DANIEL Chapters 2-3 RISK EVERYTHING FOR GOD They wouldn’t bend, They wouldn’t bow, They wouldn’t burn! August 3, 2014 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI USA August Memory Verse 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. THE BOOK OF DANIEL • Theological Theme: God’s Sovereignty Daniel 5:21 … the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes. God controls the destinies of both pagan empires and His exiled people. REFERENCES Where God Was Born by Bruce Feiler, Harper Collins, 2005. Daniel: God’s Pattern For The Future, A Study Guide by Charles R. Swindoll, 1992 Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy by Beth Moore, 2006 Daniel – Chapter 1 Summary • Nebuchadnezzar: King of Babylon 605 BC • Daniel & 3 friends deported to Babylon • They resolve not to defile themselves • Successful 10 day test of no royal food & wine • Spend 3 years in “Babylon University” • Entered the king’s service • God blessed their resolve to serve Him
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DANIEL
Chapters 2-3
RISK EVERYTHING FOR GOD
They wouldn’t bend, They wouldn’t bow, They wouldn’t burn!
August 3, 2014
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
USA
August Memory Verse
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
THE BOOK OF DANIEL
• Theological Theme: God’s Sovereignty
Daniel 5:21
… the Most High God is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them
anyone he wishes.
God controls the destinies of both pagan empires and His exiled people.
REFERENCES
Where God Was Born by Bruce Feiler, Harper Collins, 2005.
Daniel: God’s Pattern For The Future, A Study Guide by Charles R. Swindoll, 1992
Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy by Beth Moore, 2006
Daniel – Chapter 1 Summary
• Nebuchadnezzar: King of Babylon 605 BC
• Daniel & 3 friends deported to Babylon
• They resolve not to defile themselves
• Successful 10 day test of no royal food & wine
• Spend 3 years in “Babylon University”
• Entered the king’s service
• God blessed their resolve to serve Him
Daniel 2:1-2 1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was
troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians,
enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When
they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, "I have had a dream
that troubles me and I want to know what it means."
4 Then the astrologers answered the king, "May the king live forever! Tell your
servants the dream, and we will interpret it."
5 The king replied to the astrologers, "This is what I have firmly decided: If you do
not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces
and your houses turned into piles of rubble.
Summary of Daniel 2:6-23
• Nebuchadnezzar orders all wise men killed
• Daniel asks for time to interpret dream
• Daniel & friends prayed: “plead for mercy from God concerning this
mystery …”
• God reveals the dream to Daniel that night.
• Daniel praises the God of heaven
Daniel 2:27-28 27 Daniel replied (to Nebuchadnezzar), "No wise man, enchanter, magician or
diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King
Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions
that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:
Daniel 2:31-35 31 "Your Majesty looked, and there before you stood a large statue—an
enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance. 32 The head of the statue
was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of
bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay. 34 While
you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the
statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay,
the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like
chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without
leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain
and filled the whole earth.
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
Meaning of the Dream Statue
Daniel 2:44-49 44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will
never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those
kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the
meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands
—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to
pieces. "The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The
dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy." 46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar
fell prostrate before Daniel and paid him honor and ordered that an offering and
incense be presented to him. 47 The king said to Daniel, "Surely your God is the
God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able
to reveal this mystery."
(Setting for Daniel 3) 48 Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him.
He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in
charge of all its wise men. 49 Moreover, at Daniel's request the king appointed
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of
Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.
Daniel 3:1-6 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits
wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then
summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges,
magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the
image he had set up.
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, "Nations and peoples of every language,
this is what you are commanded to do: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the
horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and
worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever
does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing
furnace."
Daniel 3 Background
• The other advisors to Nebuchadnezzar are jealous of Daniel & friends
because of their wisdom & authority over them.
• These advisors were setting a trap
• Advisors probably appealed to the king’s ego to build a statue from the
dream
• Advisors knew that these Jewish men would not worship the golden idol.