Daniel Revisited: Discovering the Four Mideast Signs Leading to the Antichrist

Davidson answers one of my prayers to understand the four beasts of Daniel and the four horsemen of Revelation. Excellent, well-thought out logical presentation due to his engineering mind (p.s. I am an engineer, too!). His use of Greek and Hebrew is excellent to unlock these mysteries. Now I know what to watch for in the future to prepare my family as to "when to flee "! His only flaw seems to be that his source for the anti-Christ was sketchy, but I have other sources for that piece of the puzzle! from MA Christian Apologetics New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Excellent! Very well researched. I'm not sure every single detail will proved correct but I think in general he is in the ballpark. I think he does a great job of showing that the empire represented by the legs of iron and feet of iron mixed with clay is the Muslim empire and that the beasts of the vision represent Muslim nations in the Middle East. I think his connections between the horsemen in rev and the vision in Daniel are possible and that the nations he thinks are represented by the beasts in Daniel make a lot of sense and could be true. It is obvious that one of them has to be Iran from the reference in Daniel to the ran charging out of Susa which is in Iran.So glad I found this book. Have wanted to understand end times prophecy for so long and just knew in my heart that something was wrong about traditional teachings. While the minute details may not be exactly correct I think he is close. Or in time we may see he was on the money.

Rarely have I found a book, since Joel Richardsons', that I felt compelled to read a second time through. Since reading this book I have looked at the world with different eyes. I have read the Bible verses that Mr. Davidson quotes, including the verses above and below for context, and have not found him to be wrong at any point. I believe the Holy Spirit has, indeed, given Mr. Davidson a true understanding of the book of Daniel and Revelations. Further confirmation of his insight can be seen daily in the news. I thank you, Mr. Davidson, for your courage and conviction in writing this book, Daniel Revisited.

Go online read or watch the news and you'll be seeing biblical prophecy fulfilled. Mark Davidson helps us understand how today’s headlines and biblical prophecy fit together like a hand in a glove. His new approach in “Daniel Revisited” may take some getting used to, looking at things from another viewpoint. Time will tell, the second signpost is almost before us. A must read for anyone looking forward and asking the question “God how does all this come together?”

This book has serious interpretive problems. (1) the assumed readership is narrowly focused on Christians with a pre-tribulation rapture perspective. Where I live in Melbourne, Australia, no Christian leaders I know have this view. Most are uncertain about the details of end time theology and this is largely the case in the world wide church. (2) the author presents no broad, contextual perspective of the book of Daniel. What he writes will only make sense to readers who come from the same Christian end time background as himself. (3) even if one takes a high view of the inspiration and truth of the word of God and also a view that Daniel wrote the book and that the four metals in the dream in Daniel 2 are Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian and Roman Empires as I do, it is clear from sound biblical interpretation principles that the deep rooted pre-tribulation rapture assumptions underlying the interpretation are based in highly questionable, controversial passages in Daniel and therefore lack compelling biblical authority. (4) the basis of using Daniel 2:40 to identify the fourth kingdom as Islamic lacks compelling force, as this verse says much more about the nature of the fourth kingdom (overwhelming power and government down to the individual level) than what it did to the previous kingdoms. There is a far more compelling way to identify Islam in Daniel from Daniel's final vision and it is very strange to leave the Roman Empire out in Daniel 2 since it had control over Jerusalem just as the other kingdoms and Islam have had. Islam is introduced by Daniel later, not here.

A very interesting treatment of Daniel. Mark has the courage to take on the mainstream evangelical view, and is I believe much more biblical when it comes to the Revived Roman Empire Theory, with the antichrist coming from Europe, versus the view he holds that Islam is the Beast of Revelation, and the Antichrist will be an Islamists.While I don't fully agree with his interpretation of the first three beasts of Daniel 7-9 as being contemporary and future empires and entities as opposed to those which Daniel himself seems to tell us they represent, I do agree that the fourth beast is most likely to be associated with Islam, and a coalition of Islamic nations. I feel that his interpretations involve too much of his own scholarship and speculation, such that it sometimes becomes a little difficult to follow or to actually get from scripture. Nevertheless he does end up with scenarios which seem believable, and can't really be shown to be inconsistent with scripture (for the most part) - which is more than I can say for the Roman Empire - European Antichrist view.When it comes to his interpretation of the Gog/Magog of Ezekiel 39-39 however, I think he would do well to revisit that, and pay a little closer attention to what the scripture actually says, and compare it to the same Gog/Magog in Revelation 20. But even there, from my study, it seems that the nations involved may well be the same nations involved in the Islamic coalition making up the ten-horned Beast, so while I can give many reasons why Gog is not the Antichrist (and I do in my book on the subject - Gog/Magog revisited), I actually tend to agree with the main point he is trying to make, though I cannot go so far as to actually name specific nations.I have a different interpretation of the four horsemen of the Seals of Revelation, but I find Mark's interpretation very interesting, certainly going beyond anything I saw in studying the subject.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. It was well written, lucidly argued and presented an interesting and challenging assessment of Biblical prophecy especially passages in Daniel, Revelation and Ezekiel that have caused theologians considerable debate in times gone by. The beauty of Mark Davidson's prophetic analysis is that it can be readily tested over time, and quite likely the very-near future and proven, or not, as we see the future events emerge to confirm or disprove the signposts - the events of second signpost will give us all a clear indication he is on the right lines. Certainly we should take it seriously and weight these words as we are called to do in Scripture

A little repetitive. The book could have been half this length...

A good wealth of information

Humbles Western concentric thinking when considering World affairs. Makes the reader think

I think every Christian should read this book. You may not agree with everything in it but it should make you rethink how you read Daniel chapters 7 and 8 - the four beasts and the ram and the goat..The writer sees these 2 chapters as applying to the times in which we live. He sets out 4 steps or events that have to occur prior to the commencement of the tribulation. He argues that step one has already occurred and that we are currently living as step 2 unfolds. So the author's credibility is immediately testable. If step 2 does not unfold as suggested in the book then we know the book has wrongly interpreted the Bible. This then to me makes it an interesting book to think about as I watch the news on TV.The book sees the 4 steps relating to the war in Iraq, and the war raged by ISIS in Iraq. The author predicts that Iran will move to form a Shia confederacy which will be itself attacked by a Sunni confederacy led by Turkey. The Sunnis will defeat the Shias leading to a revival of the old Ottoman empire which will eventually be led by the Antichrist. Sorry if I have spoilt the main plot for you but I think you need to see the relevance of this book to current events in the Middle East.The opening chapters of the book deal with the questions of whether the Antichrist is a Muslim and to whether the legs of Daniel's statue relate to the Roman Empire or the Ottoman Empire. This is not a bad summary of some of the main arguments although books such as that by Joel Rosenberg do a better job. I obviously am a convert to the Ottoman Empire viewpoint so the chapters in Davidson's book that appeal to me relate to his discussion of the chapters in Daniel.The part of the book that I wish was not there is the inclusion of the four horseman from Revelation. First, I think the inclusion detracts from the main message of the book. Second I do not see the link between the 4 steps leading to the commencement of the tribulation and the 4 horsemen who I see as emerging during the tribulation period itself. However I guess this is a debateable point.So, in summary, it's a very inexpensive book and well worth the money. I highly recommend it to all who want to observe the Middle East events and the coming of Jesus.