Thursday, June 14, 2018

Reading for June 22nd

Read Daniel 8.15-27
The archangel Gabriel serves as the messenger to humanity in 8:15-26; 9.21-27; Lk 1.11-20.
In 1 Enoch 9 he intercedes on behalf of God's people and destroys the wicked.
In Islam, he reveals the Quran to Muhammed.
In verses 17-18 the (appointed) time of the end: The end of Antiochus's persection.
In verse 25 not by human hands: God will act.
In verse 26 seal up the vision: Although given to Daniel in the sixth century,
it will be realized in the second century (compare Isa 8.16; 29.11-12;  30.8; 34.16-17).
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