DANIEL

From the Book of Daniel

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A Theology of History - (Imperial hubris is the legacy of the Tower of Babel, humanity’s first but certainly not last attempt at establishing the World Empire)
Babel and Shinar - (The arrogant acts of Nebuchadnezzar in the Book of Daniel parallel the incident at the Tower of Babel in Genesis)
Imperial Idolatry - (Upon his arrival in Babylon, Daniel was confronted with a predicament. If he consumed the food and drink of the king, it would impinge on his ritual impurity)
Five Kingdoms - (Daniel 2:1-49 - The King's dream revealed a "great image" representing four successive empires that precede the kingdom of God)
Daniel's First Three Beasts - (Daniel saw four creatures with animal-like features ascending from a wind-tossed sea, representing four successive kingdoms)
The Fourth Beast - (Daniel’s fourth beast is the focus of his vision, especially its little horn with the mouth that was speaking great things)
The Little Horn - (Daniel 7:15-27 - The second half of Chapter 7 interprets the vision of the fourth beast from the sea and its little horn)
The Son of Man - (The one like a Son of Man in Daniel’s vision is the source of Christ’s self-designation as the Son of Man authorized to rule the Kingdom)
The Ram and the Goat - (Daniel received a vision of a Ram and a Goat. The Ram represented the Kingdom of the Medes and Persians, and the Goat symbolized the Kingdom of Greece)
The Fierce King - (A malevolent ruler will arise from the Greek world who will deceive and persecute the people of God until he is “broken without hand”)
The Identity of the Little Horn - (The Little Horn represents a malevolent king from one of the four Hellenic kingdoms)
Desolating Abomination - Context - (Literary context is vital for the understanding of the “Abomination that Desolates” in the book of Daniel)
The Contemptible King of the North - (The war between “North” and “South” culminated in the rise of a “contemptible” ruler and the “abomination that desolates”)
The Little Horn in Revelation - (Daniel’s little horn is found in Revelation in the description of the beast from the sea and its “war against the saints)
The Mouth Speaking Great Things - (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)
Unsealing the Scroll - (Daniel was commanded to seal the scroll, but the angel sent by Jesus commanded John NOT to do so since the season was now at hand)
God Grants Rulership - (The Book of Daniel presents insights into the future with an emphasis on the rise and fall of key empires that will impact Israel)
Empires and His Kingdom - (Only Daniel could reveal the troubling dream of the Babylonian King, unveiling the future of empires and the final kingdom)
Two Little Horns in Daniel? - (The Little Horn is named in two of Daniel’s visions. Is it the same figure each time or two different individual rulers? - Daniel 7:7-8, 8:9-14)

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