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The Gospel of the eternal kingdom of God is set forth most fully in the OT in Daniel. More than a combination of miraculous stories and fantastic visions, it presents the coming Messiah and his establishment of the church. This commentary shows that Daniel is not for millennial speculation, but a book about Christ, the salvation he accomplished by his cross, and the glorious resurrection that...

the bear was disfigured.21 However, the Hophal (Hp) perfect verb הֳקִמַ֔ת indicates that the side of the bear was “raised up” by someone. This is a reference to God granting greater dominion to the Persians in the empire consisting of both the Medes and the Persians—the Medo-Persian Empire created by Cyrus.22 The raised side is a strong indication that this beast represents Media-Persia, and not simply Media, as critical scholars claim. The difference is of great importance. If the beast only represents
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