![]() (:24-30) The Supreme God is Able to Save His Loyal Servantsĭ. (:13-23) The Supremacy of God Deserves Unswerving Loyalty Regardless of the Costģ. (:1-12) Idolatry Challenges the Supremacy of God and Creates Intense PersecutionĢ. The God Who Is Supreme in Saving Power Deserves Our Unswerving Loyalty Despite the Pressure of Intense Persecutionġ. (3:1-30) The Fiery Furnace - The Supremacy of God vs Pagan Idolatry – ![]() (:46-49) Epilogue – Response of King NebuchadnezzarĬ. (:31-45) Dream of the Great Statue and Its Interpretation Delivered by Daniel (:19-30) The Sufficiency of the Sovereign God - Our Source for True Wisdom and Powerģ. True Wisdom and Power Come From the Sovereign GodĢ. (2:1-49) The Vision of a Great Statue - Man’s Inability Requires God’s Sufficiency – (:6-7) Young Men of Providential Purposeī. The Sovereign God Raises Up Loyal Leaders and Equips Them to Accomplish His PurposesĤ. Men Fit for Serving the King - Qualifications for Spiritual Leadership – (1:3-21) The Test - Dependency on God vs Dependency on Man. ![]() THE SUPREME GOD DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE AND RULES OVER ALL THE NATIONSĪ. (1:3-6:28) HISTORICAL SECTION – GOD’S PROVIDENCE IN HISTORY – (:1-2) PROLOGUE – BACKGROUND OF BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY The Supreme God Reigns Over All and Is Working Out His Kingdom Program for Israel Down Through Historyĭaniel 3:17 “ Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us.”ĭaniel 4:17 “ In order that the living may know that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, and bestows it on whom He wishes…” BASIC OUTLINE So the exhortation is not to be anxious but to stay the course and pursue faithful living in anticipation of a glorious future. ![]() God promises that this last day event will be limited to three and one half years and will ultimately purge and refine the nation in preparation for their ultimate salvation and future reward. But there yet remains the most troubling time of suffering for the nation Israel – the Great Tribulation period under the wicked attacks of the Antichrist and satanic forces. Here we have some of the most famous stories of the bible – the fiery furnace, Daniel in the lion’s den, the handwriting on the wall, etc. But the God who controls all of history, the God who graciously provides insight into the future is also the God of miracles who sustains and delivers His faithful servants who live in the midst of pagan secular society. In fact the level of detail regarding the prophecies down through Alexander the Great and then Antiochus IV Epiphanes is so specific that liberal critics can only conclude that the book of Daniel was written after the fact. As the seventy year period of prophecied judgment reaches its conclusion, where are the fulfillment of all of God’s covenant promises regarding a kingdom of righteousness and peace? Daniel was blessed with insight into coming historical events. For Daniel and those returning from the Babylonian Captivity to attempt to rebuild Jerusalem, the times could have been very disheartening. Even the most powerful and wicked of earthly kingdoms remain under the sovereign control of the supreme God who is faithfully working out His kingdom agenda to eventually save and bless His elect nation Israel. ![]()
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