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When was the book of Daniel written? |
605 b.c. through 536 b.c. |
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Where was Babylon |
modern day Iraq |
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Was Jeremiah a contemporary of Daniel's? |
yes |
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What else was happening in the world when Daniel was written? |
Nebuchadnezzar had just invaded Jerusalem which fell in 605 b.c. |
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What did Nebuchadnezzar do with Jerusalem's royal and noble families? |
He took the best of the royal and noble families to serve in his palace |
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What did the royals and nobles have that would be desirable to a king? |
1. Well educated in every branch of learning 2. Gifted with knowledge and good sense 3. Have the poise needed to serve in the palace 4. Having a strong background, they would be prime candidates for learning (Nebuchadnezzar would have them educated in the language and literature of the Babylonians) |
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What are the other names the Babylonians were known as? |
Chadeans |
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How long did these elite Israelites attend Babylon school? |
3 years (like getting a master's degree in these days) |
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Would the Israelites be able to eat normally during their training? |
Yes. They ate from the king's kitchens |
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What career awaited these set apart Jews? |
Some would be advisers in the royal court |
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Who were qualified? |
Daniel Hananiah Mishael Azariah |
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From what tribe of Israel were they? |
Judah |
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What was the first step in the training process? |
Giving each one a Babylonian name |
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What were their Babylonian names? |
Daniel - Belteshazzar Hananiah - Shadrach Mishael - Meshach Azariah - Abednego |
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How did Daniel distinguish himself? |
He kept his diet pure, according to Hebrew law |
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How did Daniel get away with keeping his diet pure? |
God gave Daniel's overseer great respect for him |
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Were vegetables and water the only good kosher food the king's kitchen had to offer? |
yes |
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How did Daniel convince his overseer to let him eat only vegetables and water? |
Daniel asked for a ten day trial period and that the diet decision made would be based on results |
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How did the four young men do in their studies of Babylonian culture and language? |
Very well. God gave them an unusual aptitude for learning the literature and science of the time |
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Is there meaning in dreams and visions? |
yes |
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Who can understand dreams and visions? |
One who God gives the ability to |
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How long did Daniel serve as the king's adviser |
about 63 years |
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When did Nebuchadnezzar have his first dream? |
When Daniel and the other three young men were finishing up their training |
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Did this dream upset the king? |
yes |
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Who did Nebuchadnezzar consult first? |
His old advisers |
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Did the old advisers interpret the dream? |
No. They knew they couldn't do it and refused to even try |
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Why didn't they try to interpret the dream? |
If they were wrong, they would die |
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How did the king react to their response? |
Not well. He ordered all his advisers to be executed |
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Were Daniel and the 3 other young men ordered to be executed? |
yes |
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What did Daniel do to keep from being executed? |
He went to the king an asked for more time to interpret his dream |
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What did Daniel do with that time? |
He and the other three young men prayed for God to tell them what Nebuchadnezzar's dream meant |
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Did God answer when Daniel asked God to tell them what the dream meant? |
yes |
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What did Daniel think of God answering his prayer? |
He praised God |
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What did Daniel praise God for? |
1. For being the only one who has wisdom and power 2. For determining the course of world events in removing kings and setting others on thrones 3. For giving wisdom to the wise 4. for giving knowledge to scholars 5. for revealing deep and mysterious things 6. for knowing what lies hidden in the darkness, though God himself is surrounded by light 7. For giving him wisdom and strength 8. For answering his prayer |
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How did Daniel approach the king with an answer? |
He told the king that God revealed the answer -- that only God reveals secrets |
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What was the king's dream about? |
the future |
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The king's dream was about the future, which was...? |
Kingdoms to come, their fate, then God's eternal kingdom to come |
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Did the king believe Daniel? |
Yes. Daniel was promoted. Nebuchadnezzar believed in Daniel's God as a result |
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How high was Daniel promoted? |
To just below the king. The other three were beside him |
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Did they burn? |
No. Only their bindings burned |
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Did Nebuchadnezzar respond when they didn't burn? |
yes. He believed in their God once again, even so far as to make a new law forbidding anyone to speak evil against the Israelite's God |
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What became of these three young men? |
They got promoted again |
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Did a second dream come? |
yes |
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Could Nebuchadnezzar have prevented the prophecy from happening? |
yes |
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How could Nebuchadnezzar have prevented the prophesy from happening? |
If he had stopped sinning and did what was right, Nebuchadnezzar might have continued to prosper |
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What sin was Nebuchadnezzar deep in? |
He was not merciful to the poor |
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What does God have to say about those who treat the poor badly? |
Those who treat the poor badly are doing a wicked thing |
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How long did this prophecy take to fulfill? |
12 months |
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How did Nebuchadnezzar lose his mind? |
God relieved him of it |
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How did God relieve Nebuchadnezzar of his mind? |
God called Nebuchadnezzar's doom down from heaven |
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When was the next time Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged God? |
seven years later |
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The trial was over. Did Nebuchadnezzar pout? |
No, he praised God and worshiped the most high and honored him too |
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What miracles did God perform in this incident? |
1. God made Nebuchadnezzar insane 2. God restored Nebuchadnezzar's mind 3. God restored Nebuchadnezzar's honor, glory, and kingdom to him |
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God restored Nebuchadnezzar's honor, glory, and kingdom to him. How did that happen? |
Nebuchadnezzar's advisers and officers sought him out and reestablished him as head of his kingdom |
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Was Nebuchadnezzar's reign changed in some way? |
Yes. Nebuchadnezzar enjoyed even more honor than before |
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How did Nebuchadnezzar respond to this new found honor? |
He praised and glorified God as king of heaven, declaring all God's acts to be just and true, and that he was able to humble those who are proud |
