Mar, 2017 daniel interprets the kings dream superbook. What kings did daniel the prophet serve under answers. The king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its gold head to its feet of mingled iron and clay. After nebuchadnezzar the golden head would come a lesser kingdom, then a third, of bronze and a fourth hard as iron. This time the king told his counselors the dream, yet they could not provide its interpretation verse 7. In nebuchadnezzars dream, the head of the image is gold, the chest and arms of silver, the belly and thighs of bronze, the legs of iron, and the feet of iron and partly clay. In chapter 2, nebuchadnezzar dreams of a statue made of four different materials, identified as four kingdoms. Daniel s writings cover the israeli captivity under babylon and also the medepersian empires. Daniel 4 daniel interprets nebuchadnezzars dream about a large tree with animals grazing underneath. Daniel went to the king and asked for time to interpret the dream. Just read the book of daniel, it covers over 70 years of daniel s life and find out why he had faith. The four young hebrew captives, about to be put to death, prayed for mercy and deliverance. Now it was time for daniel to tell the king what it all meant. Nebuchadnezzars dream and daniels vision commentary.
Daniel 2 new american standard bible nasb the kings forgotten dream. The book of daniel is not written in chronological order and that can be confusing if not understood. David reagan interviews a panel of bible prophecy experts on televisions christ in prophecy. A historicalchronological look at the book of daniel. After having a disturbing dream, king nebuchadnezzar demanded that all the wise men of babylon interpret the vision for him. But there is a god in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to the king nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days dan 2. What is the meaning of nebuchadnezzars dream in daniel 2. In yesterdays article, we saw how daniel found a dream that king nebuchadnezzar ii claimed he had lost. The value of each metal reduces as the kingdoms advance. Daniel and the great unveiling catholic world report. In the 1970s many fundamentalist christians believed it would be the european common market. Lesson objectives students will be able to summarize daniel s life up to the beginning of daniel 2.
He wrote down the substance of his dream 2 daniel said. Daniel wrote king nebuchadnezzar dream prophetically. Daniel 2 the second chapter of the book of daniel tells how daniel interpreted a dream of nebuchadnezzar ii, king of babylon. The king talked with them, and he found none equal to daniel, hananiah, mishael and azariah. Daniel, an active dreamer in the bible dream gates. Then the mystery was revealed to daniel in a night vision. Daniel s gravesite is known to this day, in susa, iran. At the end of daniels book, god instructed him to shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end. Daniel a major old testament prophet amazing bible. Certainly over the last 100 years methods of travel have been developed that make it possible for men to journey across the world in a short time, and the number of people visiting other countries has mushroomed. Oppenheim, the interpretation of dreams in the ancient near east, transactions of the american philosophical society46 1956. The dream means the gospel will be preached all over the world. Daniel 1 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of the.
Daniel had this dream in the first year of the reign of belshazzar, king of babylon and grandson of nebuchadnezzar. Daniel s visions interpreted 24 and the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. Daniel was taken from judah and given the name belteshazzar. Character backgrounds king nebuchadnezzar reigned from 605 to 562 b. Daniel 2 niv nebuchadnezzars dream in the bible gateway. Daniel 2 is a prophecy about events unfolding from daniel s time until the close of history. He served under several kings and was always favored for his wisdom, which he attributed to god. God then revealed both the kings dream and its meaning in a vision to daniel. The babylonians were famous for their wisdom, but their truth was mixed with wild superstitions. Daniel 4, the madness of nebuchadnezzar the fourth chapter of the bible s book of daniel tells how king nebuchadnezzar learns the lesson of god s sovereignty, who is able to bring low those who walk in pride. The dreaming king and the slave united church of god. Explain what nebuchadnezzar wanted his magicians to do. After king nebuchadnezzar had related his dream to daniel, we read in daniel 4.
But thou, o daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Daniel s description exactly matched the kings vision. It brings us back at the time of daniel and babylon king nebuchadnezzar where the king had a vision for what is going to happens in the future. Jun 27, 2017 daniel and the kings dream 100 bible stories duration. Daniel has a vision of four beasts and a little horn. Through a night vision from god, daniel comes to understand the kings dream and its interpretation. Book of daniel from the king james version of the bible. Scholars suspect that the content of the symbolic dream of the composite statue was. Because the statue was a representation of the future, we have progressed through all the kingdoms of the statue and are now living in the time of the ten toesthe last. Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. Last week we talked about daniel, shadrach, meshach and abednego s education in nebuchadnezzar s palace. Questions and answers for daniel chapters 112 new king james. In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. Daniel 7 new international version niv daniel s dream of four beasts.
Daniel in the picture study bible the book of daniel. Daniel interprets the kings dream superbook youtube. Let us show that we value our friends, and their prayers. Nebuchadnezzar of chaldea amazing bible timeline with. Daniel 2 is a prophecy about events unfolding from daniels time until the close of history. In the second chapter of the book of daniel, we hear of a dream dreamt by king nebuchadnezzar. The dream daniel asked the king for some time to discover the dream, and then he proceeded to pray all night with three of his fellow exiles. Daniel sets up the interpretation of the king nebuchadnezzars dream by first declaring that it is god who changes times and epochs, establishes and removes kings.
When daniel learned of the kings command, he asked the king to give him time so he might be able to give the king the interpretation of his dream. Daniel 2 nkjv nebuchadnezzars dream now in the bible. The dream which nearly became a nightmare daniel 2. The king responded and said, belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you. The book of daniel verse by verse chapter 4 nebuchadnezzars dream of a tree duration. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. Jan 02, 2020 daniel 2 tells how daniel interpreted nebuchadnezzars dream, in which god provided an overview of world events in the millennia yet to come. Spiritual timeout king nebuchadnezzar cartoon book of. It was only daniel that was able to decipher the dream which turned out to be discouraging for the kings future. Choosing his words tactfully, daniel asks arioch why the king has made such a decree.
Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before nebuchadnezzar. The book of daniel and the book of revelation complement one another, but revelation brings more revelation and details and projects further into the future. The meaning of the dream appearing before king nebuchadnezzar, daniel told the king that there is a god in heaven who reveals secrets, and that he had revealed to daniel not only the dream, but its interpretation verse 28. God uses daniel to interpret the kings dream daniel 2 lesson goal students will be either warned or comforted by gods sovereign plan for human history. Not only that, but this was the moment daniel was glad he had friends of the same mind and heartbeat for god, as he himself close by daniel. Apparently having remembered his earlier experience, the king remarked three times that daniel has in him the spirit of the holy god verses 8, 9, 18. The unreasonable demands of the king and the protests of the interpreters in daniel 2. If you look on the web, you will find all sorts of theories, most recently that it will be a league of 10 muslim nations. So daniel goes into nebuchadnezzar and asks for a little time to discover the dream and relay the interpretation. Daniel, part 2 the gap prophecy daniel lamb and lion. Daniel also called belteshazzar is called in to interpret the dream that king nebuchadnezzar of babylon had. He could interpret dreams and was brought before nebuchadnezzar. And the king said to them, i have had a dream, and my.
Daniel is also blessed with the interpretation of this dream so as to further glorify the lord as well as please the king at the same time. Even in captivity, god continues to care for his own. Daniel explained how the dream foretold the rise and fall of empires. God revealed the dream to him, and daniel and his friends praised god daniel 2. Daniel 1 4 there are four key chapters in the book of daniel that outlines gods plans for babylon and king nebuchadnezzar.
The one statue was a composite, so to speak, of the kingdoms of the gentiles, beginning with that of nebuchadnezzar, and continuing through history. Taken to babylon in the third year of king jehoiakim as a young man. Daniel saw arioch, the captain of the kings guard, and asked him what was so urgent and arioch told daniel what had happened and why the king was so angry. He would not eat the king s food because he did not want to defile himself. Then he wrote down the dream and told the sum of the matter. Nebuchadnezzar has another dream, which announces judgment on him for his pride. And in the second year of the reign of nebuchadnezzar nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. And daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Daniel claims to know the king s dream superbook superbook. The dreams of kings is set in medieval england during the late 15th century and cleverly manages to mix an exact timeline of events that match up with the fight for the throne between the people who were involved in the thirty years of civil unrest historians refer to as, the war of the roses. The king had had terrible dreams and his interpreters were not able to answer them. There is a parallel in this vision to the dream nebuchadnezzar had about the great image, as recorded in daniel chapter 2. So as we read daniel 2, look for it to highlight changes of epochs and kings. Nebuchadnezzars dream now in the second year of nebuchadnezzars reign, nebuchadnezzar had dreams.
See more ideas about book of daniel, bible illustrations and art. When daniel heard of this, he was determined to prove gods power to the king daniel 2. Downward trend in both passages, the sequence shows a downward trend. Daniel 5 daniel tells king belshazzar about his vision concerning the handwriting on the wall. The dream of daniel 2 presents of god ministry blog.
King nebuchadnezzars dream was a prophecy about kingdoms throughout history. If you assume that the four beasts of daniel 7 correspond to the four parts to the statue in nebuchadnezzars dream in daniel 2 and that the ram and hegoat of daniel 8 identified as medopersia and greece respectively are two of the four beasts, then you come up with the following sequence. Daniel 2 new international version niv nebuchadnezzars dream. Third, the dream demonstrated gods care for his people israel. Granted a delay, daniel and his friends asked god to reveal the dream and its interpretation so they and the other wise men would not perish. The book of daniel is a great revelation of future events, particularly those things that shall happen in the last days. Daniel tells the king that he will go mad until he recognizes god as the one and only true lord of all. Is there a time gap in daniel s prophecy of the 70 weeks of years. Belshazzar sees a hand writing on the palace wall proclaiming the end of his kingdom.
Nebuchadnezzars dream and daniels interpretation daniel. Daniel interprets the king s dream superbook duration. Nebuchadnezzar, belshazzar, darius and cyrus daniel, chapters 1, 5 and 6. Notes on daniel from king james bible old testament. The kings dream is revealed to daniel 19 when the mystery was revealed to daniel in a vision later that night, daniel blessed the god of heaven 20 and said, may the name of god be blessed forever and ever. Daniel after seeking god got the correct interpretation the dream that king nebuchadnezzar of babylon wanted to be interpreted. A kings dream foretells the future prophecy of daniel. King nebuchadnezzar wanted this particular interpreted by his royal advisers without been given the dream.
King nebuchadnezzar gave daniel the time and daniel went to tell shadrach, meshach and abednego why the king was so. Then daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation daniel ch. Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great tree that shelters the whole world, but in his dream an angelic watcher appears and decrees that. How daniel explained the king s dream when the king of babylon, named nebuchadnezzar attacked jerusalem the first time, he took some of the young men from the king s family and other important families as captives back to babylon. In his night vision, the king saw a statue made of a variety of substances. In my vision at night i looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Daniel asks the king s head executioner arioch why the king s death decree is falling on everyone so suddenly and without warning. The book of daniel is an apocalypse, a literary genre in which a heavenly reality is revealed to a human recipient. God uses daniel to interpret the kings dream conclusion in daniel 2, gods plan for human history is seen from babylon to the return of christ and his rule upon the earth. Their request was answered with the revelation of the kings dream and its interpretation to daniel. Daniel answered the king, no wise man, medium, magician, or diviner can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires. King nebuchadnezzar dream unlocks the rest of prophesies of the book of daniel which unlock the book of revelation. The book of daniel is unsealing middle east and prophecy. May 01, 2018 in the book of daniel, scripture shows a perfect example of this occurring.
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