DANIEL: GOD’S GREATNESS AND SOVEREIGNTY

HISTORICAL: DANIEL'S VICTORIES, 1-6			PROPHETIC: DANIEL'S VISIONS 7-12
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, 1-4	BELSHAZZAR, 5	DARIUS, 6
Daniel's convictions, 1	Daniel's confrontation, 5	Daniel's constancy, 6	4 beasts and the Ancient of Days, 7
Daniel's competence, 2			Ram and the male goat, 8
Daniel's companions, 3			Daniel's prayer and the revelation of 70 weeks, 9
Daniel's compassion, 4			Concerning Persia and Greece, 10
			Concerning the kings of the North and the South, 11
			Great Tribulation and Resurrection, 12

Major characters #

Daniel (“God is my judge”); name changed to Belteshazzar (“Bel protect the king”)
Hananiah (“The Lord is gracious”); name changed to Shadrach (“Command of Aku”)
Mishael (“Who is like the Lord?”); name changed to Meshach (“Who is what Aku is?”)
Azariah (“The Lord is my helper”); name changed to Abed-Nego (“Servant of Nego/Nebo”)
Nebuchadnezzar (“Prince of the god Nebo” or “Nebo protect the crown”)
Belshazzar, “Bel protect the king”
Darius (“restrainer or supporter”) the Mede
Cyrus (“sun”) the Persian

GREAT IMAGE, 2:31-35	4 GREAT BEASTS, 7:3-37	RAM AND THE GOAT, 8:3-26	SYMBOLISES:
head of gold	lion with eagle's wings		Babylon
chest and arms of silver	bear with 3 ribs in its mouth	ram with 2 horns	Medo-Persia
belly and thighs of bronze	leopard with 4 wings and 4 heads	male goat with large horn; horn is broken and 4 notable ones come up	Greece
legs of iron	dreaful and terrible beast		Rome
feet partly iron, partly clay	another horn, a little one: 3 of the first 10 plucked out by the little horn		Revived Roman Empire
A stone cut out without hands destroys the image	One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven is given an everlasting kingdom		Millennial Kingdom of Christ