Old Testament Major Prophets 12 chapters
Daniel
Faithful Jewish exiles thrive in pagan courts as God humbles kings and reveals, through dreams and visions, that His kingdom will outlast every empire.
Outline
- Ch. 1 Daniel and friends in Babylon's court
- Ch. 2 Nebuchadnezzar's statue dream; the stone-kingdom
- Ch. 3 The fiery furnace
- Ch. 4 Nebuchadnezzar humbled
- Ch. 5 The writing on the wall; Babylon falls
- Ch. 6 Daniel in the lions' den
- Ch. 7–8 Visions: four beasts and the Son of Man (7); ram and goat (8)
- Ch. 9 Daniel's prayer; the seventy weeks
- Ch. 10–12 Final vision: kings of north and south; resurrection hope (12:2–3)