Daniel Review Test II

1 - 553 B.C.

2 - 1st year of Belshazzar king of Babylon

- We can know that it comes between chapters 4 and 5 While Belshazzar is ruling.

- The genre of the chapter has influenced the arrangement of the book

this is why we can't be certain.

DENS LAE Double D (DD)

• Dream
• Encoded revelation
• Not immediately comprehensible
• Sequence of 4

• Last is exceptional
• Act of judgment
• Everlasting kingdom

• Disquieting to Daniel
• Divinely guided Interpreter

In Daniel 2:1- Nebuchadnezzar had a Dream and was troubled

and

Daniel 7:1 - Daniel had a dream, visions passed through his mind, and he wrote down the dream

Daniel 2:31-35 - The King saw a great metal man with different metals and it had an encoded meaning.

Daniel 7:2 - Daniel saw four winds of heaven stirring up the sea. Plus four beast. Also and encoded meaning.

Daniel 2:5-6 - The King called his wise men because he wanted to know the Dream and the interpretation.


Daniel 7:15-16 - Daniel's spirit was distressed because he didn't know the interpretation of his vision and so he approached one of the ones standing next to him to ask for the interpretation.

Daniel 2 - You have a Metal man with four different metals

Daniel 7 - You have 4 different beast.

Daniel 2:40-43 - The last element - More time is dedicated to it. Iron crushes and shatters all things. 10 toes, Iron mixed with Clay - Divided Kingdom.

Daniel 7:7 - Last beast (fourth) terryfying and extrememly strong, no real description of animal, devoured and crushed and trampled with its feet. Different from the beast before it. It had 10 horns.

Daniel 2:34,35,40 - There was a stone cut out w/out hands and it crushed the image. and the Rock filled the whole earth

• Daniel 7:9,10 -
• -The Ancient of Days took His seat,
• -His throne was ablaze with flames,
• -A river of fire was flowing and coming out from before Him,
• -Thousands upon throusands were attending Him
• -Books were opened.

Daniel 2:44,45 - In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed.

Daniel 7:13-14 - Daniel kept looking in the night vision and behold one like the Son of Man was coming - Came up to the Ancient of Days - and To Him was given domininon, Glory and a kingdom, which is everlasting and will not pass away.

Daniel 2:3 - The King's spirit was anxious to understand the dream

Daniel 7:15 - Daniel's spirit was distressed within me, and the vision in his mind kept alarming him.

Daniel 2:19, 27-28 - the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision.

Daniel 7:16 - One of those standing next to Daniel made the interpretation known to Daniel after Daniel asked him.

- Daniel 2 points only to political Entities

- Daniel 7 brings out spiritual qualities

- We can use Daniel 2 and 7 to interpret each other.

- 4 Winds of heaven stirring up great sea

- 4 beast coming our from sea (Different from each other)

- First was like Lion and had eagles wings. - Plucked out - stading like man

- Second was bear - Raised up on one side - 3 ribs in mouth between teeth - they said - Arise, devour much meat-

-Third was leapord - with four wigns of a bird - four heads - dominion was given to it.

- Fourth Beast - dreadful, terrifying, and exceedingly strong, - Large Iron teeth -devoured crushed and trampled, it was different from all the other beast before, it had ten horns

- While beholding horn - another little horn came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by roots before it, --- Horn had eyes like man, mouth uttering great boasts.

- Kept looking until thrones were set up , Ancient of Days took His seat , His throne was with flames, Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, books were opened

- Daniel kept looking because of sound of boastful words which horn was speaking. Kept looking until beast was slain, body was destroyed and given to burning fire.

- Rest of the beast dominion was taken away - but extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time.

- Kept looking and in clouds of heaven One like the Son of Man was coming, Came up to the Ancient of Days, and was presented before Him, - given Dominion, Glory, and a kingdom that people of every nation and language might serve him, His dominion is everlasting, will not pass away, will not be destroyed.

- In A.D. 533 in letter "Code of Justinian", Justinian declared Bishop of Rome head over all churches.

- Recognized Pope's influence in eliminating heretics.

- When his Jeneral Belisarius liberated rome in A.D. 538, bishop of Rome was freed from the Ostrogoths, whose Arianism resulted in restricting developing Catholic Church.

- Bishops could exercise the prerogatives Justinian's decree of A.D. 533 Granted him.

- He could increase authority of "Holy See"

- Thus began 1260 years of persecution as Bible Prophecy foretold.

In about 530 Justinian became concerned so:

- He sent his army led by Belisarius to go and wipe out the Vendels in northern Africa.

- After this finished Belsarious was to move to Italy and take over Ostrogoths

- He was outnumbered but was able to take Rome and inhabit it

- Part of excuse for taking out these 3 groups was both because they were powerful politically but also rejected divinity of Christ.

538 + 1260 = 1798

- General Berthier opposed pope in 1798

- There had been debate over authority of pope for quarter century

- Change was gradual

- But definetly distinct big events that took place in 538 and 1798

- Pope is taken as judgment from God because they blasphemed Him and attempt change times / laws, and wear out saints

- It is system that is judged and not individuals.

- Conquered world very rapidly

- 4 Heads represented division into 4 regiouns divided among his four generals

- Alexander had a son, Alexander II, was born about 2 months after Alexander died

- He was assasinated by a general.

- After conflict between generals it was then divided up into four.

- The little horn and its religious activity in relation to God.

The little horn was different

- Papal state is both religious and political

- They claim to be different

- They claim to have authority over all Christiandom

- 538 the Pope officially became a political ruler .

• Lion - Babylon
• Wings - Speed of conquest
• They were plucked signifying no more seed

Bear - Media Persia

Leopard - Greece

1 - He pays attention because all these countries at one time controlled the land where God's people lived

2 - He ignored other nations because after Rome, the Jews were no longer exclusively God's people, thus this land was not any longer of significances

Other animals didn't have horns

Babylon ceased to be a nation when it fell

Persia ceased to be an empire

The hellenistic empires were swallowed up by Rome

Rome was not swallowed up but divided

1 - Barbarians were absorbed into Roman empire

2 - Barbarians became emperors of Rome and were citizens

These emperors eventually broke off of Rome and

3 - Rome broke into pieces and these various pieces became nations

4 - Rome was eventually broken into several parts

5 - Charlemagne attempted to reunite western Rome but not the whole thing

6 - Key point is that Rome was separated into parts and not conquered by other nations.

10 horns = 10 kings

another horn - new horn is different.

1 - little horn

2 - Different from others

3 - Persecutes saints

4 - Speaks great things agains the most high

5 - Time, times, 1/2 time

6 - Tries to Change times and Laws

7 - Began small but became large

8 - Uproots three horns

9 - Has eyes and mouth

- This horn tries to take the Place of God here on earth

- Speaks against God,

- Attacks God's people

- Tries to Change times and laws

1 - Vandals, Ostrogoths, Heruli

2 -

- Herules took over Italy Basically

- Zino gave the Ostrogoths permission to move into Italy and to wipe out the Herules - That held things down for about 50 years

- about 530 Justinian became concerned

Sent his army led by Belisarius to go and wipe out Vandels in Northern Africa

- After this Belisarius was to move to Italy and take over Ostrogoths

was outnumbered but was able to take Rome and inhabit it

• - part of excuse for taking out these 3 groups was because
• they were politically powerful and rejected divinity of Christ

- 538 bc the Pope officially became the political Ruler

This represents 1260 years

1 - Rev 12: 1260 days - Woman in Wilderness

2 - Rev 11: 1260 days

3 - Time, Times, half time = 3 1/2

4 - 42 Months = 3 1/2 = 1260 days

Jews considered a regular month to have 30 days and regular year to have 12 months.

Began In 538 - When Pope officially became political Ruler.

Has to do with Justinian naming Biship of Rome as Head of the Church - around 535 - 536 but 538 is when it became effective

Ended in 1798 - When General Berthier opposed the Pope in 1798