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Gospel Briefs on Ezekiel and Daniel

EZEKIEL
Like many of the prophetic Books, Ezekiel is not entirely chronological, but more so than Isaiah and Jeremiah.
The Prophet Ezekiel is the author of the Book (Eze.1:3). He was a contemporary of both Jeremiah and Daniel.
The Book of Ezekiel was probably written between 593 and 565 B.C. during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews.
The reason for writing: Ezekiel ministered to his generation who were very sinful and completely hopeless. By his prophecies, he struggled to bring them to a speedy repentance and to have confidence in the distant future. Ezekiel teaches: (1) GOD works through human messengers; (2) Even in defeat and misery, GOD’S people must uphold GOD’S sovereignty; (3) GOD’S Word never fails; (4) GOD is present everywhere and He can be worshiped anywhere; (5) People must obey GOD if they expect to receive the blessings promised by Him; and (6) GOD’S Kingdom shall come.

The book of Ezekiel is Narrative History, Prophetic and Apocalyptic in type and even contains some Parables. The prophet Ezekiel wrote it approximately 571 B.C. (this date is accurately precise because this Book contains more defined dates than any other Book in the Bible.) Main personalities include Ezekiel, Israel’s leaders, Ezekiel’s wife, King Nebuchadnezzar, and “the prince.”
It was written to announce judgment upon Judah, to allow them one last chance to repent. It also foretells of the coming deliverance of GOD’S nation from captivity in Babylon. It mainly discusses the events during the Babylonian captivity. Ezekiel was a priest who is called by God to deliver His messages.
•    In chapters 1-3, God commissions His servant Ezekiel. He receives visions, and his message is to confront GOD’S sinful nation, “I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day” (2:3).
•    Chapters 4-24, Ezekiel delivered the message of doom to the captives. He told several parables, one that compared Israel to an adulterous woman (16:1-63). He taught them that God was cleansing His chosen nation, Ezekiel 16:58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. (KJV)
•    From chapters 25-32, Ezekiel condemns judgment upon seven specific nations who mocked the LORD God, the GOD of Israel, because of the captivity; they too would soon see their fate. These nations are Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon and Egypt.
•    In chapters 33-48, a message of deliverance and restoration is written. This includes not only the current nation of Israel but also the future . . . of the Coming Messiah, the Temple, and the Kingdom of GOD in the End Age. In chapter 37, he writes the famous vision of the valley of bones.  Ezekiel 37:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. (KJV)

Another way to divide the Book is as follows: The Book of Ezekiel has the most logical arrangement of any of the Prophetic Books . . . containing three sections, each of which speaks of a different subject matter. Chapters 1–24 concern the fall of Jerusalem. Chapters 25–39 contain a series of oracles addressed to foreign nations, concluding with a section in which the future of Israel is contrasted with that of the foreign nations. The third section, Chapters 40–48, presents a plan for rebuilding the Temple and reorganizing the restored state of Israel.

The setting is Chebar, a sort of concentration camp near Babylon, where the ten tribes had been brought. It is from there that Ezekiel wrote his prophecies to encourage the Jewish exiles.

Ezekiel means GOD strengthens or strengthened by GOD. He was one of a group of Jews taken to Babylon, eleven years before Jerusalem was destroyed.

There have been some who deny that Ezekiel wrote the Book, but in reality, the Book was written by a Judeo-Christian position, and that it was written by a poetic prophet, Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi (Eze.1:3), and this is quite defendable. Ezekiel dated his prophecies quite accurately. His first prophecy (1:2) came in the 5th year of Jehoiachin’s exile 593 BC (29:17).
So, his ministry lasted at least 22 years. If, as a priest, he started at age 30, he would have been over 50 when he finished his prophesying. Ezekiel ministered to his fellow exiles immediately before and during the first 20 or so years of the captivity.

Ezekiel’s Prophecy is divided into 3 parts:
<><><>#1. He goes over the sins of Judah and warns of GOD’S impending judgment in the captivity of the people and the destruction of Jerusalem. This is all vividly announced in unusual visions and symbolic acts. A bright shining cloud, a symbol of GOD’S Presence, is seen lingering over the Temple, then reluctantly departing. This meaning that GOD would no longer dwell among His people because of their sin, and His sword of judgment would soon descend on the polluted Temple. The glory of the LORD is one of the main thoughts all through the Book of Ezekiel.
<><><>2. Judah’s neighbors are condemned because of their idolatry and their cruel treatment of GOD’S people. These neighbors are Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Phillistines, Sidonians and Egyptians.
<><><>3. In the last section, Ezekiel tells of the restoration and reunion of the entire nation . . . both Israel and Judah. When the people repent of their sins, GOD will put His Holy Spirit within them. The Messiah will come to His people and destroy their last enemies. The Temple will be rebuilt, and the glory of the LORD shall return to it.

These prophecies have NOT as yet been fulfilled, but look forward to the 1000-year reign of Christ on the Earth, the Millennium (Rev.20).

Brief Summary: Ezekiel, destined to begin his life's ministry as a priest at age thirty, was uprooted from his homeland and marched off to Babylon at age of twenty-five. For five years he suffered in despair. When he was 30, he had a majestic vision of the LORD God’s glory which left him spellbound. This priest/prophet discovered GOD was NOT confined to the narrow attacks of Ezekiel's native land, but instead, He is a Universal GOD who commands and controls ALL persons and ALL nations. In Babylon, GOD conveyed to Ezekiel His Word for the people. This call by GOD transformed Ezekiel. He became passionately devoted to GOD’S Word. He knew that he had NOTHING of his own personally, to help the captives in their bitter situation, but he was absolutely convinced that GOD’S Word spoke to their condition and could give them victory. Ezekiel used different ways to convey GOD’S Word to his people. He used art in drawing a picture of Jerusalem, he used symbolic actions and unusual conduct to get their attention. He cut his hair and beard to show what GOD would do to Jerusalem and its people.

Prophesy: Ezekiel Chapter 34 is where GOD condemns the leaders of Israel as false shepherds for their poor care of His people. Instead of caring for the sheep of Israel, they cared for themselves. They ate well, were well-clothed and well-cared for by the very people they had been placed over (Eze.34:1-3). In direct contrast, Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep and who protects them from the wolves who would destroy the flock. John 10:11-12 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. (KJV)
Ezekiel 34:1-10 describes people whom the shepherds failed to minister to as weak, sick, injured and lost. Jesus, on the other hand, is the Great Physician who heals our spiritual wounds, by His death on the cross. Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. (KJV) . . . JESUS is the One who seeks and saves that which is lost. Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (KJV)

The three major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) and also Zephaniah, all have the same basic order of messages: (1) prophecies against Israel, (2) prophecies against the nations, (3) comfort for Israel. In no other Book is this pattern more clear than in Ezekiel.
The Book of Ezekiel also reveals a sense of balance. The vision of the defiled Temple fit for destruction (ch. 8-11) is balanced by the vision of the restored and purified Temple (chs.40-48). The GOD Who is presented in agitated wrath (ch.1) is also shown to be a loving GOD of comfort (the LORD is there, Eze.48:35). Ezekiel's call to be a watchman announces divine judgment (ch.3) and is balanced by his call to be a watchman announcing the new age to follow (ch.33). In one place (ch.6) the mountains of Israel receive a prophetic rebuke, but in another (ch.36) they are comforted.

Prophetic books are usually mainly poetic, the prophets apparently having spoken in imaginative and rhythmic styles. However, most of Ezekiel, is prose, possibly because of his priestly background. His repetitions have a hammering effect, but his priestly words are also echoed. Ezekiel 3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (KJV)

The Book of Ezekiel contains four major visions:
#1. Chapters 1-3; #2. Chapters 8-11; #3. Chapter 37:1-14; #4. Chapters 40-48.
The Book of Ezekiel contains 12 symbolic acts:
#1. Chapter 3:22-26; #2. Chapter 4:1-3; #3. Chapter 4:4-8; #4. Chapter 4:9-11; #5. Chapter 4:12-14; #6. Chapter 5:1-3; #7. Chapter 12:1-16; #8. Chapter 12:17020; #9. Chapter 21:6-7; #10. Chapter 21:18-24; #11. Chapter 24:15-24; #12. Chapter 37:15:28.
The Book of Ezekiel contains five messages are in the form of parables: Chapters 15, 16, 17, 19, 23.

Scriptural Significance
Other prophets deal largely with Israel's idolatry, with her moral corruption in public and private affairs, and with her international intrigues and alliances on which she relied instead of the LORD. They announce GOD’S impending judgment on His rebellious nation but they speak also of a future redemption: a new exodus, a new covenant, a restored Jerusalem, a revived Davidic dynasty, a worldwide recognition of the LORD and His Messiah and a paradise-like peace.

The outlines and sweep of Ezekiel's message are similar, but he focuses exclusively on Israel as the Holy people of the Holy Temple, the Holy city and the Holy land. By polluting her worship, Israel had reduced herself to being unclean and having defiled the Temple, city and land, and from such desecration, GOD could only withdraw and judge His people with a national destruction.

But GOD’S faithfulness to His Covenant and His desire to save were so great that He would revive His people once more, guide them with compassion, cleanse them of all their defilement, reconstruct them as a perfect expression of His Kingdom under the hand of "David" (Eze.34:23-24), overwhelm all the forces and powers arrayed against them, display His glory among the nations and restore the glory of His Presence to the Holy City.

Ezekiel so powerfully portrays the grandeur, magnificence and glory of GOD’S sovereign rule and His pure Holiness, which he jealously defends. The Book's doctrinal center is the unfolding of GOD’S saving purposes in the history of the world . . . from the time in which He must withdraw from the defilement of His covenant people to the conclusion of His grand plan of redemption. The message of Ezekiel, which is ultimately concerned with the final events in the history of the world and/or of humankind, and foresees GOD’S future working in history proclaimed in the New Testament.

Ezekiel’s Book can be divided into four sections:
Chapters 1-24: prophecies on the ruin of Jerusalem
Chapters 25-32: prophecies of GOD’S judgment on nearby nations
Chapter 33: a last call for repentance to Israel
Chapters 34-48: prophecies concerning the future restoration of Israel

How do we apply the Book of Ezekiel to our life today? The Book of Ezekiel calls us to join in a fresh and personal encounter with the GOD of Abraham, Moses and the Prophets. We must be overcomers or we shall be overcome. Ezekiel challenges us to experience a life changing vision of GOD’S awesome power, knowledge, eternal Presence and pure Holiness. Ezekiel challenges us to allow GOD to direct us; so that we can really see just how deep we are committed to the evil that lodges in the human heart; and that GOD holds His TRUE servants responsible for warning wicked men of their peril; to experience a living relationship with Jesus Christ, Who said that the new covenant is to be found in His precious Blood.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (KJV)
1 Peter 1:18-19 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: (KJV)

SPECIAL COMMENTS ON EZEKIEL
If the watchman sees the enemy coming and does NOT sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. The people will die in their sins, but GOD will hold the watchman (pastors, teachers, leaders) responsible (Eze. 33:6).
2 Tim. 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (KJV) . . . People like to hear pastors and teachers who tell them what they WANT to hear. They want no part of anything that offends them! When people turn away from the TRUTH, they turn to fairy tales (1 Tim. 1:6; Jer.2:19). TRUE pastors and teachers of GOD’S Word are GOD’S watchmen over His people. They must warn GOD’S people of any danger or the people will die in their sins and they shall be held accountable (Eze. 3:18; 33:6, 8).

As you can see, pastors and teachers of GOD’S Word have a very serious job. False teachers are led and used by Satan, and false teachers and their damnable heresies (2 Pet.2:1), are the devil's glory and hope! If false teachers can make a dollar on GOD’S Word, they will not hesitate to do it! They, like Satan, their father (1 John 3:10), will twist the TRUTH, and lie and deceive people in any way they can. They, like Satan, tell people just what they want to hear, NOT the TRUTH of GOD’S Word. Times have NOT changed in the respect to people NOT wanting the Truth.
Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: (KJV) . . . People back then, or today, do NOT welcome the Truth from GOD’S pastors and teachers. Truth makes people uncomfortable and uneasy. They do NOT want to hear that they are sinners and that must trust and obey GOD or they will be doomed to Hell. They want to hear that it is OK to live in sin. Times have changed they say! They prefer lies and fantasies. They do NOT want to hear that one day they will stand in judgment before the Almighty Judge JESUS!

One of the things I fear most in my service to GOD is that I in some way may lead someone astray (Jam.3:1). I am really afraid I might teach something false, that is why I back up everything by Scripture, and trust Him to lead, guide and direct me in the way He wants me to go. I serve Him meekly, with much prayer. The following is a great article. http://www.thebereancall.org/content/are-we-too-negative

DANIEL Date written – 530 BC Author – Daniel
Summary – Like Ezekiel, Daniel is also in Babylon. We normally think of the word prophesy or prophet being about predicting the future. Prophesy is actually about revealing things from GOD to mankind. Sometimes those are future events and other times it is a message from GOD about right here and now. Daniel is the prophetic book in the Old Testament that is mostly about events that are to come. It was to show the people in Babylon through the exile that GOD was still concerned for them and had a plan for their future. We learn this through Daniel’s recording of several visions GOD gave him about future events (now long past).

As I attempt to bring this Book, or any Book of the Bible to you, I approach it with a feeling of great awe and respect, mingled with joy and fear, for I know I do not have the ability to do it properly, so I need His help. I realize that the Book of Daniel, like the Book of Revelation, is a stumbling block to many people because they say “I don’t understand it.” Quite frankly there are many things in the Bible I cannot completely comprehend, including this wonderful Book. I think there are things in there we are NOT meant to know. To understand this Book, you must go to GOD in prayer and ask Him to help you understand. The Holy Spirit is available to all TRUE Christians, because He abides within you (John 14:16; Rom.8:9; 2 John 1:2). All you need do is ask Him to help you! And He will!
As with all my commentaries, I will do the Book of Daniel Commentary similar to my other Commentaries . . . in that I will bring the verse or verses in the KJV, followed by what it is saying to me. What I write will be a personal comment, it is NOT Scripture.
The Book of Daniel is called "the Prophecy of Daniel" and "the Prophecy of Daniel the Prophet". Daniel was one of the children of Judah that were carried captive into Babylon with Jehoiakim; and was of princely blood, if not of the royal seed, as appears from Dan.1:3,5.
No Book of the Old Testament has been subjected to as much inspection as the Book of Daniel. The detailed and accurate prophecies contained in that Book have motivated many, skeptics and professed believers alike, to subscribe to the theory of a late date of composition for Daniel in the time of the Maccabees.
In general, the Maccabean theory holds that the Book of Daniel was written around 168-165 BC. Most modern major critics hold that the book was completed in its final form at that time, but some say parts of Daniel (largely chapters 1-6) to have an earlier date prior to 168-165. Some say the editor in the 2nd century used certain traditions to compose the final form of Daniel.
Some say that the Book has many authors, but all seem to agree, that the final form of the Book was completed around 165 BC.
The Jews do not think that this Book was written by Daniel himself, but by the men of the great synagogue; even though it is clear, from the Book itself, that Daniel is the writer of it, as seen from Dan. 7:1, 2, 28; 8:1, 15, 27; 9:2; 10:2; 12:5. That Daniel wrote books, which were received, read and believed by the Jews as being of GOD, is affirmed by Josephus. The Jews as a whole do acknowledge that this Book was written by the influence of the Holy Spirit, but not by Prophecy. They, without any basis, distinguish between the Holy Spirit and Prophecy. It is the general consent of their nation, that this Book is among the holy writings, but not among the Prophets; nor will they allow Daniel to be a Prophet. The reasons they give are shaky; what seems to have induced them to degrade Daniel is the clear Prophecy of the time of the Messiah's Coming in this Book, which sometimes they must admit, is fixed in it. The precise time of Messiah's Coming was made known to Daniel. There are two men to whom the END was revealed, and afterwards it was hidden from them; and these men are Jacob and Daniel. From Daniel, according to Dan.12:4, “but thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book” and from Jacob, Gen.49:1,10, “that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days”. The prophecy of Daniel was so clear, with respect to the time of the Messiah's Coming, that no-one cannot dismiss it lightly.
There are no other authentic writings of Daniel, which bear his name. The stories of "thirteenth" and "fourteenth" chapters are fictional and false.
Daniel is said to have descended from the royal family of David; and he appears to have been carried into Babylon when very young, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah, A.M. 3398, B.C. 602, or 606. He and his three fellow-captives, Hananiah, Mishaal and Azariah, being youths, were chosen to be about the king's court, and were appointed to have an education suitable to the employments for which they were destined. As they had been carefully brought up in the Mosaic institutions, they regulated their conduct by them, even in the court of a heathen king, where they were slaves; and although ordered to be fed from the royal table, they would not eat that food, because the Chaldeans ate of meat forbidden by the Mosaic law, and probably even that which might have been clean became defiled by having been sacrificed to idols before it was prepared for common use. At their earnest request, the officer under whose care they were placed permitted them to use vegetables only; and finding that they grew healthy and strong by this food, did not force them to use what was sent from the king's table.

It seems that Daniel had been instructed in all the wisdom of the Chaldeans, which was at that time greatly superior to the learning of the ancient Egyptians; and he was soon distinguished in the Babylon court, as well for his wisdom and strong understanding as for his deep and steady piety. His interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the variously compounded metallic image raised his credit so high at the court that he was established governor of the province of Babylon, and made chief of all the Magians, or wise men in that country. The main facts and incidents of his history are so interwoven throughout the Book bearing Daniel’s name, that it was undoubtedly written by himself.

The reputation of Daniel was so great, even in his lifetime, that it became a proverb. "Thou art wiser than Daniel," said Ezekiel ironically to the king of Tyre (Eze.28:3), and by the same prophet (Daniel) GOD ranks him among the most holy and exemplary of men, when he declares, speaking relative to Jerusalem, which had been condemned to destruction, "Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own lives by their righteousness" (Eze.14:13, 20).
Josephus (Ant. lib. x., c. 12), says that GOD bestowed many favors on Daniel: that he was advanced to the rank of the most considerable Prophets; that he enjoyed the favor of princes, and the affection of the people during his life; and that after his death his memory became immortal. He observes also that, in the features of his predictions, he differs widely from all other prophets; they foretold scarcely anything but disastrous events; but the opposite, Daniel predicts mostly joyous events, and fixes the times of accomplishment with more circumstantial precision than the others did. Because of this truth, we cannot doubt that GOD had given this outstanding man a much greater degree of light to fix the times when his predictions should issue, more than he had given to all his predecessors, who simply declared the mind of GOD in relation to things future, without trying to indicate the distance of time in which they should be fulfilled. There are but very few exceptions to this either in Isaiah or Jeremiah. And in this respect the prophecy of the seventy weeks of Daniel exceeds all that had gone before, as the incidents and transactions relative to its fulfillment were so various, and yet so fixed and declared six hundred years before the time, that when the time came in which they were predicted to take place, they were expected, and occurred exactly according to the prediction, and the expectations founded upon it. This Prophet therefore, far from occupying a lower place among divinely inspired men, deserves to be placed in the front row with all those who have been most distinguished among the men who have partaken most largely of the prophetic gift.

The rabbis have tried to degrade Daniel, and have placed his prophecies among the hagiographa, books which they consider to possess a minor degree of inspiration; and it is probable that he meets with this treatment from them because his prophecies are very clear proofs that Jesus Christ is the TRUE Messiah, and that He came at the very time that Daniel said the Prince Messiah should come. But the testimony and sayings of such doubtful men are infinitely overpowered by the testimony of Ezekiel, which has been produced above; and the testimony of our LORD, who gives Daniel the title of prophet (Mat.24:15), without the slightest hint that He was too ashamed to say it. Jesus always spoke truth!
It is very probable that Daniel did not return at the general restoration from the Babylon captivity. At that time, if alive, Daniel must have been an old man; and it is most likely that he finished his days in Babylon, though some commentators say that he returned to Judea with Ezra, came back afterward to Persia, and died in the city of Susa.
Josephus speaks of his skill in architecture (Antiq. lib. x., c. 12), and that he built a famous tower at Ecbatane or Susa, which remained to his time, and was so exquisitely finished that it always appeared as if newly built. In this tower or palace, the kings of Persia were interred; and in consideration of its founder, the guard of it was always chosen from the Jews.
Daniel cannot be ranked among the Hebrew poets: his Book is all in prose; and it is written partly in Hebrew and partly in Chaldee. The Chaldee part begins with "O king, live for ever!" and continues to the end of the seventh chapter.

The Book of Daniel
In Daniel and his Prophecy, these things may help for a better understanding of this Book, and the mind of GOD in it:
<><><>(1.) As to the author; FIRST, Daniel was a prophet, as appears in the little stone cut out of the mountain without hands, meaning Christ the Messiah and His Kingdom, what He should do, chapter 2; also, chapter 7 to the end of the Book. The first six chapters are historical, the last six prophetical. SECOND, as to his lineage, he was one of the royal seed. THIRD, He was a captive. FOURTH, He was rarely qualified for piety, wisdom, beauty. FIFTH, as to his education, he was trained for three years in learning. SIXTH, his advancement for his parts and wisdom. SEVENTH, He was faithful and blameless in the place of honor to which he was preferred. EIGHTH, His care and kindness for his companions; he procured their promotion also. NINTH, His singular holiness and power with GOD in prayer, (Eze.14:14). TENTH, His faithfulness and constancy in the worship of GOD, in spite of the envy and persecution of his enemies. ELEVENTH, The strange providence of GOD in his preservation and deliverance. TWELFTH, His sign integrity and flourishing state under several kings' reigns, even in critical times and great changes, unto his old age, and beyond the seventy years of captivity.
<><><>(2.) As to the Book itself, both the historical and prophetical part of it, especially the latter, we find, FIRST. Great variety in them. SECOND, Famous predictions (Prophecies) of the Messiah, of dreadful wars, of dreadful miseries to countries, and specifically the Jewish nation, for putting Christ to death; great persecutions of the church, by the Grecians and Romans especially, in which Antiochus and the Antichrist are pointed at. These things are all of such important consideration, that our blessed Saviour calls for special understanding in the reading even of one part of it. Matthew 24:15-22 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. (KJV)
Daniel’s chronology and calculations may be called the key of time, relating to the church's sufferings and deliverances. Dear one, Daniel spoke of the Greatest FAVORITE we can ever read of, that being, the King of Heaven, and one day shall be the greatest KING on this Earth, Christ Jesus the Messiah (Rev.20). Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (KJV) We know NOT when He shall come!~ We must WATCH and be ready when He does come.