Daniel Commentaries & Sermons

EZEKIEL HOSEA

Daniel in the Lion's Den (Daniel 6)

RESOURCES ON DANIEL
Commentaries, Sermons, Illustrations, Devotionals

Source: Chart by Tim LaHaye and Thomas Ice - click to enlarge - Millenium on Right Side

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Charts from recommended resource Jensen's Survey of the OT - used by permission
Daniel Chart from Charles Swindoll

RESOURCES ON DANIEL
RELATED TO INTERPRETATION

• Discussion of the Interpretative Approaches to the Book of Daniel
• Commentaries Classified by interpretative approach to Daniel 9:24-27
• Charts Related to Prophecy

BOOK OF DANIEL
Verse by Verse In Depth Commentary
Literal Interpretation
Bruce Hurt,MD

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Tony Garland - Excellent Detailed Chronology of Events Related to Daniel (Reigns of various kings)

ROBERT ANDERSON
The Coming Prince
(1841-1918)

Sir Robert Anderson was the chief inspector for Scotland Yard. He was greatly respected for his skill as an investigator. When Anderson wasn't writing on subjects related to crime, he wrote books on Christian prophecy. He helped establish the fact that 69 of Daniel's 70 weeks have now transpired, and that the tribulation will be the 70th week.

Rosscup's review - The premillennial author presents a detailed work on the 70 weeks of Daniel 9. In this popular treatment he reckons the chronology of the first sixty-nine weeks from the decree of Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2) to rebuild Jerusalem to the triumphal entry of Christ (Luke 19). He figures the exact number of days involved in 483 prophetic years which he believes would contain 360 days each, not 365 as Julian years. In his reckoning, the sixty-nine weeks end in A. D. 32 which poses a problem in light of more accepted views today that Christ died in A. D. 30 or 33. (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

Here is the Pdf of the book (contents below)

PAUL APPLE
Daniel 1-3 Commentary

• Open PDF file -19 pages

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Explanation - The following list includes not only commentaries but other Christian works by well known evangelical writers. Most of the resources below are newer works (written after 1970) which previously were available only for purchase in book form or in a Bible computer program. The resources are made freely available by archive.org but have several caveats - (1) they do not allow copy and paste, (2) they can only be checked out for one hour (but can be checked out immediately when your hour expires giving you time to read or take notes on a lengthy section) and (3) they require creating an account which allows you to check out the books free of charge. To set up an account click archive.org and then click the picture of the person in right upper corner and enter email and a password. That's all you have to do. Then you can read these more modern resources free of charge! I have read or used many of these resources but not all of them so ultimately you will need to be a Berean (Acts 17:11+) as you use them. I have also selected works that are conservative and Biblically sound. If you find one that you think does not meet those criteria please send an email at https://www.preceptaustin.org/contact. The resources are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name and some include reviews of the particular resource. 

Note: The first 3 resources have no time restriction and allow copy and paste function: 

(1) KJV Bible Commentary - Hindson, Edward E; Kroll, Woodrow Michael. Over 3000 pages of the entire OT/NT. Well done conservative commentary that interprets Scripture from a literal perspective. Pre-millennial.  User reviews - it generally gets 4/5 stars from users. - 372 ratings

Very well done conservative commentary that interprets Scripture from a literal perspective   user reviews 

The King James Version Bible Commentary is a complete verse-by-verse commentary. It is comprehensive in scope, reliable in scholarship, and easy to use. Its authors are leading evangelical theologians who provide practical truths and biblical principles. Any Bible student will gain new insights through this one-volume commentary based on the timeless King James Version of the Bible.

(2) The King James Study Bible Second Edition 2240 pages (2013) (Thomas Nelson) General Editor - Edward Hindson with multiple contributing editors. . 3,194 ratings. Pre-millennial. See introduction on How to Use this Study Bible.

(3) NKJV Study Bible: New King James Version Study Bible (formerly "The Nelson Study Bible - NKJV") by Earl D Radmacher; Ronald Barclay Allen; Wayne H House. 2345 pages. (1997, 2007). Very helpful notes. Conservative. Pre-millennial.  917 ratings

Bible Knowledge Commentary - Daniel by Dwight Pentecost - unfortunately part of the margins are cut off on some pages. 

Daniel : standing firm for God by Getz, Gene A

Cyril Barber - “This exposition of the book of Daniel, more so than any other commentary which I have read, is distinguished by its practical application and the reduction of difficult doctrines to explanations that anyone can understand. The challenge to us to be completely obedient to God in the most difficult circumstances is the outstanding message of the book.”—John F. Walvoord.

The message of Daniel : His kingdom cannot fail by Davis, Dale Ralph

Daniel, the man and his visions by Feinberg, Charles 

Cyril Barber - Written for laypeople, this study adequately expounds the purpose and prophecies of Daniel. Recommended.

Daniel, decoder of dreams by Campbell, Donald K

Cyril Barber - Thorough in interpretation and practical in application, this treatment of Daniel is ideal for use with laypeople. Premillennial. 

The prophet Daniel : a key to the visions and prophecies of the Book of Daniel by Gaebelein, Arno Clemens,

Daniel the Prophet by DeHaan, M. R. (or here)

Cyril Barber - First published in 1947. Contains recorded messages delivered on the Radio Bible Class. An excellent introduction to Bible prophecy. Ideal for lay people.

Daniel : an introduction and commentary by Baldwin, Joyce G (be a Berean as not always literal)

Cyril Barber - A capable exposition by a respected OT scholar. Good treatment of textual matters but indifference to prophetic themes minimizes the value of this book.

Daniel : the NIV application commentary from biblical text ... to contemporary life by Longman, Tremper

Ezekiel, Daniel : a self-study guide by Jensen, Irving

Daniel by McGee, J. Vernon

Daniel : God's pattern for the future : Bible study guide by Swindoll, Charles

Be resolute : determining to go God's direction (Daniel) by Wiersbe, Warren

Daniel : Bible study commentary by Wood, Leon James

Cyril Barber - This is a fascinating and enlightening commentary. It is also an accurate and reliable one. Wood expounds the historic setting of the book, unfolds its prophetic message, and provides his readers with fresh insights into the text. Recommended. Premillennial

In and around the Book of Daniel by Boutflower, Charles,

Cyril Barber - Reproduced from the 1923 edition. This work is indispensable to a study of the visions and prophecies of Daniel. It sets each incident in the historic context of the times and demonstrates how an understanding of the setting frequently contains the key to the correct interpretation of the passage. Recommended

Jeremiah-Daniel in Broadman Bible Commentary

The Lord is King : the message of Daniel (The Bible Speaks Today series) by Wallace, Ronald S

The climax of the ages : studies in the prophecy of Daniel by Tatford, Frederick A

Cyril Barber - First published in 1953, this study exhibits a balance between extremes. It treats the prophetic word with respect but does not probe minutiae. Instead, the message of Daniel is explained to the enlightenment and edification of the reader. Throughout his exposition, Tatford blends history and theology, practical application and devotional stimulation in a most pleasing manner. Premillennial.

Daniel - Shepherd's Notes - by Miller, Stephen R., 1

Zondervan NIV Study Bible - (2011) 2570 pages  - Use this one if available as it has more notes than edition below. One hour limit

NIV Study Bible by Barker, Kenneth L; Burdick, Donald W (1995) 2250 pages. This is the first edition. This resource has been fully revised in 2020. One hour limit 

Believer's Bible Commentary - OT and NT - MacDonald, William (1995) 2480 pages. Conservative. Literal. Often has very insightful comments. John MacArthur, says "Concise yet comprehensive - the most complete single-volume commentary I have seen." Warren Wiersbe adds "For the student who is serious about seeing Christ in the Word." One hour limit.

Rosscup - This work, originally issued in 1983, is conservative and premillennial, written to help teachers, preachers and people in every walk of life with different views, explanation and application. The 2-column format runs verse by verse for the most part, usually in a helpfully knowledgeable manner, and there are several special sections such as “Prayer” in Acts and “Legalism” in Galatians. The premillennial view is evident on Acts 1:6, 3:20, Romans 11:26, Galatians 6:16, Revelation 20, etc.

HCSB Study Bible : Holman Christian Standard Bible - General Editor Jeremy Royal Howard (2010) 2360 pages. Conservative. Good notes. Include Holmans excellent maps. One hour limit

Life Application Study Bible: Old Testament and New Testament: New Living Translation. Has some very helpful notes especially with application of texts. 4,445 ratings One hour limit

The MacArthur Study Bible - John MacArthur. Brief but well done notes for conservative, literal perspective. 1,275 ratings

ESV Study Bible - Excellent resource but not always literal in eschatology and the nation of Israel 6,004 ratings

The David Jeremiah Study Bible - (2013) 2208 pages. 2,272 ratings Logos.com - "Drawing on more than 40 years of study, Dr. David Jeremiah has compiled a legacy resource that will make an eternal impact on generations to come. 8,000 study notes. Hundreds of enriching word studies"50+ Essentials of the Christian Faith" articles."

Wycliffe Bible Commentary - Charles Pfeiffer - 1560 pages (1962). 214 ratings Less detailed than the KJV Bible Commentary. Conservative. Notes are generally verse by verse but brief. 

Rosscup - Conservative and premillennial scholars here have been experts in their fields. The work contains brief introductions and attempts to give a verse-by-verse exposition, though it does skip over some verses. The treatments vary with the authors, but as a whole it is a fine one-volume commentary for pastors and students to use or give to a layman. Outstanding sections include, for example: Whitcomb on Ezra-Nehemiah-Esther; Culver on Daniel; Ladd on Acts; Harrison on Galatians; Johnson on I Corinthians; and Ryrie on the Johannine Epistles.

The Defender's Study Bible : King James Version by Morris, Henry M. Excellent notes by well known creationist. Litera. 45 ratings 

New Bible Commentary - (1994) See user reviews

ART & MAPS RELATED
TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL

• Daniel Artwork
• Daniel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
• Standing Out in the Crowd - multiple pictures related to Daniel 3
• Depictions of the City of Babylon
• Ancient Babylon
• Models of Ancient Babylon
• Depiction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• Site of Modern Babylon in Iraq
• Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Headed Statute
• Maps of Division of Alexander the Great's Empire among 4 Generals - cp "Four conspicuous horns" in Da 8:8

MAPS RELATED TO DANIEL - these maps are very high quality

• The Golden Age of King Josiah - Daniel would likely have lived during Josiah's reign before he was removed to Babylon
• World Powers in the 6th Century BC
• Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns Against Judah
• Judah during the Exile
• Exile; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period
• Jewish Exiles in Babylon
• Judah during the Exile
• The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah
• Conquests of Cyrus the Great
• The Persian Empire -  Silver = Da 2:32, 39, Bear = Da 7:5; Ram = Da 8:6, 20  (539-323 BC)
• Alexander the Great's Empire - Bronze = Da 2:32, 39; Leopard = Da 7:6; Male Goat = Da 8:5-8, 21 (323-63 BC)
• Division of Alexander's Empire - Da 8:8
• Palestine Under the Ptolemies -
• The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III 
• Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt - cp Da 8:9ff
• The Maccabees in 168 BCE
• Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt

KAY ARTHUR
Daniel Lectures

(Note: These are the older lectures not the new revised Daniel series).

• Click Lecture Series on Revelation

The Material Below is related to the new Daniel Precepts Studies

WAYNE BARBER
Sermons
Book of Daniel

BRIAN BELL
Study Notes
Book of Daniel

Another Format

Daniel 2	Daniel 3	Daniel 4	Daniel 5
Daniel 6	Daniel 7	Daniel 8	Daniel 9
Daniel 10	Daniel 11	Daniel 12

BETHANY BIBLE
Greg Allen
Study Notes
Book of Daniel

ALAN CARR
Sermons
Book of Daniel

RICH CATHERS
Study Notes
Book of Daniel

Frequent illustrations

Study Series 1

Study Series 2

THOMAS CONSTABLE
Expository Notes
Book of Daniel

W A CRISWELL
Sermon Notes
Book of Daniel

RON DANIEL
Study Notes
Book of Daniel

BOB DEFFINBAUGH
Book of Daniel
Relating Prophecy to Piety

SAMUEL R DRIVER
Daniel Commentary Notes
1900

DAN DUNCAN
Sermons in Pdf
Book of Daniel

• Daniel 1:1-21 Where Is God Now?
• Daniel 2:1-49 Babylonian Dreaming
• Daniel 3:1-30 Faith In The Fire
• Daniel 4:1-37 The King’s Madness
• Daniel 5:1-31 Writing On The Wall
• Daniel 6:1-28 A Night With Lions
• Daniel 7:1-14 God and Monsters
• Daniel 7:15-28 The Beast
• Daniel 8:1-27 East Meets West
• Daniel 9:1-27 The Numbers Don’t Lie
• Daniel 10:1-27 The Air War
• Daniel 11:1-45 Crimes, Follies And Misfortunes
• Daniel 12:1-13The End Of Days

EXPLORE THE BIBLE
Study Notes
Book of Daniel

• Daniel 1 Uncompromising Conviction
• Daniel 1:3-6,8-9,11-21 Draw the Line
• Daniel 1:1-4:37 Use Godly Tact and Discretion
• Daniel 3:1,8-12,15b-18,24-25,28 Risk Everything for God
• Daniel 5:1-6:28 Stand Firm in Faith
• Daniel 5:1-6,16-17,23c-28 Tell It Like It Is
• Daniel 6:3-7,10-11,16-23 Never Give Up on Prayer
• Daniel 7:7-18 Live to Win in the End
• Daniel 7:1-8:27 Rejoice in the Lord’s Sovereignty
• Daniel 9:20-27; 12:9-13 Be Ready for Tribulation
• Daniel 9:1-12:13 Maintain Bible Study and Prayer

A C GAEBELEIN
The Prophet Daniel: Key to the Visions
and Prophecies of the Book of Daniel
1911

James Rosscup: Dividing the book of Daniel according to the languages in the original text, the writer gives a brief yet sometimes helpful survey of a dispensational interpretation. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

TONY GARLAND
Verse by Verse Commentary
Book of Daniel

GOTQUESTIONS
Book of Daniel

DAVE GUZIK
Commentary Notes
Book of Daniel

FLOYD HITCHCOCK
Commentary on Book of Daniel
"March of the Empires"
(1944)

THOMAS ICE
70 Weeks of Daniel
On Daniel 9:24-27

H A IRONSIDE
Commentary Notes
Book of Daniel

S LEWIS JOHNSON
Expository Messages
Book of Daniel

PASTOR JOONHO
Sermon Series
Book of Daniel

ILLUSTRATIONS
10,000 Illustrations @ Bible.org

• Click for illustrations on Daniel
• Daniel 2 Ether
• Daniel 5:25 Numbered Days
• Daniel 6:1-10 - Grass on Your Path
• Daniel 6:4-5 Super Fund Misuse

STEVE KRELOFF
Book of Daniel
Mp3 Only

There are 6 sermons on "The Seventy Weeks of Israel"

• Index to the 80 Sermons - Messianic Jewish Pastor

CLARENCE LARKIN
Commentary on Daniel

ALEXANDER MACLAREN
Sermons on Daniel

JOHN MACARTHUR
Sermons
Book of Daniel

Highly Recommended

J VERNON MCGEE
Thru the Bible
Daniel Commentary
Mp3 Audio

• Complete Book of Daniel - Zip File

ALVA J MCCLAIN

• Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks

MISCELLANEOUS
Resources

The following is a great way to introduce children to Daniel 

• Daniel the Captive - 19 Page Pdf with lots of colorful pictures! 
• Daniel and the Mystery Dream  - 21 Page Pdf with lots of colorful pictures! 
• Daniel and the Lion's Den  - 21 Page Pdf with lots of colorful pictures! 
• Index page - stories for Ruth, Ezekiell, Jeremiah , Elijah, etc

ONSITE END TIMES ARTICLES

MARK ADAMS

• Daniel 1 How to Survive and Thrive Amidst the Babylons of Life
• Daniel 1-3,6, Jeremiah 29-31 - Daniel in Exile
• Daniel 2 A King on a Couch
• Daniel 3 The Fourth Man in the Furnace
• Daniel 4 Insanity, Insomnia and Insight
• Daniel 5 The Handwriting on the Wall
• Daniel 6 The Lions in Daniel's Dan
• Daniel 7-12 - Profiting from Prophecy

DON ANDERSON

• A Practical Study of Daniel

DAVID COOPER

• The 70 Weeks of Daniel - Pdf
• Early Promises of A Redeemer of Mankind
• The Sixty-Nine Weeks of Years
• The Prophetic Students of the First Century
• The Stopping of God's Clock
• The Seventieth Week
• Chart of Daniel's 70 Weeks = "The Jewish Calendar"
• Daniel 1 Studies in the Book of Daniel
• Daniel 2 Nebuchadnezzar's Vision  (Chart of Daniel 2) (Chart of Daniel 7, Revelation 13, 17)
• Daniel 2 The Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
• Daniel 3 The Golden Image of Nebuchadnezzar
• Daniel 4 The Vision of a Tree
• Daniel 5 Belshazzar's Downfall
• Daniel 6 Daniel in the Lion's Den
• Daniel 7 The Four Visions
• Daniel 7 The Chronological Suspension Bridge
• Daniel - The World Kingdom Breaking Up
• Daniel 8 The World Kingdom Breaking Up
• Daniel 9 - The Program of Daniel Chapter Nine 
• Daniel 9 Messiah: First Coming Scheduled
• Daniel 9:24-27 The Seventieth Week of Daniel
• The Seventieth Week of Years
• Daniel 7, 11 - The Great Tribulation
• Daniel 10-12 The Glory of God
• Daniel 10-12 Expounding the Word
• Daniel 10-12 The Close of Revelation
• Daniel 11 - False Messiah's Reign of Terror During the Time of Jacob's Trouble
• Daniel 11:38 Paronomasia
• The Act that Precipitates the Time of Jacob's Trouble

HOLMAN PUBLISHING

1. Holman Christian Standard Bible -Study Bible (HCSB Study Bible) - sample excerpts
   Daniel 2:31-45 Daniel interpreted the parts of the colossal statue to represent four empires in historical succession. The head represented the kingdom of Babylon (605-539 B.C.). The chest and arms symbolized the Medo-Persian Empire (539-331 B.C.). The stomach and thighs stood for the Greek Empire (331-146 B.C.). The legs referred to the Roman Empire (146 B.C.-A.D. 1476 in the West and 1453 in the East). The feet were mixed of iron and clay and represented a future continuation or revival of Rome. The material of each section of the statue decreased in value but increased in strength. The decreased value may symbolize the moral decline of each succeeding kingdom. The increased strength refers to the harsher domination each successive kingdom would impose on its subjects. Daniel also described a stone that would shatter the final kingdom and grow into a mountain that filled the whole earth. This "stone" is the kingdom of God. Primarily because they disbelieve in the possibility of predictive prophecy, critical scholars assume that Daniel was written in 165 B.C. and therefore is looking backward rather than forward at the rise of earthly kingdoms such as the Roman Empire. They divide the four kingdoms into Babylon, Media, Persia, and Greece. On the other hand, most interpreters who accept the reality of predictive prophecy in Scripture believe Daniel was written in the late sixth century and view the fourth kingdom as Rome. They hold different opinions about the meaning of the stone, however. Some view it as a spiritual kingdom, embodied in the church, which gradually conquered the Roman Empire. Others more accurately view it as a future kingdom, when Messiah Jesus will return and establish His physical rule that will govern the whole earth and never be destroyed.

   Daniel 7:1-28 This chapter of Daniel is one of the most important in the entire OT, an essential guide to biblical prophecy. Moreover, the vision of the Son of Man is the centerpiece of OT revelation concerning the Messiah. The Aramaic section of Daniel begins in chapter 2 with Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the colossus and ends at the end of chapter 7. One reason for repeating the similar information in chapters 2 and 8 is that chapter 2 presents the world kingdoms from a Gentile perspective, while chapter 8 views the Gentile empires from the perspective of the Jewish people. Another reason for the repetition is to confirm the certainty of the predictions. As Joseph said, Pharaoh's dreams were repeated because "the matter has been determined by God, and He will carry it out soon" (Gen 41:32). The vision was included to give hope to Israel in captivity, informing the nation that life in the times of the Gentiles would get worse for God's covenant people, but ultimately the messianic kingdom would be established.

   Daniel 7:3 The four huge beasts represent the four nations previously identified in the vision of the colossus in Daniel 2 (see note at Da 2:31-45). These four beasts are increasingly violent, perhaps indicating the growing moral degeneracy of the respective kingdoms they represent.

   Daniel 7:4 The lion with eagle's wings represents the Babylonian Empire. The winged lion was a fitting symbol because some biblical passages represent Nebuchadnezzar as a lion (Jer 4:7; 49:19; 50:17,44) and others as an eagle (Jer 49:22; Lam 4:19; Ezek 17:3; Hab 1:8). The Babylonian Empire used lions to represent itself, and statues with winged lions were common there. Perhaps the wings being torn off represents Nebuchadnezzar's madness, and the lion's being set on its feet like a man indicates his restoration.

   Daniel 7:5 The bear... with three ribs in its mouth represents the Medo-Persian Empire and its three main conquests: Babylon (539 B.C.), Lydia (546 B.C.), and Egypt (525 B.C.). Its lopsided nature expresses the Persian dominance in this joint empire.
   Daniel 7:6 The leopard represents the Greek Empire. Its four wings refer to the great speed of Alexander's conquests and its four heads represent the four principle sections of the empire: Greece and Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor, Syria and Babylon, and Egypt and Israel.

   Daniel 7:7 The terrifying fourth beast represents the Roman Empire. It was different from the previous three because it was more powerful and had longer dominion. Horns commonly represent kings or kingdoms in Scripture (Ps 132:17; Zech 1:18; Rev 13:1; 17:12), as the angel's later interpretation plainly indicates (Da 7:24).

   Daniel 7:8 A little...horn represents a king who starts small in power but becomes dominant. The little horn's eyes... like a man's indicates its shrewdness and its mouth that spoke arrogantly points to its boasting blasphemously against God (cp. Da 7:25). This little horn is a future world ruler whom Scripture also calls "the coming prince" (Da 9:26); the king who "will do whatever he wants" (Da 11:36); "the man of lawlessness," "the son of destruction," (2 Th 2:3-note); "the beast," (Rev 13:1-10-note); and the "Antichrist" (1 Jn 2:18-note). (Ed: "-note" are additons to comments on this website)

   Daniel 7:18 The holy ones (saints) of the Most High is most likely a reference to Israel when the nation turns in faith to their Messiah Jesus (Zech 12:10; Ro 11:26-note). The literal covenant people will receive the kingdom, emphasizing that Messiah's final kingdom will be a literal kingdom on earth.

   Daniel 7:23-24a After a summary of the vision's meaning (Da 7:19-22), the angel explains that the fourth kingdom, in its future state, will devour the whole earth, indicating world domination. The 10 kings could be a metaphor for completeness. More likely, it refers to an empire with a literal confederation of 10 kings (cp. Rev 17:12-13).

   Daniel 7:24b-26 Another king, the Antichrist (cp.Da 7:7-8), described in the vision as the little horn, will arise and take control of this last human empire by subduing three kings. He will be characterized by blasphemy (words against the Most High), anti-Semitism (he will oppress the holy ones of the Most High), religious corruption (he will intend to change religious festivals and laws). He will oppress the Jewish people for time, times, and half a time, meaning three and one-half years, or the second half of the future tribulation (cp. Rev 7:14). Some conclude that this was fulfilled when Antiochus oppressed the Jewish people from 167-164 B.C. This is unlikely since that period was for only three years and not three and one-half years. It is better to view this oppression as yet future. When the heavenly court will convene, the Antichrist will be completely destroyed forever.

   Daniel 8:8:9-12 As opposed to the little horn that will come from the fourth kingdom (Rome) described in Dan 7:8, a different little horn emerged out of one of the four kingdoms that divided the Greek Empire. This one was Antiochus IV (175-163 B.C.), ruler of the Seleucid dynasty, who conquered surrounding areas to the south and to the east but especially dominated the beautiful land of Israel. He brutally trampled and persecuted the Jewish people from 170-164 B.C. Antiochus blasphemously presented himself as the Prince of the host, God Himself (called the Prince of princes in 8:25), stopping daily sacrifice and defiling the holy temple (His sanctuary) in Jerusalem (167 B.C.). He will be successful, but only temporarily.

   Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks probably refers to 70 periods of seven years, or 490 years, during which six objectives would be accomplished. The first three pertain to bringing rebellion... sin, and iniquity to an end. The final three relate to consummating prophetic events by bringing in a kingdom of everlasting righteousness, fulfilling vision and prophecy and setting apart the most holy place (lit "the holy of holies"), referring to a yet future, literal, millennial temple (cp. Ezek 40-48).

   Daniel 9:25 Those who advocate a symbolic interpretation of this verse identify it with Cyrus's decree allowing the captives to return to their homeland (2Ch 36:22-23; Ezr 1:1-3) in 539-538 B.C. Others hold a literal view of this verse and suggest that the starting point is Artaxerxes' first decree in 457 B.C. (Ezr 7:11-26). Since neither of these decrees pertains to the restoration of Jerusalem, it is more likely that the decree that is the beginning point is Artaxerxes' second decree in 444 B.C., authorizing Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 2:1-8). There will be a period of seven weeks of years (49 years) followed by 62 weeks of years (434 years), making a total of 69 weeks of years or 483 years from the decree until the coming of Messiah the Prince. The starting point of the prophecy would have begun on Nisan 1 (March 5), 444 B.C., followed by 69 weeks of 360-day biblical/prophetic years or 173,880 days, and culminated on Nisan 10 (March 30), A.D. 33, the date of Jesus the Messiah's triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Lk 19:28-40).

   Daniel 9:26 Several events are said to follow the seven weeks and the 62 weeks (or the 69 weeks). First, the Messiah would be cut off, a prediction of the death of the Messiah Jesus. Thus, the book of Daniel, written in the sixth century B.C., predicted not only the precise date of the Messiah's coming (Da 9:25) but also that the Messiah would be put to death some time before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. This was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified in A.D. 33 (A.D. 30 according to some interpreters). Second, the people of the coming prince would destroy the city of Jerusalem and the second temple. The "coming prince" probably is a reference to the future ruler described as the little horn in Daniel 7, also known as the beast or the Antichrist. He is not said to be the one to destroy Jerusalem and the temple; rather it is his people who will do it. Since Daniel 7 clearly viewed this ruler as coming from the fourth major world power, or Rome, this prophecy predicts that the Romans would destroy Jerusalem, as they did in A.D. 70. Third, there appears to be a significant time gap from the end of the sixty-ninth week to the beginning of the seventieth week.

   Daniel 9:27 The final seven-year period, or the seventieth week, will begin when he (the coming prince) will make a firm covenant of peace with many in the leadership of Israel. Although some consider the prince to be Messiah, he is more accurately identified as the antichrist, who will desecrate the future temple and put a stop to worship there. This covenant is yet future and will mark the beginning of a time of oppression of the Jewish people called "a time of trouble for Jacob" (Jer 30:7) or the tribulation period (Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24). In the middle of the week, or after the first three and one-half years, the antichrist will break his covenant with Israel, leading to a time of unprecedented persecution of the Jewish people (Mt 24:21; Mk 13:19) and followers of Jesus (Rev 7:14) that will last for another three and one-half years (Dan 7:25; Rev 11:2-3; 12:14; 13:5). When the antichrist breaks his covenant, he will also put a stop to sacrifice in the rebuilt temple (7:25) and will commit the abomination of desolation (Mt 24:15), desecrating the temple and declaring himself to be God (2Th 2:4; Rev 13:5-7). The antichrist's oppression and abominations will continue until God's decreed destruction is poured out on the desolator (11:45; Rev 19:20).

   Daniel 11:36-45 At this point, the predictions shift away from Antiochus IV and focus on the end of days. The king mentioned in this section is the future Antichrist, already identified as "the little horn" (Da 7:8,20,24-25) and "the coming prince" (Da 9:26).

   Daniel 11:36-39 These verses provide a clear description of the future Antichrist. The god longed for by women (lit "the desire of women") may be a reference to the longing of Jewish women to give birth to the Messiah

   Daniel 11:40-44 During the great tribulation, the Antichrist will be attacked in a pincer movement from both the north and the south. Yet he will be successful, sweeping through like a flood. He will also invade Israel, the beautiful land, ignoring some nations that are in alliance with him but conquering others, including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan (the Cushites). Reports of nations from the east and the north coming to attack will both terrify and infuriate him, leading him to pursue a course of genocidal warfare against his enemies, especially many of the Jewish people (cp. Zech 13:8-9).

   Daniel 11:45 The Antichrist will establish his military capital in Israel, pitching his royal tents between the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Jerusalem, situated on the beautiful holy mountain. There the nations of the earth will gather (Zech 14:2) at Mount Megiddo to begin the campaign of Armageddon (Rev 16:13-16). At that time, when the nation of Israel calls on the Messiah Jesus, He will return (Mt 23:37-39) to deliver them, and the Antichrist will meet his end with no one to help him.

   Daniel 12:1 At that time refers to the events predicted in the previous paragraph (11:36-45), which details the Antichrist's furious attempt to destroy and annihilate the Jewish people (Da 11:44). Then the archangel Michael... who stands watch over the Jewish people will rise to their defense to preserve them (see note at Da 10:12-13; cp. Rev 12:7). This will be necessary because the great tribulation (the second half of Daniel's seventieth week; Dan 9:27) will be a time of unprecedented distress. Despite the horrific nature of the persecution of Israel, the result will be that the surviving remnant of the Jewish nation will turn in faith to their Messiah Jesus (Zech 12:10; Ro 11:25-27-note) and He will deliver them. The book refers to the heavenly Book of Life in which the names of the elect are listed (Ps 69:28; Php 4:3; Rev 13:8; 17:8; 20:15).

   Daniel 12:2 Following the deliverance of Israel, there will be a resurrection of those who sleep in the dust. This verse does not imply any kind of soul sleep before the resurrection since the faithful go to be with God instantly upon dying (2Co 5:8; Php 1:21-23) and the faithless go to a place of suffering also immediately upon dying (Lk 16:22-23). The word "sleep" is used as a metaphor to emphasize the temporary state of bodily death before being physically raised at the resurrection (cp. Jn 11:11-15). Although telescoped together here (as is common in prophecy), the resurrection of the faithful and the unfaithful are two distinct events separated by the one-thousand-year messianic kingdom (Rev 20:4-6). Daniel 12:2 contains the clearest statement of resurrection in the OT, but by no means is it the only one (cp. Job 19:25-27; Isa 26:19).

   Daniel 12:3 The phrase those who are wise refers to those with the wisdom to turn in faith to the Messiah Jesus. As a result, they will lead many others to faith and righteousness.

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• Our Eternal Home
• Questions Skeptics Ask About Messianic Prophecy
• The Daniel Papers
• What Can We Know About The Antichrist?
• What Can We Know About The Endtimes?
• What Can We Know About The Second Coming?
• What Does The Bible Say About Hell?

BOB FOSTER

• Daniel A Faithful Man - Mp3 only

CLARENCE LARKIN CHARTS

• List of charts and maps
• Book of Daniel
• Daniel's Seventy Weeks
• Daniel's Seventieth Week (or here)
• Daniel and Revelation Compared
• Map of Old Roman Empire
• Anti-Christ and Times of the Gentiles

ART WORK

• Daniel Artwork

JOHN ANKERBERG - interviews of Jimmy DeYoung and Reginald Showers

J HAMPTON KEATHLEY

• The Major Prophets

ALAN MACRAE

• Daniel: Prophecies of Daniel - 13 Lectures (be a Berean)

KENNETH L. BARKER

• Pre-millennialism in the Book of Daniel

A W PINK

• The Antichrist

EDWIN M. YAMAUCHI

• Hermeneutical Issues In The Book Of Daniel
• The Archaeological Background of Daniel

ROBERT L THOMAS

• The Mission of Israel and of the Messiah in the Plan of God

KENNETH BOA

• Daniel Overview - audio

BETHANY BIBLE

• Nice Overview Handout of the 70 Weeks

ROBERT ANDERSON

• Daniel in the Critics Den

CHRIS BENFIELD - sermons

• Daniel 2: 20-22 Peace within Political Turmoil
• Daniel 6:10 Serving God as Before -

CASE FOR CHRIST DEVOTIONAL

• What Do We Know About Nebuchadnezzar?

G CAMPBELL MORGAN

• Daniel - The Message of Daniel (Be a Berean)

A C GAEBELEIN

GENE GETZ - brief videos discussing principles from the Book of Daniel

• Daniel 1:1-2; God's Sovereignty and Human Freedom: Though God is sovereign and in control of the universe, we are responsible to obey His directives in the Word of God. Video
• Daniel 1:3-8; Total Commitment: To make deliberate and wise decisions to live in God's will day by day, we must make a heart decision to honor God in all we do. Video
• Daniel 1:9-21; Walking in Wisdom: We are to do all we can to win the trust and respect of non-Christians without compromising our biblical convictions. Video
• Daniel 2:1-18;The Power of Prayer: When we encounter challenges that seem insurmountable, we are to pray and ask God for His power to do what is right. Video
• Daniel 2:19-49; Honoring God: Though we are to make full use of our earthly talents and abilities to live in God's will, we?re always to honor and glorify Him for what He has accomplished through us. Video
• Daniel 3:1-4:3;  Facing Persecution: We are to trust God to empower us to avoid any form of idolatry, regardless of the persecution we may experience. Video
• Daniel 4:4-37; Prideful Tendencies: Even as believers, we must constantly be on guard against our human tendencies to be prideful and take inappropriate credit for our accomplishments. Video
• Daniel 5:1-31;Learning from the Past: We are to learn from those who have gone before us, avoiding their mistakes and emulating their positive attitudes and actions. Video
• Daniel 6:1-24;Living without Compromise: We are to practice our faith boldly, but with wisdom, discretion, and humility. Video
• Daniel 7:1-28; Fulfilled Prophecy: We should become aware of those prophetic details that have not been fulfilled so we can be alert to how they may correlate with what is happening in the world today. Video
• Daniel 8:26-27; Our Holy God: In view of the way direct encounters with God impacted biblical personalities physically, psychologically, and spiritually, we should be very cautious in claiming to have similar experiences. Video
• Daniel 9:1-19; A Model Prayer: To pray effectively, we should acknowledge God's greatness, remind Him of His glorious promises, confess our sins, and be specific in our requests. Video
• Daniel 9:20-23;Eternal Rewards: We are to walk in God's will so He will be pleased with our attitudes and actions and reward us at the judgment seat of Christ. Video
• Daniel  9:24-27; Being Prepared: Though we don't know when Jesus Christ will return, we should always be prepared spiritually for this event. Video
• Daniel 10:1-11; Strength in Weakness: When we feel the most inadequate we should consider it an opportunity to experience God's supernatural enablement. Video
• Daniel 10:12-21; The Armor of God: We are to clothe ourselves with God's armor consistently so we can defeat Satan and his emissaries when they attack us in various ways. Video
• Daniel 11:1-35; Prophetic History: We must understand that the Holy Spirit at times inspired prophets to record prophetic history that has been fulfilled before our time so that we will take seriously future events that are still to be fulfilled. Video
• Daniel 11:36-12:13; The Great Tribulation: As members of the body of Jesus Christ (the church), we are to encourage one another with the great truth that we will not experience God?s wrath. Video

HERBERT LOCKYER - devotional

• Daniel - The Man Who Kept His Window Open

LOUISIANA PRECEPTS - student helps

• Daniel 1-6 Precept Lessons Study Helps - timelines, charts, pictures, etc
• Daniel 7-12 Precept Lessons Study Helps - timelines, charts, pictures, etc

EDWARD PAYSON

• Character of Daniel

PRECEPT MINISTRIES - download lesson 1

• Daniel 1-6 - Part 1 - Living Out a Biblical Worldview - Observation sheets Da 1-6, excellent detailed Timeline on page 43
• Daniel 7-12 - Part 2 - Gaining Understanding of the Time of the End - Statue and chart to compare Da 2 and Da 7 on page 53

MEN OF THE BIBLE - devotional

• Daniel - God is My Judge

TOMMY NELSON - audio messages on Daniel

• Sermon 1 -How to Survive ‘Babylon U’
• Sermon 2 -The Keyhole of Biblical Prophecy
• Sermon 3 -Profile of Coming Conflict
• Sermon 4 -Nebuchadnezzar: Standard and Exhortation to the Gentile World
• Sermon 5 -The Handwriting on the Wall-Final Notice to a Hardened Land
• Sermon 6 -Daniel: God’s Extraordinary Man in a Decadent World
• Sermon 7 -Antichrist: Thunderhead of Earth’s Final Days
• Sermon 8 -Antiochus and Anti-Christ: Wickedness Then and Evil to Come
• Sermon 9 -Keyhole of Bible Prophecy
• Sermon 10- History Unmasked
• Sermon 11 -Panorama of Hostility
• Sermon 12 -The Final Word

DANIEL F WALLACE

• The Prayer Life of Daniel

EASY ENGLISH

• Daniel: The Men who were Loyal to God

JAMES VAN DINE

• Analysis of Daniel

OUR DAILY BREAD

• End time Events: God Has A "Clock"

JOE GUGLIELMO

• Daniel 1 Notes
• Daniel 2:1-40 Notes
• Daniel 2:41-49 Notes
• Daniel 3-4 Notes
• Daniel 5-6 Notes
• Daniel 7 Notes
• Daniel 8 Notes
• Daniel 9:1-19 Notes
• Daniel 9:20-27 Notes
• Daniel 10 Notes
• Daniel 11 Notes
• Daniel 12 Notes

HOMER HEATER

• Daniel Notes - these are fairly detailed and cover Daniel 1-12

JACK KELLEY

• The End Times According To Daniel – Part One
• The End Times According To Daniel – Part Two 

WILLIAM KELLY

• Daniel 1 Commentary
• Daniel 2 Commentary
• Daniel 3 Commentary
• Daniel 4 Commentary
• Daniel 5 Commentary
• Daniel 6 Commentary
• Daniel 7 Commentary
• Daniel 8 Commentary
• Daniel 9 Commentary
• Daniel 10 Commentary
• Daniel 11 Commentary
• Daniel 12 Commentary

BILL MCRAE

• Daniel - audio overview

DON ROBINSON

• Outline of the Book of Daniel {high-level overview}
• Study of the Book of Daniel (Daniel 1:1-12:13) - {detailed}
• Dare to be a Daniel (Daniel 1:1)
• The Thing Is Gone From Me (Daniel 2:1-8)
• Pinnacles in Prophecy (Daniel 2:36-45; Daniel 7)
• Real Faith: What Good Is It? (Daniel 3:16-18)
• Daniel’s 70th Week (Daniel 9:24-27)
• Be Standout People (Daniel 11:30-32)

RAYMOND SAXE - sermon notes

• Introduction (pdf)
• Daniel 1:1-21 (pdf)
• Daniel 2:1-49 (pdf)
• Daniel 2:1-49 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 2:1-49 Part 3 (pdf)
• Daniel 3:1-30 (pdf)
• Daniel 3:1-30 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 4:1-37 (pdf)
• Daniel 5:1-31 (pdf)
• Daniel 5:1-31 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 6:1-28 (pdf)
• Daniel 6:1-28 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 7:1-28 (pdf)
• Daniel 7:1-28 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 8:1-27 (pdf)
• Daniel 8:1-27 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 8:1-27 Part 3 (pdf)
• Daniel 9:1-19 (pdf)
• Daniel 9:20-27 (pdf)
• Daniel 9:24-27 (pdf)
• Daniel 9:24-27 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 10:1-21 (pdf)
• Daniel 10:1-21 Part 2 (pdf)
• Daniel 11:1-35 (pdf)
• Daniel 11:36-39 (pdf)
• Daniel 11:40-45 (pdf)
• Daniel 12:1-3 (pdf)
• Daniel 12:4-13 (pdf)

HAMILTON SMITH

• The Book of Daniel

CLAUDE STAUFFER

• Daniel 1 God is My Judge
• Daniel 2 God is My Revealer
• Daniel 3 God is My Igniter
• Daniel 4 God is My Gracious King
• Daniel 5 God's Word Weighs My Life
• Daniel 6 God is My Deliverer
• Daniel 7 God is My Eternal King
• Daniel 8 My God Holds the Future
• Daniel 9 Greatly Beloved of God
• Daniel 10-12 God is My Strength

CHRISTIAN FRIEND MAGAZINE

• Daniel the Prophet

RAY STEDMAN

• God Rules: Ezekiel, Daniel
• Daniel: On the Way Back to the Future 

DAVID MALICK

• An Introduction to the Book of Daniel
• Summary of each chapter with excellent footnotes

WIL POUNDS

• Christ in the Old Testament
• Messianic Prophecies, types and applications in the Old Testament
• Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 The Coming of Messiah the Prince

JOHN WHITCOMB

• Daniel's Great Seventy-Weeks Prophecy An Exegetical Insight ($)

DANIEL WALLACE

• Outline of Daniel

JOHN WELDON

• What Can the Prophet Daniel Show us about Biblical Inerrancy

DAVID WILKERSON

• Daniel a Man of Another Sort

DANIEL RESOURCES
ARRANGED BY CHAPTER

WAYNE BARBER - see also

• Daniel 1 Will You Please Make Up Your Mind? - Transcript
• Daniel 2 Never Fear, History Has Already Been Written - Transcript 

DAVE ROPER

• Daniel 1 Daniel in the King's Den

CHIP DEAN

• Daniel 1 - The Rival and Real Kingdoms

GREG BREAZEALE

• Daniel 1 - Exiled and Holy - excerpt

  Application: Suffering reveals our functional hope and trust. We see clearly how we often run to the wrong things to find security, refuge, and comfort. What have you relied on as your hope apart from God? What experience, dream, or possession is often your source of strength? Will you resolve to remain holy to God in all things? Will you run to Him?

  Conclusion idea - Hebrews reminds us to glance at the example of men like Daniel (Da 11:33). But we must not stop there. We must turn our eyes on the greater Daniel and gaze upon Him (Heb. 12:1-3-note). We must fix our eyes on Jesus who, though righteous, experienced the ultimate exile on the cross. He was forsaken to bring us in, and abandoned so God might welcome us. Only by trusting and treasuring him can we be holy in our times of suffering and exile.

HYMNS RELATED TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL

NIV WOMEN'S DEVOTIONAL

• Dream Weaver - Daniel 2:24-30

JOE GUGLIELMO

• Daniel 2:1-40;
• Daniel 2:41-49

WAYNE BARBER - see also

• Daniel 3 The Influence of Godliness

DANIEL WALLACE

• Daniel 3: To Bow or Not to Bow?

ADRIAN ROGERS - devotional

• Daniel 3 When Faith is in the Fire

SERMON ON DANIEL 3

• Daniel 3 Standing Out In the Crowd

DAVID WILKERSON

• Daniel 3: Bringing Christ Into Your Crisis

WOMEN'S DEVOTIONAL BIBLE

• Daniel 3:1-30 Able to Save

MIKE ANDRUS

• Daniel 1-3, 3:6 Daniel and the Three Hebrew Young Men

WAYNE BARBER - see also

• Daniel 4 The Truth About Our Circumstances- Transcript

JOHN PIPER

• Daniel 4:28-37 Believing God

DAVID LEGGE

• Daniel 4: The Sovereignty Of God
• Daniel 5: A Close Encounter Of A Divine Kind

WAYNE BARBER - see also

• Daniel 5 Some People Never Learn- Transcript

JAMES HASTINGS

• Daniel 6 Open Windows

WOODROW KROLL

• Daniel 6 Persistence

JOHN PIPER

• Daniel 6:1-13 Daniel's Defiance of Darius in Prayer

WAYNE BARBER - see also

• Daniel 6 Are You Incorruptible?- Transcript

BIBLEGATEWAY DEVOTIONAL

• Daniel 6:1-28 Holy Habits Under Pressure

CHRIS BENEFELD

• Daniel 6:10 Serving God as Before

JOE GUGLIELMO

• Daniel 7 Commentary

TABLETALK - devotional

• Daniel 7:9-14 He Who Comes in Clouds

KENNETH GANGEL

• Daniel 7: A Vision of Future World History - Grace Theological Journal

RICHARD PATTERSON

• Daniel 7: The Key Role of Daniel 7 - Grace Theological Journal

F B HOLE

• Daniel 7-12 Commentary

JAMES E. ROSSCUP

• Prayer Relating to the Prophecy in Daniel 9 - 20 page article!

CYBERHYMNAL

• Daniel 9:3: Now is Healing Time Decreed

JOHN PIPER

• Daniel 9:1-23: How to Pray for a Desolate Church

HAROLD HOEHNER

• Daniel 9:24-27 Chronological Aspects of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks ($)

PRECEPTAUSTIN

• Daniel 9:24 Verse by Verse Notes
• Daniel 9:25 Verse by Verse Notes
• Daniel 9:26 Verse by Verse Notes
• Daniel 9:27 Verse by Verse Notes

THOMAS ICE

• Daniel 9:24-27: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel - Pdf

HAROLD HOEHNER

• Daniel 9:24-27 Chronological Aspects of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks ($)

RANDALL PRICE

• Daniel 9:27 Seventy Weeks of Daniel (dispensational)
• Daniel 9 God's Future Program for Israel
• Is Israel Prophetically Significant?
• Preterism
• Jerusalem in Prophecy
• Prophetic Postponement
• An Overview of the Antichrist
• Abomination of Desolation
• An Overview of the Tribulation
• The Feast of Tabernacles in the Millennial Kingdom
• A Brief History of the Jewish Temple
• An Overview of the Future Temples
• How To Have Faith
• The Evidence of Easter (Resurrection Sunday)
• The Eschatology of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• God’s Future Program for Israel (Daniel 9)
• Archaeology and the Bible
• Seventy Weeks of Daniel

DAVID LEGGE

• Daniel 9:24-27: Tribulation: Now Or Never?

THOMAS ICE

• The Seventy Weeks of Daniel - Daniel 9:24-27

CHARLES RAY- includes over 200 footnotes! Recommended!

• Part 1 - Daniel 9:24-27
• Part 2 - Daniel 9:24-27
• Part 3 - Daniel 9:24-27

DAVID E STEVENS

• Daniel 10 and the Notion of Territorial Spirits

JOHN PIPER

• Daniel 10: Angels & Prayer Daniel's Experience

BIBLEGATEWAY DEVOTIONAL

• Daniel 10:12-13 Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare

DAVID LEGGE

• Daniel 11: Knowing Your God

MARK MERCER

• The Benefactions of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Daniel 11:37-38: An Exegetical Note

GEORGE HARTON

• An Interpretation of Daniel 11:36-45 - Grace Theological Journal

ADRIAN ROGERS

• Daniel 12:1, Matthew 24:21 - Will the Church Go Through the Tribulation?

ROD MATTOON
DANIEL
COMMENTARY

Literal interpretation

• Treasures from Daniel - 360 pages - list of illustrations on page 356

F B MEYER
Devotional Comments

• See also Daniel Devotionals - Today in the Word (Moody Bible)

HENRY MORRIS
DEFENDER'S STUDY BIBLE NOTES
BOOK OF DANIEL

 

Conservative notes from Dr Morris who approaches the text seeking it's literal meaning in the context. Millennial. Click the words or phrases after the Scripture for the Study Notes and note that they are from the KJV translation.

NET BIBLE NOTES
Bible.org

These notes tend to be somewhat more technical but often yield very helpful insights. Below are some samples. For all the notes on each verse click the associated link. The NET Bible translation is also highly recommended as a trustworthy, literal rendering of the Greek and Hebrew (especially when combined with the notes that are always much more explanatory than other popular Bible versions like ESV, NIV, NLT or NAS). 

PASTOR LIFE
SERMONS
BOOK OF DANIEL

• Daniel  1 Set For Life! - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  1 :1-20 Daniel: A Captive with Convictions - Jack Woodard
• Daniel  1 :1-8 Faithfulness: Resolved or Reluctant - Jack Woodard
• Daniel  1 :3-7 Pilgrim Patriotism - Terry Trivette
• Daniel  1 :8 Determined Purity - Alan Stewart
• Daniel  2 Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar's Dream  - Paul E. Brown
• Daniel  2 The Difficult Dream - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  2 :31-49 The Rock Cut Out of the Mountain - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  3 The Fiery Furnance - Paul E. Brown
• Daniel  3 Two Sermons on The Fiery Furnace - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  3 They Would Not Bend, Bow Or Burn! - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  4 God's Man and the Wolf Man - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  5 The Handwriting on the Wall - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  6 Daniel in the Den of Lions - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  6:1-24 Saved from the Lions- William R. Shively
• Daniel  7 The Time of the End - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  7:25 Worn Out!  - Alan Stewart
• Daniel  9 Moving Heaven And Earth Through Prayer - J. Mike Minnix
• Daniel  9 :1-19 Down on our Knees - Denis Lyle
• Daniel  10 The Touch of the Master's Hand - J. Mike Minnix

OUR DAILY BREAD
Devotionals/Illustrations
Radio Bible Class

• See also Daniel Devotionals - Our Daily Bread for more devotionals
• See also Daniel devotionals from Today in the Word

RAY PRITCHARD
Courageous Living in Turbulent Times
Recommended

ROB SALVATO
Daniel Sermon Notes

JOSEPH AUGUSTUS SEISS
Daniel Commentary (1879)
Voices from Babylon: or, The Records of Daniel the Prophet

• Preface
• Daniel 1:1-21 The Forming Prophet
• Daniel 2:1-35 The Vision of Empire; or, Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
• Daniel 2:36-46 The Succession of Kingdoms; or, The Four Great Sovereignties
• Daniel 2:34, 35, 44-49 The Final Dominion; or, The Kingdom of the Stone
• Daniel 3:1-30 The Golden Memorial; or, Nebuchadnezzar's Great Image
• Daniel 4:1-37 The Great Man Humbled; or, The King's Insanity
• Daniel 5:1-31 The Doom of Sacrilege; or, Belshazzar's Feast
• Daniel 6:1-28 The Medo-Persian Prime Minister; or, The Faith of Daniel Tested
• Daniel 7:1-28 The World's Governments; or, The Vision of the Four Beasts.
• Daniel 8:1-27 The World-Powers and Israel; or, The Ram, He-Goat and Little Horn
• Daniel 9:1-27 The Chosen People's Fortunes; or, The Seventy Weeks
• Daniel 10:1-21 and Daniel 11-35 The Picture Filled In; or, The Vision by the Hiddekel
• Daniel 11:36-45 The Reign of the Antichrist; or, The Wilful King
• Daniel 12:1-13 The Final Outcome; or, The Great Consummation

CHUCK SMITH
Sermon Notes Daniel
Calvary Chapel

CHUCK SMITH
Commentary on Daniel

• See Also Study Guide for Daniel

C H SPURGEON
Sermons on Daniel
All his sermons on Daniel

C H SPURGEON
Devotionals on Daniel

RAY STEDMAN
Expository Series on Daniel

PAUL TAYLOR
SERMONS
BOOK OF DANIEL

Note that the links open to several formats - audio and transcripts

• Daniel 1:1-2 When Kingdoms Collide
• Daniel 1:3-21 When Allegiance is Expected
• Daniel 2:1-49 When Wisdom is a Window
• Daniel 3:1-30 When Everyone Worships
• Daniel 4:1-37 When Power Is a Paradox
• Daniel 5:1-31 When Forgetting Is Fatal
• Daniel 6:1-28 When Faithfulness is Freedom
• Daniel 7:1-28 When Justice Prevails
• Daniel 8:1-26 When Blasphemy Backfires
• Daniel 9:1-27 When Promises are Prolonged
• Daniel 10:1-12:13 When the End Arrives

TODAY IN THE WORD
Devotionals
Moody Bible Institute

• See also Daniel Devotionals - Our Daily Bread, F B Meyer

TODAY'S WORD
Verse by Verse Commentary
Grant Richison

JOHN WALVOORD
Daniel: The Key To Prophetic Revelation
Recommended

Note: This is Dr Walvoord's entire original book of Daniel)

Rosscup - In the opinion of the reviewer, this, Stephen Miller’s effort, and Wood’s 1972 work are the finest overall commentaries of a popular nature on Daniel by premillennial dispensational scholars to date. Walvoord weaves into the work an up-to-date understanding of archaeological and historical confirmations of Daniel that offset the critics and also gives a solid reasoning for a premillennial perspective of Messianic prophecy. He very capably answers the late-daters of Daniel, argues that the four kingdoms of Daniel 2 and 7 are Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome, and deals with most problem areas in adequate detail. Still he manages to keep the great theme of the work before the reader. (Ibid)

STEVE ZEISLER
Sermons
Peninsula Bible Church

INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH
TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL

There is considerable disagreement on how the book of the Daniel should be interpreted. Therefore it is strongly recommended that you consider performing your own inductive study prior to consulting any commentaries. The single best inductive study in my opinion is the Precept Ministries International study on Daniel, the understanding of which is crucial to an accurate interpretation of the prophecies in the book of the Revelation. To state it another way, a full understanding of the book of the Revelation is impossible without an accurate understanding of the book of Daniel.

The following is adapted from the introduction to the Revelation Resources because Daniel is replete with prophecies, some of which have been fulfilled (assuming a literal approach) and some of which are yet to be fulfilled. The approach one takes to the interpretation of the future prophecies in the book of the Revelation will greatly influence how one interprets the future prophecies in the book of Daniel. The following chart summarizes the four main "schools" of interpretation regarding the prophecies in the Revelation.

Even more important is to build a firm foundation from your own inductive study of Daniel before you consult even the most respected commentary, otherwise you may be confused by the diversity of interpretations!

The four views of interpretation of Revelation are summarized in the following chart. If you would like to see which "school" of interpretation your favorite commentator espouses, click here for a list of authors who are categorized by their main interpretative approach. Although there are probably some exceptions, the authors in this list undoubtedly take a similar interpretative approach to the unfulfilled prophecies in Daniel (Click here to see Daniel Commentaries categorized by the approach to the important prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27)

John MacArthur (any of his sermons or publications are highly recommended) nicely summarizes the "interpretative challenges" in Daniel noting that

The main challenges center on interpreting passages about future tribulation and kingdom promises. Though the use of Imperial Aramaic and archeology have confirmed the early date of writing, some skeptical interpreters, unwilling to acknowledge supernatural prophecies that came to pass (there are over 100 in Daniel 11 alone that were fulfilled), place these details in the intertestamental times. They see these prophecies, not as miraculously foretelling the future, but as simply the observations of a later writer, who is recording events of his own day. Thus, they date Daniel in the days of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175–164 b.c., Daniel 8; 11:21–45). According to this scheme, the expectation of the Stone and Son of Man (Da 2, Da 7) turned out to be a mistaken notion that did not actually come to pass, or the writer was being intentionally deceptive."

MacArthur takes a literal approach to the interpretation of Daniel (an approach also taken by this website) noting that there will be a literal

"future 7 year judgment period (cf. Da 7:21,22; 11:36-45; 12:1) and a literal 1,000 year kingdom (cf. Rev. 20) after Christ’s second coming when He will reign over Israelites and Gentiles (Da 7:27)...an era before and distinct from the final, absolutely perfect, ultimate state, i.e., the new heaven and the new earth with its capital, the New Jerusalem (Rev 21,22). The literal interpretation of prophecy, including Daniel, leads to the premillennial perspective.

Finally MacArthur adds that there are specific interpretative challenges such as

interpreting numbers (Da 1:12,20; 3:19; 9:24-27); identifying the one like a Son of Man (Da 7:13,14); determining whether to see Antiochus of the past or Antichrist of the far future in Da 8:19-23; explaining the “seventy sevens” in Da 9:24-27; and deciding whether Antiochus of Da 11:21-35 is still meant in Da 11:36-45, or whether it is the future Antichrist. (MacArthur, J. J. The MacArthur Study Bible. Nashville: Word Pub)

Preterist	Preterist (from Latin praeter meaning "past") holds that through use of symbols and allegory, the Revelation deals with events that were fulfilled in John's time and that it was written primarily to provide hope and comfort to the first century church persecuted by Rome. For example, this view interprets the beasts of (Rev 13) as imperial Rome and the imperial priesthood. The preterist view is held by many modern scholars, especially liberals and those who deny that the Revelation predicts specific future events.
Historicist	Views the Revelation as a symbolic or allegorical prophetic survey of church history from the first century up to the Second Coming of Christ and was the view espoused by most of the "reformers". This view however has been largely discounted as it does not adequately address the prophesy in the Revelation. The discerning reader needs to be aware that the historicist view is reflected in most of the "older" commentaries (many of which are public domain works easily accessible on the internet) including the works of John Knox, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, C. H. Spurgeon, Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke and Albert Barnes. Unless you understand their historicist approach to prophesy, you may become very confused when reading these older "classic" commentaries. Note that with the exception of Spurgeon, these works are not included in the list of resources. It is also important to realize that many of these "classic" commentaries tend to treat many of the promises to Israel as now having their primary application to the church, and this view is firmly disavowed by this website. An example of a historicist interpretation is the belief that the strong angel of Rev 10 symbolizes the Reformation and that the harlot in Rev 17 represents the Roman Catholic church.
Idealist	Maintains that Revelation is not predictive prophecy, but a symbolic portrait of the cosmic conflict between the forces of good and evil. In this view the Revelation becomes merely a collection of stories designed to teach spiritual truth. Some refer to this method of interpretation as "Spiritual".
Futurist	Interprets Revelation 4-22 as predictive of future end time historical events preceding, during and after the return of Jesus Christ, the establishment of His 1000 year, millennial kingdom on earth, followed by the creation of a new heaven and new earth. Variations of this view were held by the earliest expositors, such as Justin Martyr (d. 164), Irenaeus (d. c. 195), et al. This futurist approach has enjoyed a revival since the 19th century and is widely held among evangelicals today. Note that as best I can discern, most of the resources listed below interpret the book of Daniel using a literal ("futuristic") approach.

The interpretative approach taken by this website regarding Revelation 4-22 and the prophetic sections of the book of Daniel is that these passages describe literal people, places and events that will be fulfilled in the future. As someone has well said "If the plain sense makes good sense seek no other sense lest it result in nonsense." Many of the resources on this page espouse a similar literal interpretative view, but this does not necessarily mean that we agree with every comment in all of the resources.

Bob Deffinbaugh notes that

"What makes the Book of Daniel most profitable for some makes it most problematic for others. Daniel is one of the great Old Testament prophets, and these prophecies have a great deal to say about things yet to come. For the Bible-believing Christian this puts Daniel on the “must read” list. For the unbelieving skeptic, it puts the message and meaning of this great book on the “hit list.” Much that is written about Daniel, then, is written from a critical perspective. Daniel is profitable for the Christian because it describes life in Babylon during the dark days of the captivity of the Jews, in fulfillment of the prophecies God had given this wayward people. Finally, Daniel is a most profitable book because it describes the life of a very godly man, living in an ungodly world."

The wide divergence of interpretative views in the realm of Scripture prophecy makes it imperative that the discerning reader be a "true blue" Berean (Acts 17:11) and perform his or her own inductive study prior to consulting any commentary, tape set, web site or sermon, lest he or she become mired down in confusing rhetoric and specious speculation. The Prophecies in Daniel and the Revelation of Jesus Christ were written to edify, equip, encourage and bless the saints, not to hopelessly confuse or divide them. Maranatha!

Addendum: Clearly any list of "Best Commentaries" on the Book of Daniel is going to be significantly influenced by one's interpretative view of Scripture (literal,  figurative/allegorical, etc). That said, there are 3 sites that usually come up on a Google search of "best commentaries" so let's briefly "review" the "review sites:"

(1) Best Commentaries - A helpful feature in this list is that it provides a notation regarding the view of the commentary on the millennium - Amillennial (often a non-literal approach to prophecy) versus Pre-millennial (usually reflects a literal interpretation of the text). You will note for example that the top two commentaries are both amilennial and as Rosscup's critique says both are somewhat "fuzzy" (my words) in regard to their interpretation of eschatological or prophetic passages, which would seem to me to be a serious deficiency in a commentary on a book in which 8 of the 12 chapters have some of the most incredible prophetic texts in all of Scripture!  Read Rosscup's comments on three of the top five ranked Daniel commentaries- (#1) John Goldingjay (#2) Joyce Baldwin and (#5) Temper Longman. The take away is that the reader needs to be very discerning in any list of "best commentaries" lest he or she be misled as to the true interpretation. The best defense against this trap as mentioned above is to first do your own inductive Bible study of the text under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit and then you will in fact be able to comment on the commentaries! (See consulting conservative commentaries) Remember, while the commentary is usually written by someone with several degrees after they name, if you are a born again believer in Jesus Christ, you have "the Spirit of truth" (Jn 14:17) indwelling you, and He is every ready and able to lead you into all truth independent of whether or not you have an academic degree! Please do not misunderstand - I highly value the academic expertise of the commentaries written by those who are authorities in their field, but ultimately we must be like the ancient Berean followers of Christ "examining (literally "sifted up and down"!) the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things (the sermons preached, doctrine taught, and commentaries written)" are truly reflective of an accurate handling of "the Word of Truth." (Acts 17:11-note, 2 Ti 2:15-note) 

(2) Ligonier Ministries Top Commentaries on the Book of Daniel - Suffice it to say that not even one of the top 5 commentaries on their list interprets Daniel 9:24-27 as a prophecy which has a yet future final fulfillment. 

(3) Best Commentaries on Daniel - This is Tim Challies' list which is similar to Ligonier's, so it is not surprising that there is not one of these works (the one by Davis may be an exception but his comments on Da 9:24-27 are still somewhat vague) that sees Daniel 9:24-27 as having a component that his yet to be fulfilled in the future. 

In summary, if you believe that the safest approach to interpretation of the Bible is literal, then suffice it to say you will likely be disappointed by the majority of the offerings of "best commentaries on Daniel." Therefore the watchword is "Caveat Emptor" when you go to either study or to purchase a commentary on the prophetic book of Daniel. Hopefully, the list below will give some guidance. And as you have surely already surmised, the majority of the works listed on this page of Daniel Commentaries and Sermons are from sources that seek to interpret the text literally, and also interpret figurative language (e.g., the statute in Daniel 2, the 4 beasts in Daniel 7, etc) with a literal interpretation. Remember that although the language of a text may be figurative or metaphorical, in the final analysis God always intends it to have a literal meaning.

For more discussion on the origin and spiritual danger of the allegorical method of interpretation especially as applied to prophetic books like Daniel click here for Anthony Garland's analysis. He also has an interesting discussion on 

• Interpreting Symbols
• The Art and Science of Interpretation
• Understanding Symbols and Figures
• Abuse of Numbers in Biblical Interpretation - scroll down
• Literal Interpretation of Numbers
• A Brief History of Biblical Interpretation - Paul Henebury
• Enthroning the Interpreter: Dangerous Trends in Law and Theology - Andy Woods (Related Resource)

THREE GENERAL
INTERPRETATIVE APPROACHES
REGARDING DANIEL 9:24-27
Recommended Resources
(And Some that are not recommended)

The first group of resources below accepts Daniel 9:25-26 as a prophecy of the Messiah and allows for a "Gap" Between Daniel's 69 and 70th Week. The works in this first group seek the normal, literal interpretation and would in general be classified as "futurists" and millennialists.

Disclaimer: Note that categorizing an entire work and/or writer's interpretative approach is undoubtedly somewhat subjective so if you see a commentary that you know is inappropriately classified, please email your concern and it will be researched and corrected as needed.

• Anderson, Sir Robert: Daniel in the Critic's Den and The Coming Prince
  • Archer, Gleason L., Jr: "Daniel" in Expositor's Bible Commentary
  • Arthur, Kay: 19 Part Lecture Series on Daniel (Precept Ministries International)
  • Bible Knowledge Commentary. John Walvoord, Roy Zuck (Victor Books, 1985)
  • Boice, J M: Daniel: An Expositional Commentary
  • Campbell, Donald: Daniel: God's Man in a Secular Society (Discovery House, 1988)

  Rosscup - A popular, brief premillennial exposition of Daniel by an expositor who is a master of synthesis. Campbell taught Bible exposition at Dallas Seminary for many years. He illustrates vividly and gears the work for lay people. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Constable, Thomas: Expository Notes on the Whole Bible
  • Culver, Robert D: Daniel and the Latter Days. (Moody Press, 1977)

  Rosscup - In a very systematic and thorough way, the author delves into Daniel to compare the amillennial, premillennial and postmillennial interpretations. He defends the premillennial view and presents several arguments to show that it is superior. It is a penetrating work and very valuable to have. In an appendix, he gives seven arguments in support of his view that the new heavens and new earth will come at the beginning of the millennium and not at the end. Many will disagree that the Bible supports this idea.. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Deffinbaugh, Bob: Daniel: Relating Prophecy to Piety
  • Gangel, Kenneth. Daniel - Holman OT Commentary

  James Rosscup: A light, cursory exposition is along popular and premillennial lines, using a lot of long quotes and doing little more than outline prophetical matters. But it has some good principles for application. For the most part, one would derive more benefit from various works that offer so much more than the appeal of packaging. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Guzik, Dave: Expository Notes 
  • Ice, Thomas: Daniel 9:24-27: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel (pt 1)
  • Ironside, H. A.: The Great Parenthesis (1943) (See esp Chapter II)
  • Ironside, H. A.: Daniel - Ironside's Notes
  • Kelly, William: Daniel's Seventy Weeks (Colorado: Wilson Foundation)
  • KJV Bible commentary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1994)
  • Larkin, Clarence: The Book of Daniel (Larkin Estate, 1929) 
  • MacArthur, John: MacArthur Study Bible (click here also)
  • McClain, Alva J: Alva J. McClain Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks (Zondervan, 1960)
  • Miller, Stephen R: Daniel: The New American Commentary. (Broadman & Holman, 1994)

  James Rosscup: Miller provides a careful premillennial, dispensational explanation on details, such as on Dan. 2, 7, and 11–12. His introduction upholds Daniel in the sixth century B. C. as author, and reviews the history of criticism, answering main reasons some use for a second century date, among other things. In the commentary, he offers competent light on many problems, and shows he is aware of views, often giving copious reasons for his own. He describes what the fiery furnace looked like (115), and has good discussions on such details as the Son of Man (7:13–14), and a defense of a premillennial view in 7:15ff, and a gap before the seventieth seven in 9:27 with the seven coming right before Christ’s Second Advent. Along premillennial lines it ranks close to Leon Wood’s work, and on discussing critical viewpoints offers more. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Newell, Phillip. Daniel, the Man Greatly Beloved and His Prophecies. (Moody, 1962)
  • Pentecost, J. Dwight: Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology (Zondervan, 1971)
  • Pritchard, Ray: Courageous Living in Turbulent Times
  • Radio Bible Class: What Can We Know About The Antichrist?; What Can We Know About The Endtimes?; What Can We Know About The Second Coming?
  • Radio Bible Class: The Daniel Papers
  • Richison, Grant: Devotional Series on Daniel from Campus Crusades for Christ
  • Second Coming - Table comparing Rapture versus Second Coming
  • Stedman, Ray: Expository Series on Daniel
  • Strauss, Lehman: The Prophecies of Daniel
  • Verse by Verse Notes: On Daniel 9:24-27 on this website
  • Walvoord, John: Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation (Online Version) - Highly Recommended
  • Whitcomb, John: Daniel: Everyman's Bible Commentary

  Rosscup - A dispensational survey, documenting his use of scholarly literature and mingling exegesis and devotional elements. His dispensational interpretations are fairly standard. .(Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Wood, Leon: A Commentary on Daniel (Regency Reference Library, 1973)
  • Zeisler, Steve: Expository Sermon Series

  The second group listed below accepts Daniel 9:25-26 as Prophecy of the Messiah but does not interpret a Gap between Daniel's 69 & 70th Week

  Most of these works interpret Daniel's 70th week as literally following the 69th week and interpret the he in Daniel 9:27 as the Messiah and not the Antichrist. Basically most of these writers also do not accept the 1000 year reign of Messiah on earth (i.e., they are amillennialists) as mentioned in Revelation 20.

  • Baldwin, Joyce G: Daniel: An Introduction and Commentary. (Inter-Varsity Press, 1978). (Baldwin makes an odd comment that "The numbers are symbolic and not arithmetical; by the time 69 sevens have passed, God's allotted seventy is almost complete" She goes on to add that "to him (Daniel) the 70 years covered the whole of future time, and the coming of the kingdom looked from his vantage-point like one event.")

  Rosscup - The main contribution of this brief work is in the many references to literature in Baldwin’s sometimes broad reading and awareness. Baldwin is also helpful in referring at times back and forth from liberal to conservative views (cf. on resurrection, Da 12:2), so that the reader sees the difference in interpretative systems. One is disappointed in what she does (or fails to do) with some texts, such as Da Da 7:12, “the rest of the beasts.” Cf. by comparison Leon Wood. Baldwin’s work seems to lack a grasp of eschatological details whereas Walvoord, Wood etc. are more clear-cut in a consistent system they can verify in a meaningful way from Scripture.A dispensational survey, documenting his use of scholarly literature and mingling exegesis and devotional elements. His dispensational interpretations are fairly standard. .(Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Barnes, Albert: Barnes Notes on the Old Testament (ca 1942)
  • Calvin, John: Calvin's Commentaries (mid 1500's)

  Rosscup - This work appeared first in Latin in 1561. The reader will find much judicious comment with spiritual perception on the character of Daniel. The prophetical view Calvin advocates is amillennial, so one will see how he explains and defends that perspective on such passages as Daniel 2, 7, 9, 11, and 12. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Clarke, A: Clarke's Commentary: Daniel (ca 1850's)
  • Gill, John: Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (ca mid-1700's)
  • Henry, Matthew: Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible (1706)
  • Jamieson, R., Fausset, & Brown: A commentary, critical and explanatory (1871) - This is one of the better older commentaries and tends to interpret Scripture literally!
  • Keil, C. F., & Delitzsch, F: Commentary on the Old Testament (1866-1891) (Presents a difficult to follow discussion which seems to conclude the 70th week correlates with the end times in which Antichrist is exterminated, but they interpret the "seven's" symbolically and thus do not formally espouse a "gap") 
  • Longman, Tremper III. Daniel (NIV Application Commentary)

  James Rosscup: A Westmont College professor posits sixth century B. C. material in Daniel, but his work is soft toward late-daters, even toward one who denies the possibility of supernatural prophecy in Dan. 7–12 (23). Longman seeks to resolve alleged inaccuracies as in Da 1:1–2 (43), difficult phrases such as “ten times better” in Da 1:20 (54), usually meeting them head-on in a substantial commentary of 313 pp. He is of the opinion in Daniel 7:1-6 that the four beasts represent an unspecified number of evil kingdoms that will succeed one another from the exile to Christ’s future coming (190). Many principles help readers in application, but too often the comments on prophecy mislead or leave uncertainty, not help one have a sound view. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource) (Bolding added for emphasis)

  • Young, E J: The Prophecy of Daniel (1949)

  Rosscup (writing on Young's "The Messianic Prophecies of Daniel") has this comment - This is a solid work showing how an outstanding fairly recent amillennial scholar deals with so crucial a book on eschatology. It reveals the vital points at which he attacks dispensationalism. The commentary is very good in its verse by verse exegesis but is weak in eschatology, as shown by his treatment of Daniel 9:24–27 and the “stone” in chapter 2. He fastens upon the dispensational teaching that the kingdom of the future will be a thousand years, then argues from chapter 2 that the kingdom has to be eternal. Actually, dispensationalists are misrepresented here, for they believe in both. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource) (Bolding added for emphasis) (Ed comment: It is indeed a sad paradox that in a clearly prophetic book like Daniel, the writer of a commentary on Daniel would be assessed as "weak in eschatology." And yet Young's work on Daniel is the #1 ranked commentary by Ligonier Ministries! So what is the upshot? As alluded to above, one must be very careful not to rely too heavily on the so-called "best commentary" lists!) 

  • Geneva Study Bible: Study Notes (1599)
  • Mauro, Philip: The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation (1921)
  • Leupold, H. C.: Exposition of Daniel (Baker Book House, 1949)

  Rosscup -  This amillennial work is quite detailed and helpful in showing the amillennial type of approach to the crucial prophecies, The work by Young, however, is better.(Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • New Bible Commentary (Sinclair Ferguson)

  This last group does not believe Daniel 9:24-27 is a prophecy of the Messiah and thus these works generally equate with a liberal school of (non-literal) interpretation

  This group generally argues that Daniel was written in the second century (late date) after all the historical events prophesied had come to pass and thus they conclude that the entire book represents the author's (not the original Daniel) interpretation of past history. In general the commentators this non-Christological group attempts to find fulfillment of the Daniel's 70 Weeks in the events leading up to the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes. In 168 B.C., a pagan altar was constructed on top of the great altar of burnt sacrifices, and a pagan sacrifice was offered under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. This act precipitated the Maccabean revolt which Antiochus attempted unsuccessfully to put down with great cruelty (167-164 B.C.).

  The works below have some excellent aspects from an academic aspect but on prophet passages "be a Berean"! (Acts 17:11-note) Note that several of these works are published by companies that one normally considered conservative evangelical sources, but clearly that does not guarantee that the contents are thoroughly conservative and evangelical. Examine every commentary (including the notes you are now reading!) carefully. Hold fast (present imperative = command to make this one's lifestyle) to those that are true (cf 1Th 5:21-note). The only way you will personally be able to achieve this goal is to learn to study the Scriptures inductively (Click introduction to inductive Bible study).

  Solid food (as prepared by careful inductive study) is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil (see Hebrews 5:14-note)

  • Goldingay, John E: Daniel. Word Biblical Commentary. Volume 30 (Dallas: Word Books, 1989) (For example he writes that "There is no reason to refer it exegetically to the first or second coming of Christ.", page 260)

  Rosscup - Immense research in books and journals has gone into this. It has excellent footnote details, many word studies, and a long, learned discussion on introductory matters that is quite informative for many. It summarizes the history of interpreting Daniel from the LXX to Goldingay’s work. Goldingay favors a second century date and sees much fulfillment of prophecy in Maccabean times; it is history written after things happen. He feels the author stretches history at times, and favors saying that the fourth empire in Daniel 7 is an elephant. Often numbers are symbolical. The work has much to offer on literature and views in many cases but is not of reliable value in handling prophecy, in the minds of premillennialists. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • Brown, R. E., Fitzmyer, J. A., & Murphy, R. E: The Jerome Biblical commentary (1968)
  • Matthews, V. H., Chavalas, M. W., & Walton, J. H: The IVP Bible background commentary: Old Testament (InterVarsity Press, 2000)
  • Montgomery, James A: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel. The International Critical Commentary. (1964)

  Rosscup: This is a detailed study of the text from a critical standpoint, and is, in this regard, very helpful to the serious student who is dealing with problems. Often the work is in a dense fog on prophetical positions, fostering confusion. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  • F F Bruce: A popular commentary series edited by F. F. Bruce and William Barclay (Abingdon Press) is full of modernistic thought and historical-critical discussion and specifically in the volume dealing with Daniel, the book of Daniel is said to have been written after the fulfillment of the events prophesied therein. In the same volume we are told that we cannot know who authored the book of Daniel (though Jesus Christ strongly implies that Daniel wrote it -- he certainly spoke it - Mt 24:15!).
  • Russell, D. S: Daniel. The Daily Study Bible series. (Westminster John Knox Press, 1981)

  This is by the famous author of The Method and Message of Jewish Apocalyptic (1964), later General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. The series purports to have experts in their field write in a form that will appeal to the general public. Russell dates Daniel ca. 165 B. C., using arguments such as vocabulary and style. These have been answered well in favor of a 6th century date by such men as Edwin Yamauchi, Greece and Babylon. Yet there is much elucidation from careful scholarship even for evangelicals whose studies lead them to different conclusions. Russell in typical liberal fashion sees the parts of the image as depicting Neo-Babylon, Media, Persia and Greece. The fulfillment of God’s Kingdom is not in a far off kingdom (that, says Russell, is strained and fanciful exegesis), but in the writer’s own time. His hopes were not realized, for the kingdom did not come literally in the way he expected in his day (p. 54). Yet Russell does believe in the New Testament hope of the kingdom at the end of history. On 12:2, he says wrongly that the earlier Hebrews had no belief in individual life beyond the grave (p. 218). While the work often does not offer reliable help that understands the writer’s expectation in the futuristic way the writer most naturally seems to mean it, there is much to open up vividly many of the verses on other details. The work is helpful if one wants to see how a liberal mind deals with what is said. (Commentaries For Biblical Expositors - excellent resource)

  CHARTS ON
  PROPHETIC PASSAGES

  • THE THREE DIVINE DAYS - Of The Lord, Of Christ, Of God)
  • THE END TIME JUDGMENTS - Of Christ, Of the Sheep & Goats, Of Israel, Of the Great White Throne
  • EZEKIEL TIMELINE - Ezekiel's prophecy in context of Israel's history
  • GLORY OF THE LORD -Depicts the departure of God's glory and His return to the Temple
  • GOD'S PLAN FOR THE AGES - God's Eye Overview from the first Adam to the second Adam
  • GOD'S PLAN FOR JERUSALEM - Timeline chart of the "five" prophetic peaks of Jerusalem
  • REVELATION CHARTED OUT - Allows comparison of events and timing Revelation 4-22

  LECTURES ON THE REVELATION
  By Kay Arthur

  Revelation Part 3

  • Lecture 00 Knowing Revelation Takes Away the Fear
  • Lecture 01 Knowing Who God Is & Living Accordingly
  • Lecture 02 Who Do You Bow Down To?
  • Lecture 03 When Will the Mystery of God be Finished?
  • Lecture 04 Date Setting and The Return of Christ
  • Lecture 05 Matthew 24 and the Coming of the Son of Man
  • Lecture 06 When Does the Tribulation Begin?
  • Lecture 07 Why Is It So Important to Understand the Jew?
  • Lecture 08 Is God Finished With the Jews?
  • Lecture 09 This Land is Your Land...Forever!
  • Lecture 10 What Happened to the Old Testament Promises Regarding Israel?
  • Lecture 11 A Prophecy Regarding Israel: The Beginning of the End

  Revelation Part 4

  • Lecture 00 Where are the leaders? The Strong and Courageous? Those valiant for God's absolutes?
  • Lecture 01 The Lord Jesus Christ is Returning: You Can Count on It!
  • Lecture 02 Are the Events of Revelation Past? Happening Now? Or Yet Future?
  • Lecture 03 It's the Last Hour! Don't be Misled by the Devil's Antichrists
  • Lecture 04 What Will it be Like When the ''Real'' Antichrist Comes?
  • Lecture 05 When Will the Antichrist rear his Destructive head?
  • Lecture 06 The Devil's Beauty & Beast
  • Lecture 07 Who is the Great harlot Babylon?
  • Lecture 08 The Day of the Lord is Coming
  • Lecture 09 Where Will the Church be When the Day of the Lord Comes?
  • Lecture 10 What & When is Armageddon?
  • Lecture 11 When Jesus Returns to the Earth Where Will the Church Be?
  • Lecture 12 Where is the Church in the Book of the Revelation?
  • Lecture 13 Where is the Church in the 1000 Year Reign?