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Scott's Reference Library
Daniel 10:1 through Daniel 10:14 (NIV)
1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel
(who was called Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great
war. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision.
2At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. 3I ate no choice food; no meat
or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were
over.
4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of
the great river, the Tigris, 5I looked up and there before me was a man dressed
in linen, with a belt of the finest gold around his waist. 6His body was like
chrysolite, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and
legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a
multitude.
7I, Daniel, was the only one who saw the vision; the men with me did not see it,
but such terror overwhelmed them that they fled and hid themselves. 8So I was
left alone, gazing at this great vision; I had no strength left, my face turned
deathly pale and I was helpless. 9Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened
to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.
10A hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. 11He said,
“Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to
speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said
this to me, I stood up trembling.
12Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. 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. 13But the prince of the
Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief
princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia.
14Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the
future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come.”
Daniel 12:1 through Daniel 12:3 (NIV)
1“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will
arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the
beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose
name is found written in the book—will be delivered. 2Multitudes who sleep in
the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and
everlasting contempt. 3Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the
heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and
ever.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Daniel 10:1 through Daniel 10:10
VERSES 1-9
This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel’s last vision, which is continued
to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished;
and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious
form, and it should engage us to think highly and honourably of him. Let us
admire his condescension for us and our salvation. There remained no strength in
Daniel. The greatest and best of men cannot bear the full discoveries of the
Divine glory; for no man can see it, and live; but glorified saints see Christ
as he is, and can bear the sight. How dreadful soever Christ may appear to those
under convictions of sin, there is enough in his word to quiet their spirits.
VERSES 10-21
Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of
the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust
and ashes, speak to the Lord of glory? Nothing is more likely, nothing more
effectual to revive the drooping spirits of the saints, than to be assured of
God’s love to them. From the very first day we begin to look toward God in a way
of duty, he is ready to meet us in the way of mercy. Thus ready is God to hear
prayer. When the angel had told the prophet of the things to come, he was to
return, and oppose the decrees of the Persian kings against the Jews. The angels
are employed as God’s ministering servants, Hebrews 1:14. Though much was done
against the Jews by the kings of Persia, God permitting it, much more mischief
would have been done if God had not prevented it. He would now more fully show
what were God’s purposes, of which the prophecies form an outline; and we are
concerned to study what is written in these Scriptures of truth, for they belong
to our everlasting peace. While Satan and his angels, and evil counsellors,
excite princes to mischief against the church, we may rejoice that Christ our
Prince, and all his mighty angels, act against our enemies; but we ought not to
expect many to favour us in this evil world. Yet the whole counsel of God shall
be established; and let each one pray, Lord Jesus, be our righteousness now, and
thou wilt be our everlasting confidence, through life, in death, at the day of
judgment, and for evermore.
Daniel 12:1
VERSES 1-4
Michael signifies, “Who is like God,” and his name, with the title of “the great
Prince,” points out the Divine Saviour. Christ stood for the children of our
people in their stead as a sacrifice, bore the curse for them, to bear it from
them. He stands for them in pleading for them at the throne of grace. And after
the destruction of antichrist, the Lord Jesus shall stand at the latter day upon
the earth; and He shall appear for the complete redemption of all his people.
When God works deliverance from persecution for them, it is as life from the
dead. When his gospel is preached, many who sleep in the dust, both Jews and
Gentiles, shall be awakened by it out of their heathenism of Judaism. And in the
end the multitude that sleep in the dust shall awake; many shall arise to life,
and many to shame. There is glory reserved for all the saints in the future
state, for all that are wise, wise for their souls and eternity. Those who turn
many to righteousness, who turn sinners from the errors of their ways, and help
to save their souls from death, James 5:20, will share in the glory of those
they have helped to heaven, which will add to their own glory.