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401http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups

402 http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-fastest-growing.htm quoting from David A. Barrett, World Christian Encyclopedia, (Oxford University Press, 2001), p 4. However, see: Jennifer Riley, “Christian Population Growth Rate Higher than World; Less than Muslims, Hindus,” Christian Post, 2006-01-06; http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060106/christian-population-growth-rate-higher-than-world-less-than-muslims-hindus.htm

403 The following article examines some possibilities: V. S. Poythress, “The Holy Ones of the Most High in Daniel vii” (18, 22), Vetus Testamentum 26, 1976, 208-213; http://www.jstor.org/pss/1517389

404 John F. Walvoord, “Chapter 7 Daniel’s Vision Of Future World History,” http://bible.org/seriespage/chapter-7-daniel%e2%80%99s-vision-future-world-history; Stan L., “EU World Dictator,” 2006-02-10 and “World Government - Here Now Almost,” 2008-10-27 at: Events in Time (Bible Prophecy Literally Fulfilled)(By God); http://israndjer.blogspot.com/; and Elizabeth Dilling, "Prophecy and the Developing Anti-Christ World Government," in: Jewish Religion: Its Influence Today; http://www.come-and-hear.com/dilling/chapt14.html

405Herodotus, The Histories, Book I, paragraph 178; http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.mb.txt.

406Herodotus, The Histories, Book 4, chapters 42-43; http://www.roebuckclasses.com/texts/Greek/herodotusphoenicians.htm; see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia

407 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%27s_Vision_of_Chapter_7

408 Kenneth O. Gangel, “Daniel 7: A Vision of Future World History,” Grace Theological Journal 6.2 (1985) 247-256.

409 Isaac Newton, Observations Upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John (London: Darby and Brown, 1733); http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16878/16878-h/16878-h.htm

410 H. C. Leupold, Exposition of Daniel, (Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1961). pp. 322-323.

411 E.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_Emperors

412 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult_(ancient_Rome)

413 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Talmud#Talmud_Bavli_.28Babylonian_Talmud.29

414 Babylonian Talmud (Translated into English with Notes, Glossary and Indices; Ed, Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein), Gittin 56b; http://www.come-and-hear.com/gittin/gittin_56.html#PARTb

415 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_persecution_in_the_Roman_Empire

416 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

417 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar

418 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.ii.xxix.html

419 The 2007 edition had the ‘his’ and ‘him’ in the footnote and ‘their’ and ‘them’ in the body. The 2011 edition has switched them.

420 ^ Notice 2 Thes 2.1 uses the expression “being gathered to him” (compare with 1 Thes 4.17). This passage is speaking of the time of Christ’s return.

421 Pliny, Natural History, Book 6, chapter 27; http://www.archive.org/details/plinysnaturalhis00plinrich, pp. 144-145.

422 Jean Perrot (Editor), John Curtis (Introduction), The Palace of Darius at Susa: The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia (I. B. Tauris, 2013), p. xvi.

423 Wilson was a linguist (he knew 45 languages, including all the languages that the Bible had been translated into up to 600 AD) and was devoted to demonstrating the reliability of the Hebrew Bible. He taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Princeton, and then Westminster, he also contributed articles to the International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dick_Wilson

424 http://home.earthlink.net/~ironmen/wilson/title.htm

425 Josephus, Antiquities (translated by William Whiston), book 11, chapter 8; http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-11.htm

426 Josephus, Antiquities, book 10; chapter 11, paragraph 7; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/ant-10.htm

427http://www.tutorgig.com/ed/Book_of_Daniel#Dating_and_content; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Daniel

428 David Conklin, Evidences Relating to the Date of the Book of Daniel, 2004; http://www.tektonics.org/guest/danielblast.html

429 Zoroastrian; ordered the massacre of all Christians in Persia in 341 AD.

430 Muslim warlord of Turco-Mongol descent who conquered Persia, Mesopotamia and Syria in the 14^th c; he had 70,000 Assyrian Christians beheaded in Tikrit and 90,000 in Baghdad.

431 Had John Huss burned at the stake on July 6, 1415, and in 1420 proclaimed a crusade "for the destruction of the Wycliffites, Hussites and all other heretics in Bohemia".

432 In India in the 1780s issued orders to destroy more than 50,000 Christians.

433 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.iii.xvii.html

434 W. H. Shea, “Supplementary Evidence in Support of 457 B.C. as the Starting Date for the 2300 Day—Years of Daniel 8:14,” JATS 12 (2001), 89-96.

435Emil Schürer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 BC – 135 A.D), revised and edited by Geza Vermes, Fergus Millar, and Matthew Black (T &T Clark, Edinburgh, 1973), p 150; http://books.google.ca/books?id=p75tWhrwGT8C&pg=PA150&lpg=PA150&dq=in+what+year+was+Onias+III+murdered&source=bl&ots=esWDK77GVq&sig=VdboTq3WrZDwzKVcF-rio8kzkIs&hl=en&ei=6oBITeuhIcXYgAfTtJS2Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false

436 http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/scofield-reference-notes/daniel/daniel-8.html

437 See, “The Identity of Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther” in Floyd Jones, The Chronology of the Old Testament (Green Forest, AK: Master Books, 2009), pp. 199-205.

438 Note: Some calculate the 68 years from 605 BC to 537 BC. Others calculate the 70 years from 608 BC to 538 BC; with 608 being the first year of Jehoiakim.

439 C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (Je 25:11), (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002).

440 Refer to the notes relating to the starting point for the seventy sevens (9.25) in the section below entitled Seventy Sevens (24-27), for a consideration of some of the reasons why dates of this period may need to be recalibrated.

441 Richard C. Gamble, The Whole Counsel of God (Phillipsburgh, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2009), pp. 648-649

442 See: “Appendix N – Fasting” and “Appendix O – Repentance in Sackcloth and Ashes” in: James R. Hughes, Nehemiah the Church Builder – Instructor’s Guide, 2006; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/Nehemiah%20--%20the%20Church%20Builder%20Instructors%20Guide%202006-12-30.doc

443 Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, translated by Ford Lewis Battles, edited by John T. McNeill (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1960), book 3.21.3, p. 924.

444 E.g., James R. Hughes, Meditations on the Life of Jesus – A Contemporary Application; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/Meditations_on_Life_of_Jesus_Web.htm

445 Greg Bahnsen, Always Ready – Directions for Defending the Faith (Nacodoches, TX: Covenant Media Foundation), pp. 163-175.

446 Randy Alcorn, If God Is Good . . . Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2009).

447 “Of God, and of the Holy Trinity,” Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 2, paragraphs 1 & 2.

448 http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/scholasp.htm; http://solascripturaministriesinternational.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/protestant-scholasticism/

449 Randy Alcorn, If God Is Good . . . Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2009), p. 82.

450 Edward J. Young, The Prophecy of Daniel – A Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1949), p. 190.

451 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.iv.xxviii.html

452 Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion, translated by Ford Lewis Battles, edited by John T. McNeill (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1960), book 1.1. 2, p. 37.

453 Jack Finegan. Handbook of Biblical Chronology: Principles of Time Reckoning in the Ancient World and Problems of Chronology in the Bible, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998) p. 128.

454 Some commentators refer to 2 Chronicles 36.21 as providing additional evidence. However, if 1 & 2 Chronicles was composed by Ezra, then the concept of the seventy-year Babylonian Captivity providing a rest to make up for the sabbatical years which the Jews had failed to keep, was not known to Daniel, since Ezra wrote after the death of Daniel.

455 For example, to identify the antichrist within contemporary events; such as suggesting that Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan might be the antichrist; http://skipslighthouse.blogspot.ca/2013/09/my-guess-as-to-identity-of-antichrist.html?spref=fb

456 Chris Sandoval, The Failure of Daniel's Prophecies (2007); http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/chris_sandoval/daniel.html

457R. L. Harris, G. L. Archer, and B. K. Waltke, Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (electronic ed.) (Chicago: Moody Press,1999).

458 H. C. Leupold, Exposition of Daniel, (Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1961). p. 416.

459 Some place it in 537 BC; others in 536 BC.

460 Note: The prophecies in Isaiah refer to rebuilding the city. However, it is clear from the account in Ezra 4 that the Jews had not been authorized to build the city walls, but only the temple. Thus, the decree given by Cyrus initiated the rebuilding of the city in terms of the temple and some dwelling units. Another decree was required to complete the building of city and its walls.

461 David Austin, in personal e-mail correspondence, 2011-03-24, quoting from: David Down, “Cyrus Cylinder on Horse Bones”, Diggings Journal, (Oct. 2010, Vol 27 Num, 10), p. 6.

462 David Austin, “Is Darius, the king of Ezra 6:14-15, the same king as the Artaxerxes of Ezra 7:1?” Journal of Creation, 22(2) 2007, pp. 46-52. http://creation.mobi/darius-is-artaxerxes

463 He complied his account in the late second century AD, yet offers dating for events from 747 to 137 BC. Refer to: Philip Mauro, The Wonders of Bible Chronology, Chapter XIV: The “Seventy Weeks” of Daniel — When Do They Begin and End? http://sites.google.com/site/davidkeames2/thewondersofbiblechronology-chapterfourteen

464 Astronomical diary VAT 4956; http://la-via.es/english/archivo/vat4956en.htm; 2 Kings 25.2, 8 places the eleventh year of King Zedekiah in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, proving an absolute calendar date for the fall of Jerusalem.

465 Floyd Jones, The Chronology of the Old Testament (Green Forest, AK: Master Books, 2009), pp. 234-240.

466 Sir Robert Anderson, The Coming Prince; http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/Voice/The.Coming.Prince.html

467 Floyd Jones gives the date as 454 BC, ending in 30 AD, The Chronology of the Old Testament (Green Forest, AK: Master Books, 2009), pp. 221, 254.

468 According to the Elephantine papyri, Johanan (mentioned in Neh 12.22-23) was high priest in 408 BC. Also the papyri mentions a different governor of Judah, implying that Nehemiah had passed from the scene. This seems to be the end of the Ezra-Nehemiah era.

469 James R. Hughes, When was Jesus Born? 2016; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/When%20was%20Jesus%20Born.pdf

470 Joyce G. Baldwin, Daniel: An Introduction and Commentary (Leicester UK, Inter-Varsity Press, 1978), p, 170; referenced in Stephen E. Jones, Projects: Daniel's prophecy of the seventy `weeks' (Dn 9:24-27); http://members.iinet.net.au/~sejones/dn924-27.html

471 H. C. Leupold, Exposition of Daniel, (Minneapolis, Augsburg, 1961). p. 425.

472 W. Brian Shelton, Martyrdom from Exegesis in Hippolytus – An Early Church Presbyter’s Commentary on Daniel (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Paternoster, 2008) p. 103.

473 Josephus, Antiquities, book 10; chapter 11, paragraph 7; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/ant-10.htm

474 Josephus, Wars of the Jews, book 6, “From the Great Extremity to which the Jews were reduced to the taking of Jerusalem by Titus”; chapter 9, paragraph 3; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/war-6.htm

475 Josephus, Wars of the Jews, book 7, “From the Taking of Jerusalem by Titus to the Sedition of the Jews at Cyrene”; chapter 1, paragraph 1; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/josephus/works/files/war-7.htm

476 Hippolytus, Commentary on Daniel, IV.22.1, 4, quoted in: W. Brian Shelton, Martyrdom from Exegesis in Hippolytus – An Early Church Presbyter’s Commentary on Daniel (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Paternoster, 2008) p. 107-108.

477 W. Brian Shelton, Martyrdom from Exegesis in Hippolytus – An Early Church Presbyter’s Commentary on Daniel (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Paternoster, 2008) p. 7.

478 W. Brian Shelton, Martyrdom from Exegesis in Hippolytus – An Early Church Presbyter’s Commentary on Daniel (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock/Paternoster, 2008) p. 69.

479 For more information on the Biblical approach to fasting, See: “Appendix N – Fasting” in: James R. Hughes, Nehemiah the Church Builder – Instructor’s Guide, 2006; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/Nehemiah%20--%20the%20Church%20Builder%20Instructors%20Guide%202006-12-30.doc

480 “An Appendix touching Days and Places of Publick Worship,” The Directory for the Publick Worship of God.

481 For more information on the Biblical approach to fasting, See: “Appendix N – Fasting” in: James R. Hughes, Nehemiah the Church Builder – Instructor’s Guide, 2006; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/Nehemiah%20--%20the%20Church%20Builder%20Instructors%20Guide%202006-12-30.doc

482 Pliny, Natural History, translated by John Bostock and H. T. Riley, vol. 6, book 37, “The Natural History of Precious Stones”, chapter 43 (London, Covent Garden: Henry G. Bohn, 1857), p. 435.

483 C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch (2002). Commentary on the Old Testament. (Da 10:12). Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.

484 T. Meadowcroft “Who are the Princes of Persia and Greece (Daniel 10)? Pointers Towards the Danielic Vision of Earth and Heaven,” Journal for the Study of the OT, 29/1 (2004), 99-113; http://www.cornerstoneberean.org/Ministries/BecauseGODIsBigger/Meadowcroft%20-%20Princes%20of%20Daniel%2010.pdf

485 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.v.xv.html

486 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_I_of_Persia

487 We considered the association of purple robes with royalty when we studied 5.5-12—when Daniel was promised a purple robe if he interpreted the writing on the wall.

488 We noted some distinctives of Zoroastrianism when we studied 1.3-7.

489 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia

490 Refer to the notes entitled Subjugation, on 8.3-12, 20-25 for more detailed information about the demise of Alexander’s empire.

491 Mathew Henry, Matthew Henry's commentary on the whole Bible: Complete and unabridged in one volume (Da 11.1-4). (Peabody: Hendrickson. 1996, c1991).

492 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_11;

493 Paragraphs in normal font relate directly to the account given by the angel to Daniel. Paragraphs in italic font provide additional historical context.

494 Kevan Barwise, Battle of Gaza (312 BC); http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/battles/gaza312bc.html

495 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucus_I_Nicator

496 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus

497 St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/pearse/morefathers/files/jerome_daniel_02_text.htm

498 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes

499 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Raphia

500 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae_(191_BC)

501 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magnesia

502 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Apamea

503 Polybius, Histories, 21.17; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D21%3Achapter%3D17

504 Polybius, Histories, 21.13, 14; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D21%3Achapter%3D13 and http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D21%3Achapter%3D14

505 Polybius, Histories, 21.17; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D21%3Achapter%3D17

506 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_III_the_Great

507 Polybius, Histories, 26; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D26%3Achapter%3D1

508 Polybius, Histories, 26; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D26%3Achapter%3D1

509 Polybius, Histories, 29.27; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D29%3Achapter%3D27

510 Andrée Seu, “Kings at the table,” World Magazine Blog, 2010-10-21; http://online.worldmag.com/2008/10/21/kings-at-the-table/

511 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.vi.xxxviii.html

512 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.vi.xli.html

513 Calvin, Commentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom25.vi.xli.html

514 See: “Appendix B – Use of the ‘Sword’ for Protection and Just War Theory” in: James R. Hughes, Nehemiah the Church Builder – Instructor’s Guide, 2006; http://www.epctoronto.org/Press/Publications_JRHughes/Nehemiah%20--%20the%20Church%20Builder%20Instructors%20Guide%202006-12-30.doc

515 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes

516 Polybius, Histories, 31.11; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D31%3Achapter%3D11

517 Randy Alcorn, If God Is Good . . . Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil (Colorado Springs: Multnomah, 2009).

518 Mark Mercer, “The Benefactions of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Dan 11:37-38: An Exegetical Note,” Masters Seminary Journal, 12 (2001), 89-93.