THE PROPHECIES OF DANIEL | BIBLE SUMMARY

1. The Prophecies Of Daniel

a) Daniel, one of the exiles in Babylon, was given the power to interpret dreams and visions of the kings. He also had visions himself.

2. Bible Summary (Daniel 7-12)

@1. Daniel's dream of four beasts representing four empires, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome (Daniel 7).

@2. Daniel's dream of the ram (Persia) and the goat (Greece) followed by the rise and fall of Rome (Daniel 8).

@3. Daniel looks forward to the end of the seventy-year captivity prophesied in the writings of Jeremiah (Daniel 9).

@4. The angel Gabriel appears to Daniel (Daniel 9):

i) "Seventy weeks" are allotted to Jerusalem (Daniel 9).

ii) "Seven weeks" of Medo-Persian rule.

iii) "62 weeks" of Grecian rule.

iv) "One week" during Roman rule (Messiah comes).

EMPIRE	DAN 2	DAN 7,8	DAN 9
Babylon	HEAD OF GOLD	FIRST BEAST	70 YEARS EXILE
Persia	BREAST OF SILVER	SECOND BEAST The Ram	“SEVEN WEEKS”
Greece	BELLY OF BRASS	THIRD BEAST The Goat	“62 WEEKS”
Rome	LEGS OF IRON	FOURTH BEAST	“ONE WEEK” (70th)

@5. Daniel speaks with an angel again (10).

@6. The angel tells Daniel many details about the future after the Babylonian captivity (11).

i) Three more Persian kings (Cambyses, Gaumata, Darius I).

ii) Then a fourth king (Xerxes) invades Greece.

iii) The Grecian empire begins to gain power.

iv) The North (Syria) attacks the South (Egypt).

v) Egypt and Syria form a shaky alliance.

vi) Syria invades Asia Minor and Greece but repelled.

vii) Syria twice more attacks Egypt but fails.

viii) Syria turns on the Jews and destroys Jerusalem.

ix) Syria rages and ravages, but comes to nothing.

@7. Daniel given a glimpse of the distant future — the resurrection at the end of the world (Daniel 12).