Marbaniang, Domenic

OUTLINE Daniel can be divided into two parts: PART I: DANIEL THE INTERPRETER A. The Test of Dainty (Ch.1) B. The Vision & Interpretation: The Great Image Broken (Ch.2): The Four Kingdoms: Babylon (Golden Head): 606-538 BC Medo-Persia (Silver Breast & Arms): 538-333 BC Greece (Brass Belly & Thigh): 333-63 BC Rome (Iron & Clay Legs): BC 63-AD? C. The Test of Devotion: Shadrach, Meshech, & Abednego in Fire (Ch.3) D. The Vision & Interpretation: The Great Tree Cut Down (Ch.4) Nebuchadnezzar ’s Pride brings him to the fields, perhaps zoanthrophy or lycanthropy E. The Writing & Interpretation: MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN (Ch.5) Belshazzar and Babylon’s Fall (538BC) F. The Test of Decree: Daniel in Lion’s Den (Ch.6) PART II: DANIEL THE SEER A. The Four Beasts: The Four Beasts-Four Kings (Ch.7) B. The Ram, the Goat, and the Horn (Ch.8) Medo-Persia, Alexander, Antiochus Epiphanes ( Anti-Christ ) C. Daniel’s Prayer & the Revelation of the 70 Weeks (Explained be...

The next key verse is 2:44 which talks about the coming everlasting Kingdom of Jesus Christ . And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (Daniel 2:44) Daniel, unlike his contemporary Ezekiel , is more concerned about the political future of the world and emphasizes on the Kingdom of God. He hailed from Judah and the Lord had chartered his course into the palace of Babylon . Ezekiel, on the other hand, was of a priestly family and his visions were primarily related to the religious life of the people. Ezekiel's visions relate to the TEMPLE - the Glory of God, the Cherubim, etc. Daniel's vision is about the THRONE - the Kingdom of God. Ezekiel envisions a coming world to be filled with the presence, knowledge, and glory of God. Daniel envisions a world ruled absolutely by Jesus Christ. ...

The Book of Daniel was written sometime between 606-530 BC when Daniel prophesied through the times of Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, and Darius the son of Ahasurus in Babylon. The Book contains dreams, visions, and prophecies related to global politics revolving around the Jews whose nation Israel/Judah was snatched from them through conquests, first by Assyria and then by Babylon in 586 BC. The dreams, visions, and prophecies declare that though Israel was suspended as a nation from the realm of politics, God ‘s sovereign rulership over world politics had not come to cease. In terms of ethno-religio-political locus, the Book portrays one center: The Messiah who is the Son of David (the next immediate circumferential center being the Jewish people to whom He first belongs, ethno-religio-politically speaking). In terms of geo-political locus, the center is Jerusalem, the City of David (the immediate circumferential center being Palestine ). Jerusalem is destined to be the Capital of th...