Daniel 1-12

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DanielAuthor: 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

Jerusalem

Jewish Captives

In Babylon

Daniel Timeline933 B.C. Israel Divided - Israel/Judah

612 B.C. Babylon Conquers Assyria

605 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (1st Captivity) Daniel Taken To Babylon

597 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (2nd Captivity) Ezekiel 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

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)

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.

605 B.C.

Daniel 2

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)

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.

603 B.C.

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

IRON

IRON/CLAY

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

IRON

IRON/CLAY

Babylonian Empire 612-539 BC

Medo-Persian Empire 539-330 BC

Greek Empire 330-63 BC

Roman Empire63 BC-475 AD

Future Empire

Daniel 3

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 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.

Daniel 4

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

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.

Daniel 5

Belshazzar Made A Great Feast (v1-4)

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.

539 B.C.

Kings Of Babylon605 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

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)

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.

539 B.C.

Daniel Timeline933 B.C. Israel Divided - Israel/Judah

612 B.C. Babylon Conquers Assyria

605 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (1st Captivity) Daniel Taken To Babylon

597 B.C. Babylon Conquers Judah (2nd Captivity) Ezekiel 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 6

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)

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."

539 B.C.

Daniel 7

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)

Daniel 7:3, And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

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

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

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

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

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 SummaryLion - 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's Vision Of A Ram & A Goat (v1-13) Gabriel Explains The Vision (v14-27)

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.

550 B.C.

Ram vs Goat

Goat

From The West

Without Touching The Ground

Notable Horn

Ram Cast To The Ground

Four Horns

Little Horn

Ram

Two Horns

One Horn Higher

Pushing Westward, Northward & Southward

Ram vs Goat

Goat – Greece

From The West Greece Is West

Without Touching The Ground Swift Conquering

Notable Horn Alexander The Great

Ram Cast To The Ground Defeated Persia

Four Horns Four Generals

Little HornAntiochus

Epiphanes / Antichrist

Ram – Media & Persia

Two Horns Media & Persia

One Horn Higher Persia

Pushing Westward,

Northward & Southward

Expanded West, North and South,

but not East.

Alexander Conquers Persia

Alexander Conquers Persia

Daniel 8 Timeline550 B.C. Daniel's Vision (Daniel 8)

539 B.C. Medes & Persians Empire (Ram)

330 B.C. Greek Empire (Goat)

323 B.C. Alexander The Great's Death

175 B.C. Antiochus Epiphanes In Syria

171 B.C. Antiochus Removed The High Priest

168 B.C. Antiochus Defiled The Temple

165 B.C. 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 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)

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.

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

69 Weeks Church AgeMillennium & Eternity

70th Week Tribulation

445 BC 32 AD ?? AD ?? AD + 7

Jesus Rides A Donkey Into Jerusalem

Rapture Of The Church

2nd Coming Of Jesus Christ

Abomination Of Desolation

Command To Rebuild

Jerusalem

Daniel 9 Timeline539 B.C. Daniel's Prayer (Daniel 9)

445 B.C. 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's Great Vision Of The Man (v1-9) An Angel Explains His Delay (v10-14) The Angel Strengthens Daniel (v15-21)

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.

536 B.C.

Daniel 11

A Mighty King Shall Rise Up & His Kingdom Divided Into Four (v1-4)

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.

536 B.C.

Greek Empire Divided

Seleucus

Macedon

Ptolemy

Pergama

Greek Empire Divided

Seleucus

Ptolemy

Daniel 11

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)

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.

536 B.C.

Daniel 11 Timeline536 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

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)

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.

536 B.C.

Seventy Weeks Of Daniel

69 Weeks Church AgeMillennium & Eternity

70th Week Tribulation

445 BC 32 AD ?? AD ?? AD + 7

Jesus Rides A Donkey Into Jerusalem

Rapture Of The Church

2nd Coming Of Jesus Christ

Abomination Of Desolation

Command To Rebuild

Jerusalem