Category: Writings by Daniel C Snaddon
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 9, by Daniel C Snaddon
This chapter is entirely taken up by Daniel’s prayer and prophecy. verse 2 Daniel is reading from the book of Jeremiah. He prophesied that the desolation of Jerusalem would be fulfilled in seventy years. Jeremiah wrote his prophecies in the closing days of Jerusalem before its destruction by the Babylonians.…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 8, by Daniel C Snaddon
Two important factors mark Daniel 8 as the beginning of a new section. 1. The language returns to Hebrew from Aramaic (Chapter 2:4-7:29) 2. From here to the end of the book the prophecy is occupied with human history as it relates to Israel. Chapter 7 is a broad summary…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 7, by Daniel C Snaddon
Daniel’s Vision of Future World Prophecy In the interpretation of biblical prophecy this chapter occupies a unique place. It provides the most comprehensive and detailed prophecy of future events to be found anywhere in the O.T. Daniel traces the course of four great world empires, namely, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 6, by Daniel C Snaddon
In this chapter we are on the ground of the second world empire, the Medo-Persian. This empire is represented in the dream of Neb. by the chest and arms of silver. Daniel is seen in this chapter occupying the highest position in the empire. Darius had heard of the wisdom…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 5, by Daniel C Snaddon
About 40 years had elapsed since the capture of Jerusalem recorded in Daniel 1. In the interpretation of the image in Chapter 2 Daniel had predicted to Nebuchadnezzar, “After this shall rise another kingdom inferior to thee.” Now in Chapter 5 this prophecy is about to be fulfilled. Approximately 23…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 4, by Daniel C Snaddon
The first four verses of this chapter were probably written after King Nebuchadnezzar had had the terrible experience recorded toward the end of the chapter. From verses 4 thru 27 is the record of the dream and the interpretation there of. Nebuchadnezzar had been successful in many military campaigns and…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 3, by Daniel C Snaddon
Nebuchadnezzar’s pride … The image of gold. Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar previously, “Thou are this head of gold.” He became puffed up and in the pride of his heart attempted to unify the religious worship of his vast empire. He had an immense image of gold made, the image of a…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 2, by Daniel C Snaddon
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream. This second chapter introduces us to the first great prophetical unfolding. This is one of the great pivotal chapters of the Bible. It is the foundation of all the other visions which follow in the book. An interesting and unique division takes place from the 1st verse of…
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The Book of Daniel, Chapter 1, by Daniel C Snaddon
Introduction Daniel whose name means “God is my Judge” was a Jewish captive in Babylon. He belonged to a family of high rank. Taken captive at 16 years. He was taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar in the first invasion. There were three. Daniel spent his whole life in Babylon. (69 years).…
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The Book of Daniel, Outline of Daniel, by Daniel C Snaddon
The man Daniel – The Prophet, the fourth of the major prophets. He belonged to a family of high rank. He was taken to Babylon at the age of sixteen. His whole life from that time was spent in Babylon He lived a saintly life in an ungodly country Though…
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The Book of Acts, The Imprisonment and Defense of Paul, by Daniel C Snaddon
Acts 21:17—28:31 This last section of the Acts deals almost exclusively with the Apostle Paul. We do not see the church except for a few verses at the beginning and then a few verses at the end. If we are to learn of the church—its structure and function we must…
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The Book of Acts, Paul: The Teacher, by Daniel C Snaddon
In Acts 20:27, Paul proclaims to the Ephesians, “for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” Paul was certain that he would not see his beloved brethren from Ephesus again. Apparently he had no regrets and his conscience was clear in leaving them, because he…
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The Book of Acts, Characteristics of a Scriptural Assembly, by Daniel C Snaddon
For an assembly to function scripturally it must have qualified elders. Conversely, it must have obedient believers. Unity = blessings Psalm 133. Sound eldership produces sound doctrine there (?) in turn produce a Scriptural Assembly. Titus We live in a day of changing values and uncertain priorities. Because of this…
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The Book of Acts, The Acts of the Apostles: Summary, by Daniel C Snaddon
It was indicated in the introductory study that the Acts was the continuation “of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,” and that this continuing of the testimony concerning Him was the result of the direct work of the Holy Spirit acting in the believers. Key leaders,…
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The Book of Acts, The History of the Church from Acts 8, by Daniel C Snaddon
Acts 4:19-26Acts 13:1-5 The third persecution broke out against the Church, and Stephen was martyred. We are introduced to Saul of Tarsus who was the chief antagonist—v. 3. He ravaged and devastated the church, and dragged both men and women to prison. The result of this persecution was that the…
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The Book of Acts, The Acts of the Apostles, by Daniel C Snaddon
Purpose First of all, the title of the book as we have it, is unfortunate. The actual Greek title is “Acts of Apostles” or “some acts of some apostles.” We recognize also that the book of Acts is by no means a full history of the period from A.D. 29…
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The Book of Acts, Acts 16, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verses 1-5 Timothy joins Paul and Silas. In this second missionary journey Paul and Silas went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. Chapter 15:41. They came to Derbe and Lystra—there they found Timothy. Timothy was saved possibly during the first visit to these cities. Timothy’s mother and grandmother were…
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The Book of Acts, Acts 15, by Daniel C Snaddon
This is one of the most important chapters in the Acts. There were certain men who came from Jerusalem and taught the Gentiles that except they submit to the rite of circumcision as laid out in the law of Moses they could not be saved. Verse 1 This gave rise…
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The Book of Acts, Acts 14, by Daniel C Snaddon
Verses 1-7 The Gospel preached at Iconium Paul and Barnabas went into the synagogue. They spoke with such power that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed. The unbelieving Jews stirred up the unbelieving Gentiles against the believers. In the Acts unbelieving Jews were the instigation of much of…
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The Book of Acts, God’s Aggressive Servants, by Daniel C Snaddon
Acts 13:3-5Acts 16:6-10 There are some who believe that chapter 13 begins part two of the Acts. Peter has gradually faded from view and Paul emerges as the new leader. A new era of missionary enterprise evolves as the Spirit of God launches His servants Paul and Barnabas from the…
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