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Revelation 10 and Daniel's Little Book

Stephen Bohr

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 1

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 2

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 5

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 6

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 3

Revelation 10 and Daniel’s Little Book, Part 4

Basically, this chart will give you a bird's eye view of what we're going to be studying in the next 6 sessions.

It has a synthesis, chronological synthesis, of what we're going to take a look at here in this class.

We are going to not study separate subjects.

We're going to build at each additional session onto what we study in the previous session.

So in other words, you need to plan to be here all the way through or else you're only going to have half of the story.

And I'd like to underline also that what we're going to study is very much in depth.

It's not a study of Daniel 2, which we know very well.

It's a complex subject, so it will be helpful if you have some knowledge, particularly of the prophecy of Daniel 8 and actually the prophecies of Daniel 2, 7, 8 and 9 and 11 and 12.

I just like to say before we get into our material that you have in your syllabus what we're going to be studying.

Today we're going to study about Daniel's little book and I'm going to follow the material very closely that you have in your syllabus and I'll add a few thoughts here and there but I've written it out so that you have it there for future reference so that you can continue studying it.

Before we do get into our study, I would like to ask all of you to remember to pray for our school, our university in the country of Venezuela.

I just finished a week of prayer there and got home on Tuesday.

As you know, Venezuela has a president that was elected constitutionally.

However, he has become a dictator in office.

And he's expropriated several pieces of land that belong to rich people right around our school.

And there are all sorts of rumors swirling around that he's about to lay hands on our university and expropriate it.

Basically, what that means is the government comes in with troops, and they steal the school.

And then they give it to the poor people in the community.

You know, so it's basically Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

And so let's pray that the Lord will put his protecting hand upon our school.

It has about 1, 200 university students and that's a beautiful, phenomenally beautiful school.

I have several pictures in my phone if you would like to look at them.

I actually have several hundred pictures.

Wonderful people, wonderful students, but we need to pray that the angels will stand guard over our University and that it will continue to function to prepare young people to share the gospel.

Now let's have a brief word of prayer and then we'll get right into our material.

Father in heaven, thank you for the privilege of being here at Army.

There's no better place to be in the world.

We thank you Father for the spirit of fellowship, for the spirit of love that we've sensed here at this place.

And we ask Lord that as we study these very intense prophecies that your Holy Spirit will be with us to instruct us.

Give us understanding, Father, and not only understanding but also give us willing hearts to realize that we are a people of destiny that you have chosen to share your end time message with the world.

And we thank you Father for hearing us, for answering our prayer, for we ask it in the precious name of Jesus, Amen.

What I'd like to finish today, if possible, is the first section of your syllabus which is titled Daniel's Little Book.

And as I mentioned, I'm going to go through this material quite closely and as we go along I might add something here and there.

Now the book of Daniel is actually 2 books in 1, The book of Daniel contains actually 2 books and I believe that the first book is contained in Daniel 1 through 7, that is a complete unit in itself, Daniel chapter 1 through chapter 7.

And these 7 chapters are organized in what is known as a chiastic structure.

And so I want you to examine a candelabrum that has of course 3 branches and we'll make Daniel chapter 1 the foundation or the introductory chapter and then when you get to Daniel chapter 2 and 7 these chapters deal with the same subject matter.

Daniel 2 deals with metals and Daniel 7 covers the same material using beasts.

And then when you get to Daniel 3 and Daniel 6 those chapters have a very close thematic link, because in Daniel chapter 3 you have persecution of the 3 young men over worship.

And in Daniel 6 you also have persecution of Daniel because of worship.

Actually these 2 stories illustrate the establishment clause and the free exercise clause of our Constitution.

Because in Daniel chapter 3 the civil power is trying to establish religion.

In other words it's saying you have to worship this way.

In chapter 6 it's a little different because the king is forbidding the free exercise of religion.

He's saying you can't pray for a period of 30 days to anyone else.

So this clearly illustrates what happens when the civil power establishes religion and forbids the free exercise of religion.

And that's why I say that the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was almost divinely inspired, I believe.

Because the First Amendment not only guarantees that Congress will not make a law establishing religion or forbidding the free exercise of religion, but also the First Amendment contains full civil rights.

It continues by saying that people have freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, and freedom to request that the government redress grievances.

And so really you have in the First Amendment the 2 horns like a lamb that are mentioned in Revelation 13 and verse 11.

So these 2 chapters are very closely linked, and then chapters 4 and 5 are also closely linked because they deal with the fall of Babylon and Babylon's leader.

In Daniel chapter 4 you have the fall of the leader because of his pride, in Daniel chapter 5 you have the fall of the kingdom because of the pride of another king, Belshazzar.

And so basically what we have in Daniel 1 through 7 is a complete unit in itself.

Daniel 8 through 12 is another unit in itself and probably you're aware of the fact that Daniel 8 through 12 is in Hebrew and Daniel chapter 2 verse 4 approximately through Daniel 7 is in Aramaic.

That itself shows that there's a distinction between Daniel 2 through 7 and Daniel chapter 8 through 12.

So the first part of Daniel is what I call the first book within the book of Daniel.

We're not going to talk about this particular book, we're going to talk about the second book, about the book that is found in Daniel chapter 8 through chapter 12.

Now having said that I would like to say that the last portion of Daniel chapter 7 introduces the second book in the book of Daniel, it introduces the judgment aspect and you'll notice in your material that I have here reviewed Daniel 7 with its emphasis on the sequence of powers.

And we'll do this quickly in Daniel 7 we have a lion which is which kingdom?

Babylon, then we have a bear which kingdom?

Medo-Persia, then we have a leopard that represents Greece, then we have a dragon beast which represents what?

Rome, then that dragon beast sprouts 10 horns, what does that represent?

The fact that Rome was divided into 10 kingdoms by the barbarian invasions and then among the 10 you have the little horn that rules 1260 years, that represents which Rome?

That represents Papal Rome and Papal Rome falls which date?

Now immediately after speaking about the work of the little horn we have this passage that is found in your material, this passage Daniel chapter 7 verses 9 and 10.

It says I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated.

His garment was white as snow, and the hairs of his head was like pure wool.

His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire.

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him.

A thousand thousands ministered unto him, 10000 times 10000 stood before him, and then it says the court was seated and the books were opened.

It's taking place in heaven where the angels are 10000 times 10000 and thousands of thousands, this is taking place in the presence of God.

Sure, because the immediately preceding verses speak about the work of the little horn for 1260 years so this has to be happening after 1798.

But is it happening before the second coming of Jesus?

The father moves into the most holy place and there the judgment sits, the books are open, but now Jesus comes.

I was watching in the night visions, and behold, 1 like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven.

And of course the Millerites they didn't read it real carefully because the clouds of heaven meant the second coming of Jesus according to their way of thinking, but clearly the text says He came where?

Then to him was given dominion and glory, and a kingdom that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the 1 which shall not be destroyed.

So very clearly in Daniel 7 we have 2 clear points of time with regards to the judgment.

The first point of time is when the Father goes into the judgment chamber, sits, the books are open, and then Jesus comes to where the Father went in heaven and you begin the investigative phase of the judgment in heaven.

But then verse 14 says that a kingdom is given to Jesus that His kingdom would last forever and it would be of universal extension, and that takes place when?

So very clearly in the last part of Daniel 7 you see that the judgment is not 1 event as is assumed by most Christians.

See most Christians the judgment is when Jesus comes to punish the wicked and to take his people home.

The Adventist Church is unique in the sense that we believe that before that executive state segment of the judgment you have an investigative stage of the judgment and Daniel 7 the last portion of the chapter makes it very clear that you have 1 part of the judgment in heaven where the Father and Jesus are and they're opening the books to examine the records and then you have the moment when Jesus Christ is given the kingdom and He establishes a kingdom that will rule forever and that will be universal in extension.

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