W4 Audio Lectures

Daniel 10:1 -9

Cyrus the Persian and Darius the Mede are different
- Cyrus is the one prophesied about in Isaiah who let the Jews to Jerusalem
- Darius was probably a vassal king for the Medes
2 divisions under Belshazzar and 2 under Cyrus
2 words and 2 years after Gabriel’s appearance in chapter 9
Daniel is around 85 years old
The Jews are returning to Israel but Daniel doesn’t get to go
Creation only took 6 days that’s why the Jews only work for 6 days and they took everything in the OT literally #apologetics
Daniel is fasting, probably for the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Daniel might be mourning because he wasn’t able to attend the Passover at home with the other Jews
If Daniel was a fictional character created during the Maccabees then he would’ve returned to Israel with the exiles, not died in Babylon #apologetics
There is a benefit to short-period fasting, ask the Himalayans

the angel might be Gabriel because he visited Daniel the last few times
There are 365+ verses in the Bible with some form of “do not fear”
When you squeeze a orange, what comes out? What about a Christian?
Fun thought: Jesus was a big guy with muscles and he was tall
Another fun thought: Peter was also a buff guy
Conclusive fun thought: Jesus picked up Peter from the water with one arm and threw him on the boat
the angel was fighting the prince of Persia for three weeks before he spoke to Dan.
Dan. was fasting for three weeks before the angel spoke to him
the moment Daniel humbled himself before God, an angel was sent to him
Dan. kept praying and fasting until his prayers were answered
Michael means “who is like God” or “none is like God”
Michael is the only archangel mentioned in the Bible
Adonai means lord, master, sir, or just one who is higher
the angel was fighting with Persia and then Greece, who conjured the Medo-Persian Empire
our prayers could be hindered by battles within the spiritual realm

the fourth king is Ahasuerus, he had 2 million footmen
verses 5 - 20, 150 years of hostility between the Northern Seleucid Dynasty in Syria and the Southern Ptolemy Dynasty in Egypt
v6: Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Philiphater, gave his daughter Berenice to Antiochus II Theos as part of a peace treaty. Antiochus divorced his first wife Laodice, to marry Berenice. Shortly afterwards, Ptolemy II dies and Antiochus decides to divorce Berenice and re-marry Laodice. Before the divorce could be finalized, Laodice comes and kills Berenice. Antiochus II Theos re-marries Laodice and shortly after she poisons him. Fact check this, the story is a bit different on other sources. Other sources say Berenice is killed by Laodice after Antiochus II died and she tried to get the throne for her infant son.
vv. 7-9: Berenice’s brother Ptolemy III avenge’s her death by killing Laodice
vv. 21 - 35 brings us to Antiochus Epiphanes, the demon possessed ruler who persecuted the Jews
many scholars think the Antichrist will be from Jewish decent

Iran North Africa, Russia, and Turkey will invade Israel. Then God will intervene and destroy all but 1/10 of those armies
the Antichrist will honor Satan
he will bring peace to Israel
Eden, Moab, and Ammon are modern day Jordan
His palace will be between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean
the battle of Armageddon will take place after the Euphrates dries up
the East Gate has been bricked up by the Turks, but it was discovered that under that east gate was The East Gate

Daniel 12:4, the angel is telling Daniel to preserve the book for many will look for understanding and find it
“a time, times, and a half” means 3 1/2 years, 42 months, or 1,260 days
wheat and tears look the same until the harvest, then the wheat gets heavy and bows but the tears never do