IN THE FIRST YEAR OF BELSHAZZAR. This was 429 B.C. See App-50. Daniel being eighty-four years old. Three years before the events of Daniel 6. Compare Daniel 5:30; Daniel 5:31, and the notes on the other dates (Daniel 8:1; Daniel 9:1; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 11:1, &c). This vision (Daniel 7) is still in... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE AND SAID. The vision is related in words. I SAW. I was looking. BY. during. THE FOUR WINDS. All blowing at the same time and producing the one result described in verses: Daniel 7:3. WINDS. Chaldee. _ruach._ App-9. STROVE UPON. brake or burst forth against; converging on one point. THE G... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR GREAT BEASTS. These are not the four dominions of Daniel 2. They stand up one after the other, and each stands, successively, in the place of the other. These are to arise in "the days of" those last "ten kings" of Daniel 2:44. These continue the last of Nebuchadnezzar's last dominion, and do e... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST, &C. Cannot be Babylon, for this had already arisen, and was within two years of its end (see notes on Daniel 7:1). Daniel could not see that kingdom arise now. He had said, "Thou art this head of gold" (Daniel 2:38); but Nebuchadnezzar himself had been dead twenty-three years, and these a... [ Continue Reading ]
IT RAISED UP ITSELF: or, was made to stand. ON ONE SIDE: i.e. partially. THREE RIBS, &C. This is not interpreted by the angel. The interpretations given by man are diverse, conflicting, and are unnecessary.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FOWL. a bird. FOUR HEADS. These are not interpreted, and will be understood only when they are seen. It will have these four heads at the time of its being seen.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FOURTH BEAST. Not Rome, for it has the "ten horns" when it is first seen. Moreover, these ten horns are not seen till the time of the end. This fourth beast therefore belongs to the time of the end. The beast of Revelation 13:1 combines in himself all these resemblances. See note on Daniel 7:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
I CONSIDERED. Iwas considering. THE HORNS. Mentioned in Daniel 7:7. LITTLE HORN. a horn of small beginnings. This identifies this vision with those of Ch. Daniel 8:9; Daniel 8:11; Daniel 8:12. See App-90. The first of twelve titles given to the power commonly known as "the Antichrist": it is used a... [ Continue Reading ]
TILL. till that. THE THRONES. the seats for judgment. CAST DOWN. set or placed. The seats of Orientals are cushions laid, not "set", but "cast down". The reference is to this, in Revelation 4:2. Compare Psalms 9:7; Psalms 29:10; Isaiah 28:6. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. the Everlasting One. Compare Psalm... [ Continue Reading ]
MINISTERED. were ministering. STOOD. were standing. Indicating readiness for service. THE JUDGMENT. the Judge; "judgment" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Subject), App-6, for the Judge Who actually sat. WAS SET. took His seat. THE BOOKS, &C. Literally "books were opened".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HORN SPAKE. the horn kept speaking. THE BEAST. At length we learn who "the (little) horn" is See note on Daniel 7:8 and Revelation 19:20. THE BURNING FLAME. Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REST OF THE BEASTS: i.e. the three mentioned in verses: Daniel 7:4 as co-existing, THEY HAD, &C. = their dominion was caused to pass away. THEIR LIVES WERE PROLONGED. a lengthening of their life was given to them: i.e. the remaining three after the fourth beast has been destroyed. FOR. SEASON... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF MAN. See notes on Psalms 8:4.Matthew 8:20. CAME. was coming.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS GIVEN, &C. = to Him was given, &c. PEOPLE. peoples. AN EVERLASTING DOMINION. See verses: Daniel 7:18; Daniel 7:27, Dan 7:35, Daniel 2:44; Daniel 4:3; Daniel 6:26; Psalms 45:6; Psalms 145:13; Psalms 146:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
GRIEVED. BECAUSE HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND. Therefore Dan. could not be identical with Daniel 2, because he had interpreted that already to Nebuchadnezzar. MY SPIRIT. myself. Chaldee. _rua_. _h_. App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM.: i.e. the standing ones. STOOD. were standing. ASKED. made exact inquiry. TRUTH. certainty. Chaldee. _ya'ib._ OF. about.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE GREAT BEASTS, &c. In Daniel 7:17 we have therefore the interpretation of this vision, which needs no further interpretation by man. SHALL ARISE. The two which had already arisen cannot therefore be included: Babylon and Medo-Persia,which almost (at this time) equalled Babylon in extent. The vi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAINTS. the holy ones: i.e. God's People Israel. THE MOST HIGH. Chaldee. _'elyonin._ Same as Hebrew. _'elyon._ App-4. Here plural. the Messiah Himself in relation to dominion in the earth. Daniel 7:27 shows that. Person is intended, not. place. TAKE. receive. As in Daniel 5:31. Compare Daniel... [ Continue Reading ]
NAILS. claws, or hoofs. Chaldee text is plural; margin is singular. FEET. Chaldee text, plural; margin is singular.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OTHER: i.e. the little horn of Daniel 7:8, which is still future. See App-90. and Compare Daniel 8:9; Daniel 8:23, and note on Daniel 7:8. SPAKE. See note on "speaking", Daniel 7:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME HORN. Compare Daniel 7:8. MADE WAR. This connects "the little horn" with Revelation 13:7, and shows it to be still future.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT: or, vindication.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS HE SAID. Giving an additional interpretation.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEN KINGS. See note on Daniel 7:7. HE. The little horn of verses: Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:20. THREE KINGS. See the interpretation of Daniel 7:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEAR OUT. afflict. LAWS. law. TIME AND TIMES, &C.: i.e. three and. half years. one half of the "one week" of Daniel 9:27. It is repeated as forty-two months (Rev 11:21, Revelation 11:3). See App-90 and App-91. and Compare Daniel 8:14; Daniel 12:7; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 12:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL SIT. will take His seat. UNTO THE END. This is the determining factor of the interpretation. Compare Daniel 8:17; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 11:40; Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:9; Daniel 12:13.Matthew 24:14. See note on Daniel 7:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSE, &C. This shows that _'elyonin_ (in Daniel 7:18) means. person, and not. place.... [ Continue Reading ]
MUCH TROUBLED ME: or, baffled me. See note on "grieved", Daniel 7:15. I KEPT, &C. Compare Luke 2:19. Here ends the portion of the book written in the Chaldee (or Gentile) tongue.... [ Continue Reading ]