Bible and Culture 2016 – Daniel 2 – 6 My slides from day 3 of Bible & Culture 2016 See more at bibleandculture.org

1. Day 3
Daniel 4 – 6
Monday: bit.ly/BC2016-dan1
Tuesday: bit.ly/BC2016-dan2
Wednesday: bit.ly/BC2016-dan3
Thursday: bit.ly/BC2016-dan4
Friday: bit.ly/BC2016-dan5 Structure of Daniel
1 Daniel refuses to
compromise
3 ‘No god can deliver
out of his hand’
2 Nebuchadnezzar’s
dream: kingdoms
10–12 Writing of truth5 Writing on the wall
9 Jerusalem:
discipline/restoration
4 Nebuchadnezzar:
discipline/restoration
8 ‘None can deliver
out of his hand’
7 Daniel’s dream:
kingdoms
6 Daniel refuses to
compromise
A God vindicates his faithful servants (1)
B Nebuchadnezzar’s dream: 4 kingdoms (2)
C God rescues his faithful witnesses (3)
D Warning for king; redemption (4)
E Warning for king; judgment (5)
F God rescues his faithful witness (6)
G Daniel’s dream: 4 kingdoms (7)
H Details of post-Babylonian kingdoms (8)
I Jerusalem restored (9)
J More on post-Babylonian kingdoms (10– ?
Summarise the theme of Daniel 2 in one
sentence.
What is the goal of Daniel 2 (what was its
purpose for the original audience)?
How do we move from Daniel 2
to Jesus?
?
Theme of Daniel 2: The God of heaven,
who deposes and sets up kings, reveals
that he will eventually replace all human
kingdoms with his everlasting kingdom.
Goal of Daniel 2: to give hope to God’s
people in exile by reassuring them that God
will eventually replace all human kingdoms
with his everlasting kingdom.
?
Which of the 7 ways of connecting
the passage to Jesus help us with
Daniel 6? How?
1. Redemptive-historical progression
2. Promise-fulfilment
3. Anticipations (typology)
4. Analogy
5. Longitudinal themes
6. New Testament references
7. Contrast
?

2. ‘‘
’’
Only God is truly sovereign, and He
will establish His eternal
kingdom. . . . [This theme] provides
coherence for the entire book of
Daniel.
Les Bruce
Manuscript Bible Study
• Scenes and plot line
• Characters and dialogue
• Structure
• Repeated words, images or concepts
• Figures of speech (metaphors, similes, etc.)
• Key themes, concepts or images
• Connections with other parts of the Bible
• Questions: what do you not understand?
Daniel 4
Daniel 5
Babylonian kings
625–605
605–562
562–560
560–556
556
556–539
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar
Amel-Marduk
Nergal-sharezer/Neriglissar
(Nebuchadnezzar’s son-in-law)
Labashi-Marduk
Nabonidus
Nabonidus Ur Ziggurat
Nabonidus
foundation cylinder
© Jastrow, used under a Creative Commons licence

3. Nabonidus
Chronicle
Dais
Nabonidus and Belshazzar
556
553
540
539
Nabonidus came to throne
Nabonidus goes to Teima oasis to
worship Sin (moon God)
Belshazzar becomes co-regent
Nabonidus returns to Baylonia
Nabonidus surrenders (Oct 10)
Belshazzar killed (Oct 12)
?
Summarise the theme of the passage in one
sentence.
What is the goal (what was its purpose for
the original audience)?
How do we move to Jesus?
What is the message to us?
?
?
Which of the 7 ways of connecting
the passage to Jesus help us with
Daniel 6? How?
1. Redemptive-historical progression
2. Promise-fulfilment
3. Anticipations (typology)
4. Analogy
5. Longitudinal themes
6. New Testament references
7. Contrast
?
Daniel 6 Who is Darius?
• Babylon was defeated by King Cyrus
• No record of Darius at this time
• Darius the Great was Persian; seized
power in 522 BC as a young man
• Darius the Mede began to reign in 539 at
age 62 (Daniel 5:31)

4. Gobyras? – mentioned in
Herodotus
A confusion of two
generals: Ugbaru and
Gubaru
Ugbaru (=Gobryas) – Persian
general who captured
Babylon?
‘‘
’’
In the month of Arahshamnu, the
third day, Cyrus entered Babylon,
green twigs were spread in front of
him – the state of peace was
imposed upon the city. Cyrus sent
greetings to all Babylon. Gubaru, his
governor, installed sub-governors in
Babylon.
Nabonidus Chronicle cf Daniel 6:1
Gubaru – governor of
Babylon?
Cambyses – son of Cyrus?
Cyrus? Rubens Briton Rivière

5. ?
Summarise the theme of the passage in one
sentence.
What is the goal (what was its purpose for
the original audience)?
How do we move to Jesus?
What is the message to us?
?
?
Which of the 7 ways of connecting
the passage to Jesus help us with
Daniel 6? How?
1. Redemptive-historical progression
2. Promise-fulfilment
3. Anticipations (typology)
4. Analogy
5. Longitudinal themes
6. New Testament references
7. Contrast
?
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