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Class num Date Passage Topic
1 9-Jan-11 Chapter 1 Captive & No Compromise
2 16-Jan-11 Chapter 2 Kings Dream
3 23-Jan-11 Chapter 3 Fiery Furnace
4 30-Jan-11 Chapter 4 Mad Monarch
5 6-Feb-11 Chapter 5 Weighing in
6 13-Feb-11 Chapter 6 Liars and Lions
7 20-Feb-11 Chapter 2 The image
8 27-Feb-11 Chapter 7 Beasts that Bother
9 6-Mar-11 Chapter 8 Goats
Missions 13-Mar-11 Missions
Missions 20-Mar-11 Missions
10 27-Mar-11 Chapter 9 Seventy Sevens
11 3-Apr-11 Chapter 10 Allies, Adversaries, Angels
12 10-Apr-11 Chapter 11 Coming Conflict
13 17-Apr-11 Chapter 12 Terrible Tribulation
14 24-Apr-11 Wrap Up Summary
(Easter Sunday)
No Class 1-May-11 Elective Special
No Class 8-May-11 Mother’s Day
1 15-May-11
Start of Summer Session
Information:
Richard Mastronardo
Facebook: EBFC Daniel
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Review:
Purpose of the book of Daniel: God reigns, or God is in charge
Lesson from chapter 1: Purpose not to defile yourself against God
Lesson from chapter 2: Turn to Him in prayer
Lesson from chapter 3: Don’t Compromise
Lesson from chapter 4: Know God rules our kingdoms
Lesson from chapter 5: Be Watchful
Lesson from chapter 6: Live a life of impact
Over view of the book:
Historical – 6 Historical Narratives Mainly Prophetic – 4 Main Visions
Focus Intro. Future of the Gentile Nations Future of Israel
Division
Personal
Life of
Daniel
Visions of
Nebuchad
nezzar
Visions of
Belshazzar
Decree of
Darius
Four
Beasts
Vision of
Ram &
He Goat
Vision of
70 Weeks
Vision of
Israel’s
Future
Chapter 1 2 - 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - 12
Kings Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius Belshazzar Darius Cyrus
Topics Back-
ground Daniel Interprets other’s Dreams Angel’s Interpret Daniel’s Dreams
Written
Lang. Hebrew Aramaic Hebrew
Timeline of the book of Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius/Cyrus
1 2 3 4 7 8 5 9 6 10-12
Exile Image Furnace Insanity Four
Beasts
Ram &
Goat
Writing
on wall
70 wks Lions
Den
4 Kings
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LESSON:
1. The Introduction (vs 1-2):
Dec 14, 164 bc the temple was rebuilt 3 years after the desecration
Daniel is reading Jeremiah (Jer 25:12, 29:10)
Realized that he was in the middle of God’s timeline
609 BC is when it started
539 BC is now…
538 People could go back
2 Chronicles 36:20-21 (ESV) 20 He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the
sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of
Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its
Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
2. The Prayer (vs 3-19):
a. Daniel’s response (3-4):
Turned attention to God
- In Prayer
- Pleas for mercy
- Fasting
- Sackcloth
- Ashes
- Prayed
- Made confession
On behalf of the nation
It is not a “prayer extinguisher” – he prayed 3x a day…this COULD have been the prayer
that landed him in the Lion’s Den.
Jeremiah 25:12 (ESV) 12
Then after seventy years are
completed, I will punish the
king of Babylon and that
nation, the land of the
Chaldeans, for their iniquity,
declares the LORD, making
the land an everlasting waste.
Jeremiah 29:10 (ESV) 10
“For thus says the LORD:
When seventy years are
completed for Babylon, I will
visit you, and I will fulfill to
you my promise and bring
you back to this place.
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b. Comparison (4b-15):
God
List things that describe God, or things God
does
Who we are
List things that describe us or that we
do Great & Awesome
Keeps covenant
Steadfast love
Sent prophets to the kings, princes, fathers, and
all the people
Righteousness
Mercy & Forgiveness
Confirmed his word 12
Brought great calamity
Righteous in all His works
Brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand
Made a name for Himself
Anger & Wrath
We sinned
Done wrong
Acted wickedly
Rebelled
Turning aside from your commands
Not listened to your servants
Open shame
Treachery against God
Sinned against God
Rebelled against God
Not obeyed the voice of the Lord
Transgressed God’s law
Turned aside
Refusing to obey God’s voice
Received the curse and oath
Have sinned against him
Not entreated His favor
Not turned from our inequities
Not gained insight from His truth
Not obeyed His voice
Sinned
Done wickedly
Become a byword to those around
Called by His name
c. Request (vs 16-19):
Turn your anger & wrath away from Jerusalem
Listen to the prayer of your servant
Listen to his pleas for mercy
Make your face to shine for your own sake
Incline your ear and hear
Open your eyes and see our desolation
Hear
Forgive
Pay attention and act
Delay not for your own sake
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3. The explanation (vs 20-27):
a. Intro (20-23)
Gabriel comes
Was dispatched as soon as Daniel started praying
Came swiftly
At the time of the evening sacrifice
For you are greatly loved
Daniel didn’t have the complete understanding yet of Jeremiah’s prophecy
b. 70 sevens
Or 70 x 7 = 490 years
For:
1. your people to finish the transgressions
2. put an end to sin
3. to atone for iniquity
4. bring in everlasting righteousness
5. to seal both vision and prophet
6. anoint a most holy place
445 BC – Decree to rebuild Jerusalem
Triumphal entry (Palm Sunday)
70AD Jerusalem Destroyed
1967 – Jerusalem established as the city
1 week
(7 years)
Clock starts 7 weeks
(49 years)
62 weeks
(434 years)
½ week
(3 ½ years)
½ week
(3 ½ years)
Vs 25 Vs 25 Vs 25 Vs26 V27
Decree to go
out and restore
Jerusalem
Coming of an
anointed one
Jerusalem built
again, squares,
moat, in
troubled time
Anointed one
cut off and shall
have nothing.
People of the
prince who is
to come shall
destroy the city
Shall make a
strong covenant
with many for
one week
End to
sacrifices
Neh 2:1-8
March 5, 444
BC
395 March 30, 33
AD
70 AD
Artaxeres
decree
Walls, temple,
and city
complete
Cut off –
cutting a
covenant
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How can 444 – 33 AD be 483 years?
Note Calendar Differences:
Jewish calendar was only 360 days per year thus 484 x 360 = 173,880 Days
Gregorian: 444 BC -33 AD = 476 years x 365 = 173,740 + 116 (for leap years) + 24
(March 5-30) = 173,880 days.
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The following charts are from George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R
Publishing pages 132-145
General Reading
Dispensational View
3 ½ years
3 ½ years
7 year-weeks
62 year-weeks
Passover A.D. 33
Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.
572 years
3 ½ years
3 ½ years
7 year-weeks
62 year-weeks
Passover A.D. 33
Artaxerxes’ decree 444 B.C
173,880
days
Church Age Gap
End Times
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Supports direct
reading
Seems that the
key events have
not occurred
Dates don’t
match
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Dates match
Ties then to
Revelation
Direct reading
doesn’t seem to
show a gap
Seems like
‘tricky’ math to
MAKE it work
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Critical View 1
Critical View 2
3 ½ years
3 ½ years
7 year-weeks
62 year-weeks
Onias’s death 171 BC
Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC
370 years
NOT 434
Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.
Temple desecrated
Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC
62 year-weeks
3 ½ years
3 ½ years
7 year-
weeks
Onias’s death 171 BC
Jeremiah’s Prophecy 605 BC
Cyrus’s Ascension 558 B.C.
Temple desecrated
Temple Worship Resumed 164 BC
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Matches a direct
reading
Times don’t line
up
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Time matches
Seems to
support direct
reading
Starts with
Jeremiah’s
writing?
Doesn’t add up
to 70 weeks (as
the 7 is part of
the 62)
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Josephus
C.F. Kiel
70 years in
ruins
Alexander the Great
Jerusalem Destroyed 586 BC
490
years
total
Return to Jerusalem
Hasmoneans
Titus Destroys the Temple
34 year
Persians
180 years
Greeks
103 Years
self-rule
103 yrs
Rome
Herods
Last week:
End Times
Sabbath of
Sabbaths
62 year-weeks of
Jubilee! The
church age
Christ’s 2nd Advent
Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.
Christ’s first advent
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Time matches
overall
Matches the
image in the
dream
Weeks are not
held or seen
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Matches the key
events
Figurative
Weeks aren’t
really meaning
anything just
lumps of time
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Kline & Young
Start End Prince who is to
come
Prince who
imposes
covenant
Literal
Figurative
605 BC
586 BC
539 BC
444 BC
165 BC
AD 70
Eschaton
Antiochus
Titus
Christ
Antichrist
Antiochus
Christ
Antichrist
Dispensational � � � �
Critical 1 � � � � �
Critical 2 � � � � �
Josephus � � � �
Keil � � � � �
Kline � � � � �
Young � � � � �
George M. Schwab Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World P&R Publishing pg.145
Last week:
End Times
Sabbath of
Sabbaths
62 year-weeks of
Jubilee! The
church age
Christ’s 2nd Advent
Cyrus’s decree 539 B.C.
Christ’s first advent
NOTES
Strengths Issues
Matches the key
events
Figurative
Weeks aren’t
really meaning
anything just
lumps of time
Big Picture
2
Head of Gold
Babylon
(Neb)
Persia
Arms Silver
Greece
Torso Bronze
Rome
Legs of Iron
Feet of Iron
and Clay
Messianic
Rock
2 7 8 9 Dispensational view
Head of Gold
Babylon
Lion
Arms Silver
Bear
Lopsided
Ram2 Horns
one larger
Decree to Go
Forth and rebuild
Greece
Torso Bronze
Leopard
Goat
Little horn
69 weeks
continued
Legs of Iron
Terrible
Beast
Messiah Cut off
Feet of Iron
and Clay
10 horns
Little Horn
Final week
Messianic Son of Man
receiving the
Kingdom
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Dispensational view
Decree to Go
Forth and rebuild
Messiah Cut off
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Summary: 1. The 70 week explanation was the answer to Daniels prayer for God to act and fulfill His promise
2. The 70 weeks answer is that of Messiah…and the Kingdom of God
3. We know we are not in the Kingdom today…so the 70 weeks gives us the Blessed Assurance of
His Kingdom yet to come
4. We do not have limitless time…
5. We should be look forward to a Kingdom led by God
CONCLUSION:
Since God is in control:
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FOR NEXT WEEK:
Read Daniel Chapter 10
Work through the process of identifying the symbols, their referents, and their meanings.
What is the primary message and purpose of the vision?
Bibliography:
Boice, James Montgomery, Daniel an Expositional Commentary, Baker Books 1989
Schwab, George Hope in the midst of a Hostile World, P&R 2006
Wiersbe, Warren Be Resolute, David C. Cook, 2000
Baldwin, Joyce Daniel Tyndale OT Commentaries, IVP 1978
Bauman, Alex, Our God Reigns: Daniel, Regular Baptist Press 2010
Budge, E.A Babylonian Life and History Barnes & Noble Publishing 1993
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