When Were the Visions in Daniel Given?
/)))))))))) Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, 606BC - 536BC )))))))))1 * Jews in Captivity in BABYLON * 5.Daniel’s Daniel * FinalTaken Captive * Vision * 562BC 555BC * 533BC * * * * * *(((((( NEBUCHADNEZZAR ((((((((((* *((((( NABONIDUS ((((((*( DARIUS (* * * * * Cyrus 1 *
* * * * 606BC * Belshazzar *
605BC Made Regent 536BC Nebuchadnezzar’s 552BC * 1. Vision of 2. Daniel’s * The Great Image Vision of * The Four Beasts *
Daniel’s Visions of
3. The 70 Weeks 4. The Ram & He Goat
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Vision
In 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar has a dream, but forgets what it was.His Chaldean magicians couldn’t interpret it, but Daniel can.
Daniel 2:3145, NAS (Daniel speaks) “Thou, O king, sawest, andbehold a great image . . . This image's head was of fine gold,his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs ofbrass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay, Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands,which smote the image upon his feet . . . and brake them topieces.And in the days of those kings (Plural) shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed:and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shallbreak in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shallstand for ever.”
Daniel 2:3644 “This is the dream; and we will tell theinterpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art aking of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee akingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoeverthe children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and thefowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hathmade thee ruler over them all. (1) Thou art this head ofgold. And after thee shall arise (2) another kingdom inferior to
thee, and another (3) third kingdom of brass, which shallbear rule over all the earth. And the (4) fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth allthings: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break inpieces and bruise.
Daniel 2:36‐44 continued . . .
And whereas thou sawest (5) the feet and toes, part ofpotters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuchas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as thetoes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so thekingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. Andwhereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shallmingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall notcleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set
up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and thekingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall breakin pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall standfor ever.”
(1) "Thou art this head of gold...." v. 38,
(2) "And after thee shall arise anotherkingdom inferior to thee... " v. 39,
(3) "and another kingdom of brass shallrule over all the earth..." v. 39,
(4) "And the fourth kingdom shall bestrong as iron: forasmuch... and asiron that breaketh all these, shall itbreak in pieces..." v. 40,
(5) The 10 toes are the countries thatcame out of the Eastern and WesternRoman Empires, v 42.
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Graph of Nebuchadnezzar’s Image
1. 2. 3. 4. 4a.
T HEAD T CHEST T THIGHS T LEGS T FEET & 10 TOES * (gold) * (silver) * (brass) * (iron) * (mixed iron & clay) * * * * * * Babylon * Medo- * Greece * Rome * Many Nations * * Persia * * * * * * * *606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 476AD
The “Great Image” vision was given to a Gentile king at the beginning of “thetime of the Gentiles” to show the Gentiles there would be only four majorworld empires (and their descendants) who would rule over the Holy Landinto the far future.” So it has turned out to be.
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Daniel’s Vision of the Four Beasts
Daniel 7:324 (excerpts) “And four great beasts came up fromthe sea, diverse one from another. The first was like a lion. . . And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear . . .After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard . . . Afterthis . . . behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, andstrong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devouredand brake in pieces . . . and it was diverse from all the beaststhat were before it; and it had ten horns . . . there came upamong them another little horn, before whom there werethree of the first horns plucked up by the roots. I beheldthen because of the voice of the great words which the hornspake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his bodydestroyed . . . As concerning the rest of the beasts, they hadtheir dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolongedfor a season and time.”
Daniel 7:3‐24 Continued . . .
“These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shallarise out of the earth . . . The fourth beast shall be the fourthkingdom** upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms,and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, andbreak it in pieces.“And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diversefrom the first, and he shall subdue three kings.” (KJV)
Since the fourth beast is identified as a fourth kingdom, the other three “kings”are also kingdoms.**
** Babylon, Medo‐Persia and Greece were each ruled by sovereign monarchs. Rome had adifferent form of government, a Caesar with a Senate. The Lord addresses this difference bycalling the first three world empires “kings” and the Rome empire a “kingdom.”
Graph of Daniel’s Four Beasts
1. 2. 3. 4. 4a. T T T T T * LION * BEAR * LEOPARD * STRONG & * TEN HORNS * Babylon * Medo- * Greece * TERRIBLE * Many Nations * * Persia * * Rome * * * * * * * * * * * LITTLE HORN * * * * * * Adolf Hitler * End Times * * * * * *606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 476AD 1948AD
The 10 horns of the “Strong and Terrible” beast come out of the Roman Empire. Afterthe Nazi regime was destroyed there has been NO dominant European or Middle‐Eastern power, just a loose alliance of the 10 horns! “The rest of the beasts,” the “Lion,Bear, Leopard” had their world “domination taken away,” but the Islamic states of theMiddle East have controlled the holy land and influenced world events ever since. Theirlives were prolonged for “a season and time,” Daniel 7:12.
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So Prophetic Beasts Are Empires!Remember it, you are going to run into them again!
Babylon Medo‐Persia Greece Lion Bear Leopard
Beast Strong & Terrible = Rome
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“A Season and a Time”
These verses in Daniel prove from the Old Testamentthat prophetic “time” is 1000 years.
Daniel 7:1112 (KJV) Then I kept looking because of the sound ofthe boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept lookinguntil the beast (Rome) was slain, and its body was destroyedand given to the burning fire. As concerning the rest of thebeasts, (the Lion, Bear, Leopard) they had their dominion takenaway: yet their lives were prolonged for a season (Chaldee: !znz,zeman, a season) and time (Chaldee: !R[, iddawn’, a time).**
** Some versions translate “season and time” as a “period of time,” but this prophecycannot be correctly interpreted unless “season and time” are accurately translated.When prophetic time is understood to be a 1000 years, this prophecy fits (to the year)events that will take place in Daniel’s future, in the Holy Land, over a prophetic “timeand a 1/4 of a time.”
It was a “season and a time,” i.e., 1260 years, from the constructionof the Dome of the Rock (688AD) to the new nation of Israel(1948AD)!
“The rest of the beasts,” (Lion, Bear, Leopard) had no world dominionduring the Christian Era, but they continued to have dominion overthe Holy Land . . . “for a season and time.”
Bible prophecy is ethnographic: The visions in Daniel foretell eventsthat would take place forward from his time . . . in the Holy Land andthe surrounding countries and here is how you prove it . . .
Romans 1:8 “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faithis spoken of throughout the whole world.”
In Paul’s time, the Church was only in the Roman Empireso Bible prophecy is not about the whole planet!It is only about the world as known to the prophet.
Dome of the Rock New Israel
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*LION * BEAR * LEOPARD * STRONG & * "A season and Time" * *Babylon * Medo- * Greece * TERRIBLE * *
* * Persia * * Rome, * *
* * * * then 10 horns * ^ *
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606BC 536BC 332BC 65BC 688AD * 1948AD
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* "The Rest of the Beasts" * * .)))))))))))))))))))))))))))2))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))-
A Time = 1000 Years
A Season is approximately ¼ of a time or 260 Years
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Total = 1260 Years
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