DANIEL: PROPHET TO THE NATIONS

Visions in Babylonian from the subjugation of Judah until Babylon was overthrown by Persia

Time: around 606 to 534 BC, Contemporary with Jeremiah and Ezekiel

Part of the book is in Aramaic (2:4-7:28 ) and the rest is in Hebrew. (Daniel Inspired)

CHAPTERS & KEY WORDS	OUTLINE 12ch(6) Babylon map; Mediterranean map; Persia map #1; Persia map #2 (brief)
	I. THIRD YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM, KING OF JUDAH
1: Captives	Captivity and commission of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego (1-7) Daniel’s request to eat their own food (8-16) Their acceptance before the king (17-21)
	II. SECOND YEAR OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR OF BABYLON
2: Great Image	Nebuchadnezzar’s dream tests his wise men (1-13) Daniel’s intervention with the King (14-30) Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the Great image revealed (31-35) Head of gold, Arms & shoulders of silver, Belly and thighs of brass, Legs of iron, Feet of clay and iron mixed. Little stone cut out without hands destroys the image Daniel's interpretation (36-45) Four great kingdoms beginning with Babylon Kingdom of God, destroys them and fills the earth. [MESSIAH] Nebuchadnezzar’s reward of Daniel (46-49)
3. Furnace	Nebuchadnezzar’s great image and demand for homage (1-7) Report made against Daniel's companions for not bowing (8-12) Three young men in furnace for not worshipping the image. (13-27) Enemies thrown into the furnace and Hebrew men promoted. (28-30)
4: Tree	Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the tree chopped down. (1-18) Daniel's interpretation: Nebuchadnezzar to eat grass like an ox for seven years and then be restored (19-27) Fulfillment (28-37) Nebuchadnezzar's madness and restoration
5: Writing	Belshazzar's Banquet—Fall of Babylon to the Persians. (1-4) Handwriting on the wall, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. (5-9) The Queen’s request to call Daniel (10-12) The King’s call for Daniel to interpret (13-16) Daniel’s interpretation and reward (17-29) “Numbered, Numbered, weighed and divided” Your kingdom has been numbered, weighed and divided to the Persians. Fall of Babylon to the Medes (30-31)
6 : Lions	Darius, the Mede, king of Persia Daniel placed over his subjects (1-3) Conspiracy to destroy Daniel by making a law to only honor the king (4-9) Daniel ignores the law and is accused for praying to his God (10-15) Daniel thrown into the lions' den with no harm (16-23) Daniel’s accusers thrown into the den and destroyed (24) The King’s decree honoring Daniel’s God (25-27)
	III. FIRST YEAR OF BELSHAZZAR OF BABYLON
7: Beasts	Daniel's dream: Four beasts coming up out of the Great Sea (1-14) (map) 1^st. Like a lion, with eagle's wings, (4) 2^nd. Like a bear, with three ribs in its mouth, (5) 3^rd. Like a Leopard, with four wings like a bird and four heads, (6) 4^th. Beast with ten horns, great and terrible, --iron teeth --little horn. (7 ) Vision of The Son of Man [MESSIAH] Interpretation: (15-28) Four Great Kingdoms starting with Babylon. (15-22) Fourth terrible beast and the triumph of the Kingdom of God (23 -28)
	IV. THIRD YEAR OF THE REIGN OF BELSHAZZAR
8 : Goat	Daniel’s vision of the ram and he-goat battle (Persia & Greece) (1-8) Great horn (Alexander the Great) broken (8 , 21-22) (Map) (c. 300 BC) Four horns come up in its place –Cassander (Greece), Lysimachus (Asia), Ptolemy Lagus (Egypt) and Seleucus Nicator (Syria). (8, 21-22) Little horn comes out of one and treads down the sanctuary (9-14) Gabriel’s interpretation: (15-27) A king stands up who defiles the sanctuary (Antiochus Epiphanies. c. 175 BC) (8:23)
	V. FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE MEDE
9 : Seventy	Daniel's prayer for his people. (9:1-19) Seventy weeks (“sevens”) from command to rebuild Jerusalem to Messiah and the destruction of Jerusalem. (9:24-27) (490 years Counted from Decree of Artaxerxes, 457 BC)
	VI. THIRD YEAR OF CYRUS OF PERSIA
10 : Angels	Vision of a Glorious Man clothed in linen. (10:1-9) [Messiah] (cf. Rev. 1:10-18) Daniel comforted (10:10-17) Daniel strengthened by one like the Son of Man (10:18-21)
11 : Greece	Syria and Egypt struggles from Cyrus to Antiochus Epiphanies (c. 350-200 BC) (1) (Daniel 11 explained)
12 : How Long?	*"Time of trouble"* to the resurrection. (12:1-4) “How long?” The Glorious Man clothed in linen declares to angels by the river. (12:5-13) "Time, times and a half" (12:7) 1290 days. (12:11) 1335 days. (12:12)