#BOOK OF DANIEL BIBLE STUDY NIV SERIES#

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast into the den of lions. Used with permission.Introduction to the Book of Daniel in the Bibleĭaniel 6:15-16 - Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Prophecies concerning the antichrist ( 11:36-45)įrom the NIV Study Bible, Introductions to the Books of the Bible, DanielĬopyright 2002 © Zondervan.

Prophecies concerning Egypt and Syria ( 11:5-35).

Prophecies concerning Persia and Greece ( 11:2-4).

Revelation from the angelic messenger ( 10:4 11:1).

Daniel's Vision of Israel's Future (chs.

Daniel's Prayer and His Vision of the 70.

Daniel's Vision of a Ram and a Goat (ch.

The Destiny of the Nation of Israel (chs.

Daniel's Deliverance from the Lion's Den.

Belshazzar's and Babylon's Downfall (ch.

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of an Enormous Tree.

Nebuchadnezzar's Making of a Gold Image and.

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of a Large Statue.

The Destinies of the Nations of the World.

The Young Men Are Elevated to High Positions.

Daniel and His Friends Are Taken Captive.

Numbers in apocalyptic literature see Introduction to Revelation: Distinctive See also Introduction to Revelation: Literary Form). To the people of God (see Introduction to Zechariah: Literary Form and Themes Apocalyptic literature is primarily a literature of encouragement The latter may be defined as symbolic, visionary, prophetic literature, usuallyĬomposed during oppressive conditions and being chiefly eschatological in theologicalĬontent. 1 - 6) and apocalyptic ('revelatory') material (found mainly in chs. The book is made up primarily of historical narrative (found mainly in chs. The climax of his sovereign rule is described in Revelation: 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will High (God) is sovereign over the kingdoms of men.' Daniel's visions always The theological theme of the book is summarized in 4:17 5:21: 'The Most Objective evidence, therefore, appears to exclude the late-date hypothesisĪnd indicates that there is insufficient reason to deny Daniel's authorship. ( 9:25 9:25-27), works out to the time of Jesus' ministry. Prophecy concerning the coming of 'the Anointed One, the ruler,' approximatelyĤ83 years after 'the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem'

Predictive of the Roman empire ( 2:33 7:7,19), which did not take control The symbolism connected with the fourth kingdom makes it unmistakably Place by the second century anyway, so the prophetic element cannot beĭismissed. Several of the fulfillments of prophecies in Daniel could not have taken.Greek translation of the OT) translated them incorrectly. that translators of the Septuagint (the pre-Christian The Persian and Greek words in Daniel do not require a late date. Must have been composed centuries earlier. 1939) demonstrates that the Hebrew and Aramaic chapters of Daniel Hebrew and Aramaic writing from the third and second centuries b.c.

LinguisticĮvidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls (which furnish authentic samples of Language itself argues for a date earlier than the second century. Thus it becomes clear that the four empires are the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman.

#BOOK OF DANIEL BIBLE STUDY NIV SERIES#

But in the mind of the author, 'the Medes and Persians' ( 5:28 ) togetherĬonstituted the second in the series of four kingdoms ( 2:32-43 see note 2 and 7 are Babylon, Media, Persia and Greece. To avoid fulfillment of long-range predictive prophecy in the book, theĪdherents of the late-date view usually maintain that the four empires.Had to have been composed no earlier than the Maccabean period (second centuryī.c.), after the fulfillments had taken place. Therefore all fulfilled predictions in Daniel, it is claimed, On the modern philosophical assumption that long-range predictive prophecy The widely held view that the book of Daniel is largely fictional rests mainly 530 b.c., shortly after Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, captured That causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel' ( Mt 24:15 see That Jesus concurred is clear from his reference to ' ?the abomination The book implies that Daniel was its author in several passages, such asĩ:2 10:2. Theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Daniel. This summary of the book of Daniel provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme,

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