Understanding Daniel and the Revelation

1 Daniel RevelationThe Complete Biblical books of Daniel and the Revelation ; Plus Charts; Study Aids; Infor-mation on the Ancient Hebrew Sanctuary, and Amazing Time THEUNDERSTANDINGA simplified verse by verse explanation of Prophesy Understanding Daniel and the RevelationPlus supplementary materialBy P. G. TempleSecond Edition 2011 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 These Books are Available in single copy and case-lots from: The Foundations and Pillars Ministry 1204 Besstown Rd Beersheba Springs TN 37305 The 2300 Days 5 Introduction 6 THE BOOK OF Daniel Chapter 1: The Captive Children 8 Chapter 2: The Great Image 17 Chapter 3: The Fiery Furnace 42 Chapter 4: The Mad King 51 Chapter 5: Belshazzar s Feast 58 Chapter 6: Daniel in the Lion s Den 68 Chapter 7: Awesome Beasts of Prophecy 75 Chapter 8: The Ram and the He-goat 92 Chapter 9: Daniel s prayer 104 Chapter 9.

2 Time Prophecy Explained 109 Chapter 10: Gabriel comes to Help 117 Chapter 11: The Latter Days 123 Chapter 12: Michael Stands Up! 158 THE Revelation Chapter 1: John on Patmos 166 Chapter 2: Letters to God s People 175 Chapter 3: Letters Continued 183 Chapter 4: The Throne & the Book 191 Chapter 5: Worthy is the Lamb 196 Chapter 6: The Seven Seals 200 Contents 4 Daniel and the Revelation Chapter 7: The Four Angels 209 Chapter 8: The Seven Trumpets 215 Chapter 9: The Seven Trumpets 2 223 Chapter 10: The Mighty Angel 230 Chapter 11: The Two Witnesses 234 Chapter 12: The Woman and the Dragon 242 Chapter 13: The Beast, the Image and the Mark 249 Chapter 14: Three Angel s Messages 259 Chapter 15.

3 Seven Vials of Wrath 269 Chapter 16: Seven Last Plagues 272 Chapter 17: The Woman and the Beast 281 Chapter 18: Fall of Great Babylon 287 Chapter 19: Jesus Rides Forth 292 Chapter 20: The Dragon s End 297 Chapter 21: A Wonderful Future 304 Chapter 22: Behold I Come Quickly 309 APPENDICESA ppendix A 1: Light from the Ancient Sanctuary: 314 Appendix A 2: The Ceremonies and Feasts 329 Appendix B: Amazing Time Prophecies: 350 Appendix C: Seven Rules of Biblical Understanding : 356 Appendix D: Miller s Rules of Interpretation: 360 Appendix E: The Science of prayer 3645 The 2300 Days of Daniel 8 and 9 6 Daniel and the Revelation INTRODUCTION Many who read the Bible fail to realize that it is actually all one story from beginning to end.

4 It is the story of this planet; its origin and destiny. The story of rebellion and terrible loss but more than this, it is the story of a most precious gift a King s ransom made to offer mankind a second chance to return to loyalty to their loving heavenly Father. Woven throughout the Bible is an amazing series of predictions we call prophecy. Again few realize that these prophecies really connect together to tell the same story. The Bible is a history book, it tells the past but like no other history book it tells the present and future just as clearly. Although prophecy is scattered all through the Bible, two books focus almost entirely on symbolic representa-tions; these are Daniel and The Revelation .

5 Written centuries apart, we nonetheless see that they actually compose one book, each helping to explain the other in a way that only an omnipotent God could do. There is a choice to be made by every person living on this earth, and we are making that choice day by day whether we realize it or not. It is the choice of obedience or rebellion; righteousness or sin; life or death. The study of these pro-phetic books will reveal to us the players in the great drama now preparing for their final act in which all who live must decide where loyalty will be placed. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

6 Joshua 24:15 7 CHURCH & STATEIn order for mankind to truly return to God with his whole heart, it is absolutely necessary that the individual have freedom of choice in regard to worship and religion so as to be able to follow his conscience and be led of God. The ONLY worship and service acceptable to God is true hearted service; anything forced or pretended is an abomination before God. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Romans 14:5. Because only those who turn to God with this whole-hearted and fully persuaded service can be part of God s kingdom at the end of this world s history, Satan has always been at work to inspire people to seek to force and rule the consciences of their fellow beings.

7 When religious powers fail to find enough force to do this, then civil power is sought and the combination of church and state used to crush out free religious inquiry, and cast down any who would seek to serve God according to the dictates of their conscience. Prophecy tells the story of this desolating work which has arisen over and over again to trample rights and freedom underfoot and bathe the world in the blood of martyrs. It warns clearly that we are already on the verge of the biggest confederacy to do this very thing again and shows us behind the scenes the powers bringing it to pass. Study this book prayerfully, and carefully, for deception is rampant and we must be sure to be found on the right side of this conflict soon to hit the world.

8 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. Revelation 15:2-3 8 Daniel and the RevelationThe Book of DanielMy God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions mouths, that they have not hurt me: Daniel 6:229 The Captive ChildrenDANIEL 1 The Captive Children In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

9 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. Daniel 1:1, 2 Time and time again, Israel turned their backs, on the God of their fathers, becoming enchanted by the exciting festivals and holidays of the pagans nearby. Long had the Lord pled with the nation of Israel, through prophets and providential happenings, to return from their apostasy and idol worship that they copied from the Pagans around them, but they did not remain faithful to Him. God had allowed the nation to become divided into two parts after the reign of Solomon.

10 Israel had fallen years before to the Assyrians, and now the forces of Babylon under the young prince Nebuchadnezzar were threaten-ing Jerusalem. They were warned by God s prophets that Jerusalem would be taken. Siege of Jerusalem: Like one conscious of uttering only well-known truth, Daniel proceeds at once to state a variety of par ticulars by which his accuracy could be tested. The overthrow of Jerusalem recorded here was predicted by Jeremiah, and was accomplished in 606 BC (Jeremiah 25:8-11.) (The date 606 BC is widely supported by Ussher, Hales, and other chronologists, but more recent research by arche-ologists favors the date 605.)