Chapters 1 & 2
Daniel and his 3 friends were taken from this city
What is Jerusalem?
Much like members of humanity past, the king wanted to make a name for himself and not reflect what He was created for, so he made this of himself:
A statue in his own image and likeness
In the king's dream, this was seen reaching to the heavens
A large tree
Who conquered the Babylonians just as the dreams said would happen?
The Persians.
The captive young men were forced to do this to get in better shape
What is: Eat the king's diet of meat sacrificed to idols.
The king made the fiery furnace 7x hotter
Why was this object chopped down but it's roots left in the ground?
The roots are representing the fact that the tree (the king) can grow back if he should repent.
The Persian king Darius sought to make his kingdom essentially communist, outlawing this for 30 days:
The freedom to worship any god beside their country and king
These were the new names given to the 4 young men
Who are "Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego"?
What did the king see in the fiery furnace besides Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego?
A 4th person (like an other-worldly person)
Because King Neb did not humble himself, God humbled him by
The king turned into a wild beast
His friends refused to worship a false god. What did Daniel refuse to do that got him arrested?
Daniel refused to stop praying to his God.
The king's wise men were unable to interpret his dream because
What is: the king never revealed the dream
What did the king do to the 3 young men when he noted they survived his wrath and "trusted in [God]... and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God"?
The king promoted the 3 young men to high positions.
Because King Belshazzar did not humble himself, God humbled him by
Allowing the king to be assassinated the same-day as his arrogant mockery
What did God do to keep Daniel safe when he was given his sentence?
God shut the mouths of the lions in the den.
The 4 layers of the giant statue in the king's dream represent
What is: the 4 kingdoms that would become overthrown and humbled (as they opposed God)
"Even if..."
What did King Belshazzar do to mock the God of the Jews and defile something sacred?
The king had a party where he filled the cups from the Jerusalem temple with alcohol to party over his kingdom's conquests
What did the secular King Darius say about Yahweh's kingdom when he saw that Daniel was saved because he trusted in God?
King Darius wrote to all other nations to proclaim that the kingdom of Daniel's God cannot be destroyed.