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With God's help, Daniel was able to interpret two of Nebuchadnezzar's dreams that tell of God's unfolding plans for Babylon and the Jewish exiles. King Darius appointed many men to help him rule. Nor did they bow down to the king's image, even under penalty of death. The book comforted the Jewish people as they suffered under the rule of a cruel dictator. These first six chapters tell familiar stories of Daniel and his three friends being selected for service to the king and then chosing not to eat the king's food. After completing this training, Daniel served in the government during the reigns of six rulers including Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus. The most talented of the exiles are selected for three years of training, after which they will serve in Nebuchadnezzar's government as administrators. As the book opens, Daniel along with 10,000 other Jews had just been deported to Babylon fron Judea by Nebuchadnezzar. These chapters record six distinct events that took place over a 70-year period from about 605 BC to 535 BC. Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism. In this Bible study, we will only be looking at the history portion of the book (Chapters 1 to 6). They are written in a somewhat different style and, as we'll see in the study of Chapter 1, there is vigorous controversy as to when it was actually set down on paper and by who. The book of Daniel is almost two separate books, Chapters 1 to 6 that describe six incidents in the life of Daniel and his friends (history), and Chapters 7 to 12, which are visions and prophecy. The whole Church needs reassurance, especially in view of Marxist claims to be able by human effort to introduce a utopian world government.
Daniel is a difficult book, but it is a book about the meaning of historyand people today need its message. Bible Study on Daniel Chapters 1 to 6 - Introduction Daniel Chapters 1 to 6 ~ Introduction 1 In the third year of athe reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. Baldwin, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (TOTC), InterVarsity Press, 1978, 168 pp.