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Major Prophets Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel

Daniel Author: Daniel Date: 605-536 B.C. Purpose: 1. Explain God s Program For The Gentile Nations (2:4b-7:28) Written In Aramaic 2. Explain The Effect Of The Gentiles On Israel (1:1-2:4a, 8-12) Written In Hebrew Contemporaries: Ezekiel, Jeremiah

Daniel Geography Jewish Captives In Babylon Jerusalem

Daniel Timeline 933 B.C. 612 B.C. 605 B.C. Israel Divided - Israel/Judah 597 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (2nd Captivity) Ezekiel Taken To Babylon Babylon Conquers Assyria Babylon Conquers Judah (1st Captivity) Daniel Taken To Babylon 586 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (3rd Captivity) 539 B.C. Medes & Persians Conquer Babylon 330 B.C. Greece Conquers Persia 167 B.C. The Maccabean Revolt 63 B.C. Rome Rules The World

Daniel 1 Daniel 1:19, Then the king interviewed them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king. Babylon Conquers Judah (v1-2) Young Men Chosen To Be Trained To Serve In Babylon (v3-7) Daniel Purposed To Not Defile Himself (v8-16) God Gave Daniel Knowledge & Skill (v17-21) 605 B.C.

Daniel 2 Daniel 2:6, However, if you tell the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore tell me the dream and its interpretation. Nebuchadnezzar Troubled By A Dream (v1-13) The Dream Revealed To Daniel (v14-23) Daniel Tells The Dream (v24-35) Daniel Interprets The Dream (v36-45) The King Promotes Daniel (v46-49) 603 B.C.

GOLD SILVER BRONZE IRON IRON/CLAY

GOLD Babylonian Empire 612-539 BC SILVER Medo-Persian Empire 539-330 BC BRONZE Greek Empire 330-63 BC IRON Roman Empire 63 BC-475 AD IRON/CLAY Future Empire

Daniel 3 Daniel 3:1, Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. The People Are Commanded To Worship The Gold Image (v1-7) Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-Nego Refuse To Worship The Image (v8-18) They Are Preserved In The Fire (v19-27) Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-Nego (v28-30)

Daniel 4 Daniel 4:32, 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. Nebuchadnezzar Dreams About A Great Tree Cut Down (v1-18) Daniel Gives The Interpretation (v19-27) The Dream Is Fulfilled (v28-37)

Kings Of Babylon 605 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar 562 B.C. Evil-Marodach 560 B.C. Neriglissar 556 B.C. Nabonidus 553 B.C. Belshazzar 539 B.C. Cyrus Conquers Babylon

Daniel 5 Daniel 5:5, In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Belshazzar Made A Great Feast (v1-4) The Writing On The Wall (v5-12) Daniel Interprets The Writing (v13-29) Belshazzar Is Slain & Darius Receives The Kingdom (v30-31) 539 B.C.

Daniel 6 Daniel 6:16, So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." The Decree To Pray Only To The King (v1-9) Daniel Cast Into The Lions' Den (v10-17) Daniel Delivered From The Lions (v18-23) The Decree To Fear The God Of Daniel (v24-28) 539 B.C.

Daniel 7 Daniel 7:3, And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. Daniel's Vision Of Four Beasts (v1-8) Daniel's Vision Of The Ancient Of Days (v9-14) The Interpretation Is Told To Daniel (v15-28) 553 B.C.

Four Beasts

GOLD: Babylonian Empire 612-539 BC SILVER: Medo-Persian Empire 539-330 BC BRONZE: Greek Empire 330-63 BC IRON: Roman Empire 63 BC-475 AD IRON & Clay: Future Empire Antichrist

Daniel 7 Summary Lion - Babylon: 612 BC - 539 BC Bear - Medes & Persians: 539 BC - 330 BC Leopard - Greece: 330 BC - 63 BC Fourth - Rome: 63 BC - 475 AD 10 Horns - Kings Of A Future Empire Another Horn - Antichrist Eternal Kingdom - Given To The Saints

Daniel 8 Daniel 8:8, Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven. Daniel's Vision Of A Ram & A Goat (v1-13) Gabriel Explains The Vision (v14-27) 550 B.C.

Ram vs Goat Ram Two Horns One Horn Higher Pushing Westward, Northward & Southward Goat From The West Without Touching The Ground Notable Horn Ram Cast To The Ground Four Horns Little Horn

Ram vs Goat Ram Media & Persia From The West Goat Greece Greece Is West Two Horns Media & Persia Without Touching The Ground Swift Conquering One Horn Higher Pushing Westward, Northward & Southward Persia Expanded West, North and South, but not East. Notable Horn Ram Cast To The Ground Four Horns Little Horn Alexander The Great Defeated Persia Four Generals Antiochus Epiphanes / Antichrist

Alexander Conquers Persia

Daniel 8 Timeline 550 B.C. Daniel's Vision (Daniel 8) 539 330 323 175 171 168 165 Medes & Persians Empire B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. B.C. Greek Empire (Ram) (Goat) Alexander The Great's Death Antiochus Epiphanes In Syria Antiochus Removed The High Priest Antiochus Defiled The Temple Temple Purified

Daniel 8 Summary Ram - Medes & Persians: 539 BC - 330 BC Goat - Greece: 330 BC - 63 BC 4 Horns - 4 Generals: 323 BC Little Horn - Antiochus Epiphanes / Antichrist

Daniel 9 Daniel 9:2, in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Daniel Understands The 70 Years Of Captivity (v1-2) Daniel Prays For His People (v1-19) Gabriel Tells Daniel About The 70 Weeks Determined For Israel (v20-27) 539 B.C.

God's To Do List Finish The Transgression Make An End Of Sins Make Reconciliation For Iniquity Bring In Everlasting Righteousness Seal Up Vision And Prophecy Anoint The Most Holy

Seventy Weeks Of Daniel Command To Rebuild Jerusalem Jesus Rides A Donkey Into Jerusalem Rapture Of The Church Abomination Of Desolation 2nd Coming Of Jesus Christ 69 Weeks Church Age 70th Week Tribulation Millennium & Eternity 445 BC 32 AD?? AD?? AD + 7

Daniel 9 Timeline 539 B.C. 445 B.C. Daniel's Prayer (Daniel 9) Command To Rebuild Jerusalem 32 A.D. Jesus Rides A Donkey Into Jerusalem 32 A.D. Jesus Cut Off 70 A.D. Rome Destroys Jerusalem?? A.D. Antichrist Confirms A 7 Year Covenant?? + 3.5 Antichrist Ends Sacrifices Abomination Of Desolation?? + 7 2nd Coming Of Jesus

Daniel 10 Daniel 10:14, Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come. Daniel's Great Vision Of The Man (v1-9) An Angel Explains His Delay (v10-14) The Angel Strengthens Daniel (v15-21) 536 B.C.

536 B.C. Daniel 11 Daniel 11:31, And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. A Mighty King Shall Rise Up & His Kingdom Divided Into Four (v1-4)

Greek Empire Divided Macedon Pergama Ptolemy Seleucus

Greek Empire Divided Seleucus Ptolemy

Daniel 11 Daniel 11:31, And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. A Mighty King Shall Rise Up & His Kingdom Divided Into Four (v1-4) Battles Of The King Of The South & The King Of The North (v5-28) North King Shall Defile The Sanctuary (v29-39) Final Battles Of North & South Kings (v40-45) 536 B.C.

Daniel 11 Timeline 536 B.C. Daniel Receives This Vision 480 B.C. Xerxes Invades Greece (v2) 336 B.C. Alexander The Great Rules The Greek Empire (v3) 323 B.C. Greek Empire Divided (v4) 253 B.C. Antiochus II Marries Berenice (v6) 246 B.C. Seleucus II Defeated By Ptolemy III (v7) 219 B.C. Antiochus III Gains Control Of Israel (v10) 217 B.C. Antiochus III Loses Control Of Israel (v11) 201 B.C. Antiochus III Gains Control Of Israel (v16) 190 B.C. Rome Defeats Antiochus III (v18) 175 B.C. Seleucus IV Is Assassinated (v20) 168 B.C. Rome Defeats Antiochus IV (v30)

Daniel 12 Daniel 12:11, And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. There Shall Be A Time Of Trouble Such As Never Was (v1-4) It Shall Be For A Time, Times, And A Half A Time (v5-8) The Words Are Sealed Until The End (v9-13) 536 B.C.