| Daniel Unsealed: An exposition revealing what the seven chrono-specific predictive prophecies in Daniel say about history Contributor(s): Bruce, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1489505415 ISBN-13: 9781489505415 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When this book was first published, I assumed that the world of biblical scholarship and expository preaching would welcome a new conservative commentary offering an updated treatment of the seven chrono-specific predictive prophecies in the Book of Daniel. The interpretations it introduced were faithful to both the biblical text and secular history, but, unlike traditional interpretations found in older commentaries, they incorporated insights gained from recognizing that some Danielic prophecies had been fulfilled in 1967 in modern Israel.I was hopeful that traditionalists would recognize my exposition as a step forward, but was disappointed to find that incurious homage paid to older expositions too often prevented my commentary from being taken seriously. On those occasions when my exposition was given consideration, the evaluation was usually perfunctory at best, with my exegesis being treated as nothing more than an impertinent challenge to the expository status quo. However, the bold assertion that my new exegesis of the prophecies in Daniel is superior to previous traditional interpretations is supported by Scripture. In the final chapter of Daniel, the God of Israel said without ambiguity, "But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Daniel 12:4) ... and then it was repeated for emphasis, "And he the angel of God] said, Go thy way, Daniel: the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end" (Daniel 12:9). Seeing that God said that the prophecies were to remain sealed until the time of the end, then it follows that showing that that specified time has arrived in history must be considered a fundamental requirement that has to be satisfied before any attempt is made to interpret the prophecies. But, for more than two-hundred years, the list of expositors who have ignored the time constraint ordained by God to prevent the prophecies from being prematurely understood has been growing, and includes such luminaries as Matthew Henry, Albert Barnes, John Nelson Darby, C. I. Scofield, Sir Robert Anderson, Arno C. Gaebelein, Clarence Larkin, H. A. Ironside, John F. Walvoord, Leon J. Wood, and Edward J. Young, to name but a few who are well-known among conservative Bible believers. Each of the above expositors were gifted scholars, of course. But, to a man, they all made the same mistake. They did not wait for the prophecies in Daniel to be unsealed by God so that they could interpret them. With the best of intentions, they were trying to do the impossible, and that is why all of them produced interpretations of the prophecies that are inherently flawed. Jewish scholars have done likewise. In Daniel 12:4, after commanding that the prophecies be sealed, God made a promise to the future when he said: "knowledge shall be increased." That promise by God has now been fulfilled by recent events in Israel that have allowed us to recognize the meaning of the prophecy in Daniel, chapter 8, which was made manifest on June 7, 1967, during the Six-Day War. As the world watched, Old City Jerusalem and the Temple Mount were liberated from Gentile control and restored to Jewish rule, precisely as foretold in verse 14: "And he the angel of God] said to me the prophet Daniel], 'For 2,300 evenings and mornings evening-until-morning time periods, aka nights, in this case Passover nights]. Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state returned to Jewish sovereignty]' " (esv with Au in brackets). Prior to the restoration of Old Jerusalem and the Temple Mount to Jewish sovereignty in 1967, it was not humanly possible for anyone to accurately and fully interpret the chrono-specific predictive prophecies in Daniel. After all, who could unseal what God had sealed before God's appointed time of unsealing had arrived? But, the prophecies are now unsealed for our spiritual edification. |
