ANGELS Part 2 of 6
Daniel 8:16-26
Vv 16-17: …“Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of this vision.” As he came near the place where I (Daniel) was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. ‘Son of man’, he said to me; ‘understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.’”
Daniel 8:16-26
Vv 16-17: …“Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of this vision.” As he came near the place where I (Daniel) was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate. ‘Son of man’, he said to me; ‘understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.’”
New angel information: This angel’s name is Gabriel, and he sounds like a man who foretells the future. This time Gabriel is speaking to Daniel, a prophet. Daniel wrote the book that’s named after him in the Bible. Find Daniel, the 8th book after Psalm, the book in the center of the Bible.
Daniel’s book addresses the Hebrews, who were exiled in Babylonia between 605-530, B.C. Gabriel gives the vision that foretells End Time events. It sounded scary, and Daniel was so frightened—because of the vision, or because God’s angel was addressing him?—that he fell face down on the ground. (Prostrate means face-down). This proves that angels deliver God’s messages to people.
Daniel 9:21-23: “While I (Daniel) was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill—while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. He instructed me and said to me, ‘Daniel, I have now come to give you my insight and understanding. As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.’”
Aha—more angel information: Swift flight means that angels do fly. He looks like a man, (no wings), and gave Daniel further instructions as an answer from God. Gabriel also gave Daniel his “insight and understanding”. So, angels think and reason on their own, knowing God’s message. What was Daniel's reaction to being highly-esteemed (by God)?
Daniel12:1: “At that time, Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.”
“Delivered” means saved, liberated from the wages of sin.
Take Home Nugget
Michael is a great prince of angels who protects God's people, and also foretells the future. “Your people” are God’s chosen: Jews and Gentiles, whose name is written in “the book”—see Revelation 21:27.
The Book—so wondrous!
Philippians 4:3, sojourners fair,
Lamb’s Book of Life, Revelation 21:27--
Is your name found there?
Philippians 4:3, sojourners fair,
Lamb’s Book of Life, Revelation 21:27--
Is your name found there?
HAPPY HANUKKAH, Sisters and Brothers of Judaism.
J.D. Griffith
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