One will discover the King's request, his rage, and his reward. We have a contrast: the king’s sorcerers; the king's suspicions and the king's severity. Then there is the Wise men's stalling, their sentence and their salvation.

1. Daniel Chapter 2

2. in the SeConD Yearin the SeConD Year
Years of
Training
Years of the
King’s Reign
Dates
First
(partial year)
Ascension Year Sept. 605 to Nisan
(Mar/Apr) 604 B.C.
Second First Year Nisan 604-603
B.C.
Third
(Partial year?)
Second Year
(Dream occurred)
Nisan 603-602
B.C.

3. O. T. Dreams and Visions
Abraham (Gen. 15:1)
Abimelech (Gen. 20:1-7)
Laban’s dream. (Gen. 31:29)
Jacob (Genesis 28:10-17)
Joseph. (Genesis 37:1-11)
Pharaoh's cupbearer
and baker (Genesis 40)
Pharaoh(Genesis 41):
Samuel (1 Samuel 3):
Gideon (Judges 7:12-15)
Solomon (1 Kings 3:5)
N. T. Dreams and Visions
Zacharias (Lk. 1:5-23[v.22])
Joseph (Matthew 1:20;2:13)
Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19)
Ananias (Acts 9:10)
Cornelius (Acts 10:1-6)
Peter (Acts 10:9-15)
Paul had several visions:
Macedonia (Acts 16:9-10);
Corinth (Acts 18:9-11);
heaven (2 Corinthians 12:1-6).
John (Revelation)
DreamS/ViSionS in SCripture

4. SleepleSS in BaBYlon 2:3-6
• The Request
• The Rage
• The Reward
• We have a contrast in this chapter: the
king’s sorcerers; the king's suspicions
and the king's severity. Then there are
the Wise men's stallingstalling, sentencesentence and
salvationsalvation.

5. the WiSe men
Name Trans-
lation
Service
Magicians Chartom diviner, magician, astrologer engraver, writer (only in derivative
sense of one possessed of occult knowledge) the philosophers who
were to foretell the future
Astrologers ‘ashshaph 1. necromancer, conjurer, 2. (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist
Sorcerers Kashaph 1.(Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft sorcerer,
sorceress. To gain control over someone or something.
Chaldeans Kasdiy 1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian
Gulf
2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates
and Tigris
3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by
extension)
Sooth-
sayers
Gezar
(Aramaic)
1.To cut, determine a. (P'al) determiner (participle) (Ithp'al) to be
cut out - chanters/ diviner invoked the idols; ward off omens by
performing rituals

6. • The Request v. 3 - was it to establish faith in his
gods or his counselors?
• The Rage v. 5 - his treat was real. He had
people killed before.
• The Reward v. 6 - if his rage was real so was
his beneficence.
• An application: Request - John tells one to test
the spirits (1 Jn. 4:1). Rage - Those who fail the
test are to be marked and forbidden fellowship
(Rom. 16:17; 2 Jn. 9, 10). Reward - God
rewards faithfulness not spiritualism (Rev. 2 - 3).
SleepleSS in BaBYlon 2:3-6

7. A God Who ReveAls secRets
dAniel 2:27, 28
• GospelGospel – The Christian’s Mystery - hidden for the ages (2
Cor. 4:2-4; Mk 4:11; Rom. 16:25)
• PeacePeace – The Christian’s comfort - which passes
understanding (Phil. 4:6, 7).
• CommunionCommunion – The Christian’s hope where two or three are
gathered (Matt. 18:20; 1 Cor. 11:24ff)
• PrayerPrayer – The Christian’s voice, enter your secret place God
will reward openly (Matt. 6:5, 6).
• FellowshipFellowship – The Christian’s family - All things common
(Acts 2:44; 4:32).
• Holy SpiritHoly Spirit – the Christian’s seal (Eph. 1:13, 14).
• LoveLove – The Christian’s badge of discipleship (Jn. 13:35).
• JudgmentJudgment – The Christian’s vindication (5 Cor. 5:9-11).

8. dAniel’s PRAyeRs
• He prayed a prayer of intersession (2:17-18)
– Dependently but not independently
– He prayed as if his life depended upon it and he needed assistance
– he couldn’t do it all on his own. Note he prayed for the sure mercies
of God to befall them (2:18).
• When he received an answer he prayed a prayer of
thanksgiving (2:19-23).
– He honored God for his preeminence – wisdom, might, authority,
special honor/blessing (20, 21)
– he can expose what needs to be known because he knows what
man can’t know.
• Daniel 9:2ff He offers a prayer of confession.
– Intensity – set his face
– Humility – fasting, sackcloth, ashes
– Identification of transgressions
– Hope in forgiveness (9:16ff)

9. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his
house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he
kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before
his God, as he did aforetime.
• Boldness – when he knew – not fanatical intent but purposeful
practice.
• Where - his windows. Men of importance have a room with a
view in order to lord it over the underclassmen – his window
gave him access to holiness.
• How - he kneeled (Septuagint – fell on his face) – Here we see
the humility found within the person.
• Frequency – three times a day. They could observe him violating
the commandment more than once.
• Content – gave thanks – he prayed not to defeat the king’s
decree, but to thank God that he could still commune with him
regardless of the decree..
• Special occasion? No - as he always did. Habits don’t die
because a judge passed a law.
dAniel’s PRAyeRs

10. soveReiGnty of God
• The first recorded sacrifice (Gen. 4).
• Its foundation is developed through
the character of Abraham.
• The kingdom in captivity God shows
his supremacy by over throwing the
gods of man (Exod. 1-12).
• His kingdom marches forth into the
Promised Land.
• Here in Babylon Ezekiel had to
remind them of Jehovah’s
sovereignty in the vision of the wheel
within the wheel (Ezk. 1, 10).
• In the “chapter of Dreams” Daniel
explains that kingdoms may dominate
the earth but there is still only one
that God deems eternal.
• Finally, in the Revelation of John, the
saints are seen crying out from being
distressed in the kingdoms of men
(Rev. 6:9-11).
• The saints of God need to be
reminded that God is in control and
that the kingdom God has prepared
cannot be shaken nor moved (Heb.
12:25-29).

11. PRedictive PRoPhecy
• Captivity of Israel in Egypt (Gen. 15)
• Messiah coming from Judah (Gen. 49:8ff)
• Messiah coming through the lineage of
David (2 Sam. 7)
• In vivid details one reads about the
sacrifice of the Savior (Psalm 22)
• Resurrection of Messiah (Psalm 16:10)
• Establishment of the church (Dan. 2; Isa.
2:2-4)
• Change of covenants (Jer. 31:31ff)
• Persecution of the church (Matt. 5:10-12)
• Return of Jesus (1 Thess. 4:13ff)

13. Head of Gold –
BaBylon
• 626-539 b.c.626-539 b.c.

14. CHest & arms – meads & Persians
• 539-333 b.c.539-333 b.c.

15. tHiGHs – GreCian
• 333-63 b.c.333-63 b.c.

16. leGs & feet - rome
• 63 - 476 b.c.63 - 476 b.c.

17. tHe KinGdom of God

18. in tHe days of tHose KinGs 2:44
• Set up by GodSet up by God
• Never be destroyedNever be destroyed
• Not left for another peopleNot left for another people
• Crush and end all previousCrush and end all previous
kingdomskingdoms
• Endure foreverEndure forever

19. A Quick Review of the imAge
• There is a unity, a bond between the four kingdoms, as
indicated by the vision. There is one statue, but four
distinct kingdoms.
• There is a downward progression, a deterioration of the
kingdoms.
• There is, in the end, a disintegration of the entire statue.
• There is an unknown, mysterious “king,” who destroys
the entire statue, who nullifies all of these kingdoms,
bringing them to nothing while establishing his own
kingdom.
• The kingdoms of Nebuchadnezzar and those who follow
him pass away, and a greater, eternal kingdom does not.
• Greater emphasis is on the first and fourth kingdoms
than on the rest.
• Much in this vision is not interpreted or explained.

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