Daniel
Daniel’s
Tomb
Susa
Iran
Map of Mesopotamia
Daniel
Map of Mesopotamia
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
The Central Message of Daniel
1. God rewards
uncompromising faith
2. God rules in the kingdoms
and affairs of ALL nations
Who was Daniel
1. At least three in Scripture
2. He was of the tribe of Judah
3. He was either of the royal
family or a noble
4. He had a determined faith
Adjusting to Babylon
Taken to Babylon in 606 BC
Begins training in language and
culture of the Chaldeans
(Babylonians)
How Long Did Daniel Serve?
Taken to Babylon in 606 BC
“Remained” in some capacity until the
first year of Cyrus – 536 BC
Last prophecy in third year of Cyrus –
533 BC
At least 73 years
Chronological Sequence of Daniel
Chapters 1-4
Chapters 7-8
Chapters 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 9
Chapters 10-12
Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Darius
Cyrus
The Languages of Daniel
Daniel 1.1-2.3 Hebrew
Daniel 2.4-7.28 Aramaic
Daniel 8.1-12.13 Hebrew
Daniel
Structure of Daniel
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapters 2-7
Destiny of Nations
Chapters 8-12
Destiny of Israel
Daniel Chapter 2
The Prophetic Image
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Kingdom of God
Rome
Babylon
First Beast of Daniel 7.4
(Winged Lion)
Winged Lion of Babylon
Medo-Persia
Second Beast of Daniel 7.5
Bear raised up on
one side
Medo-Persia
Ram of Daniel 8
Two horns, but one
longer
Daniel 8.3, 20
Greece
Third Beast of Daniel 7.6
Like a 4-winged
Leopard
Greece
Male Goat of Daniel 8.5
Daniel 8.21
Greece
Kingdom of Daniel 11.3-4
Fourth Beast of Daniel 7.7
Daniel 7.19-28
Daniel 8.23ff
Daniel 9.26-27
Rome
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Greece
Kingdom of God
Rome
Kingdom of God
Mark 1.14-15
Mark 9.1
Colossians 1.13-14
Hebrews 12.28
Daniel
Daniel
Chapter 3
The
Pathetic
Image
Herodotus
(c. 484-c. 425 BC)
“Father”
of
“History”
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
The city was in the form of a square, 14 miles on
each side, and of enormous magnitude
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
The brick wall was 56 miles long, 300 feet high,
25 feet thick with another wall 75 feet behind
the first wall, and the wall extended 35 feet
below the ground
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
There were 250 towers that were 450 feet high.
A wide and deep moat encircled the city.
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
The Euphrates River also flowed through the
middle of the city. Ferry boats and a 1/2 mi. long
bridge with drawbridges closed at night.
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
The "Hanging Gardens" built by Nebuchadnezzar
for his Median queen were considered one of
the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Water was
raised from the river by hydraulic pumps.
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
There were 8 massive gates that led to the inner
city and 100 brass gates.
The streets were paved with stone slabs 3 feet
square.
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
There was "the great Tower" (Ziggurat) and 53
temples including the "GreatTemple of Marduk,"
and 180 altars to Ishtar.
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
In Nebuchadnezzar's palace were the Golden
image of Baal together with the Golden Table
(both weighing over 50,000 lbs of solid gold),
also 2 golden lions and a solid gold human figure
(18 feet high).
Herodotus
Book 1, 178-186
Concerning Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar’s palace was considered to be
the most magnificent building ever erected on
earth.
Daniel
Chapter 3
The
Pathetic
Image
Shadrach, Meshach,
Danieland Abednego
Chapter 3
Daniel Chapter 4
Nebuchadnezzar
is brought to his
senses
Daniel
Chapter 5
End of the
Babylonian
Empire
Relief of
Nabonidus
Praying to
the sun,
moon and
Venus
Cylinder of
Nabonidus
Cylinder of Nabonidus - Sippar
Mene = 50 Shekels
Mene = 50 Shekels
Tekel = Shekel
Upharsin = Half Shekels
(singular = Peres (divided))
Daniel
Chapter 5
End of the
Babylonian
Empire
Isaiah 44.27-28; 45.1
Jeremiah 50.38; 51.36
Isaiah 47.1
Daniel
Chapter 5
(Isa 55:11 NKJV) So shall My word
be that goes forth from My mouth; It
shall not return to Me void, But it
shall accomplish what I please, And it
shall prosper in the thing for which I
sent it.
Daniel
Daniel Chapter 6
The Lion’s Den
Daniel 7
The Four Beasts
Daniel
Daniel
2&7
Roman Rulers
Pompey
Julius
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero
63BC
47-44BC
27BC-AD14
AD14-37
37-41
41-54
54-68
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
Nerva
Trajan
68-69
69
69
69-79
79-81
81-96 *
96-98
*By the end of 1st century it was illegal to profess Christ.
Daniel
8
The Ram
The He-goat
Second “little
horn”
The Third Kingdom – Greece
Alexander
the Great
(356-323 BC)
Conquered the
“known world”
in less than
10 yrs
The Third Kingdom – Greece
The “belly &
thighs of brass”
Daniel 2.32
The Third Kingdom – Greece
The beast “like
a leopard which…
had four wings”
Daniel 7.6
The Third Kingdom – Greece
The goat with the
large horn that
was broken and
replaced by four
Daniel 8.5,8
See especially 8.20-21
The Third Kingdom – Greece
The “mighty king”
of Greece
Daniel 11.2-3
Daniel
Daniel
8
The Ram
and Goat
The Divisions of
Alexander’s Empire
“of Antiochus, God Manifest, Bearer of Victory”
Coin showing head of Antiochus Epiphanes
Chanukah – Festival of Lights – Feast of Dedication
Daniel
Daniel
9
The 70
Weeks
Daniel
9
70 Sevens
for “your
people and
the holy
city”
70 Sevens
Start :
Going forth of
command to
rebuild Jerusalem
70 Sevens
After 69
Sevens:
Messiah will be cut
off
70 Sevens
th
70
Middle of
Seven:
An end to sacrifice
and drink offering
70 Sevens
End :
Abomination of
Desolation
Matthew 24.15
Things
Accomplished
Finish
Transgression
and make an
end of sins
Heb 10.12;
Eph 2.15
Bring in
everlasting
Righteousness
Rom 3.21-31
Make
reconciliation
for iniquity
Rom 5.18ff
2 Cor 5.1ff
Col 1.20; Heb
2.17
Anoint the
Most Holy
Acts 4.26-27;
Heb 1.8-9
Messiah cut
off
Isaiah 53.8;
Acts 8.32-33
Destroy the
city and
sanctuary
Matt 24.1-34
Make firm
covenant with
many
Acts 10.34;
Rom 9.30
Seal up the
vision and
prophecy
Daniel
Daniel
10-12
Conflicts to
Come
Cyrus the
Great
559-530 BC
Cyrus
Cambyses II
Darius I
Xerxes I
(Ahasuerus)
Artaxerxes I
Xerxes I –
Ahasuerus
486-464 BC
See the
book of
Esther
Thermopylae
Thermopylae
The Third Kingdom – Greece
Alexander
the Great
(356-323 BC)
Conquered the
“known world”
in less than
10 yrs
The Divisions of
Alexander’s Empire
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of the
South”
323-30 BC
The
Seleucids
“King of the
North”
312-63 BC
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Ptolemy I Soter
Prince = Seleucus I
Verse 6
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Daughter - Berenice
Antiochus II Theos
(Laodice)
Verses 7-8
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Ptolemy III, brother
of Berenice
Seleucus II
Callinucus
Verses 9-10
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Ptolemy III, brother
of Berenice
Seleucus II
Callinucus ?
Verses 11-20
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Ptolemy IV
Ptolemy V (boy)
Ptolemy Philopater
Antiochus III
Seleucus IV
Philopater
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Antiochus III
222-187 BC
Thermopylae
Verses 21-26
The
Ptolemy’s
“King of South”
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Ptolemy VI
Antiochus IV
Epiphanes
The
Seleucids
“King of North”
Antiochus IV
Epiphanes
222-187 BC
“of Antiochus, God Manifest, Bearer of Victory”
Coin showing head of Antiochus Epiphanes
Chanukah – Festival of Lights – Feast of Dedication
Daniel
The
Romans
“King of
North”
Pompey
the Great
106-48 BC
Daniel 11.36?
“King of
North”
Pompey
the Great
Enters the
Temple 63 BC
Daniel 11.41
The Romans
“King of North”
Julius Caesar
100-44 BC
Daniel 11.36ff?
The
Romans
“King of
North”
Vespasian
r. 69-79 AD
Daniel
Daniel 12.7
…and when the power of the holy
people has been completely
shattered, all these things shall
be finished.
Important Historical
Dates of Daniel
606 BC - First deportation
539 BC – Babylon captured by
Medes and Persians
536 BC – Decree of Cyrus
533 BC – Final prophecy of
Daniel
Important Prophetic
Events of Daniel
Four kingdoms (2, 7, 8, 9, 11)
End of Babylonian Empire (5)
Dominance of Persia over Media
Division of Greek Empire
Antiochus IV Epiphanies and
disruption of sacrifices
Important Prophetic
Events of Daniel
Hanukah
Kingdom of Heaven
Destruction of Jerusalem
Tribulation of Saints under Rome
Destruction of Roman Empire
Important Prophetic
Dates of Daniel
168 BC – Desecration of Temple
– Sacrifice taken away
165 BC – Temple cleansed
63 BC – Romans take over
33 AD – Kingdom of Heaven
established
70 AD – Jerusalem destroyed
Daniel
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