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Daniel
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- 1Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-NegoKnown for devotion to God, according to the book of Daniel were saved by divine intervention from the Babylonian execution
- 2The Lion’s DenIn the 6th Chapter of Daniel, Daniel was thrown into a Lion’s den for praying to God (and breaking a decree of the Persian ruler) but he was unharmed by the lion
- 3One Like a Son of ManVerse in Daniel 7 during a portion of the text discussing the end of the world. Describing God’s eternal reign after the 4 Kingdoms but for some reason includes this other figure. Who it is unclear. Many Christian interpreters believe that this verse is a Messianic allusion.
- 4333 BCE--The end of the Persian Period and the beginning of the Hellenistic Period
- 5Four EmpiresThere are four empires described in dreams and visions in the Book of Daniel. The traditional explanation is that the Four Empires are Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.
- 6Antiochus IV EpiphanesA Greek King. Most Modern Bible Scholars believe that the Book of Daniel was written during his reign, as there are a number of likely references to him in the text.
- 7Apocalypse, apocalypticThe end of the world. The Book of Daniel has a number of apocalyptic scenes/prophecies.
- 8ResurrectionDaniel 12 says “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake” (Daniel 12:2). Some Jewish tradition considers this a prophecy of general resurrection when the Messiah comes, some Christian tradition interprets this in terms of Christ.
- 9The writing on the wallIn Daniel 5, Daniel reads a message written on the wall and interprets it as the impending end of the Babylonian Kingdom. The Book of Daniel implies that the Babylonian Kingdom was sacked by the Persians that night.
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