Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel follows the life of Israelite named Daniel during the Babylonian captivity. Daniel and his friends are taken into captivity, but they soon serve under Nebuchadnezzar as interpreters. Nebuchadnezzar has a dream where sees an enormous statue with a head of gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs of iron, and feet of mixed iron and clay. The statue is then destroyed. Daniel interprets the dream as four empires that will be crushed by God’s kingdom. In another story, Daniels friends are thrown into a furnace for disobeying Nebuchadnezzar. However, they are protected by God and Nebuchadnezzar starts to worship God. In his second dream, Nebuchadnezzar sees a big tree cut down. Daniel interprets the tree as Nebuchadnezzar. He will lose his…

The Book of Daniel INTRODUCTION After reading different discussions and articles on the book of Daniel, this paper will compound the various information discovered concerning many different opinions and information regarding the book of Daniel. The various authors will be Jerry Sumney, Kathryn Lopez and NOAB bible, as well as information from the web. This will be a compilation of each author, thereby looking at the authorship, time era, and the audience. As well as events occurring and the…

Daniel – Reflection Every biblical character seems to have qualities that are good and bad, we can derive those qualities to apply it in our lives now. We all know Daniel for interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, and for his faithfulness demonstrated when was thrown in the lion’s den. But we need to understand the underlying qualities of Daniel, which made him the prophet he was. One of the main qualities of Daniel that caught my attention was that: - Daniel knew where to go for answers …

the book of Daniel and his prophecies. Daniel ‘name means ‘God is my Judge. For instance, in Chapters 1, vs 17. The early prophecies in Daniel life. Chapters 2., 4, 5. The Prophetic Book will reveal how God uses dominion of other nations, adversity, pride to humble and bring all people back to him.. We will see how the remnant (the few) will continue in the faith and worship him in spirit and truth, the coming of Jesus Christ, and how Daniel explains to us about the kingdom, which will no…

Biblical Literary Analysis: Daniel The book of Daniel has been interpreted to have many different themes throughout history. Themes such as power, pride, principles, and convictions have been drawn from the text. However, two themes accurately portray Daniel’s life and his circumstances: God’s faithfulness to His followers through their captivity, and the revelation of His glory. It also has a vision of future redemption and hope. Chapters one through six are characterized by an autobiography…

The Bronze Bow, a book written by Elizabeth George Speare, tells of Daniel’s struggle between revenge and forgiveness. Daniel despises all Romans because of his father’s crucifixion, which also lead to his mother’s death. Daniel’s sister, Leah, was traumatized after witnessing her father’s crucifixion. Daniel thinks she won’t leave her home because of demons. Daniel, seeing an old friend named Joel and his sister, Malthace or “Thacia”, talks to them about Leah and Daniel’s grandmother. Due to…

Introduction Daniel chapter 4 holds an interesting position within the book of Daniel, as it is the only section that was authored by King Nebuchadnezzar. This is made clear from the opening of the chapter which clearly states, “King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples.” Daniel chapter four is not a letter written to inspire a body of believers, it does not stand to describe battles fought on the battle field. Daniel four is a story. In fact, Daniel chapter four holds such significance because of the…

Daniel had been morning the past three weeks and when he standing on the bank of the Tigris river he saw a man clothed in linen with eyes like flaming torches and saw a vision (Daniel 10:2-7). The men around Daniel could not see the man which possibly means he was an angel. When the angel spoke, Daniel fell to the ground and the angel said to him, “Daniel, greatly beloved, pay attention to the words that I am going to speak to you” (Daniel 10:11). Daniel stood up while the angel told him not to…

known as, Belshazzar defiled items that belonged to the holy temple, they were drinking wine out of the goblets. God sent a warning to Belshazzar: A hand appeared and wrote a message on the wall., Daniel had to interpret the riddle. The interpretation was read as,” Mene, Tekel, Parsin. “Warning of Judgement: Belshazzar king kingdom would be divided between, Persian, Medes, and the prophecy will be fulfilled every night.” (FN) God had to deal with the disobedience of this leader and show his…

1:1; Jer. 46:2; Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, 364). Jeremiah claims Nebuchadnezzar’s reign began in Jehoiakim’s fourth year, whereas Daniel says it was Jehoiakim’s third. Furthermore, some critics point to the lack of historical verification for the siege of Jerusalem…