Prophet in Babylon

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The Book of Daniel

• Prophet in Babylon

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Amos
610 600 590 580 570
560 550 540 530
Return from Exile
Babylonian Captivity
Kings of Judah
Jerusalem Temple Destroyed
Joel?
Zephaniah

• The Prophet of Social Justice

Daniel
Jeremiah
Habakkuk
Obadiah?
Ezekiel
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Daniel 11-2

• In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king
  of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to
  Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave
  Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with
  some of the vessels of the house of God and he
  brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house
  of his god, and he brought the vessels into the
  treasury of his god.

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? Carchemish
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Pharaoh Neco
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Scale Model of Babylon
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Scale Model of Babylon
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Nebuchadnezzars Babylon
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Daniel and Ezekiel
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 221-22 21 And He changes the times and the
seasons He removes kings and raises up kings He
gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those
who have understanding. 22 He reveals deep and
secret things He knows what is in the
darkness, And light dwells with Him. NKJV
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 417 17'This decision is by the decree of
the watchers, And the sentence by the word of the
holy ones, In order that the living may know
That the Most High rules in the kingdom of
men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over
it the lowest of men.' NKJV
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 425 25 They shall drive you from men, your
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field,
and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They
shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven
times shall pass over you, till you know that the
Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives
it to whomever He chooses. NKJV
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 432-33 32 And they shall drive you from men,
and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the
field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen
and seven times shall pass over you, until you
know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of
men, and gives it to whomever He chooses." 33
That very hour the word was fulfilled concerning
Nebuchadnezzar he was driven from men and ate
grass like oxen his body was wet with the dew of
heaven till his hair had grown like eagles'
feathers and his nails like birds' claws. NKJV
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 434-35 And at the end of the time I,
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my
understanding returned to me and I blessed the
Most High and praised and honored Him who lives
forever For His dominion is an everlasting
dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to
generation. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth
are reputed as nothing He does according to His
will in the army of heaven And among the
inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His
hand Or say to Him,"What have You done?" NKJV
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Theme of the Book of Daniel

• God Rules in the Kingdoms of the Earth

Dan 520-21 21 Then he was driven from the sons
of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and
his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed
him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet
with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the
Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and
appoints over it whomever He chooses. NKJV
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General Outline

• Historical Events ch.1-6
• Under Babylonian Rule 1-5
• Daniels test as a captive ch.1
• Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzzars Dream About
  Kingdoms to Come ch.2
• Daniels friends refuse to bow to image and
  withstand test of the fiery furnace ch.3
• Interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars Dream About
  Gods Rule Ch.4
• Belshazzars Feast and the Fall of Babylon ch.5
• Under Persian Rule ch.6
• The test of the Lions Den ch.6

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General Outline

• Historical Events ch.1-6
• Apocaliptic Visions ch.7-12
• 1st Year of Belshazzar Visions about world
  kingdoms that were coming. Ch.7
• 3rd Year of Belshazzar Vision of Media-Persia
  (Ram) and Greece (He-Goat). Ch.8
• 1st Year of Darius Daniels Prayer and Vision of
  Seventy Weeks for Gods Plan Ch.9
• 3rd Year of Cyrus, the Persian Daniels vision
  of the time of the end. Ch.10-12

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The Amazing Word

• How could it have been written by human wisdom
  alone?
• How could future times be predicted and fulfilled
  by human wisdom alone?
• Daniel has long been out of the Lions den, but
  in the critics den, because of these amazing
  prophecies.
• Peter explains the truth of the matter 2
  Pet.116ff