Daniel had been transported, in some form or another 8. In verse 20 the archangel gabriel tells daniel that the ram with two horns represents the kings of media and persia. Interestingly, one horn grew higher than the other. To the christian, seeing the hand of god in history should be a constant mindset. Unsealing daniels mysteries lesson 8 cleansed at last. God gave him the victory over judah and jerusalem 1. Historically, persia represented the higher horn since it was the dominant power of the medopersian empire. Thus, daniel 8 begins a new division of the book of daniel.
But daniel purposed in his heart i always like to come across a but when there is any scheme of this kind on. Here was nebuchadnezzar, wrapped in the fervor of yet another touch of god, suddenly at peace with everybody, and ready to testify about what. Was broken when alexander was greatest, then was he broken, and that to pieces, for he, his mother, son, brother, and all his kindred were destroyed. It concludes with a magnificent scene at gods throne. Here daniel refers to the antichrist as a king having fierce features, and in daniel 11. The little horn mentioned in the ninth verse, or fierce king, as interpreted in the twentythird, is supposed by some to denote antiochus epiphanes. This book cross and crown is a powerful and thrilling.
Chapter 8 is all about the vision of the goat and the ram. He would not have known of the son of god jesus, but probably referred to the fourth person in the fire as someone that was very near to or a messenger of god. Excavations also document the victory of nebuchadnezzar over the. This chapter contains daniels vision of the ram and hegoat, 114.
Daniel 1 new international version niv daniels training in babylon. The time would be long before all would be accomplished. This was an awesome being of power, so great that ordinarily strong, valiant men were so frightened that they ran. Daniel 8 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. Daniel 8 1 in the third year of king belshazzars reign, i, daniel, had a vision, after the one that had already appeared to me. Daniel 8 niv daniels vision of a ram and a goat bible gateway. The two horns represent the two parts of the empire with the persians, the younger of the two nations, becoming dominant over the medes. Daniel 3 1 king nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of dura in the province of babylon.
This chapter relates the beginning of daniels last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. Between the vision of nebuchadnezzar in the second chapter and that of daniel in the seventh, four narratives of daniels and his friends personal history are introduced. Now, at the beginning of chapter 3 others must bow 3. Daniel 9 new international version niv daniels prayer. Even noted scholars hesitate to be dogmatic in their interpretation of this chapter. This use of a very particular detail does not sound like a vague recollection about a forgotten or imagined king. The vision in daniel 8like the one at the first, verse 1also focuses on heavens final judgment. The portion of the book from the fourth verse of the second chapter to the end of the seventh chapter was written in chaldee. Daniel 1 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of the.
His natural brother, philip aridaeus, and his two sons, alexander aegus and hercules, kept up the show and name of the macedonian kingdom. The kingdom of the image represented by the breast and arms of silver comes to rule in. The prophet ezekiel was sent to babylon in 597 bc and the temple was destroyed in 586bc. The portion of daniel which follows is in pure hebrew. And the vision of the evening and the morning is true. These bible trivia questions daniel chapter 5 are free, interactive, and printable. Bible trivia questions daniel chapter 5 kjv bible verses. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history. To belshazzar the hand of god was a bizarre and frightening thing. The questions are taken from the story when nebuchadnezzars son is king of babylon. The author mostly speaks in the third person, except for daniel 8. The book of daniel claims to be written by daniel himself, and the fact that it is written.
Watch our overview video on the book of daniel, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Strengthened by his riches, he shall stir up all kingdoms, even that of greece. Verse 22 notes his removal of the high priest onias iii, antiochus sold the. While the first chapters of daniel have a more gentile orientation and flavor, chapter 8 turns to a more jewish emphasis. And i set my face unto the lord god, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels final vision, describing a series. When the plan is to seduce men from right, then it is a happy thing to have a but, but, but, but daniel purposed in his heart, determined, settled, fixed it, daniel 1. When belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver bvessels which nebuchadnezzar his bfather had taken out of the temple which was in jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might. Nebuchadnezzar certainly had no intimate knowledge of the true god, however, he might have been conversant with who this god of israel was.
Babylon and nebuchadnezzar represent the head of gold in image of daniel chapter 2. Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all peoples, nations and languages that dwell in all the earth. Why daniel does not object is unknown, as is daniels whereabouts in chapter 3. Im fascinated that there really are no boundaries in space and time for god, or for his people as he wills for them. Daniel 5 describes the hand of god in the writing on the wall, but it also describes the hand of god in the history of babylon and of israel. The scene here narrows from worldwide prophecies to those affecting. Daniel bible study notes by email from john karmelich. These he carried off to the temple of his god in babylonia. Daniel 8 the eighth chapter of the book of daniel tells of daniels vision of a twohorned ram destroyed by a onehorned goat a possible allegory for the transition from the persian to the greek eras in the near east, followed by the history of the little horn, which is daniels codeword for the greek king antiochus epiphanes the subject of the vision is antiochus oppression of. The hegoat waxed very strong he had subdued nearly the whole of the then known world. An expression used in the east to signify a judge of eminent wisdom and skill. O a in chapter 7 we had a vision of a lion with eagles wings, a leopard, a bear and a 4th beast with 10 horns. Millions of angels gather to participate in heavens final judgment. In addition, nebuchadnezzar never acknowledges what the narrator asserted in the opening verses of the book.
With this chapter the hebrew part of the book begins and continues to be the language of the remainder. In the first year of his reign i daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the lord came to jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of jerusalem. You can study the bible using notes sent to you by email from john karmelich. Daniel 1, new international version niv the bible app. Daniels visions of conquest the ram and the hegoat. There were several deportations of jews to babylon both before and after the fall of jerusalem, and it appears that daniel and his three friends were taken in 605 bc. The book of daniel, chapter 3 offers free online access to study passages and verses contained in the holy scriptures of the douay rheims version of the catholic bible. In the book of revelation he is the final embodiment of the beast. Named after its writer, daniels book is a product of his time in babylon as a.
Yet something withstood this great being to his face and kept him from getting to daniel for three full weeks. Neb even used his hebrew name daniel, the name that bears the name of the god with whom he is coming to terms. Daniel chapter 1 sermon by darren rogers, daniel 1. Daniel 8 is then a new beginning, and the single vision contained in chapters 1012 advances that argument further and gives it more precision. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto daniel, i fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 8 the ram, the goat, and the horn duration. Daniel 8, new international version niv the bible app. Belshazzar the king aheld a great afeast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand. Book of daniel overview insight for living ministries. Let thy gifts be to thyself they could be of little use to any, as the city was in a few hours to be taken and pillaged. The great horn was broken alexander died in the height of his conquests, when he was but about thirtythree years of age.
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