Key: Dan.4:17, 25; Ps. 22:28
DANIEL COMFORTED BY AN ANGELIC VISION CONTINUES. Dan. 10:20-21, 11:1-45.
“When one trial to the Church passes away another succeeds… But though none
else “holds with” them on earth, they have on their side the countless heavenly hosts
of the Lord God of Sabaoth: above all, they have Christ Himself, who saith, “Be of
good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). Therefore, let us take
courage, remembering that “the scripture of truth” (v. 21) hath said, “If God be for us,
who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31.)” Fausset A. R.
- Dan. 10:20-21. “Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee?
The angel asks, after Daniel had recovered from his fright, whether he has
understood what was revealed (v. 13). On Daniel by his silence intimating that he
did understand, the angel declares he will return to renew the fight with the evil
angel, the prince of Persia…and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of
Grecia shall come 7:6; 8:5–8. 21; 11:2–4 Alexander the Great, who conquered
Persia, and favoured the Jews (Calvin)…so the prince of Grecia is a fresh angelic
adversary, representing Greece… The world-power that succeeds Persia,
Greece—Antiochus Epiphanes…”and his antitype, Antichrist; but him, too, with
the help of Michael, Israel’s champion, I shall overcome (Gejer). 21. I will show
thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth—in the secret book of God’s
decrees (Ps. 139:16; Rev. 5:1); those decrees which are truth—i.e., the things
which shall most surely come to pass, being determined by God (cf. John 17:17,
“Thy word is truth”) 8:26; ch. 11; 12, Is. 41:22–23; 43:8–9, Am. 3:7, Ac. 15:15–18.
and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your
prince—to him alone of the angels the office of protecting Israel, in concert with
the angelic speaker, was delegated: all the world-powers were against Israel”
Fausset A. R. - Dan. 11. “This chapter contains some of the most precise predictions in the
entire Bible. These predictions are so precise that…this chapter was written long before
the events occurred.” HCSB Study Bible - Dan. 11:1-4 in the first year of Darius—Cyaxares II., the year of the conquest of
Babylon (ch. 5:31). Cyrus, who wielded the real power, though in name
subordinate to Darius, in that year promulgated the edict for the restoration of the
Jews… Michael…helped the angel, both joining their powers in behalf of Israel.
Fausset A. R. God is active in the political affairs of the world. “11:2 The three… kings in
Persia were Cambyses (530-522 b.c.), Pseudo-Smerdis (522 b.c.), and Darius I
Hystaspes (522-486 b.c.). Ahasuerus was the fourth king…to be far richer than the
others. 11:3-4 The warrior king…was Alexander the Great (336-323 b.c.). As prophesied,
his kingdom was divided to the four winds of heaven…the division of his empire among
his four generals rather than his descendants. Cassander over Macedon and Greece,
Lysimachus over Thrace and Asia Minor, Seleucus over Syria and Babylon, Ptolemy
over Egypt).” HCSB Study Bible
