Daniel (Reformed Expository Commentary | REC)

by Iain M. Duguid

Publisher:

P&R

, 2008

Overview

The book of Daniel is both familiar and unfamiliar to many Christians. The stories of the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lion’s den are the staples of children’s Bible story books and Sunday school classes. Yet the latter chapters of Daniel’s vision are more unfamiliar and daunting to most believers, who may have been exposed to a variety of end-times speculations constructed from an amalgam of these texts and others drawn from elsewhere in the Bible.

Iain M. Duguid reminds Christians that Daniel gives us more than moral lessons or a prophetic timetable. The whole of the book points us to Christ, whether as the one greater than Daniel who has perfectly lived an exilic life of service and separation for us or as the exalted heavenly Son of Man who took flesh amongst us.

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Key Features

• Explores how the book of Daniel points to Christ
• Views the book of Daniel as more than moral lessons or a prophetic timetable
• Offers material well suited for pastors and students

Contents

Top Highlights

“Certainly, he could have done that, but his purpose was not to save Daniel from trials but to save Daniel through trials.” (Page 97)

“The angel is not fixated on the identity of the beasts; rather, the central point is the certainty of the final victory of the saints, a triumph whose fruits will last forever.” (Page 113)

“Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, however, was made entirely of gold in an apparent attempt to counteract the dream. It was a defiant statement asserting that there would be no end or ‘after this’ with respect to his kingdom, but rather that his glory would continue forever.” (Page 46)

“On the other hand, amillennial and postmillennial Christians believe that the covenant mentioned here is God’s new covenant with his people, inaugurated by the Messiah, Jesus, and that the desolation and destruction of the temple took place in the first century a.d.” (Page 171)

“Sennacherib and the Assyrians in the previous chapter of the Book of Kings, Hezekiah was now looking to political means for solving the Assyrian problem, through alliances with Babylon. Politics had replaced trust in the Lord.” (Page 6)

Praise for the Print Edition

I’m a pastor, not a scholar. When you read Iain Duguid, it is clear he is both. Like his other works, this commentary is a rare blend of insightful exegesis and discerning application. What’s more, with Iain’s guidance you’ll find the glories of Christ shining through texts that can otherwise appear obscure and irrelevant. This book will educate pastors, edify Christians, and advance the proclamation of the gospel.

—C. J. Mahaney, president, Sovereign Grace Ministries

It is rare to find a technical scholar who is also a master homiletician and preacher. But these things Dr. Iain Duguid clearly is. Here, rigorous expository methodology, nuanced biblical theology, and pastoral passion combine to expound the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the ravishing narrative and exotic apocalyptic of the book of Daniel. Readers will be grateful for the reverence and care given to the sacred text, plus the wise application to today’s church midst her Babylons. This is a must-read for anyone desiring to understand and live in the dazzling light of Daniel. Warmly commended.

—R. Kent Hughes, pastor, College Church, Wheaton, IL

Product Details

• Title: Daniel
• Author: Iain M. Duguid
• Series: Reformed Expository Commentary
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 236
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Daniel › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:REC27DA
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:22:37Z

About Iain M. Duguid

Iain M. Duguid (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Grove City College and pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has also served as a missionary in Liberia, taught at Reformed Seminary and Westminster Seminary California, and planted churches in Fallbrook, California, and Oxford, England. Some of Duguid's other work includes books such as Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality and Hero of Heroes, as well as commentaries on Ezekiel, Daniel, Ruth, Esther and more. He was a translator for the Holman Christian Standard Version of the Bible and is a contributor to the New Living Translation Study Bible, the HCSV Study Bible and the ESV Study Bible. He and his wife Barb have five children.