, They couldn't make the text bold or underline.

I mean, they didn't do these things as we would do today if we want to focus on something and underline something, underline a thought.

Usually, the main thought would be in the center, but not always the thing they wanted to focus on.

And you have many different versions on how this could be.

And usually you find it, you can find it a lot in Psalms, for instance, this way of thinking or writing.

And in Daniel, in the chapters in Daniel, chapters 1 to 7, you find a big chiasm.

For instance, so let us, oh sorry, it's chapter 2 of course, chapter 2 to 7.

Like, I mean, what's the rough outline of chapter, what is it, what are we seeing in chapter 2?

Okay, yeah, so we can say, can we say rise and fall of kingdoms?

That could be the main thought, the rise and fall of kingdoms.

And then down in chapter 3, there we find what is happening there?

Is the general 3 friends, they're experiencing what?

Then down in chapter 4, what do we find there?

So the rise and fall, or the fall and rise of a king.

And then Daniel chapter 5, what do we find there?

There was the judgment on Babylon, right?

And when Mediapheria came and it was Belshazzar.

And then Daniel chapter 6, what do we find there?

Yeah, persecution again of Daniel, right?

And then Daniel chapter 7, again, rise and fall of kingdoms.

So you see, so if you put them like this, 1234560 sorry, 234567.

Then you have the same thought in chapter 2 and chapter 7.

And then chapter 3 and chapter 6, quite the same thought, the same thing that is happening.

And then you find chapter 4 and 5, quite the same thoughts.

So what you find is rise and fall of kingdoms, right?

Rise and fall of kings, persecution of the saints by the state.

Are these things that is happening in the end time.

Well, it has been taking place in history.

It is taking place in the end time as well.

But we know that God is in control, just like we see the prophecies that are fulfilled in the past.

And praise God for that, we don't need to worry for the future.

And we have a few Bible texts here now I want to take a look at what has happened.

We have in Hosea chapter 12, Hosea 12 verse 10.

Hosea 12 verse 10 it says I have also spoken by the prophets and I have multiplied visions and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

God says He has used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

And I believe if you see this in light with for instance Ecclesiastes chapter 1 verse 9 to 10, there it says, Ecclesiastes 9 and 10, the thing that has been is it is what that we shall be And that which is done is that which shall be done.

Is there anything where it may be said, see, this is new.

It has been already of all time which was before us.

Well now we have to be careful when we look at these things because some people take it to the extreme and you know everything that's happened before have to happen exactly like they've happened before.

No that's not what I'm trying to tell you.

But I'm trying to tell you that history is repeating itself.

And I'm saying it's I'm not saying that prophecies are repeating themselves.

I'm saying history is repeating itself because some believe that all the prophecies that they're all gonna be you know they're gonna fulfill twice well I would rather say it's more correct to say the history and why talks about how the history will repeat itself so has it repeated itself here we have some example we have Passover pointing to Christ The thing that they needed to do.

I mean, it was all pointing to Christ, the Passover Lamb.

We have 12 tribes of Israel and then we have how many disciples and apostles?

We have Babylon of the old and we have spiritual Babylon now and we have persecution of God's people in the past through the ages this has been going on and we know this is going to be similar things taking place in the future as in the past.

So if you look at history you see it's repeating itself.

So you see in the book of Revelation for instance, it's using Babylon as a term.

And how can we best understand what it means when Revelation talks about Babylon.

Back to Menu

End Time Lessons in Daniel 1-6

Transcript

Description

Sponsor

Recorded

Sound Doctrine