Notes on Daniel: Historicism or Preterism? Click play to connect to youtube The debate over how to interpret the Book of Daniel from the perspective of Reformed theology usually is between historicism and preterism. The futurist view is al…
Read moreNotes on Daniel: Definition of "Preterist" Click play to connect to youtube Here is the dictionary definition of preterist. PRETERIST: 1. One whose chief interest is in the past; one who regards the past with most pleasure or fa…
Read moreNotes on Daniel: Introduction Click play to connect to youtube Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend (Proverbs 27:17). The dialog is an ancient and venerable genre used by those with a truth to…
Read moreThe “Twenty-One Days” of Daniel 10:13 Click play to connect to youtube Four Persian Kings in Daniel 11 The four kings of Persia in Daniel 11:2 were the successors to Cyrus. At the end of Cyrus’ reign, during the…
Read moreThe death of Nero on June 9th, AD 68 marked the end of the line of the Caesars according to Suetonius, who wrote, “The race of the Caesars ended with Nero.” Nero was the sixth and last Caesar. Yet…
Read moreDaniel 7:24 — Is the Little Horn “after them” or “among them”? Click play to connect to youtube I received this question on my interpretation of Daniel 7:24 from Brian Godawa. Since then I have had several people reiterate.…
Read moreI would be agreeable to say that the spirit of antichrist has revealed itself in Antiochus Epiphanes, Julius Caesar, Nero Caesar, the papacy at the time of the Reformation — and many others. There are many antichrist spirits that have…
Read moreWe need to be careful when interpreting Revelation in such as way that we use all scriptural language to interpret the symbolism of this book. The original readers of Revelation (the seven churches of Asia Minor) probably did not have…
Read moreMost of Daniel refers to events that took place by the end of the first century. Nero was the fulfillment of the little horn of Daniel 7 and the sixth of the seven kings of Revelation 17. And there are…
Read moreThe kingdom of God began in the days of the Roman Empire. It overcame Rome and will overcome all the kingdoms of this world. It will last forever. In this idea, chapter seven has essentially the same interpretation as chapter…
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