Holy Bible Audio: DANIEL 1 to 12 - With Text (Contemporary English)

[Music] daniel daniel chapter one in the third year that jehoiakim was king of judah king nebuchadnezzar of babylonia attacked jerusalem the lord let nebuchadnezzar capture jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in god's temple and when the king returned to babylonia he put these things in the temple of his own god one day the king ordered ashbanaz his highest palace official to choose some young men from the royal family of judah and from other leading jewish families the king said they must be healthy handsome smart wise educated and fit to serve in the royal palace teach them how to speak and write our language and give them the same food and wine that i am served train them for three years and then they can become court officials four of the young jews chosen were daniel hananiah michelle and azariah all from the tribe of judah but the king's chief official gave them babylonian names daniel became beltershazza hananiah became shadrach michelle became meshach and azariah became a bednego daniel made up his mind to eat and drink only what god had approved for his people to eat and he asked the king's chief official for permission not to eat the food and wine served in the royal palace god had made the official friendly and kind to daniel but the man still told him the king has decided what you must eat and drink and i'm afraid he will kill me if you eat something else and end up looking worse than the other young man the king's official had put a guard in charge of daniel and his three friends so daniel said to the god for the next 10 days let us have only vegetables and water at meal time when the 10 days are up compare how we look with the other young men and decide what to do with us [Music] the god agreed to do what daniel had asked ten days later daniel and his friends looked healthier and better than the young men who had been served food from the royal palace after this the god let them eat vegetables instead of the rich food and wine god made the four young men smart and wise they read a lot of books and became well educated daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions at the end of the three-year period set by king nebuchadnezzar his chief palace official brought all the young men to him the king interviewed them and discovered that none of the others were as outstanding as daniel hananiah michelle and azariah so they were given positions in the royal court from then on whenever the king asked for advice he found their wisdom was ten times better than that of any of his other advisors and magicians daniel served there until the first year of king cyrus daniel chapter two during the second year that nebuchadnezzar was king he had such horrible nightmares that he could not sleep so he called in his counselors advisers magicians and wise men and said i am disturbed by a dream that i don't understand and i want you to explain it they answered in aramaic your majesty we hope you live forever we are your servants please tell us your dream and we will explain what it means but the king replied no i have made up my mind if you don't tell me both the dream and its meaning you will be chopped to pieces and your houses will be torn down however if you do tell me both the dream and its meaning you will be greatly rewarded and highly honored now tell me the dream and explain what it means your majesty they said if you will only tell us your dream we will interpret it for you the king replied you're just stalling for time because you know what's going to happen if you don't come up with the answer you decided to make up a bunch of lies hoping i might change my mind now tell me the dream and that will prove that you can interpret it his advisors explained your majesty you are demanding the impossible no king not even the most famous and powerful has ever ordered his advisors magicians or wise men to do such a thing it can't be done except by the gods and they don't live here on earth this made the king so angry that he gave orders for every wise man in babylonia to be put to death including daniel and his three friends aryak was the king's official in charge of putting the wise men to death he was on his way to have it done when daniel very wisely went to him and asked why did the king give such cruel orders after aryak explained what had happened daniel rushed off and said to the king if you will just give me some time i'll explain your dream daniel returned home and told his three friends then he said pray that the god who rules from heaven will be merciful and explain this mystery so that we and the others won't be put to death in a vision one night daniel was shown the dream and its meaning then he praised the god who rules from heaven our god your name will be praised forever and forever you are all powerful and you know everything you control human events you give rulers their power and take it away and you are the source of wisdom and knowledge you explain deep mysteries because even the dark is light to you you are the god who was worshiped by my ancestors now i thank you and praise you for making me wise and telling me the king's dream together with its meaning daniel went back to aryak the official in charge of executing the wise men daniel said don't kill those men take me to the king and i will explain the meaning of his dream aryak rushed daniel to the king and announced your majesty i have found out that one of the men brought here from judah can explain your dream the king asked daniel can you tell me my dream and what it means daniel answered your majesty not even the smartest person in all the world can do what you were demanding but the god who rules from heaven can explain mysteries and while you were sleeping he showed you what will happen in the future however you must realize that these mysteries weren't explained to me because i'm smarter than everyone else instead it was done so that you would understand what you have seen your majesty what you saw standing in front of you was a huge and terrifying statue shining brightly its head was made of gold its chest and arms were silver and from its waist down to its knees it was bronze from there to its ankles it was iron and its feet were a mixture of iron and clay as you watched a stone was cut from a mountain but not by human hands the stone struck the feet completely shattering the iron and clay then the iron the clay the bronze the silver and the gold were crushed and blown away without a trace like husks of wheat at threshing time but the stone became a tremendous mountain that covered the entire earth that was the dream and now i'll tell you what it means your majesty you are the greatest of kings and god has highly honored you with power over all humans animals and birds you are the head of gold after you are gone another kingdom will rule but it won't be as strong then it will be followed by a kingdom of bronze that will rule the whole world next a kingdom of iron will come to power crushing and shattering everything this fourth kingdom will be divided it will be both strong and brittle just as you saw that the feet and toes were a mixture of iron and clay this kingdom will be the result of a marriage between kingdoms but it will crumble just as iron and clay don't stick together during the time of those kings the god who rules from heaven will set up an eternal kingdom that will never fall it will be like the stone that was cut from the mountain but not by human hands the stone that crushed the iron bronze clay silver and gold your majesty in your dream the great god has told you what is going to happen and you can trust this interpretation king nebuchadnezzar bowed low to the ground and worshipped daniel then he gave orders for incense to be burned and a sacrifice of grain to be offered in honor of daniel the king said now i know that your god is above all other gods and kings because he gave you the power to explain this mystery the king then presented daniel with a lot of gifts he promoted him to governor of babylon province and put him in charge of the other wise men at daniel's request the king appointed shadrach meshach and abednego to high positions in babylon province and he let daniel stay on as a palace official daniel chapter three king nebuchadnezzar ordered a gold statue to be built 90 feet high and nine feet wide he had set it up in dura valley near the city of babylon and he commanded his governor's advisors treasurers judges and his other officials to come from everywhere in his kingdom to the dedication of the statue so all of them came and stood in front of it then an official stood up and announced people of every nation and race now listen to the king's command trumpets flutes harps and all other kinds of musical instruments will soon start playing when you hear the music you must bow down and worship the statue the king nebuchadnezzar has set up anyone who refuses would at once be thrown into a flaming furnace as soon as the people heard the music they bowed down and worshipped the gold statue that the king had set up some babylonians used this as a chance to accuse the jews to king nebuchadnezzar they said your majesty we hope you live forever you commanded everyone to bow down and worship the gold statue when the music played and you said that anyone who did not bow down and worship it would be thrown into a flaming furnace sir you appointed three men to high positions in babylon province but they have disobeyed you those jews shadrach meshach and abednego refused to worship your gods in the statue you have set up king nebuchadnezzar was furious so he sent forth the three young men and said i hear that you refuse to worship my gods and the gold statue i have set up now i'm going to give you one more chance if you bow down and worship the statue when you hear the music everything will be all right but if you don't you will at once be thrown into a flaming furnace no god can save you from me the three men replied your majesty we don't need to defend ourselves the god we worship can save us from you and your flaming furnace but even if he doesn't we still won't worship your gods and the gold statue you have set up nebuchadnezzar's face twisted with anger at the three men and he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual next he commanded some of his strongest soldiers to tie up the men and throw them into the flaming furnace the king wanted it done at that very moment so the soldiers tied up shadrach meshach and abednego and threw them into the flaming furnace with all their clothes dylan including their turbans the fire was so hot that flames leaped out and killed the soldiers suddenly the king jumped up and shouted weren't only three men tied up and thrown into the fire yes your majesty the people answered but i see four men walking around in the fire the king replied none of them is tied up or harmed and the fourth one looks like a god nebuchadnezzar went closer to the flaming furnace and said to the three young men you servants of the most high god come out at once they came out and the king's high officials governors and advisers all crowded around them the men were not burned their hair wasn't scorched and their clothes didn't even smell like smoke king nebuchadnezzar said praise their god for sending an angel to rescue his servants they trusted their god and refused to obey my commands yes they chose to die rather than to worship or serve any god except their own and i won't allow people of any nation or race to say anything against their god anyone who does will be chopped up and their houses will be torn down because no other god has such great power to save after this happened the king appointed shadrach meshach and abednego to even higher positions in babylon province daniel chapter four king nebuchadnezzar sent the following letter to the people of all nations and races on the earth greetings to all of you i'm glad to tell you about the wonderful miracles god most high has done for me his miracles are mighty and marvelous he will rule forever and his kingdom will never end i was enjoying a time of peace and prosperity when suddenly i had some horrifying dreams and visions then i commanded every wise man in babylonia to appear in my court so they could explain the meaning of my dream after they arrived i told them my dream but they were not able to say what it meant finally a young man named daniel came in and i told him the dream the holy gods had given him special powers and i had renamed him beltershazza after my own god i said well not only are you the wisest of all advisors and counselors but the holy gods have given you special powers to solve the most difficult mysteries so listen to what i dreamed and tell me what it means in my sleep i saw a very tall tree in the center of the world it grew stronger and higher until it reached to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth it was covered with leaves and heavy with fruit enough for all nations wild animals enjoyed its shade birds nested in its branches and all creatures on earth lived on its fruit while i was in bed having this vision a holy angel came down from heaven and shouted chop down the tree and cut off its branches strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit make the animals leave its shade and send the birds flying from its branches but leave its stump and roots in the ground surrounded by grass and held by chains of iron and bronze make sure that this ruler lives like the animals out in the open fields unprotected from the dew give him the mind of a wild animal for seven long years this punishment is given at the command of the holy angels it will show to all who live that god most high controls all kingdoms and chooses for their rulers persons of humble birth daniel that was the dream that none of the wise men in my kingdom were able to understand but i am sure that you will understand what it means because the holy gods have given you some special powers for a while daniel was terribly confused and worried by what he was thinking but i said don't be bothered either by the dream or by what it means daniel replied your majesty i wish the dream had been against your enemies you saw a tree that grew so big and strong that it reached up to heaven and could be seen from anywhere on earth its leaves were beautiful and it produced enough fruit for all living creatures animals lived in its shade and birds nested in its branches your majesty that tree is you your glorious reputation has reached heaven and your kingdom covers the earth then you saw a holy angel come down from heaven and say chop down the tree and destroy it but leave its stump and roots in the ground fasten there by a chain of iron and bronze let it stay for seven years out in the field with the wild animals unprotected from the dew your majesty god most high has sent you this message and it means that you will be forced to live with the wild animals far away from humans you will eat grass like a wild animal and live outdoors for seven years until you learn that god most high controls all earthly kingdoms and chooses their rulers [Music] but he gave orders not to disturb the stump and roots this is to show that you will be king once again after you learn that the god who rules from heaven is in control your majesty please be willing to do what i say turn from your sins and start living right have mercy on those who are mistreated then all will go well with you for a long time about 12 months later i was walking on the flat roof of my royal palace and admiring the beautiful city of babylon when these things started happening to me i was saying to myself just look at this wonderful capital city that i have built by my own power and for my own glory but before i could finish speaking a voice from heaven interrupted king nebuchadnezzar this kingdom is no longer yours you will be forced to live with the wild animals away from people for seven years you will eat grass as though you were an ox until you learn that god most high is in control of all earthly kingdoms and that he is the one who chooses their rulers this was no sooner said than done i was forced to live like a wild animal i ate grass and was unprotected from the dew as time went by my hair grew longer than eagle feathers and my fingernails looked like the claws of a bird finally i prayed to god in heaven and my mind was healed then i said i praise and honor god most high he lives forever and his kingdom will never end to him the nations are far less than nothing god controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth when god does something we cannot change it or even ask why at that time my mind was healed and once again i became the ruler of my glorious kingdom my advisors and officials returned to me and i had greater power than ever before that's why i say praise and honor the king who rules from heaven everything he does is honest and fair and he can shatter the power of those who are proud daniel chapter five one evening king belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his highest officials and he drank wine with them he got drunk and ordered his servants to bring in the gold and silver cups his father nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in jerusalem belshazzar wanted the cup so that he and all his wives and officials could drink from them when the gold cups were brought in everyone at the banquet drank from them and praised their idols made of gold silver bronze iron wood and stone suddenly a human hand was seen writing on the plaster wall of the palace the hand was just behind the lamp stand and the king could see it writing he was so frightened that his face turned pale his knees started shaking and his legs became weak the king called in his advisors who claimed they could talk with the spirits of the dead and understand the meanings found in the stars he told them the man who can read this writing and tell me what it means will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom he will wear robes of royal purple and a gold chain around his neck all of king belshazza's highest officials came in but not one of them could read the writing or tell her what it meant and they were completely puzzled now the king was more afraid than ever before and his face turned white as a ghost when the queen heard the king and his officials talking she came in and said your majesty i hope you live forever don't be afraid or look so pale in your kingdom there is a man who has been given special powers by the holy gods when your father nebuchadnezzar was king this man was known to be as smart intelligent and wise as the gods themselves your father put him in charge of all who claimed they could talk with the spirits or understand the meanings in the stars or tell about the future he also changed the man's name from daniel to belteshazza not only is he wise and intelligent but he can explain dreams and riddles and solve difficult problems send for daniel and he will tell you what the writing means when daniel was brought in the king said so you were daniel one of the captives my father brought back from judah i was told that the gods have given you special powers and that you are intelligent and very wise neither my advisors nor the men who talk with the spirits of the dead could read this writing or tell me what it means but i've been told that you understand everything and that you can solve difficult problems now then if you can read this writing and tell me what it means you will become the third most powerful man in my kingdom you will wear royal purple robes and have a gold chain around your neck daniel answered your majesty i will read the writing and tell you what it means but you may keep your gifts or give them to someone else sir the most high god made your father a great and powerful man and brought him much honor and glory god did such great things for him that people of all nations and races shook with fear your father had the power of life or death over everyone and he could honor or ruin anyone he chose but when he became proud and stubborn his glorious kingdom was taken from him his mind became like that of an animal and he was forced to stay away from people and live with wild donkeys your father ate grass like an ox and he slept outside where his body was soaked with dew he was forced to do this until he learns that the most high god rules all kingdoms on earth and chooses their kings king belshazzar you knew all of this but you still refuse to honor the lord who rules from heaven instead you turned against him and ordered the cups from his temple to be brought here so that you and your wives and officials could drink wine from them you praised idols made of silver gold bronze iron wood and stone even though they cannot see or hear or think you refused to worship the god who gives you breath and controls everything you do that's why he sent the hand to write this message on the wall [Music] the words written there are mimi which means numbered tekkel which means wade and parson which means divided god has numbered the days of your kingdom and has brought it to an end he has weighed you on his balance scales and you fall short of what it takes to be king so god has divided your kingdom between the medes and the persians belshazzar gave a command for daniel to be made the third most powerful man in his kingdom and to be given a purple robe and a gold chain that same night the king was killed then darius the mede who was 62 years old took over his kingdom daniel chapter 6 darius divided his kingdom into a hundred and twenty states and placed a governor in charge of each one in order to make sure that his government was run properly darius put three other officials in charge of the governors one of these officials was daniel and he did his work so much better than the other governors and officials that the king decided to let him govern the whole kingdom the other men tried to find something wrong with the way daniel did his work for the king but they could not accuse him of anything wrong because he was honest and faithful and did everything he was supposed to do finally they said to one another we will never be able to bring any charge against daniel unless it has to do with his religion they all went to the king and said your majesty we hope you live forever all of your officials leaders advisors and governors agree that you should make a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days everyone who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions order this to be written and then sign it so it cannot be changed just as no written law of the medes and persians can be changed so king darius made the law and had it written down daniel heard about the law but when he returned home he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced jerusalem in the same way that he had always done he knelt down in prayer three times a day giving thanks to god the men who had spoken to the king watched daniel and saw him praying to his god for help they went back to the king and said didn't you make a law that forbids anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days and doesn't the law say that everyone who disobeys it will be thrown into a pit of lions yes that's the law i made the king agreed and just like all written laws of the medes and persians it cannot be changed the men then told the king that jew named daniel who was brought here as a captive refuses to obey you or the law that you ordered to be written and he still prays to his god three times a day the king was really upset to hear about this and for the rest of the day he tried to think how he could save daniel at sunset the men returned and said your majesty remember that no written love the media persians can be changed not even by the king so darius ordered daniel to be brought out and thrown into a pit of lions but he said to daniel you have been faithful to your god and i pray that he will rescue you a stone was rolled over the pit and it was sealed then darius and his officials stamped the seal to show that no one should let daniel out all night long the king could not sleep he did not eat anything and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him at daybreak the king got up and ran to the pit he was anxious and shouted daniel you were faithful and served your god was he able to save you from the lions daniel answered your majesty i hope you live forever my god knew that i was innocent and he sent an angel to keep the lions from eating me your majesty i have never done anything to hurt you the king was relieved to hear daniel's voice and he gave orders for him to be taken out of the pit daniel's faith in his god had kept him from being harmed and the king ordered the men who had brought charges against daniel to be thrown into the pit together with their wives and children but before they even reached the bottom the lions ripped them to pieces king darius then sent this message to all people of every nation and race in the world greetings to all of you i command everyone in my kingdom to worship and honor the god of daniel he is the living god the one who lives forever his power and his kingdom will never end he rescues people and sets them free by working great miracles daniel's god has rescued him from the power of the lions all went well for daniel while darius was king and even when cyrus the persian ruled daniel chapter seven daniel wrote in the first year of king belshazzar of babylonia i had some dreams and visions while i was asleep one night and i wrote them down the four winds were stirring up the mighty sea when suddenly four powerful beasts came out of the sea each beast was different the first was like a lion with the wings of an eagle as i watched its wings were pulled off then it was lifted to an upright position and made to stand on two feet just like a human and it was given a human mind the second beast looked like a bear standing on its hind legs it held three ribs in its teeth and it was told attack eat all the flesh you want the third beast was like a leopard except that it had four wings and four heads it was given authority to rule the fourth beast was stronger and more terrifying than the others its huge teeth were made of iron and what it didn't grind with its teeth it smashed with its feet it was different from the others and it had horns on its head ten of them just as i was thinking about these horns a smaller horn appeared and three of the other horns were pulled up by the roots to make room for it this horn had the eyes of a human and a mouth that spoke with great pride [Music] thrones were set up while i was watching and the eternal god took his place his clothing and his hair were white as snow his throne was a blazing fire with fiery wheels and flames were dashing out from all around him countless thousands were standing there to serve him the time of judgment began and the books were opened i watched closely to see what would happen to this smaller horn because of the arrogant things it was saying then before my very eyes the fourth beast was killed and its body destroyed by fire the other three beasts had their authority taken from them but they were allowed to live a while longer as i continued to watch the vision that night i saw what looked like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven and he was presented to the eternal god he was crowned king and given power and glory so that all people of every nation and race would serve him he will rule forever and his kingdom is eternal never to be destroyed daniel wrote i was terrified by these visions and i didn't know what to think so i asked one of those standing there and he explained the four beasts are four earthly kingdoms but god most high will give his kingdom to his chosen ones and it will be theirs forever and ever i wanted to know more about the fourth beast because it was so different and much more terrifying than the others what was the meaning of its iron teeth and bronze claws and of its feet that smashed what the teeth and claws had not ground and crushed [Music] i also wanted to know more about all ten of those horns on its head i especially wanted to know more about the one that took the place of three of the others the horn that had eyes and spoke with arrogance and seemed greater than the others while i was looking this horn attacked god's chosen ones and was winning the battle then god most high the eternal god came and judged in favor of his chosen ones because the time had arrived for them to be given the kingdom then i was told by the one standing there the fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom to appear on earth it will be different from all the others it will trample the earth and crush it to pieces all ten of those horns are kings who will come from this kingdom and one more will follow this horn will be different from the others and it will conquer three other kings this king will speak evil of god most high and he will be cruel to god's chosen ones he will try to change god's law and the sacred seasons and he will be able to do this for a time two times and half a time but he will finally be judged and his kingdom completely destroyed then the greatest kingdom of all will be given to the chosen ones of god most high his kingdom will be eternal and all others will serve and obey him that was what i saw and heard i turned pale with fear and kept it all to myself daniel chapter eight daniel wrote in the third year of king biljazzer of babylonia i had a second vision in which i was in souza the chief city of babylonia's elam province i was beside the oolai river when i looked up and saw a ram standing there with two horns on its head both of them were long but the second one was longer than the first the ram went charging towards the west the north and the south no other animals were strong enough to oppose him and nothing could save them from his power so he did as he pleased and became even more powerful i kept on watching and saw a goat come from the west and charge across the entire earth without even touching the ground between his eyes was a powerful horn and with tremendous anger the goat started toward the ram that i had seen beside the river the goat was so fierce that its attack broke both horns of the ram leaving him powerless then the goat stomped on the ram and no one could do anything to help after this the goat became even more powerful but at the peak of his power his mighty horn was broken and four other mighty horns took its place one pointing to the north and one to the east one to the south and one to the west a little horn came from one of these and its power reached to the south the east and even to the holy land it became so strong that it attacked the stars in the sky which were heaven's army then it threw some of them down to the earth and stomped on them it humiliated heaven's army and dishonored its leader by keeping him from offering the daily sacrifices in fact it was so terrible that it even disgraced the temple and wiped out true worship it also did everything else it wanted to do then one of the holy angels asked another when will the daily sacrifices be offered again what about this horrible rebellion when will the temple and heaven's army no longer be trampled in the dust the other answered it will be 2 300 evenings and mornings before the temple is dedicated and in use again daniel wrote i was trying to figure out the meaning of the vision when someone suddenly appeared there beside me and from beside the oulai river a voice like that of a human said gabriel help him understand the vision gabriel came over and i fell to the ground in fear then he said you are merely a human but you need to understand that this vision is about the end of time while he was speaking i fell face down in a deep sleep but he lifted me to my feet and said listen and i will tell you what will happen at the end of time when god has chosen to show his anger the two horns of the ram are the kings of media and persia the goat is the kingdom of greece and the powerful horn between his eyes is the first of its kings after this horn is broken four other kingdoms will appear but they won't be as strong when these rulers have become as evil as possible their power will end and then a king who is dangerous and cannot be trusted will appear he will gain strength but not on his own and he will cause terrible destruction he will wipe out powerful leaders and god's people as well his deceitful lies will make him so successful that he will think he is really great suddenly he will kill many people and he will even attack god the supreme ruler but god will crush him this vision about the evenings and mornings is true but these things won't happen for a long time so don't tell it to others after this i was so worn out and weak that it was several days before i could get out of bed and go about my duties for the king i was disturbed by this vision that made no sense to me daniel chapter nine daniel wrote some years later darius the mede who was the son of xerxes had become king of babylonia and during his first year as king i found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the lord had said to jeremiah jerusalem will lie in ruins for 70 years then to show my sorrow i went without eating and dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes i confessed my sins and earnestly prayed to the lord my god our lord you are a great and fearsome god and you faithfully keep your agreement with those who love and obey you but we have sinned terribly by rebelling against you and rejecting your laws and teachings we have ignored the messages your servants the prophets spoke to our kings our leaders our ancestors and everyone else everything you do is right our lord but still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you this includes all of us both far and near the people of judah jerusalem and israel as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands and even our kings our officials and our ancestors lord god you are merciful and forgiving even though we have rebelled against you and rejected your teachings that came to us from your servants the prophets everyone in israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws and so those curses written by your servant moses have fallen upon us you warned us and our leaders that jerusalem would suffer the worst disaster in human history and you did exactly as you had threatened we have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by moses and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been and when you finally punished us with this horrible disaster that was also the right thing to do because we deserved it so much our lord god with your own mighty arm you rescued us from egypt and made yourself famous to this very day but we have sinned terribly in the past you treated us with such kindness that we now beg you to stop being so terribly angry with jerusalem after all it is your chosen city built on your holy mountain even though it has suffered public disgrace because of our sins and those of our ancestors i am your servant lord god and i beg you to answer my prayers and bring honor to yourself by having pity on your temple that lies in ruins please show mercy to your chosen city not because we deserve it but because of your great kindness forgive us hurry and do something not only for your city and your chosen people but to bring honor to yourself i was still confessing my sins and those of all israel to the lord my god and i was praying for the good of his holy mountain when gabriel suddenly came flying in at the time of the evening sacrifice this was the same gabriel i had seen in my vision and he explained daniel i am here to help you understand the vision god thinks highly of you and at the very moment you started praying i was sent to give you the answer god has decided that for seventy weeks your people and your holy city must suffer as the price of their sins then evil will disappear and justice will rule forever the visions and words of the prophets will come true and the most holy place will be dedicated you need to realize that from the command to rebuild jerusalem until the coming of the chosen leader it will be seven weeks and another 62 weeks streets will be built in jerusalem and a trench will be dug around the city for protection but these will be difficult times at the end of the sixty two weeks the chosen leader will be killed and left with nothing a foreign ruler and his army will sweep down like a mighty flood leaving both the city and the temple in ruins and war and destruction will continue until the end just as god has decided for one week this foreigner will make a firm agreement with many people and halfway through this week he will end all sacrifices and offerings then the horrible thing that causes destruction will be put there and it will stay there until the time god has decided to destroy this one who destroys daniel chapter 10 in the third year of cyrus the king of persia a message came to daniel from god and it was explained in a vision the message was about a horrible war and it was true daniel wrote for three weeks i was in sorrow i had no fancy food or meat i drank no wine and i put no olive oil on my face or hair [Music] then on the 24th day of the first month i was standing on the banks of the great tigris river when i looked up and saw someone dressed in linen and wearing a solid gold belt his body was like a precious stone his face like lightning his eyes like flaming fires his arms and legs like polished bronze and his voice like the roar of a crowd although the people who were with me did not see the vision they became so frightened that they scattered and hid only i saw this great vision i became weak and pale and at the sound of his voice i fell face down in a deep sleep he raised me to my hands and knees and then said daniel your god thinks highly of you and he has sent me so stand up and pay close attention i stood trembling while the angel said daniel don't be afraid god has listened to your prayers since the first day you humbly asked for understanding and he has sent me here but the guardian angel of persia opposed me for 21 days then michael who is one of the strongest guardian angels came to rescue me from the kings of persia now i have come here to give you another vision about what will happen to your people in the future while this angel was speaking to me i stared at the ground speechless then he appeared in human form and touched my lips i said sir this vision has brought me great pain and has drained my strength i am merely your servant how can i possibly speak with someone so powerful when i'm almost too weak to get my breath the angel touched me a second time and said don't be frightened god thinks highly of you and he intends this for your good so be brave and strong at this i regained my strength and replied please speak you have already made me feel much better then the angel said now do you understand why i have come soon i must leave to fight against the guardian angel of persia then after i've defeated him the guardian angel of greece will attack me i will tell you what is written in the book of truth but first you must realize that no one except michael the guardian angel of israel is on my side daniel chapter 11 you also need to know that i protected and helped darius the mede in his first year as king what i'm going to tell you is certain to happen four kings will rule persia one after the other but the fourth one will become much richer than the others in fact his wealth will make him so powerful that he will turn everyone against the kingdom of greece then the mighty king will come to power and will be able to do whatever he pleases but suddenly his kingdom will be crushed and scattered to the four corners of the earth where four more kingdoms will rise but these won't be ruled by his descendants or be as powerful as his kingdom the king of the south will grow powerful then one of his generals will rebel and take over most of the kingdom years later the southern kingdom and the northern kingdom will make a treaty and the daughter of the king of the south will marry the king of the north but she will lose her power then she her husband their child and the servants who came with her will all be killed after this one of her relatives will become the ruler of the southern kingdom he will attack the army of the northern kingdom and capture its fortresses then he will carry their idols to egypt together with their precious treasures of silver and gold but it will be a long time before he attacks the northern kingdom again some years later the king of the north will invade the southern kingdom but he will be forced back to his own country the sons of the king of the north will gather a huge army that will sweep down like a roaring flood reaching all the way to the fortress of the southern kingdom but this will make the king of the south angry and he will defeat this large army from the north the king of the south will feel proud because of the many thousands he has killed but his victories won't last long because the king of the north will gather a larger and more powerful army than ever before then in a few years he will start invading other countries at this time many of your own people will try to make this vision come true by rebelling against the king of the south but their rebellion will fail then the army from the north will surround and capture a fortress in the south and not even the most experienced troops of the southern kingdom will be able to make them retreat the king who invaded from the north will do as he pleases and he will even capture and destroy the holy land in fact he will decide to invade the south with his entire army then he will attempt to make peace by giving the king of the south a bride from the northern kingdom but this won't be successful afterwards this proud king of the north will invade and conquer many of the nations along the coast but a military leader will defeat him and make him lose his pride he will retreat to his fortresses in his own country but on the way he will be defeated and never again be seen the next king of the north will try to collect taxes for the glory of his kingdom however he will come to a sudden end in some mysterious way instead of in battle or because of someone's anger the successor of this king of the north will be a worthless nobody who doesn't come from a royal family he will suddenly appear and gain control of the kingdom by treachery then he will destroy armies and remove god's chosen high priest he will make a treaty but he will be deceitful and break it even though he has only a few followers without warning he will successfully invade a wealthy province which is something his ancestors never did then he will divide among his followers all of its treasures and property but none of this will last very long he will gather a large and powerful army and with great courage he will attack the king of the south the king of the south will meet him with much stronger army but he will lose the battle because he will be betrayed by members of the royal court he will be ruined and most of his army will be slaughtered the two kings will meet around the table and tell evil lies to each other but their plans will fail because god has already decided what will happen then the king of the north will return to his country with great treasures but on the way he will attack the religion of god's people and do whatever else he pleases at the time god has decided the king of the north will invade the southern kingdom again but this time things will be different ships from the west will come to attack him and he will be discouraged then he will start back to his own country and take out his anger on the religion of god's faithful people while showing kindness to those who are unfaithful he will send troops to pollute the temple and the fortress and he will stop the daily sacrifices then he will set up that horrible thing that causes destruction the king will use deceit to win followers from those who are unfaithful to god but those who remain faithful will do everything possible to oppose him wise leaders will instruct many of the people but for a while some of these leaders will either be killed with swords or burned alive or else robbed of their possessions and thrown into prison they will receive only a little help in their time of trouble and many of their followers will be treacherous some of those who are wise will suffer so that god will make them pure and acceptable until the end which will still come at the time he has decided this king will do as he pleases he will proudly claim to be greater than any god and will insult the only true god indeed he will be successful until god is no longer angry with his people this king will reject the gods his ancestors worshiped and the god preferred by women in fact he will put himself above all gods and worship only the so-called god of fortresses who is unknown to his ancestors and he will honor it with gold silver precious stones and other costly gifts with the help of this foreign god he will capture the strongest fortresses everyone who worships this god will be put in a position of power and rewarded with wealth and land at the time of the end the king of the south will attack the kingdom of the north but its king will rush out like a storm with war chariots cavalry and many ships indeed his forces will flood one country after another and when they reach the holy land tens of thousands will be killed but the countries of edom and moab and the ruler of ammon will escape the king of the north will invade many countries including egypt and he will take its rich treasures of gold and silver he will also conquer libya and ethiopia but he will be alarmed by news from the east and the north and he will become furious and cause great destruction after this he will set up camp between the mediterranean sea and mount zion then he will be destroyed and no one will be able to save him daniel chapter 12 michael the chief of the angels is the protector of your people and he will come at a time of terrible suffering the worst in all of history and your people who have their names written in the book will be protected many of those who lie dead in the ground will rise from death some of them will be given eternal life and others will receive nothing but eternal shame and disgrace everyone who has been wise will shine as bright as the sky above and everyone who has led others to please god will shine like the stars daniel i now command you to keep the message of this book secret until the end of time even though many people will go everywhere searching for the knowledge to be found in it daniel wrote i looked around and saw two other people one on this side of the river and one on the other side the angel who had spoken to me was dressed in linen and was standing upstream from them so one of the two beside the river asked him how long before these amazing things happen the angel then raised both hands toward heaven and said in the name of the god who lives forever i solemnly promise that it will be a time two times and half a time everything will be over when the suffering of god's holy people comes to an end i heard what the angel said but i didn't understand so i asked sir how will it all end the angel in my vision then replied daniel go about your business because the meaning of this message will remain secret until the end of time many people will have their hearts and lives made pure and clean but those who are evil will keep on being evil and never understand only the wise will understand there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days from the time that the daily sacrifices are stopped until someone sets up the horrible thing that causes destruction god will bless everyone who patiently waits until 1335 days have gone by so daniel be faithful until the end you will rest and at the end of time you will rise from death to receive your reward [Music] you

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