Overview of Daniel

1. Babylonian Captivity2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream3. Nebuchadnezzar’s Image4. Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride 5. Babylon Falls6. The Lions Den

Chapters 1 – 6 Historical Chapters 7 – 12 Prophetic

7. Vision of 4 Beasts 8. Vision of Ram & Goat9. The Seventy weeks10. Glimpse of the Dark side11. “Silent Years” foretold12. Sealed up until End Time

Aramaic

Babylon

Medo-Persia

Greece

Rome

2Chapter 2 Chapter 7 Chapter 8

Chapter 7

Persians

Medes

Chapter 8

Chapter 7 Chapter 8

Chapter 8 Greek Empire

Alexander The Great

Lysimachus Cassander Ptolemy Seleucus

Chapter 8

Greek Empire

Alexander The Great

1. Ptolemy I Soter 1. Seleucus I NicatorKing of the NorthKing of the South

2. Antiochus I Soter

3. Antiochus II Theos2. Ptolemy II Philadelphus

4. Seleucus II Callinicus

5. Seleucus III Ceraunus

6. Antiochus III Great

3. Ptolemy III Euergetes

4. Ptolemy IV Philopator

7. Seleucus IV Philopator5. Ptolemy V Epiphanes

8. Antiochus IV Epiphanes6. Ptolemy VI Philometor

The account in 1 Maccabees continues: “Mothers

who had allowed their babies to be circumcised

were put to death in accordance with the king’s

decree. Their babies were hung around their necks,

and their families and those who had circumcised them were put to death” (1:60, TEV).

ROME

10 HORNS

LITTLE HORN

D.T. BEAST

11

3 FELL

8

EYES & MOUTH

LARGER THAN ASSOCIATES

10

ANTI-CHRIST

How Long?2300 evenings & mornings =

167 BC 164 BC

Antiochus diesAntiochus sacrificed a pig on

the altar

Start of Maccabean

Revolt

Temple Rededicated /

cleansed

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.‘Rev 2:7 Rev 2:11 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:29 Rev 3:6 Rev 3:13 Rev 3:22

To Gorsley in 2011

The Lord is sharpening the focus of the church and wants you to respond:

with prayer

and fasting

and repentance

and have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying

and hearts

and wills to respond to His leading and directing