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Daniel 6
v.1-10 Darius was forming a government 120 satraps over the kingdom one of which would be Daniel.
The satraps became jealous of Daniel and began trying to find grounds of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs. They could find none unless they could find it against his GOD.
The satraps went before the king that he should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides the king for thirty days should be cast into the lions den. Therefore King Darius signed the document.
v.10 Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
v.11-25 These men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his GOD. They spoke before the king saying Daniel one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you or the injunction but keeps making his petition three times a day.
The king was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel till sunset and could find no way. So the king ordered Daniel to the lions den and v.16 The king spoke and said to Daniel, " Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you."
The king's sleep had fled from him. The king arose at dawn and went in haste to the lions den. v.22 "My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime."
No injury whatever was found on Daniel, because he had trusted his GOD. The men who had maliciously accused Daniel and there wives and there children were cast into the lions den and before they hit the bottom the lions overpowered them and crushed there bones.
Darius wrote to all peoples, nations and men of every language, My your peace abound.
v.26-28 "I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel;
For He is the living God and enduring forever,
And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,
And His dominion will be forever.
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"He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth,
Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions."
28 So this Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thoughts...Notice how the satraps and the commissioners behave, do you see people acting in this same way today? Do you think GOD does?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What did you learn about GOD'S power in this chapter?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!According to 2 Thessalonuans 1:6-10 how does what happened to Daniel fit in with what GOD will do in the future?
2 Thessalonians 1: 6-10
6 For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,
8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--for our testimony to you was believed.

Daniel 7

At this point the book of Daniel ceases to be in chronological order.

Another point I would like to make is in Daniel 2. Daniel's eye traveled down the image. The strength of the metals progressed from soft (gold) to a very hard (iron). This is a prophetic picture of the military strength of nations that would develop in the future. Also note that the strength of the iron kingdom seems to become diluted over time.
The ten toes, or empires, will be some sort of European federation.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Any ideas?

Daniel 7 1-8
4 "The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.

!!!!!!!!!!1st= Lion=Babylon=gold head=Nebuchadnezzar=ruled 87 years

5 "And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, 'Arise, devour much meat!'

!!!!!!!!!!2nd=Bear=Medo-Persia=silver breast=4 Persia Kings=ruled208 years

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Note: The three ribs are conquests of Lydia in 546B.C., Babylon in 539B.C., and Egypt in 525B.C.

6 "After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!3rd=Leopard=Greece=bronze belly=Alexander the Great=268 years

7 "After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!4th=Roman Empire=legs and thighs of iron=63bc-476ad=539 years

!!!!!!!!!!!!!Note: The Roman Empire was the final form of Gentile power on earth. Rome controlled central Italy by 338 B.C., and the Empire gradually expanded. Pompey the Roman general, Conquered the Holy Land in 63 B.C. Rome ruled Palestine with an iron fist during the time of Christ and afterward. In A.D. 70, the Roman general Vespasian ordered his son, Titus, to destroy Jerusalem. The temple was demolished. Just as Jesus had predicted it would be.
In A.D. 284, Diocletian separated the Eastern Empire from the West and appointed Maximian to rule the eastern realm. A succession of rulers struggled for control over the years, and in A.D. 476, the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustus, was dethroned. Notice, however, that the Roman Empire was never conquered-it simply fell apart from struggles rising from within. It fell into separate kingdoms, but the spirit of Rome-Europe-is alive and well today. But the thing to pay attentions to is the Little Horn.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!Note: 30 a.d. Jesus Christ death.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!Gap of time this is where we are now in history.

8 "While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ten Horns-Three horns pulled out by the One Small Horn=feet and toes of iron and clay=????

v.9-10 And the Ancient of Days took his seat. And the books were open.

v.11-12 The beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire. The rest of the beast, their dominion was taken, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed of time.

v.13-14 Son of Man came to the Ancient of Days. He was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away.

v. 15-16 Daniel's spirit was distressed. He approached one who was standing by and ask the meaning of the vision.

The Vision Interpreted

17 'These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth.
18 'But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.'

The Four Beast
v.19-28 23 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.
24 'As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
25 'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Note: Tribulation will began.

he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Note End of tribulation.

26 'But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever.
27 'Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.'
28 "At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Questions:
Why do you think Daniel keep this to himself?

What have we learned from Daniel 7 about the little horn?

Going back to chapter 2 what does the stone represent?

What will the little horn do to some of the other horns?

Please feel free to add to and or correct:)