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There are only 4 kingdoms that come out of the earth or the sea. God's kingdom does not come out of either. The Book of Daniel is all about the restoration of His people and mankind of the earth. I am mentioned many times that Jesus came to fulfill His God given requirements (His mission found...

Thank you very much for your thoughts. Yes, there are only 4 kingdoms and yes, the 4th kingdom is Rome, but it is not pagan Rome. It has been replaced by papal Rome around 500 AD, and as you have mentioned, it will continue until His return. I don't understand what you mean that the 4th...

Ok,I am going try and respond to your comments ..... hopefully, they might make sense to you .... but they will not be in line with your interpretations. First, the "Stone" in 2:34 is indeed the Messiah, but unlike EVERYONE'S interpretation, this represents Jesus at His first coming. He is the...

Thanks for your comments… if you do not mind, I will respond in the AM.

I am not trying to prove anything! You are indeed correct in that ALL of the 4 kingdoms are Gentile / pagan, but the 4th kingdom is the only one that will be “divided.” After the cross, God’s church will grow exponentially. By the time of Constantine, it will become an accepted religion and...

Thanks for responding. I understand- that is why I have preached at least 2 major issues; Daniel is just so difficult to interpret, and, secondly, it is impossible to interpret it correctly IF one attempts to match the verses to our history books. Chapter 11 quickly does away with the previous...

I guess you might be willing to show me the verses that speak to your interpretations. Do you want to begin with Chapter 2 and the establishment of the 4 kingdoms? We can take it slowly and discover where we depart…. And remember, Daniel interprets Daniel. It was written for the Jews and...

Thank you for your thoughts. I believe that almost all people who believe the 4th kingdom represents the post-Alexander period which included Ptolemy's, the Seluecid's and much later AE because they are following a "historical" approach. They are looking for any actor or event post Alexander's...

Daniel is not written in chronological order. There is a "dream sequence" set of verses and then there is an "interpretation sequence" set of verses. But in Chapter 7, unlike Chapter 2 and the other chapters, there are two sets of each: one is an earthly vision and the other is a heavenly...

Okay and thanks. Dougg, we can agree to disagree....... I respect your interpretations....

Thanks Dougg... again, I am very aware of your opinions on Daniel.... best wishes.

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Sorry Dougg, I think I have seen your interpretations before.... many times, and they do not focus on "His people / His city and the coming of the Messiah (first time). Look for the Messiah and His plan of salvation / restoration within the verses in Daniel and you will find the correct...

Well, that was certainly a lot of reading! Thank you for responding with your thoughts. I cannot make light of any of your comments because Daniel is without a doubt a most complicated, confusing and almost impossible book to interpret. I guess that is why that some 2600 years have past and...

This is true... Daniel is not written in chronological order - and that speaks to almost all of his chapters. Further, Daniel 2 is where God will establish the pattern or how He will present His prophecies in the Book of Daniel (almost all of the chapters). In Chapter 2, Daniel will first...

Jesus is revealing the horror and sheer pain from being separated from God. He has taken on the sin of the world and now He accepts the consequences— Jesus reveals what He is experiencing by quoting the first two verses in Psalm 22. By quoting the first two verses, He is telling all to read...

I agree. But can you imagine what Jesus must have gone through / had giving up / sacrificed knowing He that when He took on the sin of the world, He would have to “give up His spirit that He had with His Father?” He was one with His Father yet He willingly separated Himself from Him to take...

Thank you. I recently completed a 5 year study on Daniel and I found just how much one must find in the Scriptures (OT and NT) those verses that are necessary to interpret Daniel. There is no way we can tie them together or see how they ALL fit together to complete the “picture on the outside of...

Well, he could not possibly have continued to exist in the presence of God - without God’s holiness within him, he certainly would have been destroyed. But God figuratively clothed him and sent him outside the Garden where he would have to live without His holiness within him. Now, God would...

Of course He was. I just reread my previous post.. apparently, I left this completely out … but Jesus purposefully made that statement “ into your hands I commit my spirit.” This is Jesus returning His holiness, His spirit back to God because the sin of the world and God’s Holy Spirit within...