The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

have cost him his life as he was thrown in the lion’s den. However, the Lord was with Daniel and he came through the trial unscathed. Daniel’s mantle included politics, visions, dreams, and writing. His comprehensive education served well to receive God’s phenomenal apocalyptic visions concerning his present world and its developments, the world to come, and end-time events. Throughout his career, Daniel met angels, saw the heavens open, and observed the Most High God as the Ancient of Days holding court witnessing God’s sovereignty over world powers, human and divine. The seventh chapter of his prophecy foretells of the incarnation of the Messiah as the Son of Man and His ultimate triumph over darkness to bestow God’s kingdom upon the saints of the Most High in the eighth. To explore Daniel’s mantle at face value is to glean enormous insight about prophets and their capabilities, stature and powerful function in the world. 345. Dark Sayings—Another word for dark sayings is parables. However, what Psalm 78:2 and Proverbs 1:6 refer to goes beyond just parables. Their meanings include the analogous, enigmatic, veiled, or allusion. For prophets, the ability to understand and interpret veiled spiritual language is essential since God uses this form of communication most often. In the book of Daniel, chapters one and two, the prophet is said to have been endowed by the Lord with such special abilities for his ministry. Daniel ultimately became known for his unsurpassed ability to interpret dreams (the main source of dark sayings), solve riddles, and explain enigmas and revelation of hidden mysteries of God’s kingdom. Babylonian royalty’s use of this gift benefited God’s kingdom where Daniel lived and was often called upon. Daniel 5:12 helps us understand the Lord’s aim for these giftings: “Inasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining enigmas were found in this Daniel.” The New King James Version of the Bible clarifies the aims that the language of the King James Version uses to convey the extraordinary abilities Daniel possessed in his prophetic service. Here is the King James Version rendering of the same verse: “Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel.” Notice that riddles and enigmas were understood to accomplish the showing (revelation) of hard sentences and the dissolving of doubts. These answers tell us why the Lord sees fit to include these abilities in the prophet’s mantle skills and abilities. 346. Daughter—A) Biblically, the word daughter refers to a female as the producer of nourishment for infants as the father’s offspring. B) A female