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Today in the Bible room, we conclude the summary of the book of Daniel reading Session 4, chapters 10 through 12.

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Daniel – Session 4 of 4

Chapter 10. Understanding

Daniel is seeing visions of the future because of his gift of understanding:

• He sees another vision in the third year of Persian King Cyrus;
• And he understands the message of this vision;
• Daniel has been mourning for three weeks prior to the vision;
• He has been fasting and avoiding ointments;
• On this day he is with some men beside the Tigris River;
• He looks up and sees a man dressed in linen with a gold belt;
• His face glows like lightning, his eyes like fire, very loud voice;
• The men with Daniel are so afraid they run and hide;
• Daniel is very weak, falls down, but he hears the voice;
• The man says Daniel has understanding, tells him to stand up;
• Says he is going to tell Daniel about the future for his people;
• After listening for a while, Daniel is overcome, cannot speak;
• Then, a figure who looks like a man touches Daniel;
• Daniel’s strength comes back; the man says “Be strong;”
• He tells Daniel he knows why he came to him;
• Now he must go fight the king of Persia;
• After that he will fight the king of Greece;
• Before that he will tell Daniel what’s in the Book of Truth.

Chapter 11. Truth

Daniel offers his total support for a new king, Darius the Mede:

• The man resumes talking to Daniel, he will tell him the Truth;
• Four kings will come out of Persia, the fourth very wealthy;
• With his great wealth he will challenge Greece;
• Another powerful king will take over, but he will be broken;
• Following this, the king of the South shall become strong;
• Later, the daughter of the South’s king goes to the North;
• She attempts to make an agreement with that king;
• But she loses her authority, and she is handed over;
• Later, one from her family will build an army, invade the North;
• He will defeat them and take men and valuables to Egypt;
• Eventually, the North will attack and prevail over the South;
• The leader of the North will use cunning and intrigue;
• He will be a vile leader, but give the plunder to the people;
• Both the kings, the North and South, are intent on doing evil;
• The king of the North will defile the holy places, do damage;
• He will exalt himself, blaspheme against the true God;
• The king of the South will attempt to defeat the North;
• But the king of the North will prevail, rule over many nations;
• Eventually, the king of the North will fall; and be all alone.

Chapter 12. Delivered

Michael is the great prince who is in charge of protecting God’s people:

• There is coming a time of serious trouble, like never before;
• Then, everyone whose name is in the book will be delivered;
• The dead will come back to life, some to everlasting life,
• Some will come back for everlasting shame and contempt;
• But Daniel is told to seal up the book until the end time;
• Many people will be running around gaining more knowledge;
• Daniel sees two men standing on either side of the river;
• One of these men asks the man in the linen garment a question:
• “How long will it be until all this is fulfilled?”;
• With both hands raised, he says: “a time, times, and half a time”;
• “When the holy people have become completely broken”;
• Daniel asks “What will be the end of all this?”
• The man tells Daniel the words are sealed until the end of time;
• Good people will continue to be good, the evil will be evil;
• When the daily sacrifice is ended there will be 1,290 days;
• The one who waits for 1,335 days will be blessed;
• Daniel is told to continue on for the rest of his life;
• After his death, he will come back to receive his inheritance.

End of Session 4 of 4 of the book of Daniel.

This concludes the summary of the book of Daniel.