Daniel in Babylon

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Daniel in Babylon

• 612 Babylonians and Medes conquer the Assyrians
• 605 Babylonians defeat the Egyptians at
  Carchemish
• 605 Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of Babylon
• 605 The Babylonians invade Judah (First
  Deportation, Daniel)
• 601 Judah decides to realign itself with Egypt,
  Jeremiah warns not to rebel against the
  Babylonians
• 597 Jehoiachin becomes king of Judah
• 597 Babylonians invade Jerusalem (Second
  Deportation, Ezekiel)
• 597 Zedekiah becomes king of Judah
• 593 Ezekiel begins to prophesy while in captivity

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Daniel in Babylon

• 586 The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the
  Temple marking the end of Judah
• Jerusalems walls and gates are burned
• Third wave of Jews deported to Babylon
• Babylonian Exile begins
• The end of the monarchy in Judah
• 556 Nabonidus (Nebuchadnezzars son-in-law)
  becomes king
• 553 Belshazzar (Nabonidus son) becomes
  co-regent
• 539 The Fall of Babylon to the Persians and the
  Decree of Cyrus II allowing Jews to return
• 516 The Jews rebuild their Temple

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Manufactured Controversy

• Critics of the Bible say that there are no
  evidences from outside sources to confirm the
  Biblical record about the reign of Belshazzar.
• Scholars are biased, the Bible is guilty until
  proven innocent, and a lack of outside evidence
  places the Biblical account in doubt. This
  standard is far different from that applied to
  other ancient documents.
• The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus according
  to recorded history. Tablets were found showing
  that Belshazzar was Nabonidus' son who served as
  coregent in Babylon. This is why Daniel was
  offered to be third ruler (Dan 57).

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 1
• Daniels test as a Captive
• Teach the language and literature of the
  Chaldeans (vs. 4)
• Tried to feed them food the Babylonians ate (fit
  for a king) (vs. 5)
• Gave them Babylonian names (vs. 7)

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 2
• Daniels interprets Nebuchadnezzars dream
• He asks God to reveal it to him
• He tells Nebuchadnezzar the dream
• He discloses the meaning

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 3
• Golden Image Fiery Furnace
• Religious Intolerance
• Worship or Die
• Hebrew Captives Refused
• Fire did not harm them

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 4
• Daniel Interprets a second dream for
  Nebuchadnezzar
• Strong tree represent Nebuchadnezzar
• Chopping down of tree Nebuchadnezzar go mad
  for 7-yrs
• His mind would return when he acknowledges that
  God rules in kingdoms of men

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 5
• Belshazzars Feast and Babylons Fall
• A drunken, blasphemous orgy
• Handwriting on the wall
• Numbered, Numbered, Weighed and Divided
• Belshazzar slain and Babylon fell

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Daniel in Babylon

• Chapter 6
• Daniel Promoted, indicted and thrown to the
  lions,
• Daniel given authority in the new government
  Persia
• Jealousy led to hatred and a plot
• Righteousness in predictable
• Daniel is spared by God while in lions den

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