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Daniel 10

• Ken Strickland • Season 9 • Episode 11

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We walk through Daniel 10 and the first verse of 11, exploring Daniel’s fasting, the mysterious visitor, and the tension between prayer heard and help delayed. We debate context, translations, and what spiritual warfare might look like when mapped to real empires.

• Daniel’s season of mourning and partial fast
• The vivid description of the heavenly messenger
• Strength lost, lips touched, courage restored
• Prayer heard on day one and delayed aid
• Princes of Persia and Greece as spiritual powers
• Michael as the protector of Israel
• When a promise is personal versus general
• Why translation choices clarify 11:1
• Practical takeaways for patience and humility in prayer

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You are listening to the Regular Guys Bible Study Podcast, the Bible study for regular guys by regular guys. We are your host, Ken and Steve, and we are just regular guys studying the Bible together. Not theologians. Hey Steve, why are you licking your mic? It's weird.

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Because it's weird. That's why.

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That's so gross. What are you doing?

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You know what, Ken?

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Yeah. What?

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You know what? I don't know. Yesterday was the Super Bowl. Yeah. I didn't watch any of it. What? I didn't. This is like the first year in I don't know how long. Why? Where I didn't watch any of it. I just didn't see the point.

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You didn't see the point of a football game? That just doesn't make sense that does not register. Was it any good? Um, you know, I will say I really like the game. A lot of people would say they hate that kind of a game where the defense is just so good. Yeah. But oh my goodness, the um Seattle defense was just smothering. It's it's I you know I noticed it but more important previous game, I was shocked though that it that it they were the same.

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This were the commercials any good. Because the last couple of years, the commercials have kind of fallen flat.

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I don't know. I guess some of them were okay. I don't yeah, I don't know.

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I didn't lose anything. I didn't I didn't miss a thing.

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No, not really. Um I I kind of always wonder, is it really worth what the companies spend on this thing? Um, there were several AI things that I'd like never heard of this company before. They spent their whole budget on Super Bowl commercial.

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Did you know the the halftime performers basically make minimum wage and it's all about promotion?

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Yes, I did know that. They don't get paid. Yeah. Technically, they don't get paid.

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I think they get a pittance.

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Um, yeah, I don't know.

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But it's like less than a thousand dollars or something.

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All right. Yeah, I I don't know. Um, but I'm sure it does wonders for their for their brand. And there were lots of good gambling.

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Especially if there's a wardrobe manfunk malfunction.

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Yeah, that's true. Um that was a really long time ago now. When was it?

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Yeah.

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Probably 20 years ago. 15 years ago at least.

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Yeah, I think so.

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Wow.

SPEAKER_02:

Alright, well, guys, we are on Daniel chapter 10. Um which is fairly short. Oh, did you decide if we should read the first verse of 11 or not?

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So in ESV, it it doesn't do that weird paragraph thing like NIV does.

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Yeah.

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So I never read it until this morning when I decided to read NIV.

SPEAKER_02:

Ah. So if you look at most other translations, that it really carries over onto verse one of 11. But yeah.

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You know what? If you want to throw it in there, I'm okay with that.

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Doesn't matter to me.

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Because it does kind of fit better with the paragraph above.

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I think it does fit better with the with the context. So I think we should. All right, so we're gonna read chapter Daniel chapter 10, verse 1 through 11.1. 10 1 through 11 1. Um, so if you haven't read, as always, read your stinking Bible. Read it. Pause us, read it, and come back. All right. You ready, Steve? You ready to do this thing?

SPEAKER_03:

Sure. How far am I reading? The whole thing. I'll read chapter 11.

SPEAKER_02:

No, I'll read the part in chapter 11 that's important.

SPEAKER_03:

How about you read up to verse 14? And I'll start at 15 and go on through to the end. Alrighty.

SPEAKER_02:

All right, um, it's yeah, it's but it's yeah, I'm reading more, I'm sure. It looks like I'm reading. You are. Yeah. All right. Well, let's go. All right, uh, Daniel chapter 10, verse 1. In the third year of Cyrus, king of Persia, a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Bel Beltashazzar, and the word was true, and it was a great conflict, and he understood the word and had understanding of the vision. In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all for the full three weeks. On the twenty fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, that is the Tigris, I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen with a belt of fine gold from Ufaz around his waist. His body was like barrel. I'm not sure what that is, but um his body was like barrel, his face was like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully changed, and I retained no strength. Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words I fell on my face in deep sleep, and my face to the ground. And behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees, and he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly loved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for now I have been sent to you. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came and came to make you for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision is for days yet to come.

SPEAKER_03:

When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was mute, and behold, one like in the likeness of the children of man touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, O my Lord, by reason of the vision pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength. How can my lord's servant talk with my lord? For now no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me. Again, one having the appearance of a man touched me and strengthened me, and he said, O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you. Be strong and of good courage, and as he spoke to me I was strengthened and said, Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me. Then he said, Do you know why I have come to you? But now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I go out, behold, the prince of the Greece will come, but I will tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth. There is none who contends by my side against these ex There is none who contends by my side against these except Michael your prince. And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mead, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

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All right.

SPEAKER_02:

Um by the way, I just want to say I think that's the best I've ever read. Even though I did have a couple of little stumbles. That is the best I've ever read.

SPEAKER_03:

You are awesome, Ken. That that's really great.

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That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you, Steve. Um all right, I've got some notes. So when I first read this, yeah, go ahead.

SPEAKER_03:

I thought that I thought that first paragraph was sort of like a uh, hey, this is what the whole chapter is going to be about. But it wasn't. It was it was uh basically just saying that he had a vision and he was distressed. It still didn't say anything about the vision, really. It just said because of his distress, the angels came.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, we haven't we haven't learned anything about the vision other than other than hold it. Who was this? This was who came to him? Michael? Or did Michael go help the guy?

SPEAKER_03:

Uh uh let's see. Uh uh Michael is the one that helped him.

SPEAKER_01:

Alright, so who is this?

SPEAKER_02:

This is We don't really know. Who has been coming to help to talk to him? Was it Michael? Yeah, it has been Michael that's talking to him, right?

SPEAKER_03:

In the previous And we know how well he explained things.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, so maybe um he's getting a someone who explains things a little more better. A little more better.

SPEAKER_03:

Um now I did read, just jumping around a little here, that they some of the commentaries don't think this is a uh type they call it a type, right? Of Christ. They don't think it's Christ in the past showing up to talk to him.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't think it is either. Yeah, I don't either. I think it's an it's an angel. Because me too.

SPEAKER_02:

Um there are references elsewhere in the Bible that talk about um angels fighting um the the bad angels. Um and so that's spiritual warfare. And that's what I think this is referring to. These are two angels that are in the battle.

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All right.

SPEAKER_03:

So Chapter Nine was the first year of Darius, and this is the third year of Cyrus.

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Right.

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So how much time is that? That's some time has passed.

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There's a certain amount of time.

SPEAKER_03:

I didn't actually I didn't actually look that up, but I think this period is significant because it's after when Cyrus sent some of the captives back to Jerusalem and they were supposed to start rebuilding.

SPEAKER_01:

Let's see. Alright, uh let's see. It's um it's 536 BC is the third year of King of Persia.

SPEAKER_02:

Uh third year of Cyrus, King of Persia. Um let's see, according to this uh ESV study Bible. Um two years before this, the first party of Jewish exiles had returned to Jerusalem in response to Cyrus's decree, but they faced severe opposition.

SPEAKER_00:

Which leads to another question I had when I read this. Which is why was Daniel in mourning? Because he got this vision.

SPEAKER_03:

And it was a very disturbing.

SPEAKER_02:

No, no, no. In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks. This is before the vision. I ate no delicacies. Yes, I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all for four or three weeks. For for full three or the full three weeks. On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, that's so that's um that's uh the three weeks is twenty-one days. Twenty-three full days. This is the twenty-fourth day of the month, likely the twenty-fourth day of his fast.

SPEAKER_00:

That's when the vision happens.

SPEAKER_03:

No, the vision happened, he was in mourning, and then this not Michael guy came to reassure him. That's how I read it. What? So he got I read it as though he got this vision and it upset him so much that he did this whole morning sackcloth thing. And then finally, after the four weeks or whatever, um this person like a man with a weird body showed up.

SPEAKER_02:

Well, all right, so man, we have never been in such disagreement. I disagree with you completely on that.

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Really? Yes. Oh, I don't I don't think so. I think I'm right.

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And if I look at commentaries, it confirms what uh my thought was. Because um uh, let's see, as a sign of indemnification with the trials of his brothers and sisters in Judah, Daniel was mourning, adopting a deliberately ascetic lifestyle for three weeks. He went without choice foods, blah, blah, blah. Um, and the comfort. At the end of Daniel's time of fasting, he received a vision of heavenly being dressed in linen with a belt of fine gold, blah, blah, blah. That's what other people think as well.

SPEAKER_03:

But in verse one, it says, A word was revealed to Daniel, yeah, who was named blah blah, and the word was true, and it was a great conflict.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes. And here's the story of how that happened.

SPEAKER_03:

That's see, no, I don't think so. See, that's how I started the week. I thought, like you, I thought, oh, this is just an intro to what the rest of this is about. But then I was like, no, this is he had a vision, it was really disturbing. And then um gosh, I just no, no.

SPEAKER_02:

You were, you know what? I cannot believe how wrong you are because you're a smart guy.

SPEAKER_03:

Hang on, I've got more data here that I'm gonna back up my claims with if I can find the verse.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay, what if I stick my fingers in my ears and go la la la la la and can't hear you?

SPEAKER_00:

And uh you know what? I don't even have to do that, I still can't hear you. Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

If you look at verse 14, well, let me just start at the the prince of the kingdom of this is thirteen, prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision is for days yet to come. The vision that he received in verse one, he's coming to help him understand.

SPEAKER_02:

No, no, no, no. So, so man. Okay, for the vision is for days yet. Came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. All right, the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia, and came to make you understand what is to happen to your people in the latter days. He's saying, that's why he's come now. And for the vision, meaning the vision couldn't come twenty-one days ago.

SPEAKER_03:

Exactly. Couldn't come twenty-one days ago when he was first upset because he was being held up by the the prince of Persia.

SPEAKER_02:

But the reason he was coming was to uh give the vision.

SPEAKER_03:

But the reason Daniel was mourning is because he saw the vision of a great conflict.

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The reason he's mourning is because his people who have gone back to Jerusalem are in great peril and are facing heavy persecution.

SPEAKER_00:

All right. Um I don't know.

SPEAKER_02:

I think we're just gonna have to disagree on this, but I think um, man, I really wish we would have a little bit of um fan mail on somebody that um somebody that knew the a little more about it.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, that would be good.

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Anybody listens to this, and I mean anybody. No, I know I know there are people listening, but nobody, nobody ever goes and comments for us. There's a link that on our description, if you look at the description of this podcast, and almost every podcast we ever put out, there's a link that says send text right at the top, and it will message us. And I would really, really like to know your opinion on this. Um, you can do your own research if you like, um, or you can just have your own opinion. Uh, you don't have to do any research, just read it, and what do you think?

SPEAKER_03:

In any case, yeah. I don't think it's that big a deal which way we go with that. It doesn't really impact anything.

SPEAKER_02:

Not well, no, but it does set. See, mine, what what I'm saying sets an environment for the Jewish people that is pretty dire. Um, because but I mean it's it's good, right? First of all, Cyrus said, okay, I'm gonna send people, some of the Jews, back to Jerusalem so that they can uh what was he sending them there for? I think he was sending them for um let's see. Well, it was a decree by King by Cyrus. I don't know why they were going back. Um, but they faced a lot of opposition um at this time. So um it's it was probably a good thing that King Cyrus is trying to do to allow the Jewish people to go to their home, but um they were it was not being received well by the people. Um so or the Jewish people were not being received well by the Jewish people, so that's why I care.

SPEAKER_03:

I'm I'm curious. Um, have you anointed yourself lately as he didn't do in verse three for that whole time?

SPEAKER_02:

Um you know what uh I you know that's a very good question. We don't really have that practice anymore.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, but so I looked this up.

SPEAKER_02:

Well, I was I was gonna say something. Let me say, because you asked. Okay, and this is go ahead. I didn't look it up. This is just my opinion.

SPEAKER_03:

Um then it's wrong.

SPEAKER_02:

It might be. But I was thinking, what are they doing? Doing when they anoint themselves, they're I think they're trying to make themselves not stink. Um, so I would say by saying showering or bathing, that might be anointing yourself.

SPEAKER_03:

That might be anointing. I think you are actually pretty close to the truth. All right. With the exception that it was like, I think it was usually olive oil, maybe with some other scents for the smell butter thing, but the oil was because they're in a dry climate and it helped to avoid cracking dry skin.

SPEAKER_02:

And what did what about Popeye or Brutus?

SPEAKER_00:

Um they just tried to keep the spinach away from Popeye.

SPEAKER_03:

Brutus did.

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Brutus did. And olive oil. Yeah. Did olive okay, never mind. That's just a stupid joke. I'm gonna end it there.

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Good.

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Uh okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So I think it is essentially a form of hygiene. Daily hygiene.

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Daily hygiene.

SPEAKER_03:

Like you said.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah. All right. So um, and you know what? After like this time of year, it's winter. And this time of year, after I shower, I put lotion on my legs.

SPEAKER_03:

And if I don't mind get really dry too.

SPEAKER_02:

Start itching. My leg, my lower leg just itches, itches, itches.

SPEAKER_03:

So I did it last night.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, I forgot. I took a shower last night and I forgot to put it on, and I found myself itching my legs in the middle of the night.

SPEAKER_03:

At least you're not in sackcloth. Although he doesn't actually say that here.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, and he's not completely fasting. Um, I I think it's uh interesting when we think of a fast, you know, we always think of no food.

SPEAKER_03:

Um but he just didn't eat delicacies, meat, or wine.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

That'd be pretty pretty tough. What if you just drink wine? That's a form of fasting.

SPEAKER_03:

It's a fast way to get to the bottom.

SPEAKER_02:

Um, all right. Well, what else do you see, Steve?

SPEAKER_00:

So it seems to me that when this guy showed up, um, at first he was awake, Daniel, but then he fell asleep. Isn't that how you read it?

SPEAKER_03:

Uh in verse nine it says, Then I heard the sounds of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep with my face to the ground.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay. Yeah, I guess he did fall asleep. At least briefly.

SPEAKER_03:

But I actually jumped ahead of where I had another point in there. I just don't have a note for it. His body was like barrel.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, barrel.

SPEAKER_03:

So I tried to figure out what that was, and you know, if I click on it, it says a gem, perhaps topaz. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

And someplace else, I think it said um. Oh shoot, what's the other one? Anyway, something that I don't think of. Topaz, I think yellow. Maybe I'm wrong. I thought it was green. Anyway, I found another gem named.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah. So I went and I looked, and both gems can basically be any color.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So this is not descriptive at all.

SPEAKER_02:

Well, uh, it said like topaz, so we don't know what barrel is.

SPEAKER_03:

Maybe he was partially see-through.

SPEAKER_02:

I think it meant meant meant he was, I mean, he was uh I don't know, shiny, sparkly.

SPEAKER_00:

He had on sequins.

SPEAKER_02:

It was like one of the It was Elvis or the ice skaters in the uh Olympics that are going on right now.

SPEAKER_03:

It was Elvis before he became uh before he was born on Earth.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh um, yeah, I I don't know. It's like a a precious stone. That's that's how I read it. Um all right. Well, I noticed something about this vision, Steve. It actually has a similar parallel to ball to Paul's vision of seeing Jesus, by the way, on his road to Damascus. In that it does the people with him did not uh while they knew something was happening, and it scared them, and it scared them, they did not hear the voice. They did not see the the actual same thing that the person it was directed to saw or heard.

SPEAKER_00:

So that's just a little parallel I noticed. I gotta burp. But um, I'm not gonna do it on mic. That's um, you know what? I'm gonna be a better person. About time.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh what else do you have? The next thing I have is verse 12.

SPEAKER_02:

Uh that was my verse 12, wasn't it? No, it wasn't.

SPEAKER_03:

Was it?

SPEAKER_02:

No, that was my verse seven. Um, I yeah, go ahead. What's twelve?

SPEAKER_03:

Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. So could we make the same claim that God has heard us since the day we set our heart to understand and humble ourselves? Because I I struggle with people that would take this verse and say that it's for us.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh my gosh. You know what, Steve? I had a note on this, and I decided I just don't want to say what I want to say. All right, but you said it.

SPEAKER_03:

That was what you wanted to say.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes, that's exactly what I want to say. I I I do not You must be influencing me. Uh in a in a I don't know if it's a good way or a bad way, but here's the thing. It really bothers me when there's uh when there's a word directed towards a person, and we always or we oftentimes take that verse out of context context and direct it to ourselves. Um I think there are some obvious cases where that is true because it is talking about a you generality, but in this case, no. I don't think you can say, I don't think we could take that and say that about us and have it necessarily be true.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, I know that I have not had a vision of a man like a gem with a face of lightning and eyes of torches.

SPEAKER_02:

So um you have not an angel has not been sent to talk with you multiple times.

SPEAKER_03:

But I've also not grieved for 24 days. Maybe you should not not bathe.

SPEAKER_02:

Maybe you should do all of that and not do one of those. But um, yeah, I I was I I can't believe we had that same comment, especially after our earlier disagreement.

SPEAKER_03:

I know, isn't that weird?

SPEAKER_02:

That is so weird. All right, um, so I agree, Steve, is what I'm saying. I don't think you can necessarily say that is about us. Um, all right, so Daniel 1013. Um so this uh the angel comes that's come to talk to Daniel is fighting, I I'm assuming another angel who I suppose is working for the devil.

SPEAKER_03:

And that's the all I can assume.

SPEAKER_02:

So, right, and I mean I could be wrong about how this works, um, but is this a real battle being fought around us that we cannot see?

SPEAKER_00:

Are these battles do these heavenly battles actually happen around us or is this kind of a figurative battle?

SPEAKER_03:

I don't know exactly, and uh one of the things that's to me sort of lends itself to being more figurative is he's battling the Prince of Persia, but behold, the Prince of Greece will come, which makes me think it's more of like a country type thing.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. Um you know, my honest answer is I have no idea.

SPEAKER_03:

I I mean I guess you've been dishonest the rest of the time.

SPEAKER_02:

Not the whole time, but this time I am being honest. That's all I'm saying. I don't I'm not saying which other times I was being honest or dishonest, but this time I'm being honest. Um no, but I I really just have no idea. And I and I know people who believe wholeheartedly in the in the full spiritual battle that goes on, and that is surely possible.

SPEAKER_03:

Um well, I doesn't Paul tell us there's uh uh spiritual battles going on? I can't remember the where it is, which book.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't know. Maybe I don't I don't know. I'm gonna try to find that.

SPEAKER_02:

But um um but I I think regardless of if it's like actual battle battle or if it's a different kind of struggle, there is a struggle. I think regardless, there is some sort of a struggle in the heavenly realms that or in the spiritual realm that I cannot comprehend. And um I just don't don't know how it unfolds, right?

SPEAKER_00:

How what it looks like to be in these battles. Um another note. Okay, what?

SPEAKER_03:

Ephesians 6 12. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but again, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over the this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. I think that's the verse I was thinking of.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay. So that's about us battling. Um our battle is an the battle he's referring to there is an inward battle, right?

SPEAKER_02:

For the most part.

SPEAKER_03:

I think he's talking in general, like because he mentioned authorities, and at the time Rome was persecuting them, the Jews were persecuting them.

SPEAKER_02:

You're right. It's actually uh you're yeah, you're completely right. It's but it's not just about physical battles, it's also about battles.

SPEAKER_03:

Stop right now. We gotta we gotta take that little snippet and just play it over and over. I'm completely right.

SPEAKER_02:

Uh but you know what I'm saying? It's like um it's both. He's talking about both the physical and the spiritual. Yes, I think he's and and uh for us, the spiritual battle, the internal battle is not a war fought with swords, um and you know, and guns.

SPEAKER_00:

Um but the outside could be um they or at least against us.

SPEAKER_02:

So I you know, I don't know. I think it's one of those things we'll we'll figure out when we die. Um what else do you got? I got something in uh fifteen.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, then you're next. My next one's 21.

SPEAKER_02:

All right, I've got one at 20, and I've got one at 15. So 15. Daniel falls down and goes mute and loses his strength, and then his voice and strength uh uh are restored by the angel. And I'm just wondering, is there something significant about this? Um that is it a metaphor for something, or is this just what happened?

SPEAKER_03:

Wasn't there another uh prophet that had a red hot coal pressed to his lips?

SPEAKER_02:

Yes, that was Revelation? No, that was um wasn't that uh like uh a isn't that the crazy one? Here am I, send me um duh which prophet wasn't crazy? Oh what is this? No, it wasn't the one where the stuff Ecclesiastes, maybe? Uh no, it's not that. Was it Hosea?

SPEAKER_03:

Uh perhaps, but it was a vision, it wasn't real. Isn't Hosea the one that had the prostitute wife?

SPEAKER_02:

I think it was real. Let's see here. Uh say where's prophet had a burning burning Ah, Isaiah.

SPEAKER_03:

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

SPEAKER_02:

Okay, Isaiah. And that's that I believe is not a vision.

SPEAKER_03:

This is a section. Now the title is Vision of the Lord.

SPEAKER_00:

I don't care what the title is. The titles are put in by somebody else.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, but he says in the year that Blah Blah died, I saw the Lord sitting up on a throne high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim, each had six wings.

SPEAKER_02:

All right, that sounds like a vision. Yeah, I agree. All right. Um, at any rate, what was the point? I guess that's a parallel here. There is some kind of it is a parallel. Um, yeah, I was just trying to think, is there some obvious metaphor that I'm missing? But um, and it could be remember here that uh according to my uh study reference that I was looking at the ESV study bible, um the Jews were being sent back to Jerusalem and they were being persecuted. And you could say that they were being um muted, and with and their strength was being removed, and then he is given strength and given uh the ability to stand. I'm just saying this could be a metaphor to what he's promising Israel.

SPEAKER_00:

I maybe have and maybe I'm stretching here.

SPEAKER_03:

Well, I was thinking maybe it's um linked to fasting and being weak for not eating, and so that's why it's the mouth that gets touched because we impart energy to our bodies through our mouths.

SPEAKER_00:

That's true. But uh yeah, I I just I don't know. Um, all right.

SPEAKER_02:

Um let me see. Oh, my comment on 20 is actually already talked about. Let's move on because I don't have an answer. But um, you know, if you guys listening think you have an answer for the metaphor or not, please click the send a text thing and let us know. All right. Um, you said you had something on 21. I have something on 21. What's yours?

SPEAKER_03:

I was just wondering if Michael is Daniel's prince, or is it that Michael is more general and is like the prince of Israel? Or is he specifically Daniel's prince?

SPEAKER_02:

Well, in all right. In the New Testament, don't we learn that Michael is the archangel? The archangel? Arch? What do you how does he how do you pronounce that? Archangel? I think it like he's the he's the top dude.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, so I would think that would be the angel for Jerusalem, protecting Jerusalem.

SPEAKER_02:

But maybe, maybe I mean he's he's the one that's talking to Daniel every time. I know that.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, when I click on the Michael's name, it says his name means who is like God, and then they go on to describe him a little, and then they say, one of the chief or the first archangel, who is described as the one who stands in time of conflict for the children of Israel.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So he's kind of like their protector.

SPEAKER_00:

Protector. Yeah. Yeah.

unknown:

Okay.

SPEAKER_03:

So not just Daniel's prince, but all of Israel.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, that's what I think.

SPEAKER_02:

All right. Um, and then 11-1, and as for me, who is me here? I'm saying that is Michael. And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mead, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

SPEAKER_00:

Yes, that is Michael, by the way. And he continues to talk after that. Is it Michael or the other?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh, I'm sorry. No, the other dude. Whoever's talking to him right now, it's not Michael. Michael came to help me. I'm sorry. Okay. Yes.

SPEAKER_00:

I I my I was wrong. Um, that's all I got, Steve. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03:

So when he said stood up to confirm and strengthen him, is the hymn here, Michael?

SPEAKER_00:

Because that would kind of make sense. There's a mead. I took it to mean he stood up to strengthen and to confirm Darius.

SPEAKER_02:

No, I think you're right. But I tell you what is inscribed in the book of truth, there is none who contends by my side ex against these except Michael, your prince. And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mead, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him. Yeah. I read it together.

SPEAKER_03:

Right. And chapter nine was the first year of Darius.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes.

SPEAKER_03:

All right. I'm going to that goes back.

SPEAKER_02:

All right. I you know it. I'm I'm reading um I'm gonna read the New Living Translation. Meanwhile, I will tell you what is written in the book of truth. No one helps me against these spirit princes except Michael, your spirit prince. I have been standing beside Michael to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mead. There you go. There you go. And man, that really spells it out well.

SPEAKER_03:

Um it does. Maybe we should switch translations.

SPEAKER_02:

I I definitely recommend you reading The New Living with this stuff, because at least once, uh and probably only once, but it does, it will sometimes lend some insight to what I've noticed for myself.

SPEAKER_03:

I'm not sure I have that code version on my app.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh gosh, do you have a download button? N L T, Steve. N L T. N, it's L T.

SPEAKER_03:

The search is useless. It's not bringing up anything.

SPEAKER_00:

What Bible app are you using?

SPEAKER_02:

Uh let's see. I cannot believe you're using such a bad app. I'm gonna look under N. Alright. Just um again, no promo promos here, but I use the Life Bible app. I find it to be very good. Uh you can have these split views. So on my iPad, this is pretty cool, Steve. Right now on my iPad, I have three columns. I have the NLT on one column, I have my verse notes in the middle, and on the far right, I have right now the ESV study bible um uh commentary notes.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh see that is an advantage over mine.

SPEAKER_02:

I have to use the same column for my notes and my commentaries and my I can I could put a fourth column as well, but then it starts getting really tight.

SPEAKER_03:

Um I think we can see if I can add a column.

SPEAKER_02:

Maybe you can. All right. Well, that's all I got, Steve. Do you have anything else?

SPEAKER_03:

No, that's all I have.

SPEAKER_02:

So, guys, read chapter 11. I don't think we're gonna do the whole thing, but read Daniel chapter 11 and we'll see where how far we get through it. But so long, guys. Thanks for joining. All rights reserved.

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