The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Daniel Chapter 7

Lesson 8

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Can you name these creatures?

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1NOTE: New Starting Time

• Beginning Mach 27th

• Going to have two services

• Sunday School and Electives will

begin at 10:15

Schedule:• 9:00 - 10:05 am – Worship Service

• 10:15 - 11:15 am – Sunday School & Adult

Electives

• 11:30am - 12:35pm – Worship Service

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Can you name these creatures?

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 The Time

Assyrians Babylon Persians Greeks Romans

88yrs 209yrs 300yrs 450yrs

62

7 B

.C.

53

9 B

.C.

33

0 B

.C.

30

B.C

.

42

0 A

.D.

Exile

72

2 B

.C.

Northern

Kingdom

Exiled

1st Exile

Fall of

Jerusalem

Return to

Jerusalem

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1Daniel 7:1 (ESV)

• 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king

of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and

visions of his head as he lay in his

bed. Then he wrote down the dream

and told the sum of the matter.

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

1 2 3,4 5 6

7 8 9

10

-12

Jehoia

kim

610

600

590

580

570

560

550

540

530

520

510

500

490

Jehoiachin Exhile

Zede

kiah

NebuchadnezzarBelsha

zzar

Darius/Cyrus

Zed imprisons

Jeremiah before

fall of Jerusalem

Israel in Exhile (70 years)

1 – Captive

2 – Dream

3- Fiery Furnace

4-King’s Insanity

7-Vision of 4 Beasts

8 – Vision of Ram

5- Writing on the Wall

9-70 weeks

6- Lion’s Den

10-12-Vision of terrible man

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-

12

You might expect this…

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus

1 2 3 4

Exile Image Furnace Insanity

7 8 5 9 6 10-

12

But its more like this…

Four

Beasts

Ram &

Goat

Writing

on wall70 wks

Lions

Den

Four

Kings

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus

1 2 3 4

Exile Image Furnace Insanity

7 8 5 9 6 10-

12

But its more like this…

Four

Beasts

Ram &

Goat

Writing

on wall70 wks

Lions

Den

Four

Kings

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1Take the next 5-10 min to:

• Read Chapter 7

• List on page 5 all the descriptions

you find about each of the creatures

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 1st Beast

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 2nd Beast

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 3rd Beast

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 4th Beast

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 So….

• What could these represent???

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 BUT….

• There is a 5th Kingdom….

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1The Throne Room

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

Antichrist leading

the Revived Roman

Empire

Christ sets up His

Kingdom on earth and

rules for 1,000 years.

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 Son of Man

• What did it mean to Daniel

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1Summary – What do we know?

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 Conclusion

• Because God is in control:

– Purpose to not defile

– Turn to God in prayer

– Don’t Compromise

– Know God rules our kingdoms

– Be Watchful

– Be Impactful

– Rest in the knowledge of God’s control of

world events.

– Jesus will rule the earth

The Making of a ManLesson 1 • Daniel 1 Next Week

Read Daniel Chapter 8

• Work through the process of identifying the

symbols, their referents, and their

meanings.

• What is the primary message and purpose

of the vision?