[[Dan-10]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Dan-09]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Dan-11]] --- ### the thing was true, even a great warfare. He understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Daniel receives a revelation concerning a significant future conflict and warfare. *Historical context*: Theologians and historians generally identify this 'great warfare' with the detailed accounts in [[Dan|Daniel 11]], which describe the protracted conflicts between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires (the Wars of the Diadochi) that significantly impacted the Jewish people, specifically the campaigns of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the 2nd century BC. *Related to*: ### Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The angelic messenger states that the vision describes events that will befall the Jewish people in a distant future period referred to as the 'latter days.' *Historical context*: This prophecy serves as the introduction to the specific historical and eschatological predictions found in [[Dan|Daniel 11]] and 12. While much of it was fulfilled during the intertestamental period (2nd century BC), many scholars also view it as pointing toward final end-time events involving the nation of Israel and a global 'time of trouble' ([[Dan-12#v1|Daniel 12:1]]). *Related to*: ### Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The angelic being predicts the end of the Persian Empire's spiritual and political dominance and the subsequent rise of the Greek Empire. *Historical context*: This was historically fulfilled when the Achaemenid Persian Empire was conquered by Alexander the Great of Macedon between 334 and 330 BC. The mention of the 'prince of Greece' coming after the 'prince of Persia' accurately reflects the transition of world power from the Persians to the Hellenistic Greeks. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy