Daniel 1 - 6

By David Maas
{INSIDE THE EMPIRE}

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  1. God Grants Sovereignty - {PDF Copy} - (God gave the kingdom of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, but also equipped Daniel for service in Babylon)
  2. Food Offered to Idols - {PDF Copy}  -  (Daniel and his three companions refused to participate in the religious rituals of the Babylonian World-Empire)
  3. King's Dream - God's Reign - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 2:1-49 - Only Daniel was able to reveal and interpret the troubling dream of King Nebuchadnezzar)
  4. Great Image of the King - {PDF Copy} - (Nebuchadnezzar implemented his dream by “setting up” the great golden image to glorify his majesty and sovereignty)
  5. Beastly Number - {PDF Copy} - (The number of the beast, 666, is based on the dimensions of the great image erected by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon)
  6. The Fiery Furnace - {PDF Copy} - (Three Jewish exiles are cast into the fiery furnace for refusing to render homage to the “great image set up” by the king)
  7. Downfall and Restoration - {PDF Copy} - (The King has another troubling dream that leads to his downfall but only after his display of imperial hubris)
  8. The Head of Gold Shattered - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 5:1-31 - The overthrow of Babylonian world-power by the Medes and Persians)
  9. Babylon Then and Now - {PDF Copy} - (The story of Ancient Babylon’s demise is reflected in the sixth trumpet and the sixth bowl of wrath in Revelation)
  10. The Next Imperial Power - {PDF Copy} - (The rescue of Daniel from ravenous lions demonstrated that Yahweh remained in firm control of history)
  11. Fear the Living God - {PDF Copy} - (The pronouncement by Darius after Daniel’s rescue from the lions is alluded to in the angel’s pronouncement to the inhabitants of the earth in Revelation)

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