DANIEL SERIES: HELD UP IN THE HEAVENLIES TWENTY-ONE DAYS – CHAPTER 10

Daniel chapters ten, eleven, and twelve are about Daniel’s last recorded vision. Chapter ten opens approximately four years after Daniel’s time of intercession and supplication for Israel, which is found in chapter nine. It is the third year of the reign of King Cyrus. Daniel, who was probably in his late eighties and no longer a governmental official, had not washed himself and had been fasting for three weeks from pleasant bread, flesh, and wine.
After the fast had ended, Daniel had another vision, which took place on the twenty-fourth day of the first month while at Hiddekel riverside. He saw a man dressed in linen with a gold belt around his waist. Verse five describes the man, “His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. Though others were with Daniel, he alone saw this man; however, his companions became fearful, which made them run and hide.
Overtaken by the vision and hearing the man’s voice, Daniel became frightened and weak and lapsed into unconsciousness until a hand touched him and helped him rise onto his knees. Daniel was told, “O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.”
While standing and trembling, it was revealed to Daniel that from the first day of his fast, his prayers were heard, and this angelic being was sent to him. However, the prince of the Satanic kingdom of Persia detained him for twenty-one days until Michael, a chief prince of God, came and rescued him.
Now that the messenger arrived, he would help Daniel to understand what would happen to Israel in the distant future. Hearing this, Daniel found himself unable to speak until his lips were touched, and then he entered a dialogue with the angel. Feeling strengthened, Daniel told the angel to continue talking.
This chapter concludes with the angel informing Daniel he would tell him about future events. Also, when he departed from him, he would once again be engaged in warfare with the Prince of Persia and, afterward, the Prince of Grecia, and fortunately, Micheal would once again assist him.
Here are the nuggets I gathered from this chapter:
No matter your age, God speaks to those who seek Him.
Fear causes people to run away.
Some visions can cause you to faint and feel frail.
There is a spiritual war going on in the heavens.
The answer to our prayers can be held up in the heavens.
Apparently, angels have different degrees of strength.
Demonic principalities have angels assigned to them.
Our human government is subject to demon manipulation.
Some revelations are painful.
A Word from God can cause you to be strengthened.
God reveals things that will occur in the present and the distant future.