2 Kings 24:1-7“‘The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you:12 When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. 15 But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”

Daniel’s Vision of the 4 Beasts

Detestable Practices

engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites inolved

• Killing the innocent children• Inappropriate practices in the temple• Practicing divination• Consulting the dead

Daniel Stood Between his People and God

The Languages of Danial

Hebrew: FromDaniel 1:1 to Daniel 2:4a and Chapters 8 through 12,

Aramaic: From Daniel 2:4a (Nebuchadnezzar’s dream) to 7:28 (the end of the interpretation of Daniels dream of the four beasts).

Accessible to any literate, Greek, Babylonian or Jew in Daniel’s day and later

The Structure of the Aramaic

A. Nebuchadnezzar’s vision of four kingdomsB. God’s delivers his servants from a fiery furnace

C. God’s judgement on the pride of NebuchadnezzarC. God’s judgement on the pride of Belshazzar

B. God delivers his servants from a den of lionsA. Daniel’s vision of four kingdoms

Where is the Glory of the Golden Kingdom?

Daniel 526Mene: God has numbered the days of your

reign and brought it to an end.27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the

scales and found wanting.28 Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to

the Medes and Persians.”

The Faithful in the Lands of Daniel

Manasseh – 697-642 BC

• Did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

• Sacrificed his own son• Deposed and taken captive to Assyria and

returned to throne

He did evil but repented

Amon 642– 640 BC

• He worshiped the idols his father had• Assasinated

He did evil in the eyes of The Lord

Josiah 640– 609 BC

• Renewed the covenant• Restored worship of The Lord alone• Killed fighting Pharaoh

He turned to The Lord with all his heart

Eliakim /Jehoahaz 609 BC

• Renamed by Pharaoh• Deposed by Pharoah and taken to Egypt

He did evil in the eyes of The Lord

Jehoiakim 609– 598 BC

• Constant raiding against Judah• Taken to Babylon along with temple items• Daniel taken at this time • Taken bound to Babylon

He did evil in the eyes of The Lord

Jehoiachin 598-597 BC

• Taken to Babylon along with temple items• All Jerusalem carried into exile

He did evil in the eyes of The Lord

Zedekiah 597-586 BC

• Name changed by Nebuchadnezzar• Jerusalem falls• Sons killed in front of him then blinded• Taken captive to Babylon• Last king of Judah

He did evil in the eyes of The Lord