Parallels between the Prophet Daniel & Apostle John

Decoding the Book of Daniel

Daniel	John
Apocalyptic	Apocalyptic
Wrote in Babylonia Captivity- Babylon	Wrote in Roman Captivity – Isle of Patmos
Received Visions	Received Visions
Had contact with angels	Had contact with angels
Both saw Beasts	Both saw Beasts
Saw the time of the end	Saw the time of the end
Saw Kingdom of God come	Saw the kingdom of God come

Both saw period of 7 year tribulation	Daniel 9:27; Revelation 11:2; Revelation 13:5
Both saw 42 months of months of world history	Daniel 12:7; Revelation 12:6
Both identified Antichrist as a Beast	Daniel 7:7; Revelation 13:1-2
Both saw Michael the Archangel	Daniel 12:1; Revelation 12:7-12
Both saw the 10 kings in the final empire	Daniel 7:24; Revelation 13:1
Both saw resurrection of the dead	Daniel 12:2; Revelation 7:9-10
Both saw the Lord rule in his kingdom	Daniel 7:13-14; Revelation 19:11

Part of the Image – Gentile Empires	Modern Day Areas
Head of Gold – Babylon	Iraq, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria
Chest, Arms of Silver – Persia	Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt
Thighs & Belly of Brass – Greece	Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, Greece
Legs of Iron -  Rome	Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Egypt

Part of the Image	Interpretation
Head of Gold – Babylon – In the neck there are seven cervical vertebrae	Babylon had seven kings that ruled in the eleventh dynasty of Babylon
Arms of Silver – Persia – 12 ribs in the ribcage   and2 arms	Medes & Persians – 12 kings in the Persian dynasty Kingdom divided between Medes & Persians
Belly of Brass – Greece – 5 lumbar vertebrae in the hips	Alexander’s kingdom was divided among his 4 generals after his death

Gold Metal	Babylon  took the gold from the Temple in Jerusalem
Silver Metal	Persia taxed its citizens in silver coins
Brass Metal	Greece’s armies had brass armor & weapons
Iron Metal	Roman’s tools & weapons were of iron

Daniel 3 & Book of Revelation Parallels   

King Nebuchadnezzar -  Dan: 3:	Antichrist King of Babylon – Rev. 13
King’s Image of Gold – Dan: 3:	Image of the Beast – Rev. 13
Penalty for not bowing thrown into fire – Dan. 3:11	Some will be beheaded – Rev. 20:4
Number associated with the image it is 60 cubits by 6 cubits – Dan. 3:	The number of the beast is six hundred sixty & six – Rev. 13
Jewish persecution 3 thrown into fire – Dan. 3:	Jewish persecution and fleeing into Edom – Rev. 12
Furnace heated 7 times hotter	7 years of Tribulation
Jews preserved in the fire – Dan	Jews preserved in the wilderness – Petra
Idolatry defeated in Dan. 3:29	Image &  Beast thrown into Lake of fire – Rev. 20
People worship true God – Dan 3	Survivors will worship Christ at end of Tribulation – Rev. 20:4

In Christ,
Apostle James Willis

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