Daniel

{THE BOOK OF DANIEL}

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{BACKGROUND AND STRUCTURE}

1. Introduction to Daniel - (An introduction to the book of Daniel with a brief overview of how the book of Revelation applies passages from it) - {PDF Copy}
2. Empires Rise and Fall - (Imperial hubris is the legacy of the Tower of Babel, humanity’s first but certainly not attempt to establish the World Empire) - {PDF Copy}
3. Land of Shinar - (The arrogant acts of Nebuchadnezzar parallel the story of the Tower of Babel from Genesis) - {PDF Copy}

{INSIDE THE EMPIRE}

1. God Grants Sovereignty - (God gave the kingdom of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, but He also equipped Daniel and his companions for service in the court of Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
2. Food Offered to Idols - (Daniel and his three companions refuse to participate in the religious rituals of the Babylonian Empire) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Dream of the King - (Only Daniel is able to reveal the troubling dream of the Babylonian King, unveiling the future of kings and empires) - {PDF Copy}
4. The King's Great Image - (The king misapplies the dream given to him by God of a great image with a head of gold) - {PDF Copy}
5. Downfall and Restoration - (The King has another troubling dream that leads to his downfall but only after his display of imperial hubris) - {PDF Copy}
6. The Head of Gold Shattered - (The last Babylonian ruler summoned Daniel to read the handwriting on the wall just before the empire’s downfall) - {PDF Copy}
7. The Next Imperial Power - (The rescue of Daniel from ravenous lions demonstrated that Yahweh remained in firm control of history) - {PDF Copy}

{VISIONS}

1. First Three Beasts - (Daniel saw four creatures with animalistic features ascending from a wind-tossed sea, representing four successive kingdoms) - {PDF Copy}
2. Bear and Leopard - Identities - (In Daniel’s vision, how do we identify the second and third kingdoms, the Bear and the Leopard?) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Fourth Beast - (The fourth beast is the focus of the vision, especially its little horn with a mouth speaking great things) - {PDF Copy}
4. Four Beasts - Interpretation - (The vision of the fourth beast, its little horn, and the war it wages on the saints is interpreted for Daniel by an angel) - {PDF Copy}
5. On the Clouds of Heaven - (Phrases from Daniel’s vision of the four beasts and the Little Horn are applied to Jesus and his saints in the New Testament) - {PDF Copy}
6. The Ram, Goat & Little Horn - (Daniel receives a vision of a “ram” and a “goat.” The ram represents the kingdom of the “Medes and Persians,” and the goat the kingdom of Greece) - {PDF Copy}
7. The Malevolent King - (Daniel received the interpretation of the ram, the goat, and of the little horn, the coming malevolent king) - {PDF Copy}
8. Word of Jeremiah - (Daniel began to inquire into the promised end to the Babylonian Captivity that was recorded in Jeremiah) - {PDF Copy}
9. Prayer and Visitation - (Daniel 9:3-23 - After praying for the restoration of Israel, the angel Gabriel appears to explain the “vision” to Daniel) - {PDF Copy}
10. Seventy-Sevens Divided - (The interpreting angel outlines six redemptive goals to Daniel that must be completed by the end of the Seventy Weeks – Daniel 9:24) - {PDF Copy}
11. The Word to Return - (The word to return marking the start of the seventy-sevens is the prophecy of the captivity recorded in Jeremiah – Daniel 9:25) - {PDF Copy}
12. The First Sixty-Nine Weeks - (The first sixty-nine weeks set the stage for the tumultuous events of the final or seventieth week – Daniel 9:25) - {PDF Copy}
13. After Sixty-Two Weeks - (After the first sixty-nine weeks, a malevolent leader appears who corrupts the city and desolates the sanctuary – Daniel 9:26) - {PDF Copy}
14. Final Week - Abomination - (The final week of the prophecy includes verbal links to the other visions of Daniel, especially the Abomination of Desolation – Daniel 9:27) - {PDF Copy}
15. Final Vision - Introduction - (Daniel chapter 10 introduces the final vision that is detailed in chapter 11, including verbal links to the vision of the Ram and the Goat - Daniel 10:1-21) - {PDF Copy}
16. Persia Stirs Greece - (The conflict between Persia and Greece portrayed in the vision of the ram and goat is recapped and expanded in chapter 11 - Daniel 11:1-4) - {PDF Copy}
17. The Arrogant King of the North - (The war between North and South culminates in the rise of the contemptible ruler and the abomination that desolates) - {PDF Copy}
18. The Time of Tribulation - (An angel pronounces a coming time of indignation upon the people of God such as they have never experienced - Daniel 12:1-13) - {PDF Copy}
19. THAT Son of Man - {PDF Copy} - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man)
20. Two Little Horns? - (The “little horn” appears in two of Daniel’s visions – Is it the same figure in each case or two different individuals?) - {PDF Copy}

{TOPICAL STUDIES}

1. The Start Date of the 70 Weeks - (Daniel coordinates the start of the Seventy Weeks prophecy with Jeremiah's predicted 70-year captivity in Babylon) - {PDF Copy}
2. Identity of the Little Horn - (The description of the little horn fits the known history of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV Epiphanes) - {PDF Copy}
3. The Little Horn in the Book of Revelation - (Is the “little horn” from the book of Daniel found in the book of Revelation? - Daniel 7:7-8) - {PDF Copy}
4. Desolating Abomination - Context - (Literary context is vital for understanding the Abomination that Desolates in the book of Daniel) - {PDF Copy}
5. Unsealing the Scroll - {PDF Copy} - (Unlike Daniel, in Revelation, the scroll is unsealed. With the Resurrection of Jesus, the time of fulfillment has arrived)
6. Mouth Speaking Great Things - (The mouth speaking great things in Daniel appears in Revelation in the description of the Beast from the sea and its war against the saints) - {PDF Copy}
7. Seated in the Sanctuary - {PDF Copy} - (The Lawlessness One will be unveiled when he seats himself in the sanctuary of God  - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)