Interpreting the world of/within the text, 10:1 provides a framework for our construction of the sequence of events laid out in 10:2 to 12:13—the message is true, and it concerns a great war (10:1b); the vision is meant for the understanding of the heavenly message. After the introductory verses (10:1–2), the bulk of 10:1 to 11:1 is about Daniel’s reaction to the vision of the great war. It is the most intense and elaborate of his first-person reports, and afterward, Daniel is in mourning for three