Big Ideas
This is the main theme of the book of Daniel
What is: God is in control
When Nebuchadnezzar sees a fourth person in the fire with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, he describes him as ...
The son of gods.
Daniel and his friends are taken by the Babylonians, and are told to eat the kings food (alcohol, pork, etc). Daniel and his friends refuse to defile themselves with the kings food,
What happens next?
They are tested, and shown to be greater in every way than those who did eat the kings food.
Recite John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, so that whoever believes in him, will not perish but have everlasting life.
This was what Daniel did when he heard Nebuchadnezzar was going to kill all the wise men in Babylon because they could not interpret his dream?
He prayed, and asked his friends to pray.
This is how many periods of time passed over Nebuchadnezzar before his reason was restored to him
7
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednnego refuse to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar's golden image, and he proceeds to throw them into the fiery furnace,
What happens next?
They are spared by God, and joined by a fourth person In the fire to protect them
This is the city Jonah tried to go to instead of Ninevah while he was trying to flee from God.
Tarshish
When Daniel is praised by Nebuchadnezzar for revealing his dream to him, Daniel does this..
Gives the credit and glory to God
This was Daniel's given Babylonian name
What is Belteshazzar?
In chapter four Daniel tells Nebuchadnezzar that if he does not turn from his wicked ways his kingdom will be taken from him..
what happens next?
King Nebuchadnezzar says "Is not this my Kingdom that I built for my own glory?" While the words were still in his mouth his kingdom was taken from him and his reason left him.
The first 5 books of the Bible are called this..
The Torah/Pentateuch
In Nebuchadnezzar's first dream, the Lord shows him a giant statue that is destroyed by a massive "stone carved from a mountain by no human has" That stone then becomes a mountain that dominates the earth. What does this stone represent.
God's eternal kingdom/the coming of Jesus Christ
These were the original names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Hananiah, Meshael, and Azariah
Praises God
What was the name of the man who helped Jesus carry is cross?
Simon of Cyrene
Describe King Nebuchadnezzars second dream in Daniel 4, and remind us the lesson God had for Nebuchadnezzar in that dream?
There was a great tree that provided for all animals, and then a holy one came and chopped down the tree, lopped off its branches, and left just a stump bounded in iron, left to eat with the beasts of the field, until 7 periods of time passed over it.
God intended this vision to inform Nebuchadnezzar to turn from his wicked ways, lest he lose his kingdom and be made like the beasts of the field, until time passed over him and he knew God was in control.
How many different Kingdoms were represented in Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a giant image that was destroyed by "a great stone carved from a mountain made of no human hands"?
5, Head of Gold, Chest/arms of silver, middle sections/thighs of bronze, legs of iron, feet of clay/iron
The people of Judah under King Jehoiakim continually rebelled against God, and even practiced Idolatry.
What happened next?
God gave them over to the Babylonians
Samson killed 1000 men with this weapon..
A donkeys jawbone