lds old testament slideshow 26: daniel

8/9/2019 LDS Old Testament Slideshow 26: Daniel

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Old Testament

Hurricane Utah

Adult Religion Class

Week 26: Daniel


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Chapters Content Author

16 Narratives Anonymous

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12 Visions Daniel (?)

Authorship of Daniel

Date: 6th century vs. 2nd century B.C.

Oral traditions?

Historical errors.

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The narratives Daniel 16) How to be in the world, but not of the

world:

Food sacrificed to idols vs. kosher food

(ch. 1).

Worship local gods or the Lord? (Ch. 3).

Law of the land vs. Gods law (Ch. 6).

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What to eat? Daniel 1) Daniel taken to Babylon.

Daniel & his three friends given

Babylonian names, taught Chaldean

literature/language.

Refused to eat food & drink wine offered

to idols; blessed with health &

intelligence.

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The five-part statue Daniel 2) Daniel 2:4b7:28 written

in Aramaic.

Not a good day to be a

royal astrologer.

God revealed the

secret (mystery) to

Daniel.

The king worshipped &

promoted Daniel.5


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The five-part statue Daniel 2)Part Material 2nd century

B.C.context

LDS

interpretation*

Head Gold Babylon Babylon

Chest/arms Silver Medes Persia/Medes

Thighs Bronze Persia Greece(Macedon)

Legs Iron Greece

(Macedon)

Rome

Feet Clay mixed withiron The Diadochi Europeannations

Stone cut

without hands

Gods kingdom Gods latter-day

kingdom

*D&C 65:2; Spencer W. Kimball, General Conference, April 1976.


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The stone cut out of the mountain

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The ancient prophets declared that in

the last days the God of heaven shall set

up a kingdom which should never be

destroyed, nor left to other people; andthe very time that was calculated on, this

people was struggling to bring it out. I calculate

to be one of the instruments of setting up the

kingdom of Daniel by the word of the Lord, and Iintend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize

the whole world. Joseph Smith, 12 May 1844


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The fiery furnace Daniel 3) Shadrach, Meshach, & Abednego

(not Daniel).

Refuse to worship the kings statue;

thrown into the furnace.

Daniel 3:25.

The Son of God (KJV) vs.

a son of the gods (NIV).

Message?

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The cosmic tree Daniel 4) Purportedly written by Nebuchadnezzar

himself (4:1, 34).

Dream of a tree of life; a Watcher

commands the tree cut down & its mind

changed to a beasts.

The tree represents the king & his

kingdom.

Nebuchadnezzar struck with madness;

confessed the greatness of Daniels God.9


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The writing on the wall Daniel 5) King Belshazzar & his

guests defile vesselsplundered from the

temple. A finger writes on

the wall; Danielcalled to interpret.

Daniel made thirdmost powerful inBabylon, but Babylonwas overthrown.

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The writing on the wall Daniel 5)Word Babylonian

weight

In Aramaic

sounds like

Daniels interpretation

mene(2) about kg

(20 oz.)

to number God has numbered[the days

of] your kingdom and brought

it to an end.

tekel 11 g

(less than oz.)

to weigh You have been weighedin

the balance [scales] and

found wanting.

upharsin mina or ~ kg

(10 oz.)

to divide Your kingdom has been

dividedand given to theMedes and the Persians.


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The lions den Daniel 6) Darius the Mede requires

all prayers be directed

to him; Daniel caught &

thrown in den of lions.

Darius doesnt eat or

sleep all night.

Daniel preserved by an

angel; Darius praises

Daniels God.

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The visions Daniel 712)

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The visions Daniel 712) Interpretive approaches:

Preterist. Events took place when written.

Historicist. Most events fulfilled.

Futurist. Most events still future.

Idealist. Events symbolic only.

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Seleucids

Ptolemies

Hellenists

Antigonids


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Antiochus IV Epiphanes

Antiochus IV Apollo

of Antiochus, God Manifest, Bearer of Victory

(Reigned 175164 B.C.)


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The vision of the four beastsDaniel 7)Image Features Meaning Compare

Lion Wings, stands,

mans mind

Babylon Gold head (2:38)

Bear Three fangs,

eats meat

Medes Silver chest/arms

(2:39a)

Leopard Four wings,

four heads

Persia Bronze thighs

(2:39b)

Fearsome,

powerful beast

Iron teeth,

ten horns

Greece

(Macedon)

Iron legs (2:40)

Fourth beasts

ten horns

The Diadochi Clay-iron feet

(2:4143)

The little horn Uproots three

older horns

The Seleucid

Empire &

Antiochus IV


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The Ancientof Days Daniel 7:910. Throne theophany.

God vs. Adam. Revelation 20:12.

D&C 116:1.

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Adam as the Ancient of Days

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Daniel [chapter] VII speaks of the Ancientof Days; he means the oldest man, ourFather Adam, Michael; he will call hischildren together and hold a council with

them to prepare them for the coming of theSon of Man. He (Adam) is the father of the humanfamily, and presides over the spirits of all men, and allthat have had the keys must stand before him in thisgreat Council. The Son of Man stands before him andthere is given him glory and dominion. Adam deliversup his stewardship to Christ, that which was deliveredto him as holding the keys of the universe, but retainshis standing as head of the human family.

Joseph Smith, 2 July 1839


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The Son of Man Brought before the Ancient of Days

(Daniel 7:13).

Human being (e.g., Numbers 23:19; Psalms

8:4; Isaiah 51:12; Ezekiel 93; Moses 1:12).

Divine personage like a human being

(Daniel 7:13; 1 Enoch 3771; New Testament

87

= Christ).

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Meaning of Daniel 7 The four beasts represent kings/kingdoms

(7:17).

Holy ones (KJV saints of the most

High) will take the kingdoms & possess

them forever (7:18).

The little horn (Antiochus) will make

war with holy ones (Israelites?) 3 years

(167164 B.C.), then will be destroyed

(7:2127).

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The ram and the he-goat Daniel 8) Ram with 2 horns charges west, north, &

south.

Goat with one large horn charges the

ram, breaks its horns, tramples it todeath.

At the height of the goats power, its

horn broken; grows 4 other horns. From 1 of the 4 horns grows an arrogant

little horn.

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Meaning ofDaniel 8

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Persia

& Media539 - 334 BC

He shall be

broken without

hand (8:25b).


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Jeremiahs 70 years Daniel 9) When seventy years are accomplished,

that I will punishthe land of the

Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual

desolations (Jeremiah 25:11

12).

605 B.C.- 539 B.C.= 66 years.

(Close enough!)

But the land wasnt made desolate.

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Daniels 70 years Daniel 9) 70 weeks (years) until Israels sin paid,

temple restored (9:24).

Temple rebuilt for 62 weeks, after which

the anointed one (KJV Messiah) will

disappear (9:25b26).

An evil king and abomination of

desolation for half a week (3 years)(9:27).

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Meaning of Daniel 9 62 weeks 7 days = 434 days (years).

Nebuchadnezzar II crowned 605 B.C.

+ 434 years = 171 B.C.

= Antiochus killed Onias III, high priest of

the temple (the anointed one).

Jerusalem Temple converted to idol

worship for 7 years (171

164 B.C.).

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The end of days Daniel 1012) Came to pass:

Rise of Alexander the Great, whose kingdom

would be divided (11:24).

Kings of the south (Ptolemies) battle kings ofthe north (Seleucids) (11:519).

Vile king of the north (Antiochus) sets up

the abomination of desolation within thetemple, makes himself a god (11:2039).

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The end of days Daniel 1012) Didnt come to pass:

Antiochus attacks Egypt. Receives alarming

reports from the east & north. Returns to do

battle, camps between the sea and thetemple, is defeated. (11:4045.)

Michael, the prince of God, rescues the

Lords followers . Many are resurrected &

live forever. (12:13.)

How long until these things are fulfilled?

Time, times, and an half

(3 years = 1,260 days) (12:4

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The end of days Daniel 1012) Additions to deal with the failure:

Its really 1,290 days (12:11).

No, its actually 1,335 days (12:12).

Never mind; just go thou thy way till the

end be (12:13).

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Doctrines in Daniel 1012 Michael the archangel.

Guardian angel & revealer of secrets (1 Enoch 20:5;71:34).

Disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9).

Led the angels in the war in heaven (Revelation

12:7). Is Adam, the father of all, the prince of all (D&C

27:11).

Will signal the resurrection (D&C 29:26).

Holds the keys of salvation under the counsel anddirection of the Holy One (D&C 78:16).

Will lead the final battle between good and evil(D&C 88:112115).

Clearest Old Testament passage on resurrection

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