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Daniel
I. |The issue of the degradation of God's elect—the captivity to Babylon—1:1-2II. |The victory, in their captivity, of the young descendants (including Daniel) of God's degraded elect over Satan's further devices—1:3-6:28A. |Over the demonic diet—1:3-21B. |Over the devilish blinding that prevents people from seeing the great human image (the totality of human government throughout human history) in Nebuchadnezzar's dream—2:1-49
1. |Nebuchadnezzar's marvelous dream—vv.|1-13
2. |Daniel's vision from God concerning Nebuchadnezzar's dream—vv.|14-45
a. |God's vision given to Daniel—vv.|14-23b. |Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream—vv.|24-45(1) |Daniel's exalting of God—vv.|24-30(2) |The contents of Nebuchadnezzar's dream—a great human image and its destiny—vv.|31-45
3. |Nebuchadnezzar's honoring of Daniel—vv.|46-49
C. |Over the seduction of idol worship—3:1-30D. |Over the covering that hinders people from seeing the ruling of the heavens by the God of the heavens—4:1-37
1. |Nebuchadnezzar's praise concerning God—vv.|1-3
2. |Nebuchadnezzar's testimony—vv.|4-18
3. |Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream—vv.|19-26
4. |Daniel's counsel to Nebuchadnezzar—v.|27
5. |The fulfillment of the dream coming upon Nebuchadnezzar—vv.|28-33
6. |Nebuchadnezzar's return to normality and his testimony—vv.|34-37
E. |Over the ignorance concerning the result of the debauchery before God and the insult to His holiness—5:1-31
1. |Belshazzar's debauchery before God and the insult to His holiness—vv.|1-4
2. |The writing by the hand sent from God—vv.|5-9
3. |Daniel's interpretation of the writing on the wall—vv.|10-29
4. |The destiny of Belshazzar—vv.|30-31
F. |Over the subtlety that prohibited the faithfulness of the overcomers in the worship of God—6:1-28
1. |The exaltation of Daniel as one of the overcomers in the captivity of Gods elect in Medo-Persia—vv.|1-3
2. |The subtle attack of Satan on Daniel concerning the worship of God—vv.|4-9
3. |Daniel's faithfulness in the worship of God—v.|10
4. |The accusation of the opposers—vv.|11-15
5. |Daniel's suffering of the persecution—vv.|16-18
6. |God's deliverance of Daniel—vv.|19-24
7. |God's victory over Satan in the worship of God on the earth—vv.|25-28
III. |The visions of the overcoming Daniel—7:1-12:13A. |Concerning the four beasts out of the Mediterranean Sea—7:1-28
1. |The year of the vision (about 556 B.C.)—v.|1
2. |The four beasts out of the Mediterranean Sea—vv.|2-8, 11-12
3. |God and His universal dominion—vv.|9-10
4. |The coming of the Son of Man—Christ—vv.|13-14
5. |The interpretation of the vision—vv.|15-28
B. |Concerning a ram and a male goat with its successors—Persia and Greece—8:1-27
1. |The year of the vision (about 554 B.C.)—v.|1
2. |The place of the vision—v.|2
3. |The vision concerning a ram and a male goat with its successors—vv.|3-14
4. |The interpretation of the vision—vv.|15-27
C. |Concerning Israel in the seventy weeks apportioned out to them—9:1-27
1. |The year of the vision (about 538 B.C.)—vv.|1-2a
2. |The cause of the vision—v.|2b
3. |The way to obtain the vision—vv.|3-23
4. |The contents of the vision—the seventy weeks—vv.|24-27
D. |Concerning the destiny of Israel—10:1-12:13
1. |The year of the vision (about 537 B.C.)—10:1a
2. |The main subject of the vision—the great distress—10:1b
3. |The scene in the universe—the spiritual world behind the physical—before the release of the vision—10:2-11:1
a. |Daniel, a man on the earth, setting his heart to understand the future of Israel—10:2-3b. |The excellent Christ, the centrality and universality of God's move on the earth, appearing to Daniel—10:4-9c. |The evil prince of the kingdom of Persia withstanding the sent angelic messenger, and Michael coming to help him—10:10-17d. |The angelic messenger to return to fight with the evil prince of Persia, and the evil price of Greece being about to come—10:18-21e. |The angelic messenger standing up to support and strengthen Darius—11:1
4. |The contents of the vision—concerning the destiny of Israel—11:2-12:13
a. |Related to the king of the south (Egypt) and the king of the north (Syria)—11:2-45b. |Related to the archangel Michael's standing for Israel—12:1-13Outline of Daniel
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