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Daniel 7

Who Will Rule the World?

Daniel and the End of History

The GBC Inheritance Class

Fall 2010
Dr. Gene Pond

Our Story So Far

The Hebrew captive

Daniel arose to be a
leading counselor in
both the Babylonian and
Medo-Persian empires
as his God showed
Himself to be the Lord
Most High and the
revealer of future events.
—Daniel 1–6

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The Book of Daniel

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1–6 7–12
Court Stories Apocalyptic Visions
Daniel presented in 3rd person Daniel records in 1st person

1:1–
2:4a 2:4b–7:28 8–12
Heb. Aramaic Hebrew

Daniel’s Life Spanned the Exile

Belshazzar’s
Feast
605 539
597
586 536 515

70 years of Babylonian captivity

Captured Still advising

as a teen as a senior

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Daniel’s Visions Within History

Neb. Nabonidus
dies becomes king
of Babylon

Belshazzar’s Cyrus appoints Darius

Appoints Belshazzar
Feast the Mead coregent in
coregent in control
562 556 of Babylonia itself 539 control of Babylon
itself
555

Dan. 4 Dan. 7 Dan. 5 Dan. 9

Dan. 8 Dan. 10–12

In the interpretation of biblical prophecy,

the 7th chapter of Daniel occupies a unique
place. As interpreted by conservative
expositors, the vision of Daniel provides
the most complete and detailed prophecy
of future events to be found anywhere in
the Old Testament.
Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation, 145

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Daniel 2:31-35
The Dream Observed
• Awesome statue
• Head of gold
• Breast of silver
• Belly and thighs of bronze
• Legs of iron
• Feet & toes of iron and clay
• Stone cut without hands
strikes the feet, destroys image
• Stone grows into mountain

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Daniel 7
Daniel’s Vision of
the Four Beasts and the Little Horn
The Description 1–14
The setting 1
The four beasts 2–8
Lion
Bear
Leopard
Deca-keran Horribus
The little horn
The Ancient of Days 9-10
The end of the beasts 11–12
The Son of Man 13–14

Daniel 7
Daniel’s Vision of
the Four Beasts and the Little Horn
The Description 1–14 The Meaning 15–28
The setting 1 •  Daniel and interpreter 15–16
The four beasts 2–8 •  In summary 17–18
Lion •  In detail 19–27
Bear ▫  Beast #4 question 19-20
Leopard ▫  War with the saints 21-22
Deca-keran Horribus ▫  Beast #4 23
The little horn ▫  The little horn 24
The Ancient of Days 9-10 ▫  Tribulation 25
The end of the beasts 11–12 ▫  God’s judgment 26
The Son of Man 13–14 ▫  God’s kingdom 27
•  The effect on Daniel 28

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Isaiah 2:4
He shall judge between
the nations, and shall
decide for many peoples;
and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares,
and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation
shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither
shall they learn war any
more.

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