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Daniel: An Introduction

Daniel: An Introduction.

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Daniel: An Introduction

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  1. Daniel:An Introduction

  2. Inthe third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god…

  3. …Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility--young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service - Daniel 1:1-5

  4. Israel was a true theocracy. God used prophets and priests to deliver and administer his will. He used judges to help the people win victory when they were threatened by other nations and armies. “Appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have” - 1 Samuel 8:5

  5. “God is not enough. Because we can’t see him with our eyes. We can’t hear him with our ears. When we speak to him, we don’t get confirmation that he heard it. So give us a king to follow and give our hearts to” The people of God didn’t want to trust God alone. They wanted to say they trusted God while really placing their faith in men.

  6. BToL- It’s never wise to insist on what God has warned against. He just may give it to me The people are worshiping false gods. They used the false gods as insurance BToL- The best way to conquer a foe is to first cause division among them. Therefore, the first line of defense against the enemy is unity

  7. 722 BC- the Northern Kingdom (10 tribes of Israel) were conquered and carried away by the Assyrians 586 BC- the Southern Kingdom (2 tribes of Judah and Benjamin) were conquered and carried away by the Babylonians God didn’t lose to the Babylonian king.He gave Nebuchadnezzar the victory

  8. Either God is good enough to do what he said he’d do and strong enough to carry it through, or he’s not worth following Our God will not compete for our trust or our worship

  9. “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” - 2 Chronicles 16:7-9

  10. “Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. Faith begins where man's power ends…if it is a man's business to do the will of God; God takes on himself the special care of that man; therefore that man ought never to be afraid of anything” - George Muller

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