Parallels Between
Daniel's Prophecies
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Let's pray together:
O Lord God,
Now that we have a better understanding of the prophetic book of Daniel, we humbly ask You
to help us to grasp the rich parallels we can draw between the prophecies of this book.
In Jesus Christ our Savior we pray.
Amen.
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Daniel 12:9,10
Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end.
Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and
none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
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Sealed for centuries, the book of Daniel now reveals its secrets to us who live
in «the time of the end».
We are invited not to imitate the wicked, who will not be able to understand the prophecy,
but rather to be wise, to have the intelligence to seek the Scriptures.
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Daniel 8:1
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a
vision appeared to me - to me, Daniel - after the one that appeared to me the first time.
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Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to make you understand what will happen
to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.
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A careful reading of the book of Daniel reveals that there are close links
between the prophecies of this book.
Let's try to find those links, those parallels between the prophecies we have studied in
our last four lessons.
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Parallel 1: The prophecies cover a long
period of history.
DANIEL
2: The Great Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«[God] has made known to King | «Those
great beasts, which are four,
Nebuchadnezzar what will be in | are four
kings which arise out of the
the latter days.» (DANIEL 2:28) | earth.» (DANIEL
7:17)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«The vision refers to the time | «I have
come to make you understand
of the end.(...) Seal up the vi- | what will happen to your
people in the
sion, for it refers to many days | latter days, for the
vision refers to
in the future.» (DANIEL 8:17,26) | many days yet to come.»
(DANIEL 10:14)
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Parallel 2: The prophecies describe
succeeding political powers.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«After you shall arise another kingdom | «Those
great beasts (...) are
inferior to yours; then another, a |
four kings which arise out of
third kingdom.» (DANIEL 2:39) | the earth.» (DANIEL 7:17)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat | DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«The ram which you saw, having the two | «Three more kings
will arise in
horns - they are the kings of Media |
Persia, and the fourth (...)
and Persia. And the male goat is the |
shall stir up all against the
kingdom of Greece.» (DANIEL 8:20,21) | realm of
Greece.» (DANIEL 11:2)
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Parallel 3: Babylon, the first universal
kingdom predicted by Daniel.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«You, O king [Nebuchadnezzar], are a king | «The first
[beast] was like a
of kings. For the God of heaven has given | lion, and
had eagle's wings.
you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory | I watched till
its wings were
(...). You are this head of gold.» | plucked off.»
(DANIEL 2:37,38) |
(DANIEL 7:4)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat
| DANIEL 11: Perfect
Portrait
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No reference, since the prophecy
| No reference: the prophecy
begins with the next empire.
| begins with the next empire.
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Parallel 4: Medo-Persia, the second
universal kingdom predicted.
DANIEL
2: The Great Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«Its chest and arms [were] of sil- | «And suddenly
another beast, a se-
ver (...). But after you shall |
cond, like a bear. It was raised up
arise another kingdom inferior to | on one side,
and had three ribs in
yours.» (DANIEL 2:32,39) | its mouth.» (DANIEL 7:5)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«The ram which you saw, having the | «Three more kings will
arise in Per-
two horns - they are the kings of | sia, and
the fourth shall be far
Media and Persia.» (DANIEL 8:20) | richer than
them all.» (DANIEL 11:2)
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Parallel 5: Greece, the third universal
kingdom predicted.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«Its belly and thighs [were] of bron- | «Another
[beast], like a leo-
ze. (...) Then another, a third king | pard,
which had on its back four
dom of bronze.» (DANIEL 2:32,39) | wings of a bird.» (DANIEL 7:6)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat | DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«[The goat] attacked the ram and broke | «[The fourth
Persian king] shall
its two horns. (...) He cast him down | stir up all
against the realm of
to the ground. (...) The male goat is | Greece. Then a
mighty king shall
the kingdom of Greece.»(DANIEL 8:7,21) | arise.» (DANIEL
11:2,3)
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Parallel 6: Dominion is associated with the
kingdom of Greece.
DANIEL
2: The Great Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«Then another, a third kingdom of | «I looked,
and there was another,
bronze, which shall rule over all | like a
leopard (...). Dominion was
the earth.» (DANIEL 2:39) | given to it.» (DANIEL 7:6)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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| «Then a mighty king shall arise, who
No reference. | shall rule with great dominion, and
| do according to his will.»
|
(DANIEL 11:3)
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Parallel 7: After Alexander the Great,
Greece is divided into four parts.
DANIEL 2: The Great
Statue | DANIEL 7: The Beasts
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No
| «[The leopard] had four
reference.
| heads.» (DANIEL 7:6)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat
| DANIEL 11: The
Portrait
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«When [the goat] became strong, the large horn |
«When he has arisen,
was broken, and in place of it four notable | his kingdom shall be
ones came up toward the four winds of heaven. |
broken up and divided
(...) As for (...) the four [horns], four king- | toward
the four winds
doms shall arise out of that nation.»
| of
heaven.»
(DANIEL 8:8,22) |
(DANIEL 11:4)
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Parallel 8: Rome, the fourth universal
kingdom predicted by Daniel.
DANIEL 2: The
Great Statue | DANIEL 7:
The Mythical Beasts
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«Its legs [were] of iron | «Behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and
(...). The fourth kingdom |
terrible, exceedingly strong. (...) The
shall be as strong as iron.» | fourth
beast shall be a fourth kingdom
(DANIEL
2:33,40) | on earth.» (DANIEL 7:7,23)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«Out of one of them came a |
«He who comes against him shall do ac-
little horn which grew exceed- | cording to
his own will, and no one
ingly great.» (DANIEL 8:9) | shall
stand against him.» (DANIEL 11:16)
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Parallel 9: Rome is pictured as powerful
and destructive.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«The fourth kingdom shall be as strong | «It had huge
iron teeth (...).
as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in | [The]
fourth kingdom (...) shall
pieces and shatters all things; (...) | devour the
whole earth, trample
[it will] crush all the others.» | it and break it.»
(DANIEL 2:40) |
(DANIEL 7:7,23)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat | DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«[It] grew exceedingly great toward | «He
shall stand in the Glorious
the south, toward the east, and toward | Land with
destruction in his
the Glorious Land.» (DANIEL 8:9) | power.» (DANIEL 11:16)
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Parallel 10: Afterwards, 10 nations will
come out of the Roman Empire.
DANIEL 2: The Great
Statue | DANIEL 7: The Beasts
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«Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of |
«A fourth beast (...)
potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom |
had ten horns. (...)
shall be divided (...). And as the toes of the | The
ten horns are ten
feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so | kings
who shall arise
the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly |
from this kingdom.»
fragile.» (DANIEL 2:41,42)
| (DANIEL
7:7,24)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat
| DANIEL 11: The
Portrait
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No
direct reference.
| No direct reference.
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Parallel 11: After the Roman Empire, a
mysterious power arises.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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| «Another horn, a little one, [came]
No reference to | up among them (...). The ten horns
this power. | are ten kings (...). Another shall
| rise after them.» (DANIEL 7:8,24)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«Out of one of them came a little | «In
his place shall arise a vile
horn (...). A king shall arise, |
person (...). [He shall] seize the
having fierce features.» | kingdom by intrigue.»
(DANIEL 8:9,23) |
(DANIEL 11:21)
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Parallel 12: This power will destroy many
to achieve its aims.
DANIEL 2: The
Great Statue | DANIEL 7:
The Mythical Beasts
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| «Another shall rise after them; he shall
No direct reference.
| be different from the
first ones, and
| shall subdue three kings.» (DANIEL 7:24)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«He shall destroy fearfully, | «He shall stir
up his power (...) with a
(...) he shall destroy the | great
army. (...) He shall go out with
mighty, (...) he shall destroy | great fury to
destroy and annihilate
many.» (DANIEL 8:24,25) | many.» (DANIEL 11:25,44)
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Parallel 13: This power will glorify
itself, and speak pompous words.
DANIEL
2: The Great Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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| «[The horn had] a mouth which spoke
No direct reference.
| pompous words,
whose appearance was
| greater than his fellows.»
|
(DANIEL 7:20)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«Through his cunning he shall | «He
shall exalt and magnify himself
cause deceit to prosper under | above every
god (...). [He shall not]
his hand; and he shall magnify | regard any
god; for he shall magnify
himself in his heart.» | himself above them all.»
(DANIEL 8:25) |
(DANIEL 11:36,37)
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Parallel 14: This power will persecute
God's people and overcome it.
DANIEL
2: The Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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| «The same horn was making war against the
No direct reference. | saints, and prevailing against them. (...)
| [He] shall persecute the saints.»
|
(DANIEL 7:21,25)
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DANIEL 8: Ram and Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«[He] shall prosper and | «His
heart shall be moved against the holy
thrive; he shall destroy | covenant; so he
shall do damage (...). [He
the mighty, and also the | shall]
return in rage against the holy
holy people.» (DANIEL 8:24) | covenant, and do damage.»
(DANIEL 11:28,30)
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Parallel 15: This power will attack truth
and darken it.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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| «[This king] shall
intend to
No direct reference. | change times and law.»
|
(DANIEL 7:25)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat | DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«By him the daily sacrifices were |
«Forces shall be mustered by him,
taken away, and the place of the |
and they shall defile the sanctua-
[Prince of the host's] sanctuary was | ry fortress;
then they shall take
cast down. (...) He cast truth down | away the daily
sacrifices.»
to the ground.» (DANIEL 8:11,12) |
(DANIEL 11:31)
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Parallel 16: At the end, God will suddenly
destroy this power.
DANIEL 2: The Great Statue | DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«A stone was cut out without hands, | «The court shall be seated,
which struck the image (...). The God of | and they
shall take away his
heaven (...) shall break in pieces and |
dominion, to consume and des-
consume all these kingdoms.»
| troy it forever.»
(DANIEL 2:34,44) |
(DANIEL 7:26)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat | DANIEL 11: Perfect Portrait
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«He shall even rise against the Prince | «Yet
he shall come to his end,
of princes; but he shall be broken with- | and no one will
help him.»
out human hand.» (DANIEL 8:25)
|
(DANIEL 11:45)
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Parallel 17: Afterwards, God will establish
His eternal kingdom.
DANIEL
2: The Great Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«The God of heaven will set up a | «The kingdom and
dominion (...) shall
kingdom which shall never be de- | be given to
the people, the saints
stroyed (...), and it shall stand | of the Most High.
His kingdom is an
forever.» (DANIEL 2:44) | everlasting kingdom.» (DANIEL 7:27)
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DANIEL 8: The Ram and the Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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| «Those who turn many to righteousness
No direct reference.
| [shall shine]
like the stars forever
| and ever.» (DANIEL 12:3)
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Parallel 18: The truthfulness of the
prophecy is clearly asserted.
DANIEL 2: The
Statue |
DANIEL 7: The Mythical Beasts
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«The dream is certain, | «I wished to
know the truth about the fourth
and its interpretation | beast, (...) and
about the other horn (...),
is sure.» | that horn which had eyes and a mouth which
(DANIEL 2:45) | spoke pompous words.» (DANIEL 7:19,20)
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DANIEL 8: Ram and Goat |
DANIEL 11: The Perfect Portrait
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«The vision (...) which | «The message was true,
but the appointed time
was told is true.» | was long
(...). I will tell you what is noted
(DANIEL 8:26) | in the Scripture of Truth.» (DANIEL 10:1,21)
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Daniel 12:3,4
Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the
firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
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We indeed live in the last days: the book of Daniel is therefore no longer
sealed for those who take the time to study it.
Now it is up to us to share the treasures we find in it with the people around us.
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Let's pray:
Our Father,
The study of some of the prophecies of the book of Daniel has been a rich source of
blessings for each one of us.
May this study lead us to entrust our life to Your care, You who see the future as clearly
as the past.
Please show us which choices we need to make today, so that our future may not hold for us
bad surprises that would bring about ill-fated and eternal consequences.
We thank You for Your continuous presence. In Jesus Christ we pray.
Amen.
The test of Lesson 20 is waiting for you!