This most excellent little book has been out of print for many years. A great need has been felt here in Zimbabwe for such a work as this, and such works are not generally available to the simple Christian who would like something that is true to the Word to help him in his study of the prophecies.

      It was this editor's privilege to study the Bible under R. H. Boll, one of the very finest Bible teachers and preachers of his generation. He was a truly devout and humble follower of Jesus Christ, one who radiated the love of Christ. A true student of the Scriptures, he spent long hours daily in study. A life-time of such study, as he walked with the Lord, brought him many insights that were a delightful blessing to his students. As a teacher of the Word, he was without equal. He excelled in explaining any doctrine of the Bible. Yet, in the matter of Bible prophecy, he excelled most. Cutting through all the hype and sensationalism and perversion and queer ideas that men have devised, he was able to show what the Word of God says. He often exhorted his students. "Do not accept anything I have taught you just because I have said it. Accept it only if you can see it for yourself from the Word of God." (And, of course, whatever one sees in the Word of God, the child of God must accept.)

      Many thanks are due to my good wife, Joy, who typed these "Lessons" into the computer. These lessons were originally written using the text of The American Standard Version of the Bible of 1901. That was, many believe, the very finest and most accurate English translation of the Scriptures. Unfortunately, that Version is no longer generally available and has never been available here in Zimbabwe. In this, the third, edition of these Lessons on Daniel, we first started by using the text of the New International Version, but due to copyright considerations we decided to use the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE-UPDATED EDITION. It was a tremendous amount of work to change all the Scripture quotations to this new version of the Bible. But we hope the reader will find it helpful and profitable. I have also thought it helpful to change the occasional archaic expression into more modern English and break up a number of very long involved sentences into shorter sentences, but have nowhere changed the thought or meaning of what R. H. Boll had written.

      This has been a labor of love and is a work of faith, looking to the Lord to provide the means for this publication.

      Ruwa, Zimbabwe. February, 1995-- R. L. Garrett

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