UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

In verse 36 the attention shifts from details about the first “69 weeks” leading to the time of the 1^st Coming of Christ (particularly the coming time of great suffering for the Jewish people under the rule of Antiochus Epiphanes) to a time in the future, the “70^th Week” , and the seven years of terrible suffering under the Anti-Christ which will then end in the 2^ndComing of Christ! Today’s study reviewed what we already knew from Daniel 2, 7, and 9 related to the 70^th week and the Anti-Christ. We now see this ruler will be a dominating dictator over the whole world and ultimately be answerable to no one. He will seemingly prosper in all that he does. And he will focus his blasphemy on God and his anger on Gods people.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Vs. 21-35 turn attention to a coming time of great suffering for the Jewish people under the rule of Antiochus Epiphanes. Antiochus ruled the Seleucid empire from 175 BC until 164 BC. His leadership was a ruthless an dviolent leadership and the Jews suffered greatly at his hands. After his death, and after a fried time of independence, the Jewish people came under the rule of a set of “puppet kings” called the Hasmonean Dynasty, that ruled over Jerusalem and the surrounding regions between 140 BC and 37BC on behalf of the Seleucid and Roman empires. IN 37 BC Rome then established another set of kings to reign under their control called the Herodian Dynasty. The first of these rulers was Herod the Great, who ruled over Jerusalem region at the time of Christ’s birth, thus finishing the “69 weeks” and setting the stage for the next verses that will focus on the “70^th Week: and the coming rule of the Antichrist.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Chapters 11 opens with some details related to the period of the first “69 Weeks” of the 70 Weeks” prophecy. This era of history spans the time from the beginning of the Medo-Persian Empire to the promised ‘First Coming” of the Messiah (Christ’s birth and ministry). We are reminded again of earlier prophecies of the replacement of the Medo-Persian Empire by the Greek Empire under Alexander and the subsequent breaking of that empire into four empires. The details then focus on two of the empires, the Seleucid and Ptolemic, which are called the King of the North and the King of the South. These two kingdoms were continuously fighting over control of the region of Judea, which created much suffering for the Jews. The greatest suffering would come under the rule of Antiochus Epiphanes.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Chapters 10-12 contain a single vision, a final vision, given by God to Daniel via the Angel Gabriel. The vision gives details of what will happen to the people of God “in the latter days”. We learn more about events tied to both the 1^st and 2^nd Coming in these chapters. We also learn about the invisible war that is going on behind all the events in the unfolding of human history. We also see something of the true nature of Angel when the description of Gabriel is given. Angels are definitely a very different order of creation than mankind!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Chapters 10-12 contain a single vision, a final vision, given by God to Daniel via the Angel Gabriel. The vision gives details of what will happen to the people of God “in the latter days”. We learn more about events tied to both the 1^st and 2^nd Coming in these chapters. We also learn about the invisible war that is going on behind all the events in the unfolding of human history. We also see something of the true nature of Angel when the description of Gabriel is given. Angels are definitely a very different order of creation than mankind!