Young Adults Bible Study: 6th Sunday Night meeting - Daniel Chapters 10

Monday, July 20, 2009

6th Sunday Night meeting - Daniel Chapters 10 - 12.

Daniel chapter 10:
Daniel starts with in the third year of Cyrus the King of Persia, that would make the date of this vision around 535 B.C. This great war was to be the change from Persian domination to Greek domination. A transition from 2nd kingdom to the third as shown in the Statue dream that Nebuchadnezzar had in chapter 2 of Daniel. This vision was seen and written by Daniel about 203 years before it actually happened. Persia had just taken over power from Babylon, and was very strong at the time of Daniel's vision of its demise. Understandably Daniel was very troubled by what he saw, and could not wrap his mind around the details. God is providing the vision and explaining to Daniel what it means. God is the creator of everything, and is infinite in His understanding, our human minds minds are finite, we can not possibly understand things the way that God understands them. God's ways are not our ways and He knows all things, we do not!
Daniel is upset by what he had seen and broods over it for three weeks.

In verse 4 Daniel sees a figure, this one is different from the one Daniel saw in chapter 9. In chapter 9 Daniel was talking with Gabriel (9:21); the figure in verse 4 of chapter 10 is described in verses 5 and 6. If you look at the description Daniel gives here, and refer to Revelation Chapter 1:13 - 15, you will notice that both men describe someone who could match both descriptions. Daniel has no idea of who this person is, while John on the other hand said he looked like the son of man. It seems that John knows this person, but Daniel does not. Daniel lived before Jesus was incarnated (born), so he would not know who this person was. John on the other hand had a very close relationship with Jesus and would have recognized Him right off. Both men could see Jesus because His being God; He was before the beginning of the world is now and will be after the earth fades away.

When Daniel sees this vision he becomes very scared and sinks to the ground lying before the vision. Verse 10 opens with a hand touching Daniel, not sure whose hand this is. Daniel says that the person he saw is on the bank of the Tigris River, but neglected to say which bank this person was on. I believe the hand belongs to Gabriel, since it was he (Gabriel) that Daniel was close to at the end of chapter 9. The person continues to say that he was sent to Daniel, this seems to confirm that this hand belongs to someone other than the vision on the bank of the Tigris. Again Gabriel apologizes for being detained. This also makes sense that Gabriel would be detained by stronger forces and needed the help of Michael to help him. Michael is the protector of Israel, remember this when reading Revelation. Why are the angels having trouble getting things done on earth during this time? You have to remember that when Adam brought sin into the world, Satan got a large foothold here, God is still in charge, but allows Satan to work, as part of the free will situation. In order to have free will, you must be able to choose either good or evil, and any combination of both sides. God is in control but does not enforce His judgment even though He can. This is what grace means. Mercy is the gift of grace even though we don't deserve it. This is why we need a Savior. If it were up to God there would be no one in Hell. The people who end up there have no one to blame but themselves. They put themselves there.

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ADULTS SUNDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY CORE VERSES

ISA 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,"

declares the LORD.

Daniel 2:28

28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.

DT 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

MT 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

MT 24:15 "So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, `Look, here is the Christ!' or, `There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

MT 24:29 "Immediately after the distress of those days

" `the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

MT 24:30 "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

MT 24:32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

MT 24:36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

MT 24:42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him

MT 24:45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, `My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

MK 13:24 "But in those days, following that distress,

" `the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

MK 13:25 the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

MK 13:26 "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

MK 13:28 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door

Galatians 1: 8 - 9

8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!

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