Ummmmmmm, -- I can save you a LOT of time. -- You won't find it in the commentators (theologians), and not much in the scholars. -- The angels in 12:4 & 9 commanded Daniel:
Dan. 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
... 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
... and all the commentators interpret the fulfillments as ANCIENT history. Just consider that it hasn't been until the last hundred years or so that men have been able to travel some 60 to 600mph ("
run to and fro"). And not since the mid-60's that we've had INSTANT "
KNOWLEDGE" LITERALLY AT OUR FINGERTIPS (keyboard). So you can throw out the disobedient "commentators".
But as far as the scholars, there are specific instances where a handful of scholars have identified passages and texts which contradict the "
Classical Interpretation", -- but they themselves were equally not able to see Modern History is sufficient hind-sight to provide a Modern interpretation.
So, H2S, you're pretty much on your own with a Bible and a History book. And remember, these "commentators" can't even count to FIVE, instead using a 4a/4b. They believe that the empire of CLAY is Revived Roman because it has a residue of Iron in it. But if memory serves me correctly, our own Pledge of Allegiance says:
... and to the Republic, for which it stands ...
... which suggests that because the Roman Empire was never conquered and never REPLACED, but simply dissolved into various kingdoms, fifedoms, cities, and regions, -- they kept the Roman Republic
Senatus Populusque Romanus (Senate and the Roman People) bicameral model and eventually became the FIFTH "
Divided Kingdom":
41 And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom ...
45 ... the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold ... = 4,3,5,2,1 = FIVE
Perhaps the ONLY PEOPLE who can CORRECTLY interpret
Daniel and thereby
Revelation, are living in
our generation who haven't been poisoned by ANCIENT LIES.
Bobby Jo