Daniel

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Daniel

• Chapter 7 The Ancient of Days

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Observations about God

• One of Gods names is Ancient of Days (v9)
• The Lord will reign on high at the end of time
  (v9-10)
• The Son of Man is given dominion (v14). This
  is accomplished in Jesus in Matthew 2818.
• The Lord will judge with favor given to the
  saints of the Highest One v22
• One king will initially try to oppose the Lord,
  but the world will be given over to the Lord
  (v25,v27)

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Observations about Daniel

• Daniel could vividly remember the revelations
  given to him (all of Daniel 7)
• Daniel was inquisitive, and desired to know what
  the visions meant (v19)
• Daniel was approximately 65-70 years old at this
  time (v1timeline)
• Belshazzar had just come into power at the time
  of this vision (coinciding with Chapter 5, about
  553BC)

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Chapter 7
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Group Activity

• Using a frame by frame, go through this chapter
  and construct a play by play.
• Get in groups of 2 to 3.

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Create Your Frame by Frame Synopsis
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Daniels Vision
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Each beast is linked to part of the statue of
chapter 2
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The visions of Daniel throughout the book are
linked together
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What do the titles of God mean in Chapter 7?

• Who is the Ancient of Days?
• Who is the Son of Man?
• We can find the answer by looking at other
  Scripture
• Matthew 2663-64, 2818, 96-8
• Revelation 113-20,1414

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Group Study

• Group 1
• Read Matthew 2663-64.
• What does Jesus call himself?
• Read Matthew 96-8
• Who gave Jesus His authority?
• Read Matthew 2818.
• What authority was given to Jesus?
• Group 2
• Read Revelation 113-20.
• How does this description relate to Daniel 7?
• Read Revelation 1414.
• How does this compare to Daniel 7?