Daniel 0:7

Influence of Daniel on the New Testament Writers. Besides the reference to the 'abomination of desolation,' a few other sayings of our Lord are based on the language of the book of Daniel, as, for example, the description of the great tree in the Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:32; Luke 13:19), the pictures of the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven (Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:64; Mark 13:26; Mark 14:62), and other expressions in the great discourse on the Last Things (Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21). The angel Gabriel appears again in Luke 1:19; Luke 1:26. St. Paul's description of the Man of Sin in 2 Thessalonians 2 includes features derived from the portraits of Antiochus Epiphanes in Daniel. But it is in Revelation, itself an 'apocalyptic' book, that the influence of Daniel is most manifest. The coincidences in language and imagery are too numerous to mention. We may notice, however, the description of the appearance of the Son of Man (Revelation 1:13); His coming in the clouds to judge the world (Revelation 14:14); the composite form, and especially the Ten Horns, of the Dragon (Revelation 12:3), and the Beast (Revelation 17:3); the part played by the archangel Michael (Revelation 12:7), and the repeated mention of the period of 3½ years ('a time, times, and half a time,' Revelation 12:14; 'forty and two months,' Revelation 11:2; Revelation 13:5. '1,260 days,' Revelation 11:3; Revelation 12:6). In contrast with Daniel 8:26; Daniel 12:9 we have the command in Revelation 22:10 not to seal up the prophecy, since the time is at hand.