Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation (Paperback)

~ John Walvoord (Author) "THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DANIEL is a beautifully written, moving story of the early days of Daniel and his companions in Babylon..." (more)
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This volume goes beyond a mere presentation of the author's interpretation of Old Testament prophecy. It quotes Bible scholars from different corners of the theological ring to help the reader discover the meaning of Scripture of himself.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (May 8, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802417531
• ISBN-13: 978-0802417534
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #116,679 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars McDaniel's commentary on Walvoord's commentary, October 9, 2000

By	Kyle T. McDaniel (Lynchburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

John Walvoord's commentary on Daniel has been a great help as I have endeavored to understand the Book of Daniel. I thought that Walvoord argued his interpretation well and felt his inclusion of scholars such as Keil, Leupold, Gaebelein, and others provided excellent insight. Walvoord is concerned with showing the discrepancies and inaccuracies in the interpretation of liberal scholars, such as Montgomery. Walvoord contronts those who take a second century B.C. date for the Book of Daniel head on, and shows the illogical process of their thought. Walvoord shows both their preconceived misconceptions of prophecy and authorship, as well as inaccurate conclusions on those misconceptions. The book also discusses evangelicals who are different in interpretations from amillennial and premillennial positions. There are arguments among scholars over the smallest of things such as rivers, and to things of enormous significance, such as the interpretation of Media-Persia as the second empire, or the second and third empires. However, it was clear that Walvoord wrote from a scholarly standpoint and was not very concerned with the edification of the reader. While the mind was challenged greatly to think, the heart was hardly even warmed over the historical, and hermeneutical debate. Walvoord fails to explain the significance of the Book of Daniel as giving great hope to us that God is faithful to his promises, that He is sovereign over the governments of men, and that upon the culmination of the end, He will still be in complete control. This is why I say the book is four stars rather than five. The book fed the mind in ample portions, but the spirit is only fed by the actual Biblical text on which Walvoord comments.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, February 26, 2007

By	MissE - See all my reviews

I read this book around the same time that I read J.D. Pentecost's book called Things to Come. I felt that Walvoord did a great job of unlocking some of the mystery in the book of Daniel. It is, in my opinion, an excellent commentary on the book of Daniel. Of course, there is nothing better than prayerfully reading, rereading and then reading again the book of Daniel itself and allowing the Holy Spirit to teach you--no commentary can take the place of the scriptures themselves. I didn't read this commentary until I had read Daniel multiple times as well as the whole Bible. If you just read books without actually soaking yourself in the Scriptures first you will not "get it" and you may actually get confused.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed Commentary from Dispensationalist View w/Others' Acknowledged, March 31, 2006

By	Encompassed Runner (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This commentary on the Old Testament book of Daniel is noteworthy for its detail and its coupling of the author's dispensational interpretation with presentation and analyses of alternate interpretations and their inadequacies. But for the endtimes ("eschatology") novice, I'd suggest first reading Renald Showers' Daniel commentary, 'The Most High God,' since it's purpose does not include critiquing other views, but stays focused on a concise, readable, less overwhelming exposition of Daniel. (In case you're unfamiliar with Daniel altogether, Walvoord and Christians of dispensationalist theology consider Daniel to be the "Key to Prophetic Revelation" as title says, because Daniel chapters 2 and 7 give the broad panorama of Gentile kingdoms (including the final one to come), and most importantly, because Daniel chapter 9:24-27 tells of God's post-Babylonian captivity plan for Israel, including the upcoming 7-year period commonly referred to as "the tribulation," when the Antichrist reigns, and which is foundational for an understanding of the book of Revelation which details this period.)