Daniel
DANIEL 1-2
THE KING'S DIET REFUSED BY DANIEL (1:1-21)
Daniel the selected (1:1-7)
The conquest (1:1-2):
The command (1:3-5):
The candidates (1:6-7):
Daniel the steadfast (1:8-20)
The request (1:8-9):
The reluctance (1:10):
The recommendation (1:11-14):
The results (1:15-16):
The reward (1:17-20):
Daniel the statesman (1:21):
THE KING'S DREAM REVEALED BY DANIEL (2:1-49)
The king and his pagan advisors (2:1-13)
The fear (2:1):
The frustration (2:2-13):
His demand (2:2-4):
His decree (2:5-13):
The king and God's prophet (2:14-49)
God reveals the dream to Daniel (2:14-23).
The request (2:14-16):
The revelation (2:17-19):
The rejoicing (2:20-23):
Daniel reveals the dream to Nebuchadnezzar (2:24-49).
The information (2:24-35)
####### The statue (2:24-33): ####### The stone (2:34-35):
The interpretation (2:36-45)
####### Of the statue (2:36-43): ####### Of the stone (2:44-45):
The elevation (2:46-49):
DANIEL 3-4
THREE MEN AND A TEST (3:1-30)
The flamboyant Babylonian monarch (3:1-7)
The project (3:1):
The politicians (3:2-3):
The proclamation (3:4-5):
The penalty (3:6-7):
The faithful men (3:8-23)
The threat (3:8-15)
The astrologers' report (3:8-12):
The king's reasoning (3:13-15):
The testimony (3:16-23)
The three men's answer (3:16-18):
The king's anger (3:19-23):
The fourth man (3:24-30)
The discovery (3:24-25): Looking into the fire, an amazed Nebuchadnezzar sees two incredible things:
The three men are still alive (3:24-25a).
Another man has joined them, and he looks like a divine being (3:25b).
The deliverance (3:26-28):
The decree (3:29-30):
TWO MEN AND A TREE (4:1-37):
The prologue (4:1-3)
The proclamation (4:1):
The praise (4:2-3):
The particulars (4:4-37)
The king is corrupted through vanity (4:4-27).
Nebuchadnezzar's dream (4:4-18)
####### He sees a large tree spreading out (4:4-12). ####### He sees the tree struck down (4:13-18):
Daniel's interpretation (4:19-27)
####### His explanation (4:19-26): ####### His exhortation (4:27):
The king is corrected through insanity (4:28-37).
The pride (4:28-30):
The punishment (4:31-33):
The postscript (4:34-37):
DANIEL 5-6
GOD'S HAND AT DINNER (5:1-31)
The gall (5:2-4)
The order (5:2):
The outrage (5:3-4):
The wall (5:5-6)
The hand (5:5):
The horror (5:6):
The call (5:7-29)
To the magicians (5:7-9):
To the prophet (5:10-29)
The recommendation (5:10-12):
The reward (5:13-16):
The refusal (5:17):
The rebuke (5:18-23):
####### Lessons Nebuchadnezzar learned (5:18-21): ####### Lessons Belshazzar spurns (5:22-23): ######## The revelation (5:24-28): ######## The robing (5:29):
The fall (5:30-31): That very night Darius the Mede enters Babylon, kills Belshazzar, and rules over the city.
GOD'S HAND IN A DREAM (6:1-28)
A hostile plan (6:1-9)
The organization (6:1-3): Darius appoints Daniel as one of the kingdom's three top administrators.
The orchestration (6:4-9)
The sinister search (6:4):
The solution (6:5):
The subtlety (6:6-9):
A holy man (6:10-15)
The fearless prophet (6:10):
The heartless plotters (6:11-13):
The tireless potentate (6:14-15):
A heavenly ban (6:16-28)
The king's concern (6:16-18):
The king's cry (6:19-22):
The question (6:19-20):
The answer (6:21-22):
The king's command (6:23-28)
About Daniel (6:23):
About his foes (6:24):
About his God (6:25-28):
DANIEL 7-8
THE FIRST VISION (7:1-28):
The information (7:1-14): Daniel sees:
A lionlike beast (7:1-4):
A bearlike beast (7:5):
A leopardlike beast (7:6):
A 10-horned beast (7:7-8):
The Ancient One (7:9-12)
Who it is (7:9):
What happens (7:10-12)
####### A river of fire flows from God's presence (7:10a). ####### Millions of angels minister to him (7:10b). ####### Tens of millions of people await judgment (7:l0c). ####### The fourth beast is thrown into hell (7:11-12).
The man (7:13-14)
Who it is (7:13):
What happens (7:14):
The interpretation (7:15-28)
Of the four beasts in general (7:15-18)
Their rise (7:15-17):
Their replacement (7:18):
Of the fourth beast in particular (7:19-28)
The confusion (7:19-22):
The clarification (7:23-27):
####### Devour the earth (7:23-24) ####### Defy the Most High (7:25) ####### Be destroyed by the Most High (7:26-27)
The consternation (7:28):
THE SECOND VISION (8:1-27):
The animals (8:1-12)
A two-horned ram (8:1-4):
A one-horned male goat (8:5-8)
Its destructiveness (8:5-7):
Its death (8:8):
Another creature that comes from the goat (8:9-12)
The conquests (8:9-10):
The contempt (8:11-12):
The answers (8:13-27)
From a regular angel (8:13-14)
The question (8:13):
The answer (8:14):
From a ruling angel (8:15-27)
His identity (8:15-19):
His information (8:20-27)
####### About the two-horned ram (8:20): ####### About the one-horned goat (8:21-22): ####### About the third creature (8:23-27):
DANIEL 9-10
THE CHRONOLOGY (9:1-27):
The historical 70 (9:1-19):
The Scriptures as pondered by Daniel (9:1-2):
The supplication as prayed by Daniel (9:3-19)
The review (9:3-14)
####### Israel's sin (9:3-11) ####### Israel's suffering (9:12-14)
The request (9:15-19):
The prophetic 70 (9:20-27): Daniel and Gabriel's visit
The nature of Gabriel's mission (9:20-23):
The nature of Gabriel's message (9:24-27):
The number (9:24):
The nature (9:25-27):
####### First period, 49 years, during which Jerusalem will be rebuilt (9:25) ####### Second period, 434 years, at which time the Messiah will be crucified (9:26) ####### Third period, 7 years, a reference to the coming Great Tribulation (9:27)
THE CONFLICT (10:1-21)
Daniel's vexation (10:1-4):
The duration of his fast (10:1-3):
The location of his fast (10:4):
Daniel's visitation (10:5-21):
The radiance (10:5-6):
The reaction (10:7-8):
The reassurance (10:9-12):
The revelation (10:14):
The resistance against this angel (10:13, 15-21):
The hostility (10:13a, 15-20)
####### He was hindered by the demonic leader of Persia en route (10:13a). ####### He will be hindered by the demonic leader of Greece upon his return (10:15-20).