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Uncompromising Faith
If you were to think of someone, anyone who had uncompromising faith, besides Jesus, who would you think of?
We are preparing ourselves for a fascinating trip through some of the most revealing and thought provoking scripture we can find in the bible.
Who do you think of when it comes to uncompromising faith?
May we offer up Daniel as an example.
There are lots of things that can said about Daniel and the book of Daniel, including did he write it, did he write it all or are there many authors.
There are even questions on the time frame of the writing, but there is one thing that is known, Daniel is a man who was resolved and had uncompromising faith.
This is a fascinating book in which we will see
Chapters 1-6 we will see the uncompromising faith of Daniel
Chapters 7-12 we will see the prophesies and apocalyptic visions of Daniel
This is a book that has been attacked and even abused
Attacked by liberals who deny it’s inspiration
Abused by many who have taken the visions out of context and have build entire belief systems behind it.
Our aim, our goal for study of Book of Daniel:
A good understanding of the scripture that should
Inspire us to greater resolve and faithfulness in serving God
Strengthen our faith, our resolve in the inspiration of the Bible
A basic understanding of apocalyptic literature in context of the bible
Importance of the book of Daniel; some important facts
History and the Prophesies
Foretelling of the kingdoms and the kingdom
Display, example of uncompromising, resolved faith.
Not written in chronological order
Chapters 1-4 (606-562)
Chapter 7 (553)
Chapter 8 (550)
Chapters 5, 6, 9 (539-536)
Chapters 10-12 (536)
Authorship is challenged by some because
Written in two languages (Hebrew and Aramaic)
Claims some historical inaccuracies
Proof of authorship
First person claims in the book
Testimony given in (1Mac2:60)
Dead Sea Scrolls reference (200BC)
Writing of Josephs (Antiquities XI)
Time of writing has been disputed
Some believe written in 2nd Century
Most believe written in 6th Century (between 539-536)
Purpose of Book: To Magnify God!
His justice
His protection
His Sovereignty
His eternal kingdom
His eternal blessings
His prophesy to unveil the future
So, now on with more in our introduction today, may we look at the book as a whole and what we can start to know.
Daniel the man and the times
Even in the hard times, where people are unfaithful, God is not and is in control and He is faithful to keep covenant.
Daniel and his times will help us to understand that about God.
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Daniel the man
His name means “God is my judge”
He was a man of deep, abiding, relentless, uncompromising faith (Dan1:8)
He was faithful throughout life (Dan6:10)
God blessed Daniel because of his faith (Dan2:48; Dan6:1-3)
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Daniel the man
His name means “God is my judge”
He was a man of deep, abiding, relentless, uncompromising faith (Dan1:8)
Or maybe look at a different version
So what do we know about Daniel the man from this verse?
- he made up his mind, he was resolved not to defile himself.
He was not willing to compromise!
His name means “God is my judge”
He was a man of deep, abiding, relentless, uncompromising faith (Dan1:8)
He was faithful throughout life (Dan6:10)
God blessed Daniel because of his faith (Dan2:48; Dan6:1-3)
Daniel because of his faith, his relentless faith, God blessed him and promoted him through the king in both Babylon and in Persia
He served as a statesman, a counselor to kings and was a prophet of God.
Daniel and his contemporaries
Daniel prophesied from Babylonian capital (605-586)
Jeremiah prophesied from Jerusalem during the Babylonian exile (626-528)
Ezekiel prophesied in Babylon among the exiles (592-570)
There is nothing really known about Daniel outside of the scripture what we can know is:
He is from prominent family if not a royal (Dan1:3)
He was taken captive to Babylon to be trained (Dan1:3-4)
Daniel and his times:
612: Fall of Nineveh (Assyria capital)
Assyria had taken the northern kingdom into captivity some time before and they ruled the world from 845) on.
Ruler by name of Nabopolassar came to the throne in Babylon and rebelled against Assyria (625)
Nebuchadnezzer (son to Nabopolassar) lead the Babylonian army as a general in 612 to defeat the Assyrians
605: Battle of Carchemish, Babylonian domination; first group of captives taken (Dan1:1-4)
An Egyptian Pharaoh by name of Necho rose to fight the Babylonians in 605, well that did not work too well and that lead to a chase to the south into Jerusalem where the first group were taken captive then.
The best of the best were taken to be retrained in the their ways, Daniel was a part of this group
Nebachadnezzar was only a general when the siege on Jerusalem took place but 3 months later his father dies and he goes back to assume role as King
597: Second group of captives taken
Under the kingship of Jehiakim’s son, Jehoiachin 10,000 Jews were taken into captivity to Babylon
This group would includes Ezekiel (Eze1:1-3)
586: Third group of captives taken, Jerusalem and temple destroyed.
A Vassal by name of Zedekiah was named as king of Jerusalem and by end of 11 years Jerusalem was totally destroyed including the temple (2Kn24:8-16)
Jeremiah was part of who stayed behind in Jerusalem and continued his work (Jer39:11-14)
536: First remnant returns to Jerusalem under authority of Cyrus (Eza1:1-5)
Under the authority of Cyrus the king of Persia a decree was issued allowing the Israelites to return under the leadership of Zerubbabel (Ezra1:1-5)
Foundation of the new temple is started, but not going to be completed until 516
457: Second remnants return to Jerusalem with Ezra (Ezra7:1-8:36)
Ezra the priest brings back the next group of the remnant
Revival starts and is much needed for there was much discouragement in the older people who knew the old Jerusalem and temple and there was much resistance from others from keeping the temple and the walls being built back.
444: Third group of remnants return led by Nehemiah (Neh1:1-2:20)
The walls were completed in record time under the leadership and inspiration of Nehemiah
Working hand in hand with Ezra much of what was taken from the people, their heritage, national pride, their religion was restored.
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