I'm sure you are now 1 from 1. [8] ↩ Do you know where the first reference to the angel Michael in the Bible is? [3] ↩ David Guzik gives the following table to compare the similarities: Girded about the chest with a golden band, Sound of his words like the voice of a multitude. And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. So we have been given a glimpse of the influence that the angelic realm has into the affairs of men. Its message was true and it concerned a great war. Drum rolls please - The answers to the highly important angelic quiz are: 1. You will notice in the text that it seems that there are two different characters with Daniel. Daniel 10:10-12 A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. ', Heb 12:2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, Daniel Chapter 1 Bible Study Lesson: Stranded in Babylon, Daniel 2 Bible Study: Faith under pressure and the God of the impossible, Daniel 2 Bible Study Lesson: A vision of things to come. 10:2 Was mourning - Because he foresaw the many calamities that would befall the Jews for their sins, especially for destroying the Messiah, and rejecting his gospel. And then we will understand and experience grace in all its fullness.
The angel told Daniel that he was to have come to him with a gracious answer to his prayers, but that the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood him one and twenty days, just the three weeks that Daniel had been fasting and praying. Angels cannot die. It is a message of great conflict and this has been recorded for us in Daniel chapters 11 and 12. When you turn on the news you see wars, battles and conflicts. He is mentioned 3 times in Daniel, once in Jude and once in Revelation. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are - yet was without sin.
As the Word says: 'Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. Well, it's a quiz about angels.
Whether it is Moses, Isaiah, Daniel or John the result is the same. 2 At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.
Anytime in scripture that a person encounters the majesty of God there is an overwhelming sense of their own inadequacy.
He is depicted on the pages of scriptural history as one of the greatest and most faultless of men. [2] ↩ Some believe that Daniel was concerned about the welfare of the Israelites who faced tremendous difficulty in attempting to return home from exile. Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.'. The Chaldeans and magicians and astrologers had all failed to divine the secret which perplexed the king … Once Daniel spoke of his helplessness, grace and enabling was on hand. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision. 7. 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar). Jesus is our 'buddy', our 'best friend'.
He is mentioned 5 times in the Bible. Yet it goes on day after day and has a major impact on the wars that we do see on planet Earth. There is the angel who had come with the message for Daniel, but also 'one who looked like a man'.
10:15 I set my face - I prostrated myself upon the earth.
How many archangels are mentioned in scripture? The reason I say this is that in an April 2009 survey of 'Christians' by the Barna Group 'Four out of ten Christians (40%) strongly agreed that Satan 'is not a living being but is a symbol of evil.' Yes, they come in different categories or hierarchies. 5. Daniel, who is now in his mid to late 80's, is given another vision and message.
EXPOSITION BY C.H. So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless. Fortunately, as we have previously seen, the nation of Israel also has angelic protection of the highest order in Michael, the archangel. 'For man does not live by bread alone, but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God. [7] ↩ But by the sounds of a survey a lot of 'Christians' are going to have a problem with this. For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace. 'Do not be afraid, O man highly esteemed,' he said. Daniel 10:1. The events of this chapter took place in the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia. There are angels, chief angels, archangels, cherubim and seraphim. Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible by John Wesley [1754-65].
[1] But Daniel 10 speaks of a war that no man reports for it is one that no man sees. Hmmm. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. Speaking of answers, I think I said I'd give some. Could be wrong on that one though as it does pose some difficulties later in the chapter! 5. There is a convicting sense of your own 'smallness' and inadequacy in the light of an almighty God. People not getting on, races not getting on, nations not getting on. All of the references seem to be in connection with warfare.