The Book of Daniel Chapter Two The Book

The Book of Daniel Chapter Two

The Book of Daniel 2: 1 -13 • Nebuchadnezzar is troubled by his dreams, but cannot remember them. • Daniel 2: 4 b-7: 28 are written in Aramaic. – Aramaic vocabulary & grammar – “Thing, word, matter” Arm. melah Heb. Debar – Aramaic was a spoken tongue of Babylon.

The Book of Daniel 2: 1 -13 • Nebuchadnezzar is troubled by his dreams, but cannot remember them. Daniel 2: 14 -25 • God reveals to Daniel the dream and its meaning & Daniel praises God.

The Book of Daniel 2: 26 -35 • Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the great image.

The Book of Daniel Head of Gold Chest & Arms of Silver Belly & Thighs of Bronze Legs of Iron Feet of Iron &Clay

The Book of Daniel Head of Gold Chest & Arms of Silver Belly & Thighs of Bronze Legs of Iron Feet of Iron &Clay

The Book of Daniel 2: 36 -49 • The interpretation of the dream.

The Book of Daniel Babylonian 625 -536 B. C. Medo-Persian 536 -330 B. C.

The Book of Daniel 2: 36 -49 • The interpretation of the dream. • “Inferior to yours” ar‘ah minak – ar‘ah = “earth, downwards” Inferior in power or simply below on the image? – Septuagint: Gr. hetton “lesser, weaker” Vulgate: Lat. minus “less (than)”

The Book of Daniel Babylonian 625 -536 B. C. Medo-Persian 536 -330 B. C. Greco-Macedonian 330 -166 B. C. Roman 63 B. C. -455 A. D.

The Book of Daniel 2: 36 -49 • The interpretation of the dream. • “In the days of these kings” – Luke 2: 1 -7; 3: 1 Birth & Teaching of Jesus – Colossian 1: 13 -14 – The Lord’s church is the kingdom which “shall stand forever. ”