Daniel: An Expositional Commentary

Daniel had the most incredible career imaginable; he was transported as a teenage captive to a pagan empire and became the primary confidante to the ruler of Babylon. When Babylonia was taken over by its enemies, he rose to the second or third position in the Persian Empire. There are only two people in the Bible other than Jesus Christ of which no evil is spoken, Joseph and Daniel.

The book of Daniel is in two halves: the first six chapters are historical, which deal with the adventures and career of this remarkable man. The second six chapters are some of the most pivotal and important prophecies of the entire Bible. Without a clear understanding of the book of Daniel you will not understand the times in which we live.

This study contains 16 hours of verse by verse teachings.

Copyright © 11-01-2004
Recorded: 2004

A great companion to this study is the Workbook. It follows the study and provides several discussion questions for each session that can be used in a Small Group or family study.

1. Daniel 1: Introduction to the book: background, authentication, etc.
2. Daniel 2: The poly-metallic image—an overview of all of Gentile dominion on the Planet Earth. Daniel and his three friends avoid the death penalty and get promoted.
3. Daniel 3: Nebuchadnezzar’s ego trip; the worship of his image; the fiery furnace.
4. Daniel 4: The only chapter in the Bible written by a Gentile King; published throughout the known world.
5. Daniel 5: The “handwriting on the wall” and the fall of Babylon to the Persians.
6. Mystery of Babylon: A supplemental study on the Destruction of Babylon spoken of by the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah and detailed in Revelation.
7. Daniel 6: How Daniel avoided the “mark of the beast.”
8. Daniel 7: The four empires, which climax Gentile dominion on the Earth.
9. Daniel 8: The succession of the Persian and Greek Empires and the rise of Alexander the Great. Foreshadowing of the final World Leader.
10. Daniel 9 (part 1): The Angel Gabriel predicts the precise day on which Jesus presented Himself as the “Meshiach Nagid” (The Messiah the King).
11. Daniel 9 (part 2): The mysterious interval between the 69th and 70th “weeks” of Daniel and the final seven years of world history.
12. Daniel 10: A spooky glimpse of the spiritual warfare that lies behind world events.
13. Daniel 11: The amazing prediction of the conflicts between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires and the emergence of the final World Leader.
14. Daniel 12: The climax of all history.
15. Europa Rising Pt. 1: The history of Europe and the European Union.
16. Europa Rising Pt. 2: Present and future of the European Union.

Session 1 of 16 - Introduction to the book: background, authentication, etc.