Daniel

By David Maas
{THE BOOK OF DANIEL}

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{BACKGROUND}
  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 incident at the Tower of Babel found in 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. Great Image of the King - (Nebuchadnezzar implemented his dream by “setting up” the great golden image as he imagined it to glorify his majesty and realm) - {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 - (Daniel 5:1-31 - The overthrow of Babylonian power by the Medes and Persians) - {PDF Copy}
  7. The Next Imperial Power - (Daniel 6:1-28 - Daniel in the Lion's Den) - {PDF Copy}

{VISIONS OF DANIEL}
  1. Four Beastly Regimes - Vision - (Daniel 7:1-8 - The vision of four beasts ascending from the sea) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Bear and the Leopard - Identities - (Daniel 7:5-6 - In Daniel’s vision, how do we identify the second and third kingdoms, the “Bear” and the “Leopard”?) - {PDF Copy}
  3. The Fourth Beast - (Daniel 7:7-14 - The fourth beast becomes the main focus of the vision, especially the little horn speaking great things) - {PDF Copy}
  4. Four Beasts Interpretation - (Daniel 7:15-27 - The interpretation of the four beasts from the sea and the "little horn" of the fourth beast) - {PDF Copy}
  5. On the Clouds - (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. Transgression that Desolates - (The vision of a ram overthrown by the goat from the west, and the desecration of the sanctuary by the little horn) - {PDF Copy}
  7. King of Fierce Countenance - (Daniel 8:14-27 - The focus of the interpretation is on a malevolent king descended from the Greco-Macedonian empire) - {PDF Copy}
  8. Word of Jeremiah - (Daniel 9:1-2 - Daniel began to inquire into the promised end to the Babylonian Captivity that was recorded in the book of 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. Six Redemptive Goals - (The angel outlined six redemptive goals to Daniel that would be completed by the end of the Seventy Weeks) - {PDF Copy}
  11. Seventy Weeks - The Word to Return - (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) - {PDF Copy}
  12. The First Sixty-Nine Weeks - (Daniel 9:25 - The first sixty-nine “weeks” lay the groundwork for the tumultuous events of the final or “70th week”) - {PDF Copy}
  13. After Sixty-Two Weeks - (Daniel 9:26 - A malevolent “leader” appears who corrupts the city and people, and “desolates” the sanctuary) - {PDF Copy}
  14. Final Week - The Abomination - (Daniel 9:27 - The final “week” of the prophecy includes verbal links to the other visions of Daniel, especially the “abomination of desolation”) - {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 goat - Daniel 10:1-21) - {PDF Copy}
  16. Persia Stirs Greece - (Daniel 11:1-4 - The conflict between Persia and Greece portrayed in the vision of the ram and goat is recapped and expanded in chapter 11) - {PDF Copy}
  17. The Arrogant King of the North - (Daniel 11:5-45 - The war between the kings of the “North” and “South” culminates in the rise of an arrogant ruler who persecutes the saints) - {PDF Copy}
  18. Time of Tribulation - (The “tribulation” is coming upon the saints, the “indignation” such as the people of God had never experienced) - {PDF Copy}

{TOPICAL STUDIES}
  1. A Second Little Horn? - (The “little horn” appears in two of Daniel’s visions – Is it the same figure in each case or two different individuals?) - {PDF Copy}
  2. The Mouth Speaking Great Things - {PDF Copy} - (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)
  3. Desolating Abomination - Context - (Literary context is vital for understanding the “Abomination that Desolates” in the book of Daniel) - {PDF Copy}
  4. The End of the Indignation - (The war against the saints endures only for the period of a “time, times, and part of a time” - Daniel 7:25) - {PDF Copy}
  5. The Son of Man in the New Testament - (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) - {PDF Copy}
  6. The Little Horn - (The description of the little horn fits perfectly with the known history of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV, Epiphanes) - {PDF Copy}
  7. The Start Date of the Seventy Weeks - (Daniel 9:24-24 - The pivotal date of the commencement of the Seventy Weeks) - {PDF Copy}
  8. The Missing Seventy Weeks of Daniel - {PDF Copy} - (The book of Revelation never refers or alludes to the "Seventy Weeks" prophecy of Daniel)
  9. Unsealing Daniel - (Daniel was commanded to seal the scroll, but John is told NOT to do so since the season is now at hand) - {PDF Copy}
  10. The Season is at Hand - {PDF Copy} - (In Revelation, the period known as the last days began following the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth)