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Table of Contents for the Book
Daniel and Revelation
You can read the entire book online using this table of contents to navigate to the various chapters and sections of the book.
Copyright - Daniel and Revelation
Introduction
Part One: End Time Sequence of Daniel and Revelation
The Coming New Jerusalem
Blasphemed by the Coming Islamic Antichrist
Part One of this book gives an overview of events that should happen during the course of the end times. Then Parts Two and Three contain a complete commentary on Daniel and Revelation. This view of eschatology is a literal interpretation and that of future fulfillment. But it doesn’t fit most of the more dispensational future-fulfillment views of eschatology. Scriptural reasons for these views will be covered in detail.
The first departure from the traditional is that there are two antichrists. The world ruler is the first beast and the false prophet of Revelation is the second beast. From Daniel, we know that the beast is a ruler who does not acknowledge God. The false prophet, I believe, will be one of the ten kings of the earth and will rule the Islamic middle-east. He will be considered the Mahdi by Muslims. The one-world religion will be Islam.
The second departure from the traditional is that Ezekiel 38 and 39 are two different events occurring at different times. Ezekiel 38, I believe happens perhaps six months before the seven-year covenant. This is also the sixth seal of Revelation. Ezekiel 39, I believe, is Armageddon.
The third departure from the traditional is that the New Jerusalem will appear at the time of Ezekiel 38, which is prior to the seven-year covenant. This is when Christ appears. But the resurrection and rapture are not until after seven-year covenant. Today, the Church is not ready for the rapture. And it’s not the antichrist who makes this covenant. Christ makes this covenant of Daniel 9:27, with the Church, to give us seven more years to overcome sin.
Chapter 1: Isaiah 17 - An Oracle Concerning Damascus
Chapter 2: An Islamic Antichrist is Coming;
No Rapture-Escape
from Persecution
Chapter 3: Ezekiel 38 (Not 39) Will Unfold;
Psalm 83
Considered
Chapter 4: The Pre-Millennial Appearance of the New Jerusalem
Chapter 5: The Pre-Tribulation Appearance of the New Jerusalem
Chapter 6: The Powerful Delusion;
The Blasphemous Lie
of the Antichrist
Chapter 7: The 144,000 Are Firstfruits of Fulfilled Israel
Chapter 8: Daniel 11 - The Day of the Lord Begins
Chapter 9: Daniel 7 - The Building of the World Government
Chapter 10: Daniel 8 and 12 - The War in Heaven;
The Abomination of Desolation
Chapter 11: Ezekiel 39 - Armageddon
Chapter 12: Daniel 12:1-3 - The Resurrection and the Millennial Reign
Part Two: Daniel from the Islamic Antichrist Perspective
This part of the book is a complete commentary on Daniel. The reader will find this commentary to be significantly different from other commentaries on Daniel. Some commentaries are futurist oriented while others are preterist oriented. Both of these traditional views of Daniel understand the legs of iron to be Rome. This book takes the Islamic antichrist perspective. From this perspective, the legs of iron is the Islamic Caliphate. You will find an abundance of Scriptural evidence for this view.
Since Revelation is interpreted in the context of Daniel and other Old Testament books, the Islamic antichrist perspective also has a dramatic impact on the interpretation of Revelation. I never really understood Revelation clearly until I learned to see Daniel from this perspective. Thus, this commentary on Daniel is important background information for part three of this book, which is a complete commentary on Revelation.
A second area in which this commentary diverges from the traditional is in Daniel’s seventy weeks. The view taken in this commentary is based on the decree of Cyrus as the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. This view has vastly more support in Scripture, as I think you will see, than the traditional views held by both futurists and preterists. This view of Daniel 9 is also in harmony with the New Wine System , which says the Church must overcome all sinful habits before we can reign with Christ. But only a few in the Church will have done so by the time Christ returns at the end of the seventy weeks. Thus Christ confirms a covenant with the many for one more seven (outside of the seventy) in order to give the Church the opportunity to overcome sin. The majority of the Church goes through the seven-year covenant, which includes the great tribulation.
Every chapter of Daniel relates to the coming antichrists (beasts) of Revelation. Daniel is all about warning us about the end times. Most of the visions in Daniel also take on non-traditional views. I believe it’s because the scroll of Daniel 12 has been opened for this generation to understand that which has been sealed. Not even Daniel was allowed to understand what we see today.
Chapter 13: Daniel Chapters 1-6
Antichrist Type
13.1) Daniel 1: Introduction
13.2) More Important Background Information
13.3) Daniel 2: The Statue
is Babylon and the Islamic Caliphate
13.4) Daniel 3: The Fiery Furnace
- Watch and be Ready
13.5) Daniel
4: The Dream of a Tree - Two Trees - Two Kingdoms
13.6) Daniel 5: Belshazzar and the Fall
of Babylon
13.7) Daniel 6: The
Lion's Den
Chapter 14: Daniel Chapters 7-8
End Time Kingdoms
14.1) Daniel 7: The Four Beasts
14.2) Daniel 8: The Ram and the Goat
14.3) The End-Times Battle in Heaven
14.4) Israel, The United States, and the Two-State
Solution
14.5) A Consistent Futurist View
of Daniel 8
Chapter 15: Daniel Chapter 9
The Seventy Weeks
15.1) Seventy Weeks Based On Nehemiah 2 (Decree
of Artaxerxes)
15.2) Seventy Weeks Based
On Ezra 7 (Decree of Artaxerxes)
15.3) BC
Dates Should Only Be For Comparison
15.4)
Seventy Weeks Based On Ezra 1 (Decree of Cyrus)
15.5) Daniel’s Prayer
15.6) Comparison between Three Systems of Interpretation
15.7) The Purpose of the Seventy Weeks
15.8) The Messiah is Cut-Off
15.9) The Sixty-Two Weeks
15.10) The Seven Weeks
15.11) The Messiah vs. the Prince (or Ruler)
15.12) Two Generations
15.13) Prophecies Are Conditional
15.14) The Week of the Covenant
15.15) The People of the Prince
Chapter 16: Daniel Chapters 10-12
End Time Vision
16.1) Daniel 11:2 - 11:35: Fulfilled Prophecy
16.2) Daniel 11:36 - 12:3: Unfulfilled
Prophecy
16.3) Daniel 12:4 - 12:13: When
Will All This Happen?
Part Three: Revelation from the Islamic Antichrist Perspective
It’s not a good idea to dive into Revelation without first understanding Daniel. But now that we have studied Daniel, we can proceed into Revelation. Revelation has more Old Testament allusions than any other New Testament book. Most scholars know about these references to the Old Testament. But every traditional interpretation of Revelation chooses to ignore this Old Testament context. Revelation is packed full of symbols. And most of the symbols can be found in the Old Testament. I believe that no interpretation of Revelation is valid without bringing the meaning of these Old Testament symbols into Revelation. We should not just guess at what a symbol might mean. Let’s let Scripture interpret Scripture.
Revelation also has a theme. Each of the seven letters speaks of a reward that is given to those who overcome sin. Then, every part of Revelation, the seals, the trumpets, and the bowls of wrath, all contribute to this theme. The Church is not ready for Christ to return. The Church must overcome all our sinful habits before we are ready to reign with Christ over the nations. Revelation, and the great tribulation is all about what it takes for the Bride to become ready for the wedding banquet. This interpretation of Revelation, therefore, is in harmony with the New Wine System , which says that we must complete our journey of sanctification before we can be glorified with celestial bodies.
This view of Revelation is also from the Islamic antichrist perspective. The legs of iron in Daniel 2 were argued to be the Islamic Caliphate instead of the Roman Empire. This view of Revelation picks up on that idea. There are several riddles in Revelation. Of the seven heads, five have fallen, one is, and one is to come. The beast once was, now is not, but will come again. The answers to these riddles begin to make a lot of sense when the Islamic Caliphate is recognized as being the seventh head. You will find that this interpretation of Revelation brings clarity to every riddle and symbol.
Chapter 17: Introduction to Revelation
17.1) Peter's Martyrdom
17.2) A List of Old Testament Symbols in Revelation
17.3) An Overview of Revelation
17.4) God’s Mystery in Parables and Symbolism
17.5) The Mystery of God’s Timeline
Chapter 18: Revelation 4 - John Sees Heaven
Chapter 19: Revelation 5 - The Seals of the Scroll are Broken
Chapter 20: Revelation 6 - The Six Seals of the Scroll
20.1) The Four Horses of the Apocalypse
20.2) The Fifth Seal is about Missions
20.3) The Sixth Seal is about the Appearance of Christ
and the New Jerusalem
Chapter 21: Revelation 7 - 144,000 and the Countless Number
Chapter 22: Revelation 8-9 - The Trumpet-Plagues
Chapter 23: Revelation 9 - The Three Woes
Chapter 24: Revelation 10 - The Call to Preach
Chapter 25: Revelation 11 - The Building of the Temple
25.1) The Temple is Symbolic of the Church
25.2) The Third Day
25.3) The Symbolic Building of the Temple
25.4) The Last of the Believers
Chapter 26: Revelation 12 - The Woman About to Give Birth
Chapter 27: Revelation 13 - The Reign of Two Beasts
27.1) Ten Horns and Seven Heads
27.2) Like a Leopard, Bear, and Lion
27.3) The Seven Heads and the Fatal Wound that is
Healed
27.4) The Blasphemy of the Antichrist
27.5) To Be Blotted from the Book of Life
27.6) The Second Beast
27.7) The Mark of the Beast and the Number of his
Name
Chapter 28: Revelation 14 - A Summary of the Tribulation
28.1) Part 1 - Revelation 14:1-5
28.2) Part 2 - Revelation 14:6-7
28.3) Part 3 - Revelation 14:8
28.4) Part 4 - Revelation 14:9-12
28.5) Part 5 - Revelation 14:13
28.6) Part 6 - Revelation 14:14-16
28.7) Part 7 - Revelation 14:17-20
Chapter 29: Revelation 15-16 - The Seven Bowls of Wrath
Chapter 30: Revelation 17-18 - Mystery Babylon Destroyed
30.1) Once Was, Now is Not, Will Come Again
30.2) The Seventh Head with the Fatal Wound
30.3) The Ten Kings
30.4) The Waters are the People of the World
30.5) The Woman is the Great City
Chapter 31: Revelation 19 - Armageddon
31.1) The Bride Has Made Herself Ready
31.2) Jesus Christ Coming on a White Horse
31.3) Armageddon
Chapter 32: Revelation 20 - Amillennialism
32.1) Problems with Amillennialism
32.2) The Last Enemy is Death
32.3) The Binding of Satan
32.4) Natural Interpretation
32.5) Problems with Allegorical Interpretations
of Prophecy
32.6) The History of Allegorical
Interpretation
32.7) Crossing the Line
Into Error
32.8) With the Lord a Day
is Like a Thousand Years
32.9) Jewish
and Christian Chiliasm
32.10) The Believer’s
Authority Over the Nations
32.11) Natural
Kingdom and Spiritual Kingdom Verses
32.12) My Kingdom is Not of This World
32.13) The Kingdom of Heaven Parables
32.14) The Promise to David and Mary
32.15) Twelve Thrones for the Twelve Disciples
32.16) Elijah Will Restore All Things
Chapter 33: Revelation 20 - Dispensationalism
33.1) Dispensationalism and Historic Premillennialism
33.2) Is Dispensationalism in Scripture?
33.3) What is Dispensationalism?
33.4) Progressive Dispensationalism
33.5) The Children of Abraham
33.6) A People Called By My Name (Israel)
33.7) The New Covenant
Chapter 34: Revelation 20 ---- New Wine Premillennialism
34.1) Problems with Dispensationalism and
Historic Premillennialism
34.2) New
Wine Premillennialism
34.3) Old Testament
Context for a Better Understanding of the New Testament
34.4) The Afterlife, and the Resurrection,
in the Old Testament
34.5) The Book
of Life, in the Old Testament
34.6)
The Desolation and Rebuilding of Jerusalem, in the Old Testament
34.7) The Sanhedrin Must Anoint the Most
Holy
34.8) The Desolation of Jerusalem,
to Fulfill All That is Written
34.9)
Elijah Will Restore All Things
34.10)
The Resurrection of the Just and the Unjust
34.11) The Rest of the Dead
Chapter 35: Revelation 20:9-21:8 ---- The New Heavens
35.1) Torment Day and Night Forever and Ever
35.2) They are Judged by their Works
35.3) Is There a Resurrection after the Millennium?
35.4) The New Heaven and the New Earth
Chapter 36: Revelation 21:9 - 22 - The New Jerusalem
Appendix A: Problems with the Pre-tribulation Rapture
A.1) Two men working; two women grinding
A.2) Common Pre-tribulation Rapture
Arguments
A.3) The Olivet Discourse
in Daniel 12
A.4) Parable of the
Fig Tree
A.5) The Unknown Day and
Hour
A.6) The Doctrine of Imminence
A.7) The Thief in the Night Parable
A.8) Who is the Restrainer?
A.9) We are Not Appointed to God’s Wrath
A.10) The Ten Virgins and the Wedding
Banquet
A.11) Is being ‘gathered’
different from being ‘caught-up’?
A.12) Pre-tribulation Advocates Double Down
Appendix B: Problems with Christian Universalism
B.1) Verses for Everyone Being Saved
B.2) Eternal Punishment and Eternal Life
B.3) Ages of Ages (Forever and ever)
B.4) Souls are Not Eternal by Nature
B.5) Those Who Die Without Hearing
the Gospel
B.6) Every Knee Will Bow
B.7) Reconciliation of All of the
Creation
B.8) God’s Love
Appendix C: Problems with Preterism (Past Fulfillment)
C.1) Problems with Full-Preterism
C.2) Problems with Traditional Preterism
Philip Brown
www.newwine.org