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COMPARISON & CONTRAST

BETWEEN CHAPTERS 2 & 7

DANIEL 2 DANIEL 7

Dream Dream and visions

Given to Given to
Nebuchadnezzar Daniel

Given to an Given to a
unbeliever, a pagan king man of God

Humanistic View Theocratic View


of History of History

Gentile kingdoms from man's Gentile kingdoms from God's


perspective - perspective -
As glorious empires with intrinsic As brutal beasts devouring one
value another

What the kingdoms look like What God knows the kingdoms are
externally (their "reputation" among internally! (their "character" before
men) God!)

Interpreted Interpreted
by Daniel by an angel (?)

Four Metallic Subdivisions- Four Beasts -


One Stone One Son of Man
(Mt 21:44) (Mt 24:30)

Ten toe stage Ten horn stage

10 horns give rise to little horn


Ten toe stage
whose...
Smashed
Dominion is taken away,
by Stone
destroyed forever

Stone become great mountain Son of man receives a kingdom


Fills whole earth Everlasting dominion
Kingdom endures forever Will not pass away or be destroyed

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