PART 15 DANIEL’S FOURTH VISION

TEXT- DANIEL CHAPTERS 10:1-21

INTRODUCTION

AS WE STUDY THIS FOURTH AND LAST VISION THAT DANIEL HAD IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE LAST THREE CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK CONTAIN THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS LAST VISION.

HERE IN CHAPTER TEN WE FIND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE VISION THAT DANIEL SAW, THE  PEOPLE DANIEL SPOKE TO, AND HOW HE REACTED.

THERE ARE MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS FOR US IN THIS VISION.  IT’S NOT JUST A LESSON DEALING WITH HISTORY, IT IS ABLE TO HELP US IN OUR DAILY LIVES AND SHOW US HOW GOD WANTS US TO LIVE FOR HIM.

IF WE FAIL TO FIND THE APPLICATION OF GOD’S WORD FOR OUR LIVES, WE HAVE FAILED TO TRULY INTERPRET IT AND STUDY IT PROPERLY.

THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF THE BIBLE.  IT CAN APPLY TO OUR LIVES EVEN THOUGH THESE THINGS THAT DANIEL SPOKE WERE WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

WITHIN THIS LAST VISION WE FIND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION GIVEN CONCERNING THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE TRIBULATION PERIOD THAN ANY OF THE OTHER VISIONS DANIEL HAS HAD UP TO THIS TIME.

AS IN CHAPTER NINE THE VISION IN THESE CHAPTERS IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE APPEARANCE OF A "HEAVENLY MESSENGER."