976 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 4 Book 82 - Tribulation Prophecy - 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 82 TRIBULATION PROPHECY - 4 Daniel 9:25 – 11:31 Okay, you’re all still here for program number four. You know, by this time I expect some of them to have started taking off, and there’s some empty chairs. Anyhow, we appreciate you’re still here. I am just reminded we are in book number 82. We’re in the first four programs for those of you out in television; and if you are interested in these, just call us by book number. All right, we’re going to keep right on going in Daniel. We digressed for a couple of half hours. See, that’s why I want to keep it informal. I’m not going to get tied up. You know, it was just like one time a pastor, years ago, asked if I would come to his church after I’d had a Saturday all-day seminar. And I said, “Yeah, I would be glad to do that, but I’m going to warn you in advance, nobody is going to get their hands around my throat. I’m not going to give up my independence.” He said, “Fine. There’s no sense in doing that.” So, I’m independent. I’ll go anywhere the doors are open, but nobody is going to tie me down and try to convince me that I’m wrong and so forth. So bear with me that we can just continue to reach people without attacking people. And I don’t claim to be the only one that’s right, no way, shape, or form. But I do feel that using Scripture with Scripture I’m confident that we’re not leading anyone astray. All right, back to Daniel now after some digression, chapter 10 verse 1. Now remember, poor old Daniel is just like the rest of us. He’s getting older and the years are going by, and he knows by now that those seventy years have long since been fulfilled. Why can’t he get back to Jerusalem? Well, he never did. So now we get into chapter 10, and we are now into the third year of Cyrus, the king of Persia. Now, I know most people don’t have the love for history that I do. But you see, if you come out of the Babylonian Empire, after they were defeated by the Medes and the Persians, Daniel moved right across from Babylon up to Shushan and became one of the top men in the Mede and Persian Empire. But during the course of the Mede and Persian Empire, before Alexander the Great comes in, there were three, if I understand history, there were three separate kings. Starting with, I don’t remember what the name was now, but he was the father. I think it was Astyages or something like that. Then the next one was Cyrus. Then, if I’ve got my history straight, the next one was Darius. Now, they can all be called Artaxerxes, because that was the term just like Pharaoh. So when it says Artaxerxes the King, that wasn’t his name, it was merely his title. All right, so now we’ve already come through the first king and we are up to Cyrus. Now I shake people up once in a while, and I like to do that. It makes them look. Makes them study. I think that Cyrus was the son of the king that married Esther. That shakes people up, but it’s pretty obvious. Cyrus was a son of Queen Esther. But now again, think about it. What did God call Cyrus? My chosen. Why? Because it was Cyrus that first gave the decree to go back to Jerusalem and establish the Nation of Israel once again. Then from Cyrus, I think we go to Darius. And he was the one, if I’m not mistaken, I don’t stand to be totally correct, but if I understand right, Cyrus was the son of Queen Esther, and then his son was Darius. And he was the one, then, that instructed Nehemiah to go back and build the city wall. So, this is a progression of time. Now, of course, old Daniel is about 89 years old. And remember, he was probably 14 or so when they took him captive. So he knows by years that those 70 years are fulfilled and consequently, then, Cyrus was the one to give the decree. All right, Daniel chapter 10 verse 1: Daniel 10:1a “In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; (has been all along) and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long:…” What’s he talking about? All these years that he’s been out of Jerusalem, out here in foreign country. It’s been a long time, almost 75 to 80 years. Daniel 10:1b-2 “…and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. 2. In those days I Daniel was mourning (grieving) for three full weeks.” And what’s he grieving over? Jerusalem. Israel in desolation and, oh, how he wants to go back. But God isn’t allowing it. Verse 3: Daniel 10:3-4 “I ate no pleasant bread, (in other words, rich food) neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, (in other words, on the 24th of April) as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;” #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible