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DANIEL 10
LESSON #12
HEAVENLY WARFARE AND THE FEAR OF THE LORD

• MEMORY VERSE: COL 2:9-10

• READ DAN 10:1-9 THE GLORY OF GOD
• TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE DANIEL HAD THE VISION OF THE 70 WEEKS. THE REMNANT OF JEWS UNDER ZERUBBABEL HAD RETURN ED TO JUDEA AND WERE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE TEMPLE (EZR 3).
• MOURNING FOR 3 WEEKS (2)
• THE HEBREW TEXT SPECIFIES THESE AS 3 WEEKS OF DAYS IN CONTRAST TO THE WEEKS OF YEARS IN DANIEL 9. THIS 3-WEEK PERIOD INCLUDED THE PASSOVER SEASON.
• DANIEL’S LIMITED FAST (3) = NO DELICACIES
• THIS WAS NOT A TOTAL FAST LIKE JESUS’ 40 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS.
• WHO IS THE “CERTAIN MAN” IN VERSE 5?
• THIS IS A THEOPHANY OF JESUS CHRIST.
• WHAT IS A THEOPHANY?
• IT IS AN OLD TESTAMENT APPEARANCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN HUMAN OR ANGELIC FORM PRIOR TO HIS INCARNATION IN THE MANGER IN BETHLEHEM. WE SAW THIS SAME KIND OF MIRACULOUS APPEARING IN THE FIERY FURNACE IN DAN 3.
• SYMBOLIC MEANINGS:
• FINE LINEN IS A SYMBOL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• GOLD IS A SYMBOL OF ROYALTY.
• BODY LIKE BERYL = GREEN TOPAZ WITH YELLOW HUE MEANS ALTOGETHER LOVELY.
• FACE LIKE LIGHTNING = THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
• EYES WERE LAMPS OF FIRE = A PIERCING DISCERNMENT.
• BRONZE = A SYMBOL OF TESTING.
• A VOICE LIKE THE VOICE OF A MULTITUDE = SPEAKS WITH POWER AND AUTHORITY.
• WHAT WAS DANIEL’S RESPONSE TO SEEING THE LORD?
• THERE IS NO STRENGTH IN ME.
• COMELINESS TURNED INTO CORRUPTION (JOB 42:5-6 ISA 6:5).
• HE PROSTRATES HIMSELF.
• DANIEL HAD A FEAR OF THE LORD.
• HOW CAN YOU DEVELOP A FEAR OF THE LORD?
• IN THIS NEW TESTAMENT AGE WHERE WE ARE UNDER GRACE, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO SEE ONLY THE LOVE OF GOD AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT LOVE TO LIVE THE WAY WE WANT TO LIVE RATHER THAN THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LIVE. WE NEED TO DEVELOP A HEALTHY FEAR OF THE LORD. HOW?

• LEARN THE WORDS WHICH GOD USES TO DESCRIBE THE FEAR WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE FOR HIM.
• TERROR = MOST EXTREME DEGREE OF FEAR, DISABLING, TO PROSTRATE BY CONFUSION AND FEAR. [HEBREW: (ghay-TAHTH)] [GREEK: (FAW-boss)] (REV 1:12-17)

• FRIGHT = TO SHRINK OR SHIVER WITH FEAR CAUSED BY THE APPEARANCE OF DANGER. [GREEK: (ek-thahm-BEH-oh) (MAR 4:41 LUK 8:37 LUK 24:36-37).
• DISMAY = REMOVES THE MENTAL ABILITY, BEING DRAINED OF CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE TO THE POINT OF FAINTING. (DAN 10:8-11,18-19 JOS 1:9)
• ASTONISHMENT = INABILITY TO SPEAK IN THE FACE OF AN AWESOME AND OVERWHELMING SITUATION, TO STUPEFY, STRUCK DUMB [GREEK: (thahm-BEH-oh)] (ACT 9:5-6 ECC 5:2)
• TREMBLING = THE PHYSICAL RESULT OF OVERPOWERING FEAR, TO QUAKE, SHAKE INVOLUNTARILTY, (DAN 5:5-9 MAT 28:3-4)
• DREAD = INTENSE UNEASINESS OR ALARM EXCITED BY EXPECTED PAIN, LOSS, OR HARM. IT IS LESS SUDDEN BUT MORE SUSTAINED. (DAN 9:4 ISA 6:5 JOB 13:11,18,21,23)

• CONSIDER HOW SMALL WE ARE COMPARED TO OTHER THINGS THAT GOD HAS MADE. (PSA 8:3-4 PSA 29:1,3,5,8,9 EXO 20:18-20).
• HAVE RESPECT FOR THE UNIVERSAL, NON-OPTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF GOD’S WORD. (REV 1:6 DEU 17:19)
• FEAR OF THE LORD IS LEARNED BY RELATING THE CORRECTIONS OF GOD IN LIFE TO THE VIOLATION OF GOD’S PRINCIPLES.
• IN OTHER WORDS WE NEED TO LOOK FOR GOD’S CHASTISEMENT WHEN WE BREAK GOD’S PRINCIPLES.
• DESIGN:
• THE FIRST STEP TO APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN IS SELF-ACCEPTANCE. GOD MADE US INDIVIDUALLY WHO WE ARE, HIS UNIQUE CREATION.
• AUTHORITY:
• IT IS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE PROPER SUBMISSION. BECAUSE THERE IS A HIGHER AUTHORITY TO WHOM WE NEED TO SUBMIT, WE HAVE THE MEANS FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF PRIDE.
• RESPONSIBILITY:
• SEEK OTHERS FROM A CLEAR CONSCIENCE WITHOUT PERVERTED MOTIVES. BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A HUMAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OTHERS TO TREAT THEM RIGHT, AND TO SHARE WITH THEM THE TRUTHS OF GOD.
• SUFFERING:
• RESPOND TO OFFENDERS WITH FULL FORGIVENESS. JESUS SAID WE WOULD HAVE PERSECUTION BECAUSE HIS ENEMIES ARE OUR ENEMIES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE GOD EXTENDED FORGIVENESS TO US WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES OF GOD, WE SHOULD EXTEND THAT FORGIVENESS TO OTHERS.
• OWNERSHIP:
• SECURITY COMES BY YIELDING ONE’S PERSONAL RIGHTS TO GOD. WHEN WE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST INTO OUR HEARTS, WE GAVE UP OUR PERSONAL RIGHTS TO JESUS CHRIST. HE NOW IS IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES. THAT’S THE ULTIMATE SECURITY.
• FREEDOM:
• WE MUST LEARN HOW TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT, RATHER THAN IN THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH, TO EXPERIENCE MORAL PURITY. BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ULTIMATE SECURITY, WE CAN WALK IN FREEDOM, GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
• SUCCESS:
• THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN LIFE, COMES THROUGH MEDITATION ON GOD’S WORD, FOLLOWED BY OBEDIENCE TO IT. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE. (JOS 1:8)
• HONOR GOD WITH THE FIRST FRUITS OF YOUR INCREASE. (GEN 14:18-20 MAL 3:8-11)
• GIVE OF YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENTS, YOUR EFFORTS, AND YOUR MONEY TO GOD AND THE WORK OF HIS KINGDOM.
• RELATE THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN TO THE HOLINESS OF GOD. (1COR 9:27 ECC 12:13-14)
• IF WE VIEW THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN CONTRAST TO A HOLY GOD WHO DESIRES TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE, IT SHOULD MAKE US DESIRE TO LIVE GOD’S WAY, AND WILL RESULT IN HAVING AN AWESOME RESPECTFUL FEAR OF GOD.

• READ DANIEL 10:10-21 HEAVENLY CONFLICT
• THE CHARACTERS IN THIS HEAVENLY CONFLICT:
• CHRIST (5-6) (16-17)
• THE ANGEL WITH A MESSAGE (MAYBE GABRIEL)(10-12)
• MICHAEL HELPS THE ANGEL WITH THE MESSAGE (13).
• THE PRINCE OF PERSIA (13)
• THE PRINCE OF GREECE (20)
• DANIEL
• THE HAND THAT TOUCHED DANIEL WAS PROBABLY GABRIEL WHO CAME WITH CHRIST. (10)
• WHY DID GABRIEL COME TO DANIEL?
• TO GIVE DANIEL STRENGTH (10)
• TO GIVE DANIEL UNDERSTANDING (11,14)
• TO REASSURE DANIEL SO HE WOULD NOT FEAR (12)
• SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN THE HEAVENLIES (13):
• WHO IS THE PRINCE OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA?
• WHO IS THE PRINCE OF GREECE? (20)
• THESE ARE SATANIC BEINGS, FALLEN ANGELS, WHO HAVE GEOGRAPHICAL AUTHORITY. THESE ARE THE SATANIC BEINGS BEHIND THE MEDO-PERSIAN KINGDOM WHERE DANIEL IS NOW LIVING AND THE SATANIC BEING BEHIND THE GRECIAN EMPIRE YET TO COME AFTER THE PERSIAN EMPIRE FALLS.
• 2COR 4:4 TELLS US SATAN IS THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, SO UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS ARE GIVEN LIMITED POWER OVER NATIONS OF THIS WORLD. (JOH 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; EPH 2:2; 6:12; 1JOH 4:4; 5:19)
• FROM THIS WE CAN INFER THAT SATAN HAS PRINCES APPOINTED OVER ALL NATIONS TO SUBVERT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OPERATE IN GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.
• THIS IS WHY WE MUST DO SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PRAYER.
• “IN THE LATTER DAYS”, “YET FOR MANY DAYS” (14):
• THE ANGEL GIVES DANIEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE 70 WEEKS IN MORE DETAIL IN DANIEL 11, AND THESE DETAILS REFER TO TRIBULATION PERIOD OF THE LATTER DAYS.
• THIS MAY BE THE LORD OR IT MAY BE GABRIEL (16-17)
• HE CAME TO ENABLE DANIEL TO SPEAK.
• THIS IS PROBABLY GABRIEL AGAIN (18-21):
• HE CAME TO STRENGTHEN DANIEL AGAIN SO THAT DANIEL WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RECEIVE CHAPTER 11. THEN HE WOULD RETURN TO HELP MICHAEL DO HEAVENLY BATTLE.
• APPLICATION:
• WHAT DOES THIS CHAPTER TELL US ABOUT PRAYER?
• WHEN A BELIEVER PRAYS IT IS IMMEDIATELY HEARD BY GOD (12)
• DEMONIC FORCES CAN DELAY ANSWERS TO PRAYER (13)
• THEREFORE, THE BELIEVER MUST KEEP PRAYING.
• WRESTLING IN PRAYER IS EXHAUSTIVE WORK.
• OVERCOMING DEMONIC FORCES IS NOT A ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL MATTER (20).
• WE NEED TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION AND GOVERNMENT REGULARLY.
• IF WE COULD SEE INTO THE UNSEEN SPIRITUAL WORLD, WE WOULD BE AMAZED AT THE PRESENCE OF UNSEEN FORCES AROUND US, BOTH GOOD AND EVIL.
• WE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AT THE POWER WITHIN US, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO FIGHT THESE FORCES IN SPIRITUAL BATTLE.

HOMEWORK
DANIEL 11:1-35
THIS IS A SELF STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.

• APPLICATION OF DANIEL 10
• SPEND SOME TIME IN PRAYER THIS WEEK PRAYING FOR:
• OUR NATION AND NATIONAL LEADERS
• OUR STATE AND STATE LEADERS
• YOUR CITY AND COUNTY AND LOCAL LEADERS
• OUR SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTRY
• ALL THE FAMILIES IN THIS COUNTRY
• OUR CHURCHES IN THIS COUNTRY
• SPIRITUAL REVIVAL ACROSS THE LAND
• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON ONE OF THE ABOVE AREAS EACH DAY OF THE WEEK.

• PREPARATION FOR DANIEL 11:1-35
• READ DANIEL 11:1-2
• REVIEW YOUR NOTES REGARDING THE MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE FROM DANIEL 2, DANIEL 7, AND DANIEL 8.

• READ DANIEL 11:3-20
• REVIEW YOUR NOTES REGARDING THE GRECIAN EMPIRE FROM DANIEL 2, DANIEL 7, AND DANIEL 8.

• READ DANIEL 11:21-35
• THIS SECTION REFERS TO ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES, A KING OF SIRIA.
• LIST ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS YOU CAN FIND ABOUT HIM AND HIS KINGDOM.

• MEMORY VERSE: PSALM 91 (ALL OR PART OF IT)