How does Daniel 11:29 connect with prophecies in Daniel 7 and 8? Setting the scene “At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.” (Daniel 11:29) Key phrases that link the visions • “appointed time” – matches Daniel 8:19 (“the appointed time of the end”) and looks ahead to the limited “time, times, and half a time” of Daniel 7:25. • “invade the South” – echoes Daniel 8:9 where the little horn “grew extensively toward the south.” • “not like the first” – signals a change of fortune, just as Daniel 7 shows the little horn enjoying brief power before heaven intervenes (7:22). How Daniel 11:29 mirrors Daniel 8 • Same king, same direction. – Daniel 8:9: little horn extends southward. – Daniel 11:29: king of the North heads south again. • Appointed limit. – Daniel 8:19: the vision concerns an appointed end. – Daniel 11:29: the very timing of the second campaign is “appointed.” • Shift from success to frustration. – Daniel 8:24–25: he prospers “yet not by his own power,” then is “broken without human hand.” – Daniel 11:29–30: first campaign (v. 25) succeeds, second fails when Rome’s ships arrive. How Daniel 11:29 echoes Daniel 7 • Same arrogant ruler. – Daniel 7:8, 25: a little horn rises out of the fourth beast, boasting and persecuting. – Daniel 11:21–31: the same self-exalting figure disrupts temple worship. • Same divine clock. – Daniel 7:25: “time, times, and half a time.” – Daniel 11:29: the downfall sequence begins at God’s “appointed time.” • Same endgame. – Daniel 7:26: court sits, dominion removed. – Daniel 11:45: “yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.” Big-picture connections • One ruler, many portraits. Daniel 7 gives the cosmic courtroom view; Daniel 8 zooms in on his geopolitical rise; Daniel 11 supplies historical detail. • The southward move of Daniel 11:29 is the hinge between early military success and the intense religious persecution (11:30–35) that both earlier visions predicted. • Each chapter emphasizes that his power is temporary, governed by heaven’s timetable, and terminated by God Himself. Takeaway Daniel 11:29 is the historical snapshot that drops perfectly into the larger prophetic collage painted in chapters 7 and 8: one tyrant, one limited season, and one certain end—set by the “appointed time” on God’s calendar. |
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