![]() ![]() This vision being introductory to the following prophecy "noted in the Scripture of truth," - about B.C.534. A vision by the river Hiddekel in the third year of King Cyrus - during the Prophet's terror an angel addresses him, touches him, and inspires him with confidence, and then returns to contend with the prince of Persia, together with another angel called Michael your prince. ![]() The Prophet, after studying the writings of Jeremiah, anticipates the close of the captivity - he prays and confesses his sins at full length in the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus - while he is praying the angel Gabriel is sent to instruct him - he is informed of the celebrated period of the seventy weeks - of the coming of Messiah the prince and of the overspreading of desolation's, which events are historically explained in the course of these Lectures, - about B.C.538. Daniel's vision at Shushan - the ram and the he-goat - the little horn - the cleansing of the sanctuary - the appearance of Gabriel - the explanation of the vision - the king of fierce countenance said to be the power of heathen Rome - the Prince of princes - the truth of the vision of the evening and morning - Daniel's fainting and astonishment, - about B.C.553. Daniel's own dream - the four beasts - the Ancient of Days and the Son of Man - the explanation of this dream - the fourth beast being the Roman Empire, and the ten horns the Roman Senate - the kingdom given to the Son of Man - fulfilled, according to Calvin, at the first advent of Christ and the early propagation of the Gospel, - about B.C.555. One hundred and twenty princes set over the kingdom - three presidents - the unalterable decree - Daniel's habit of prayer continued - his accusation and condemnation to the lions' den - his miraculous deliverance - the king's rejoicing and decree - the Prophet's prosperity till the reign of Cyrus, about B.C.537. ![]() The impious feast of Belshazzar - the handwriting - the magicians' ignorance - Daniel's interpretation - its fulfillment - Belshazzar slain - Darius the conqueror, about B.C.538. Nebuchadnezzar's confession of the power of the Most High - his dream respecting the Tree, the Watcher, and the Holy One - Daniel's interpretation - its accomplishment - the king driven from among men - his madness, and his restoration to reason and re-establishment in his kingdom, about B.C.570-563. The golden image on the Plains of Dura - the accusation against Daniel's three companions - their reply to the king - their condemnation to the burning fiery furnace - their preservation - the king's astonishment - his proclamation and promotion of the three confessors over the province of Babylon, about B.C.580. King Nebuchadnezzar's dream - forgotten - submitted to the magicians - their failure and destruction - Daniel's proposal and success - the secret revealed to him and communicated to the king - the image described and explained - the four kingdoms - the elevation of Daniel and his companions to high honor, about B.C.603. The captivity of King Jehoiakim about B.C.607 - the treatment of Daniel and his three companions - their superiority as they stood before the king. ![]() Commentary on Daniel - Volume 2 - John Calvin There Are Two Main Divisions,. ![]()
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