by Wendy Widder | Jun 28, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
It’s time to wrap up Daniel 7, but first we should talk a little bit more about the little horn. The little horn appears in two of Daniel’s visions: chapters 7 and 8. In the first, it is an eleventh horn on the fourth beast, displacing three horns when it appears. In...
by Wendy Widder | May 3, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, The Book of Daniel
The dermatologist recently took a sharp (but sterile) instrument to my foot and then ordered me to elevate it as much as possible and not to exercise for two weeks. These haven’t been hard orders to follow since not even sandals are comfortable when you have stitches...
by Wendy Widder | Mar 2, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Pictures this past week of ISIS taking sledge hammers and power tools to ancient artifacts like the magnificent winged-lion here made my heart hurt. Then this weekend I finally got around to reading a sobering article about ISIS ideology, a system rooted in the belief...
by Wendy Widder | Jan 12, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
The greatest barrier to Christianity for Jews is the claim that Jesus is God. Worshiping more than one god got them into a lot of trouble in the Old Testament, so, understandably, they aren’t interested in entertaining the blasphemy that Jesus’ divinity appears to...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 28, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 9, The Book of Daniel
We’re months away from Daniel 9 in this blog (okay, maybe even years, given the pace…), and you can be grateful for that. Trust me. One commentator has famously called the last part of Daniel 9 (Daniel’s “Seventy Weeks”) the “Dismal...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 8, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Poor Daniel has been languishing in his beastly vision for more than a month while I’ve been doing whatever it is I do instead of blogging…Where does the time go? And more importantly, where were we…? Ah, right. The churning great sea. The “Great Sea” is a common Old...
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