Book of Daniel

{IN THE IMPERIAL COURT}
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1. Introduction to the Book of Daniel - {PDF Copy} - (An introduction to the Book of Daniel with background information and a brief on how the Book of Revelation applies passages from Daniel)
2. A Theology of History - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Daniel demonstrates the absolute sovereignty of Yahweh over the course of history and nations)
3. In the Babylonian Imperial Court - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 1:1-21 - Daniel and his companions are educated in the courts of Babel, the ancient Land of Shinar)
4. The Dream of the King - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 2:1-49 - Only Daniel was able to reveal and interpret the troubling dream of King Nebuchadnezzar)
5. The Great Image of Nebuchadnezzar - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 3:1-30 - The golden image of Nebuchadnezzar, a prototype of the number and image of the Beast)
6. Downfall and Restoration of a King - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 4:1-37 - Nebuchadnezzar is removed from power for seven "seasons" until restored by God)
7. The Head of Gold Shattered - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 5:1-31 - The overthrow of Babylonian power by the Medes and Persians)
8. The Next Imperial Power - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 6:1-28 - Daniel delivered from the Lions Den demonstrates Yahweh's control of events in the new Empire)

{VISIONS OF DANIEL}

1. Four Beastly Regimes - Vision - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 7:1-6 - The vision of four beasts ascending from the sea and the Ancient of Days)
2. The Bear and Lion - Identities -
3. The Fourth Beast - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 7:7-14 - The fourth beast becomes the main focus of the vision, especially its “little horn with a mouth speaking great things”)
4. Four Beastly Regimes - Interpretation - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 7:15-27 - The interpretation of the four beasts from the sea and the "little horn" of the fourth beast)
5. The Vision of the Ram and the Goat - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 8:1-14 - A vision of a ram overthrown by a goat, and the desecration of the sanctuary)
6. Interpretation of the Ram and the Goat - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 8:14-27 - The focus of the interpretation is on a malevolent king from the Macedonian empire)
7. Seventy Weeks - The Word of Jeremiah - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:1-2 - Daniel began to inquire into the promised end to the Babylonian Captivity that was recorded in the book of Jeremiah)
8. The Seventy Weeks - Prayer and Visitation - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:3-23 - After praying for the restoration of Israel, the angel Gabriel appears to explain the “vision” to Daniel)
9. Seventy Weeks - Six Redemptive Goals - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:24 - The interpreting angel outlined six redemptive goals to be achieved by the end of the "Seventy Weeks")
10. Seventy Weeks - The Decree - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:25 - The “word to return” that marks the start of the prophetic period refers to the original prophecy of the seventy-years captivity by Jeremiah)
11. The First Sixty-Nine Weeks - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:25 - The first sixty-nine “weeks” lay the groundwork for the tumultuous events of the final or “70th week”)
12. After Sixty-Two Weeks - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:26 - A malevolent “leader” appears who corrupts the city and people, and “desolates” the sanctuary)
13. Final Week - The Abomination - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:27 - The final “week” of the prophecy includes verbal links to the other visions of Daniel, especially the “abomination of desolation”)
14. The Missing Seventy Weeks in Revelation - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Revelation does not apply the Seventy Weeks to any of its images or chronologies)
15. Final Vision - Visitation - {PDF Copy}  - (Daniel 10:1-21 - An angelic visitation precedes Daniel's final vision)
16. Persia Stirs Greece - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 11:1-4 - The conflict between Persia and Greece portrayed in the vision of the ram and goat is recapped in chapter 11)
17. The Arrogant King of the North - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 11:5-45 - The conflict between Persia and Greece portrayed in the vision of the ram and goat is recapped in chapter 11)

{TOPICAL STUDIES}

1. Two "Little Horns"? - {PDF Copy} - (The “little horn” appears in two of Daniel’s visions – Is it the same figure in each case or two different individuals? - Daniel 7:7-8, 8:9-14)
2. Desolating Abomination - Context - {PDF Copy} - (Literary context is vital for understanding the “Abomination that Desolates” in the book of Daniel - Daniel 9:27)
3. Time, Times, Half-a-Time - {PDF Copy} - (The “war against the saints” endures only for a “time, times, and part of a time” - Daniel 7:25)
4. The Son of Man - {PDF Copy} - (The images of the “Son of Man” figure from Daniel are applied to Jesus and his “saints” in the New Testament – Daniel 7:13-14)
5. The Tower of Babel, World Empire and Human Arrogance - {PDF} - (The presumptions of world empire are a legacy of the incident at the Tower of Babel, the first attempt at global rule)
6. Food Offered to Idols - {PDF Copy}  -  (Daniel 1:8, Revelation 2:10 - Daniel and his companions refused to participate in the religious rituals of the imperial court, a pattern followed in the church at Smyrna in the book of Revelation)
7. The Start Date of the Seventy Weeks - {PDF Copy} - (Daniel 9:24-24 - The pivotal date of the commencement of the Seventy Weeks)
8. Daniel in Revelation - The Time of Fulfillment - {PDF Copy} - (How the Book of Revelation applies prophecies from Daniel)
9. Daniel Chapter 7 in the New Testament - {PDF Copy} - (How the New Testament applies verses from Daniel's vision of four beasts ascending from the sea)
10. The Identity of the Little Horn - {PDF Copy} - (The “Little Horn” described in Daniel 7:7-8 fits perfectly with the known history of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV)

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