December 11, 2024
There is a broad consensus among students of Daniel that the first half of Daniel’s last vision (Daniel 10:1-11:35) is about the emergence of the Greek empire and the ruling families of the Ptolemies in Egypt and the Seleucids in Syria during from 320s to 160s BCE. They battled over control of the Jewish homeland. […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 13, 2024
The Context of the Vision (8:1-2) The Vision The Ram (8:3-4) The Goat Attacks the Ram (8:5-8) A Little Horn Emerges on the Goat (8:9-14) The Interpretation of the Vision The Setting (8:15-18) The Ram and the Goat Identified (8:19-22) The Little Horn (8:23-25) Who is the “little horn” in Daniel 8:23-25? The Conclusion (8:27) […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
September 20, 2024
What is the theological heart of the dream narrative in Daniel 2? The Statue of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and iron & clay serve the greater theological point: God gives power and wisdom, and God takes it away (deposes kings). Kings who are supposed to image God, as God intended from the beginning for all […]
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