“I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”
After three weeks, as Daniel stands by the great river Tigris, he looks up and sees a man clothed in linen with a belt of fine gold—introducing the heavenly visitor who will convey the final extended prophecy in chapters 10-12. The appearance of the figure in distinctive heavenly garments establishes his otherworldly nature. The Tigris setting, significant Mesopotamian river, grounds the vision in the geographic heart of empires.
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