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800 700 600 500 Northern Kingdom (Israel) 930 722 Southern Kingdom (Judah) 930 - 586 I saiah 740 - 681 Jeremiah 626 - after 586 Ezekiel 593 - 571 Daniel 605 - after 539 Return & Rebuilding 538 - 515
From the Prophets to Christ The Assyrian Period 750 -610 The Babylonian Period 610 -450 The Persian Period 450 -330 The Hellenistic (Greek) Period 330 -166 Alexander the Great 330 -323 Rule of the Ptolemies of Egypt 323 -198 Rule of the Seleucids of Syria 198 -166 Antiochus (IV) Epiphanes – Judaism prohibited 175 -164 Mattathias and his sons rebel (Maccabean revolt) 167 Hasmonean Period 166 -63 The Roman Period 63 … B. C.
DANIEL • What’s Daniel famous for? The lions’ den • How old was he when this happened to him? 75 -80 years old • When did Daniel prophecy? c. 605– 536 B. C. • Where did Daniel prophecy? Babylon and Persia • How is this book so connected to the Lord? The time for the coming of Christ The title “the Son of Man”
DANIEL • How big is the book? 12 chapters plus the Deutrocanonical sections • What does the name mean? God judges / condemns • What’s theme of the book? The Light Condemns the Darkness • What’s the structure and language of the book?
FOCUS HISTORY OF PROPHETIC PLAN FOR THE GENTILES PROPHETIC PLAN OF ISRAEL DANIEL REF. 1: 1 ———— 2: 1 ——— 5: 1 ——— 6: 1 ——-- 7: 1 ——— 8: 1 ————— 9: 1 ———— 10: 1 — 12: 13 DIV. PERSONAL VISIONS VISION DECREE FOUR VISION OF LIFE OF OF BEASTS RAM AND SEVENTY ISRAEL’S DANIEL NEBUCHA BELSHAZZ DARIUS MALE-GOAT WEEKS FUTURE DNEZZAR AR TOPIC DANIEL’S DANIEL INTERPRETS OTHERS’ DREAMS ANGEL INTERPRETS DANIEL’S DREAMS BACKGROUND LANG. HEBREW ARAMAIC HEBREW LOC. BABYLON OR PERSIA TIME c. 605– 536 B. C. 12 chapters plus the Deutrocanonical sections (GREEK) Thomas Nelson Publishers: Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps & Charts : Old and New Testaments. Rev. and updated ed. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, 1996
Daniel – The Light Condemns the Darkness Daniel’s prophetic career in Babylon from Nebuchadnezzar’s reign to Cyrus’ 1– 6 Ascetic life (Daniel’s Training) 1 Wisdom (Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream) 2 Faithfulness: 3 men vs. idolatry (Furnace) 3 Submission to God: pride & vain glory (Tree) 4 Honouring God: riotous living (Bleshazzar) 5 Worshiping God (Lions’ Den) 6
Daniel – The Light Condemns the Darkness Daniel’s great vision under Belshazzar, Darius and Cyrus 7 – 12 Empires (Dream of Four Beasts) 7 Struggle (Vision of Ram & Goat) 8 Prayer – Prophecy of Seventy Weeks 9 Prophecy of Kings (Vision of Man) The End of Times 10 – 11 12
Image— Beasts— Chapter 2 Chapter 7 Head of fine gold Like a lion with eagle’s wings Chest and arms of silver The Times of the Gentiles Belly and thighs of bronze Like a bear Beasts— Chapter 8 Kingdoms Represented Babylon BC Ram with two horns Like a leopard with four Male goat with wings and four heads one great horn, four horns and little horn Legs of iron, feet Incomparable beast of iron and clay with ten horns and little horn Stone that Messiah and saints becomes a great receive the kingdom mountain 626 Medo-Persia 539 BC Greece 330 BC (Antiochus Epiphanus) Rome 63 BC Kingdom of God Thomas Nelson Publishers: Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps & Charts : Old and New Testaments. Rev. and updated ed. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, 1996
Exile and Return 722 B. C. Fall of Samaria to the Assyrians – Sargon III 605 Leading Judeans deported by the Babylonians (Chaldeans) – Nebuchadnezzar 586 Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians – destruction of the Temple 537 Return of about 50, 000 from Babylon to Jerusalem Altar rebuilt, sacrifice offered in the seventh month 536 Temple begun, but stopped – economic and political struggle 520 Ministry of Haggai and Zechariah – work on Temple renewed 515 Temple completed by Zerubbabel, Joshua as high priest 481 Esther as queen, Xerxes (Ahasuerus) as king 458 Ezra returned in the reign of Artaxerxes; Law revived 445 Nehemiah rebuilt the walls 432 Malachi’s prophecy
