Major Players
This prophet was taken from Judah to Babylon as a young exile and later interpreted dreams for kings.
Who is Daniel?
Babylon's king first had a troubling dream about this.
What is a giant statue?
When facing distress or uncertainty, this is what we are called to do instead of trusting human wisdom.
What is the turn to God in prayer?
What is trust in God?
Like Daniel in the lions’ den, Jesus was innocent yet still faced this kind of unjust treatment.
What is a false accusation / an unfair trial?
"Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
This king had two troubling dreams and temporarily ate grass like an ox.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
These chapters talk about King Nebuchadnezzar's troubling dreams.
What are chapters 2 and 4?
Standing before God's balances we are found __________.
What is wanting?
Some Christians see the fourth man in the fiery furnace as a picture pointing forward to this person who is present with His people in suffering.
Who is Jesus?
“Your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation.”
Who is Daniel?
Three Jewish exiles who refused to bow to the king's golden statue.
**Double Points: Jewish Names**
Who are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
Who are Mishael, Hananiah, and Azariah?
The stone that struck the statue represented this kind of kingdom.
What is God's eternal kingdom?
This is what shaped Daniel’s resolve before he ever faced pressure in Babylon.
What is preparation before pressure?
What is a heart committed to obeying God beforehand?
The stone that destroyed the statue represents a kingdom that will last forever.
What is God's Kingdom?
“The thing that the king asks is difficult, and no one can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
Who are the Chaldeans/Babylonian wise men?
This Babylonian king saw writing on the wall, but did not humble himself.
Who is Belshazzar?
Nebuchadnezzar's dream meant God would humble him by making him live like an animal until he repented.
What is the interpretation of the second dream?
When we choose popularity, success, or approval over obedience to God.
What is bowing to something other than God?
Since Daniel 5 teaches that we are all “weighed and found wanting,” this is what Jesus provides so we can stand before God.
What is perfect obedience/righteousness/forgiveness/salvation?
“He is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.”
Who is King Darius?
This King threw Daniel into the Lion's den, even though he didn't want to.
Who is King Darius?
The Babylonian kingdom is temporary, and other kingdoms would come and go, but God's kingdom is eternal.
What is the interpretation of the first dream?
Daniel stood firm under pressure because he had already been practicing this daily habit long before the law was passed.
What is consistent prayer?
Daniel was thrown into a sealed den and later emerged alive. This foreshadows a certain event in the life of Christ.
What is the resurrection?
"the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men"
Who is the watchers/holy one announcing God's Judgement in Nebuchadnezzar's dream?