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Reflective narrative: One God, Three Persons: How and why the First Three Commandments must be obeyed and why they are given to us separately For two thousand years Christians have tried to speak faithfully about the one God who has made Himself known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Israel...

I don't want to be argumentative and I deeply respect most of the interpretations offered by the SDA, but they have a few things wrong.... but they certainly have been a blessing in understanding so much of Daniel - more than any other denomination by far, But I would respectfully ask you to...

Here is a partial narrative from within my commentary on Daniel chapter 7. Reflective Narrative: Hidden in the Feet, Revealed in the Horns: God’s Law and God’s People and the coming little horn In the grand statue of Daniel 2, four earthly kingdoms rise in succession—each one revealed by God...

From your reply I’m hearing two main points: that the 490-year prophecy in Daniel 9 is already fulfilled and closed, and that “all Israel” in Romans 11 refers only to “spiritual Israel” (the believing remnant of Jews and Gentiles), leaving no future, identifiable turning of ethnic Israel to...

No, we use many of the same verses … we interpret them differently and connect them differently. If we look at “today’s accepted interpretations” for most of Daniel there is no consensus. Those brilliant scholars, academics, theologians and interpreters we all read have very different...

I believe we interpret the Scriptures very differently. I don’t ask you to prove your interpretations—- they are just that - your interpretations perhaps even using many of the same verses. I am very comfortable with my interpretations, as I am sure you feel the same.

I agree that salvation has always been by grace through faith and that God’s true people are the remnant. Where I see Paul’s “and so all Israel will be saved” (Rom 11:26) is in the Revelation moment when God lifts the partial hardening and meets Israel as He met Saul—by a sovereign...

Thanks for laying that out—I’m with you that the remnant theme is everywhere from Isaiah to Paul. Where I think we’re close but not identical is on how Daniel 9 uses the phrase “your people and your holy city.” In the near horizon, the plain-sense referent of “your people” to Daniel in exile is...

“Thanks—this helps me understand where you’re coming from. I agree the seventy weeks reach their goal in Messiah and that His kingdom is not of this world. Where I read Daniel 9 a bit differently is with two horizons held together by God’s larger plan. First, ‘your people and your holy city’...

Perhaps you might want to tell the story from chapter 2 to chapter 11 -- not just 4 comments... what are the 10 toes within the feet, why do they come out of pagan Rome in chapter 7, why are they referred to by a different symbol, share exactly when the 10 horns come out of pagan Rome, i hope...

I don’t think so. I believe 7:7 tells us the 10 horns come out of the 4th beast…. Then, a little horn follows. The 10 toes are part of the metal man statue sitting where they are supposed to be - and the end of the feet. In chapter 2:41, Gabriel talks about the 10 toes, their composition…...

Sorry, I thought that did answer your question, but in any case, this verse is specifically given to Daniel from Gabriel. It is for “thy people and thy holy city,” meaning it is speaking to those Jews who are returning from Babylon, to their city, and it defines the time prophecy for restoring...

Part 2 Reflective narrative: The Quiet Runway of the Sixty-Two Weeks” In the seventy-weeks prophecy of Daniel 9, there is something quietly striking about the way God divides time. We are given three distinct segments: seven weeks, sixty-two weeks, and one final week. The first and last are...

What a terrific question and please feel free to ask more questions or offer your thoughts on Daniel. Her3 is a carve out from the commentary on Daniel for chapter 9... Part 1 Until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks… Gabriel’s message to Daniel delivers one...

What a terrific question and please feel free to ask more questions or offer your thoughts on Daniel. Her3 is a carve out from the commentary on Daniel for chapter 9...

Reflective Narrative: God’s Blueprint – Interpreting the Image, Seeing the Plan Daniel 2 is not merely a dream about world empires or a chronology of kings and kingdoms. It is the unveiling of God’s prophetic blueprint—His deliberate, carefully structured plan for the redemption of humanity...

n As I said earlier, you have indeed a strong understanding of the Scriptures- much more than I ever will. It is obvious you have been studying the Scriptures for some time. I am relatively new to this and have started on Daniel about 7 years ago. But, if I may, there are many true scholars...

Thanks for sharing all of your thoughts.... It is clear you have been deep into Daniel and the Scriptures. It would not really be possible for me to respond to each and every point you have made.... but perhaps we might take baby steps if you are willing to discuss the little horn, who he is...

Doesn't the little horn come out of the 4th bease - pagan Rome in chapter 7, but only AFTER the 10 horns come out of pagan Rome in chapter 7. And since pagan Rome is destroyed in 476 AD (7:11), this means that BOTH the little horn AND the 10 horns must have already come onto scene BEFORE its...

Hebrews 10:26-31, 26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation that will devour the adversaries. 28 He that despises Moses’ law dies without mercy...