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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

afraid, you who are highly esteemed,” he said.
“Peace! Be strong now; be strong.” When he spoke
to me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my
lord, since you have given me
strength.”Therefore, he said, “Do you know why I
have come to you? Soon I will return to fight
against the prince of Persia, and when I go, the
prince of Greece will come; but first I will tell you
what is written in the Book of Truth. No one
supports me against them except Michael, your
prince.” (End quote)
The first thing we note is that it is very
specific regarding the date, time, and place - the
third year of the reign of King Cyrus, in Persia,
twenty-fourth day of the fourth month, at the
Tigris river. By this, the author is making it clear
that this was an actual event that took place in a
specific place and time in history and not just a
story or parable.
Next, his description of the man is also
very specific in its frightening splendour. From
this description, many have thought this describes
the Lord Jesus. However, there are many clues
that it is not. The main clue is that Daniel calls him
“lord.” If it were Jesus as some speculate, even
though the Hebrew has no distinction, never the
less, the English translations do make a distinction
with capital letters when referring to God and
Christ, and so on this premise the capital “Lord"
would be used here. If this man is not Jesus then
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