Dan 2. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of the Great Image. This King of Babylon represented the beginning of a string of 4 successive empires who would rule somewhere between the Mediterranean Sea and the Near East. Each empire conquered the preceding one. The final empire would somehow endure until the Kingdom of Christ.
The last empire was the Roman Empire, which has endured, in a different form in Europe, throughout the NT age. It has been represented by Christian Civilization both in the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It has also been represented by various Christian states and empires that ruled from within this former Roman territory, albeit somewhat expanded.
Out of this civilization an Antichristian coalition will assume control of the 4th Empire. Christ's Kingdom will come, destroying this series of empires.
Dan 7. Daniel's Dream of the 4 Beasts. Daniel sees the same series of 4 empires, beginning with Babylon and ending with the Roman Empire. Daniel clearly outlines the Antichristian coalition that assumes control of the 4th Empire. It will be 7 kings (3 are defeated) and 10 states. Again, Christ's Kingdom comes to destroy this series of empires.
Dan 9. Daniel is shown, by an angel, that following a Persian call to restore Jerusalem and the temple (457 BC) there would be a period of 70 weeks of years until the Messiah comes. His death would lead to a new judgment leveled against Jerusalem and the temple. The Messiah would, despite being cut off, establish a fulfillment of God's covenant with Israel, accomplishing 6 major things as listed in Dan 9.24. He would displace the temple system inasmuch as he would cut off sacrifices under the Law and himself become an anointed "Holy Place." Following his death the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed by an Army, representing the "abomination of desolation." Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD.
Dan 8 and 11. These chapters speak largely of the Greek Kingdom, the 3rd Empire in the series of 4 empires. It would break into 4 smaller kingdoms, and ultimately be reduced to 2 major powers, Syria and Egypt. Antiochus 4, of Syria, would become a major desolator of the Jewish temple worship, a possible foretaste of the Antichrist, who will devastate God's People, the Church.
Dan 12. This conclusion to the book contains two major events that God used to summarize the book for Daniel. Those 2 future events are the 3.5 years of Antichristian rule, mentioned in Dan 7, and the reign of Antiochus 4, mentioned in Dan 8 and 11. Antiochus reigned 1290 days, which also is roughly 3.5 years. But these two prophecies are separate prophecies in ch. 12.
The last empire was the Roman Empire, which has endured, in a different form in Europe, throughout the NT age. It has been represented by Christian Civilization both in the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It has also been represented by various Christian states and empires that ruled from within this former Roman territory, albeit somewhat expanded.
Out of this civilization an Antichristian coalition will assume control of the 4th Empire. Christ's Kingdom will come, destroying this series of empires.
Dan 7. Daniel's Dream of the 4 Beasts. Daniel sees the same series of 4 empires, beginning with Babylon and ending with the Roman Empire. Daniel clearly outlines the Antichristian coalition that assumes control of the 4th Empire. It will be 7 kings (3 are defeated) and 10 states. Again, Christ's Kingdom comes to destroy this series of empires.
Dan 9. Daniel is shown, by an angel, that following a Persian call to restore Jerusalem and the temple (457 BC) there would be a period of 70 weeks of years until the Messiah comes. His death would lead to a new judgment leveled against Jerusalem and the temple. The Messiah would, despite being cut off, establish a fulfillment of God's covenant with Israel, accomplishing 6 major things as listed in Dan 9.24. He would displace the temple system inasmuch as he would cut off sacrifices under the Law and himself become an anointed "Holy Place." Following his death the temple and Jerusalem would be destroyed by an Army, representing the "abomination of desolation." Rome destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD.
Dan 8 and 11. These chapters speak largely of the Greek Kingdom, the 3rd Empire in the series of 4 empires. It would break into 4 smaller kingdoms, and ultimately be reduced to 2 major powers, Syria and Egypt. Antiochus 4, of Syria, would become a major desolator of the Jewish temple worship, a possible foretaste of the Antichrist, who will devastate God's People, the Church.
Dan 12. This conclusion to the book contains two major events that God used to summarize the book for Daniel. Those 2 future events are the 3.5 years of Antichristian rule, mentioned in Dan 7, and the reign of Antiochus 4, mentioned in Dan 8 and 11. Antiochus reigned 1290 days, which also is roughly 3.5 years. But these two prophecies are separate prophecies in ch. 12.