Introduction I said last week that Daniel 7 is what is known as apocalyptic literature. In apocalyptic literature, the Lord reveals heavenly secrets and secrets about his plan for the world through dreams and visions. And these dreams and visions contain symbols and patterns and pictures and numbers by which God makes known these secret … Continue reading Daniel 08 →

Comparison with Daniel 2 As we read Daniel 7, you may have thought to yourself that what we read here in this chapter is very similar to what we read in Daniel chapter 2. In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream; and in Daniel 7, Daniel had a dream. In Daniel 2, Nebuchadnezzar's dream … Continue reading Daniel 07 →

Introduction Well, we've been learning about God's sovereignty, haven't we? The Lord God Almighty is the one who rules and reigns over all that he has made, so that all of his creatures and all of their actions are under his control. He raises up and exalts one person; and he brings down and humbles … Continue reading Daniel 06 →

Introduction One of the lessons which we were thinking about last time and which King Nebuchadnezzar had to learn is that the Lord God Almighty is sovereign: he rules over all that he has made so that all his creatures and all their actions are under his sovereign control. The nations are nothing to him: … Continue reading Daniel 05 →

Introduction So, in Daniel 1 we read how the Lord delivered Jerusalem into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar; and some of the members of Israel's nobility were taken away to Babylon to undergo a three year re-education programme to teach them the language and literature of Babylon, so that they would become good Babylonians. Among … Continue reading Daniel 03 →