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God's Plan is Certain
The angel explicitly tells Daniel the vision "is true." Commentators stress this is a divine guarantee. God reveals future hardships not to cause fear, but to build faith and provide comfort. By knowing that God has foreseen and set a limit to their suffering, His people can endure difficult times with confidence, just as the Maccabean martyrs did.
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Daniel
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 8:26
18th Century
Theologian
And the vision of the evening and the morning - That is, of the two thousand three hundred days. See Daniel 8:14, and the margin on…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 8:26
19th Century
Bishop
The concluding words of the angel are intended to comfort the Jewish Church in the days of her persecution. They teach her that God has foreseen he…
John Calvin
On Daniel 8:26
16th Century
Theologian
The angel again confirms the assertion that no part of this vision was shown to the Prophet in vain, because not even the slightest portion of it w…
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John Gill
On Daniel 8:26
17th Century
Pastor
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told
is true
That is, of the …
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 8:15–27
17th Century
Minister
The eternal Son of God stood before the prophet in the appearance of a man, and directed the angel Gabriel to explain the vision. Daniel's fainting…