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The Book of Daniel – Dan 10:1-21 And, Behold, an Hand Touched Me

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Dan 10:1-21 “And, behold, an hand touched me”

[Study Aired May 2, 2024]

Dan 10:1  In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Dan 10:2  In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
Dan 10:3  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. 
Dan 10:4  And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; 
Dan 10:5  Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 
Dan 10:6  His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 
Dan 10:7  And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 
Dan 10:8  Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. 
Dan 10:9  Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 
Dan 10:10  And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 
Dan 10:11  And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 
Dan 10:12  Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Dan 10:13  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. 
Dan 10:14  Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. 
Dan 10:15  And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 
Dan 10:16  And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Dan 10:17  For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. 
Dan 10:18  Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
Dan 10:19  And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 
Dan 10:20  Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 
Dan 10:21  But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. 

Chapter 9 of Daniel puts great emphasis on the need to pray fervently, and to be steadfast in prayer, the resultant effect being that we would then be given understanding regarding the second section of Daniel 9 that pointed to Christ’s ministry when He was on this earth and cut off in the middle of the week as our Savior (Dan 9:26-27). This prophecy is paramount to understand for God’s elect as it is Christ’s body who will fill up what is behind of the afflictions of our Lord in a time frame represented by the second half of that week. That last part of the week typifies the time that the saints will mature in this life through the ministry God has ordained through the church of which Christ is the head of (Col 1:24, Rev 1:3). 

Dan 9:27  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Christ died for the sins of the world (1Jn 2:2). However, He placed all the sin of the world on the scapegoat [Lev 16:21 the trespass offering Lev 16:22] that He, the fit man, would take into the wilderness (Php 2:12-13) where God’s elect would fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ for His body’s sake, being as He is in this world, and through that judgment upon the elect (1Pe 4:17), they would be made ready as Christ was (Heb 2:17, Heb 3:1, Heb 4:14-15, Heb 5:1, Heb 5:5) to be raised as saviors who come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau (Oba 1:21).

Heb 2:17  Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 

[It behooves God’s elect now to fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ in order to become merciful and faithful kings and priests of God. (Rom 12:1-2, Col 1:24, Oba 1:21)]

Heb 3:1  Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 

Heb 4:14  Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

In chapter 10, the emphasis is on the process of judgment God’s elect must go through in this life in order to have the light of Christ break forth and deliver us from the power of sin [(Joh 8:36, 1Co 15:1-2, 2Pe 2:14) God’s elect are the first to go from being unstable, spiritually, to being established strengthened and settled in the Lord (1Pe 4:1, 1Pe 5:10). It is made very clear in this chapter of Daniel that it is Christ alone who is the author and the finisher of that process in the lives of those who are being judged in this age (1Pe 4:17).

Dan 10:1  In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Dan 10:2  In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
Dan 10:3  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. 
Dan 10:4  And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;H2313

The significance of something being revealed in the “third year of Cyrus king of Persia” is to remind us that this is a story about overcoming the powers and principalities of this world (Eph 6:12), typified here by “Cyrus king of Persia.” Being the third year of his reign is a symbolic number revealing that in order to overcome those powers and principalities, we must go through a process [3] of judgment. Daniel, as a type of the elect, was blessed and “understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision“, which typifies our being blessed to be able to read, hear, and keep the sayings of the prophecy in this life (Rev 1:3).

In order to overcome these kings within us, Daniel, who typifies the elect of God, “was mourning three full weeks” (Gen 50:10), again pointing to the process of judgment and the need to keep under our bodies as we die daily in this life (1Co 9:27, 1Co 15:31).

Gen 50:10  And they [Joseph and all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house – see v 7-8 – typifying the whole world within us] came to the threshingfloor of AtadH329 [‘thorns’, ‘bramble’; from an unused root probably meaning to pierce or make fast], which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father [Joseph’s father Jacob/Israel typifying our old man that must die] seven days [“three full weeks” (3×7=21)].

Daniel says he abstained and 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.” These actions typify for us the need to seek the kingdom of God first and His righteousness (Mat 6:33), His bread, His flesh and blood (wine) (Joh 6:51-54) and to live a life that is sacrificial in God’s service (Rom 12:1-2), keeping under ourselves (“neither did I anoint myself at all” 1Co 9:27) as we learn of His faithfulness through a process that settles us in our minds and brings us to a place of acceptance that what God provides for us in this life is what is best for our spiritual growth, and whether it be a little or a lot, we can learn at His hand “both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need”  (Php 4:11-13, 1Ti 6:7-9).

Mat 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Php 4:11  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Php 4:12  I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 
Php 4:13  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

1Ti 6:7  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 
1Ti 6:8  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 
1Ti 6:9  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Right after Daniel talking about his determination in his heart to abstain from bread, flesh and wine, we read that this is happening “in the four and twentieth day of the first month.” The spiritual significance of this statement is that it is after we dedicate our lives to God as a living sacrifice, which can only occur by God dragging us to Christ (Joh 6:44), that we end up being on a sure foundation, the rock Jesus Christ (Mat 16:18, Mat 7:24-25). It takes His judgment, the day of the Lord in our lives, for that foundation to be formed. This is typified by the “the first month” [day of the Lord] and the “four and twentieth day” as a [witness of Christ who is the true foundation that all men must be built upon in time (1Co 3:11) 2×12=24].

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 

Mat 7:24  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Mat 7:25  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

1Co 3:11  For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

These events in Daniel’s life were also occurring “as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel.H2313” ‘Hiddekel’ or the Tigris river is mentioned in Genesis 2:14 as the third river, again establishing the process of judgment we must go through, the much tribulation of this life, the abstaining from those things that war against our flesh (1Pe 2:11, Act 15:29), in order to then see the light of Christ break forth within our lives, which is the positive use of the word ‘Euphrates’ being the fourth river that follows the Tigris [Hiddekel], also mentioned in Genesis 2:14. The root meaning of Euphrates is to break forth, and this reminds us what happens in our lives when we are granted to be received of God through a process of judgment that makes it possible for us to put off our flesh and see the light of Christ break forth (Gen 2:14, Gal 4:27, Isa 58:4-11). 

Gen 2:14  And the name of the third river is Hiddekel:H2313 that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.H6578

Gal 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

Isa 58:6  Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 
Isa 58:7  Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 
Isa 58:8  Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Isa 58:9  Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; 
Isa 58:10  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Isa 58:11  And the LORD shall guide thee continually (Rom 8:14-16), and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. 

Dan 10:5   Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: 

When God’s judgments are in our earth, we will be humbled and learn righteousness, meaning we will learn of Christ who is our righteousness (Isa 26:9, Jer 23:6, Php 3:9). The vision Daniel is given ‘by the great river called Hiddekel’ is that of Christ who is “a certain man clothed in linen” (1Ti 2:5, 1Co 11:3, Joh 19:5, Exo 39:27) and whose “loins [are] girded with fine gold of Uphaz:H210” (Rev 19:7-8, Rev 14:14, Son 5:11, Son 5:15,  Isa 13:12, Tit 2:14, 1Pe 2:9).  The fine gold represents the tried faith of Christ which God forms within the body of Christ via our head Jesus Christ.

1Ti 2:5  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; “a certain man”

Rev 14:14  And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 

Son 5:11  His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 

Son 5:15  His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 

Isa 13:12  I will make a man more precious than fine gold;(Dan 10:5) even a man than the golden wedge of OphirH211.

Dan 10:6  His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 

This is clearly representing Christ and His Christ as He is described in the book of Revelation, only using different terminology (Rev 2:18-19). The vision of Daniel is the opposite of the vision of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar’ dream, as Christ in this instance is described as having a body like “beryl“, which happens to be mentioned only once in the new testament as the eighth [8 the number of the new man] of twelve stones that make up “the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God” (Rev 21:10, Rev 21:20).

Rev 2:18  And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire “his eyes as lamps of fire“(Dan 10:6), and his feet are like fine brass “his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass“(Dan 10:6);
Rev 2:19  I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.

Mat 28:3  His countenance was like lightning “his face as the appearance of lightning” [Dan 10:6], and his raiment white as snow: 

Rev 21:20  The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; [Dan 10:6] the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 

Rev 19:6  And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth “the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude” [Dan 10:6].

Dan 10:7  And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 
Dan 10:8  Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

The vision God gives us today of Christ is seen most clearly when we are putting off our flesh, “and there remained no strength in me.” Daniel retaining no strength in himself is a positive expression telling us that when we get out of the way we will see ourselves as nothing, “for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.” It is in that humbled state that we alone will see “the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision.” Those men who see not the vision represent our old man who says he sees, when in fact he is blinded for the self-righteous condition that is the natural status of all men without God’s spirit within them (Joh 9:41, Php 3:9, Rom 8:9). Our first parents experienced this earthquake, “but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves“, who initially were naked and not ashamed, but then when their sinful condition became exceedingly evident because of their disobedience (Rom 7:8, Rom 7:13-14), then they hid themselves (Gen 2:25, Gen 3:7-8).

Joh 9:41  Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

Php 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 

Gen 2:25  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 

Gen 3:7  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 
Gen 3:8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 
Gen 3:9  And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 
Gen 3:10  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Dan 10:9  Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. 
Dan 10:10  And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. 

Sleep is likened to death in the bible, symbolized by this moment with Daniel, “then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.“ Now his fleshly reasoning is out of the way as he finds himself in this humbled position with his face toward the ground where God would give him his instruction (Job 33:15-16). It is when we are abased that God will exalt us (baptized into Christ death – resting in the Lord – [Rom 6:3]), and so we read that Daniel is left alone when he sees this vision, as we often feel in this earth very alone in our belief. What he saw represents what we see, a “great vision” which can only be seen when God gets us out of the way and we know we are the chief of sinners (1Ti 1:15): “there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.” It is the evil experiences of this life which God gives His people to be exercised and humbled therewith (Ecc 1:13). All of Christ’s sons must experience this humbling so we will be received by Him (Heb 12:6), “And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.“

Dan 10:11  And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Lord (Heb 10:31), and that is what is happening to Daniel who typifies the highly-favored bride of Christ, the “greatly beloved” who represents the Church (Luk 1:28). Christ tells Daniel to “understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright” and explains to us how this is possible because He is sent into our lives, “for unto thee am I now sent” (Joh 17:25-26, Joh 3:16-17). 

Luk 1:28  And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women [women representing churches]. 

Joh 17:25  O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26  And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Dan 10:12  Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

When God’s word is sent into our lives, it does not return void, “thy words were heard” (Isa 55:11). It is the power of God’s holy spirit working in our lives that gives us power over fear (1Jn 4:18) because Christ is working in us ‘both to will and to do of His good pleasure’ (Php 2:12-13). We can therefore “Fear not“, working out our own salvation with fear and trembling, having from “the first day“, representing the start of ‘the Day of the Lord’, to “set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God.” Chastening ourselves before the Lord is an expression that reveals that we understand and believe these verses that apply to us (Act 14:22, 1Pe 4:12, Heb 12:6).

Act 14:22  Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 

Heb 12:6  For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Dan 10:13  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. 
Dan 10:14  Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. 
Dan 10:15  And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 

The “prince of the kingdom of Persia” represents Satan who hinders us in this life (1Th 2:18). God gives Satan command to hinder us for this symbolic number of twenty one days that witnesses [2] to the truth that Satan is an instrument in God’s hand which He uses to stretch us in the day of the Lord [1] as we see evidenced with these verses (Satan tries to hinder our coming together [1Th 2:14-20]). ‘Twenty one’ is a multiple of seven as well (3×7=21), which brings to mind  the three [3] sets of seven [7]  seals, trumpets and vials found in the book of Revelation (Rev 5:5, Rev 8:2, Rev 17:1).

“I remained there with the kings of Persia” means that God does not take us out of the trial but rather makes a way for us to bear the burden and go through the experience (1Co 10:13). It is through those who are close to God that we receive our help in time of need in the body of Christ, represented by how “Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me” (Rev 12:7-8).

Dan 10:13  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. Then lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; for I had been there alone with the kings of Persia. (AFV)

Rev 12:7  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 
Rev 12:8  And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Christ strengthens us by His word through the church who brings the word of God that gives us the vision we need in this life so we don’t perish (Pro 29:18), “Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.“

Pro 29:18  Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 

This knowledge that God brings to us through the church (Eph 3:10), humbles us to our core if Christ is working with us in this life, preparing us to receive His word that brings us to a point of being quiet or still (“and I became dumb” – Job 40:4, Psa 46:10). We now realize that our words, our righteousnesses, are as filthy rags and are of no significance, as opposed to His words of eternal life (Joh 6:68), “And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.“

Job 40:4  Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Psa 46:10  Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 

Joh 6:68  Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

Dan 10:16  And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. 
Dan 10:17  For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. 
Dan 10:18  Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

It is by “the similitude of the sons of men” by which Daniel’s lips are touched, and this touching of his lips signifies his being purified by the word of God that comes from “the sons of men” who are like the angel (Luk 22:43) or messenger that purified the lips of Isaiah (Isa 6:5-8), reminding us that we need someone to teach us, through the church, the manifest knowledge of God being made known so that we can be sanctified in this life by His words (Act 8:30-33, Joh 17:17)

Luk 22:43  And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

Isa 6:5  Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 
Isa 6:6  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 
Isa 6:7  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 
Isa 6:8  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

God must humble us in this life in order to have His strength made be perfect through our weaknesses (2Co 12:9), and so the prophet mentions several times how he has no strength in himself and no breath left in him, both signifying that now Daniel is ready to hear the word of God and be strengthened as we see happening in these verses, (Dan 10:18-19). He is out of the way, signified by his strength being taken, and his breath, that symbolizes his own will and not the will of God that can only be accomplished by the spirit of God working in us (Php 2:12-13, Rev 1:17). 

Rev 1:17  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 

Daniel then asks how can he, the mere servant, talk with one so powerful when he can’t even get his natural breath. This conversation symbolizes for us how we can’t have communion with our Father and Christ unless we are granted to partake of that altar which those who serve the court cannot partake of at this time (Heb 13:10, Rom 8:9). The answer for Daniel in the next verses typify for us how it is through Christ that we are accepted and strengthened and able to have communion with our Father and Christ at that day (Eph 1:6, Joh 14:20):

Dan 10:19  And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. 

God is telling us with this verse that we can endure all things through Christ who strengthens us (Php 4:13), and that His peace passes all human understanding (Php 4:7) so that we can go through a process of being perfected, established and strengthened (1Pe 5:10) via the words of God, the truth of God, that reveals promises that confirm to us and ultimately convince us and quicken us in this life (Joh 6:63), becoming more than conquerors through the love of God which He sheds abroad in our hearts (Rom 5:5, Rom 5:10, Rom 8:36-37, Joh 8:32-36).

Dan 10:20  Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. 
Dan 10:21  But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. 

Daniel does not understand why the angel has come to him, “Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee?” (typifying what we all ask at the onset of our coming to know Christ whom we persecuted [Act 9:5-6]), but we know that Christ has come to win the battle for us and to demonstrate through the weak of the world that we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. What will Christ do for us if he will overcome the adversary by praying that we would be given the faith of Christ to do so (Luk 22:32), which is what this sentence symbolizes for us today, “and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.” The battle is a lifelong enduring to the end battle that is of the Lord to win within us, and so “the prince of Grecia shall come“, telling us we will drive the beasts out of our land “by little and little” (Exo 23:30).

Luk 22:32  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

God wants us to know “wherefore I come unto thee” and that is to reveal to His little remnant that it is His good pleasure to give to us the kingdom (Luk 12:32), even as we see that there is no faith in thVie earth to believe in these great things, which is why He tells Daniel, “and there is none that holdeth with me in these things” save “Michael your prince” who represents the remnant for whom Christ has prayed to be given faith that will be needed in order to stand and endure until the end of this age, believing all things, and holding fast to the Lord to the crown of life we’ve been promised (1Co 13:7-8, Mat 6:24, Rev 3:11).

1Co 13:7  Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 
1Co 13:8  Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

Mat 6:24  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 

Rev 3:11  Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

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