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March 22, 2026 – Daniel 12 – Daniel’s Vision of the End Times

An unnamed angel continues giving Daniel a prophecy of Israel’s future. He predicts a time of tribulation but also of deliverance and salvation. There will be a resurrection of some to eternal life and others to shame and contempt. Believers … Continue reading →

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March 15, 2026 – Daniel 11 – God Gives Daniel an Outline of Israel’s Future

The unnamed angelic being continues to reveal in cryptic language the future of Israel. The Jews will face a period of terrible persecution, but will prevail in the end. Israel’s independence under the Hasmonean dynasty ends with the growth of … Continue reading →

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February 22, 2026 – Daniel 9 – The Seventy Weeks of Years

Daniel is confessing his own sins and the sins of the Jewish exiles when the Angel Gabriel appears with a prophecy to impart. He lays out a timeline of the future beginning with a decree releasing the Jews to return … Continue reading →

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February 15, 2026 – Daniel 8 – Vision of a Ram, a Goat and Antiochus Epiphanes

Daniel has another vision, this time of Alexander the Great’s defeat of the Medo-Persian empire and the rise of Antiochus Epiphanes later, who persecutes the Jews, defiling the Temple and forbidding Torah, circumcision and Judaism itself. This cruel, prideful tyrant … Continue reading →

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February 8, 2026 – Daniel 7 – Vision of the Four Beasts

Daniel relates a troubling vision from God of four beasts rising up out of the sea, representing the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Alexander the Great and Rome. The fourth beast, Rome, is the most ferocious. It has ten horns, and … Continue reading →

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February 1, 2026 – Daniel 6 – Daniel in the Lions’ Den

A new king Darius rules in Babylon, and he appoints Daniel to high office. The other court officials are jealous and concoct a scheme to get rid of Daniel. They convince the king to decree that no one pray to … Continue reading →

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January 18, 2026 – Daniel 5 – Belshazzar’s Feast

A new king, Belshazzar, rules Babylon, and he throws a lavish drinking party using sacred vessels looted from the Jewish Temple. God responds with a message written on the wall – MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN! Daniel interprets it as, “God … Continue reading →

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