I. Video. Does Prophetic Information from Daniel compare to what is happening in our world today?
II. Video Data. John Ankerberg Show. Drs: John Ankerberg (M. Div., D. Min.), Jimmy DeYoung (M. Div., Ph. D., 1940-2021).
III. Video Context. As is discussed in the video, things are lining up in the middle east that may relate to the events of the “yet future” tribulation. However, it is important to understand that God is not an observing deity, but it is He who makes plans for the time of “eternity to eternity.” God has made a plan for the time and events of the Tribulation; they are not things “that just happen.” Everything that is discussed in the Book of Daniel, as well as the other Old Testament books of prophecy, relate to the things that God has planned for the redemption of the nation of Israel, for the saving of a multitude of “unsaved” Jews and Gentiles during the tribulation, for Jesus to destroy all Gentile world empires so that He might rule the nations Himself (Zech 14:1-5, 9); and for the destruction of the heavens and the earth (2:Peter 3:10-12) and the creation of the new heavens and new earth (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1), with “the day of the Lord” beginning unexpectedly at the beginning of the Tribulation (“like a thief in the night” 1 Thes 5:2, Joel Introduction) and end at the conclusion of the Millennium with the destruction of the heavens and the earth (Rev 21:1); with the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God made ready as a bride adorned for her husband (Rev 21:2). (These notes come from the Ryrie Study Bible, 1986, Dr. Charles C. Ryrie, Th. M., Th. D., Ph. D., Litt. D., 1925-2016).
IV. Article Introduction. This area of the Bible is one of the most important ones that discuss God’s plan for the ages. I am planning on spending enough time on this ninth chapter of Daniel that is necessary to show the love of God for His chosen people, Israel (Deu 14:2), and the measures that He takes to restore their Kingdom on earth to them (2 Sam 7:10, 12, 13, 16). In this series of articles we will also discuss the differences between “antichrists” and “the antichrist.”
V. Article Details.
A. The third vision of Daniel the prophet, following the two preceding visions of chapters 7 and 8, concerns the program of God for Israel culminating in the coming of their Messiah to the earth to reign. Although other major prophets received detailed information concerning the nations and God’s program for salvation, Daniel alone was given the comprehensive program for both the Gentiles, as revealed to Daniel in preceding chapters, and for Israel, as recorded in Daniel 9:24-27. Because of the comprehensive and structural nature of Daniel’s prophecies, both for the Gentiles and for Israel, the study of Daniel, and especially this chapter, is the key to understanding the prophetic Scriptures. Of the four major programs revealed in the Bible—for the angels, the Gentiles, Israel, and the church, Daniel had the privilege of being the channel of revelation for the second and third of these programs in the Old Testament.
B. This chapter begins with Jeremiah’s prophecy of seventy years of the desolations of Jerusalem and is advanced by the intercessory prayer of Daniel. The chapter concludes with the third vision of Daniel, given through the agency of the angel Gabriel, which provides one of the most important keys to understanding the Scriptures as a whole. In many respects, this is the high point of the book of Daniel. Although previously Gentile history and prophecy recorded in Daniel was related to the people of Israel, the ninth chapter specifically takes up prophecy as it applies to the chosen people.
VI. Notes come from Bible.Org., Dr. John F. Walvoord (A.B., M.A., Th. B., Th.M., Th.D., D.D., Litt. D.. 1910-2002). John was a member of the Dallas Theological Seminary faculty for 50 years, from 1936 to 1986. He served as president of Dallas Seminary from 1952 to 1986, and as chancellor until 2001. He continued to teach and preach until a few weeks before his death at the age of 92.
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