Ch. 1: In Babylon, God blesses
faithful Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and they personally serve
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
Ch. 2:Nebuchadnezzar
has a dream that Daniel interprets as referring to kingdoms—Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece,
Rome, and during the days of Rome, the church.
Ch. 3:Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s idol and so are thrown in a
fiery furnace.But God miraculously
saves them.
Ch. 4:Nebuchadnezzar is
humbled by briefly going mad, eating grass like cows, and growing nails like
birds’ claws.
Ch. 5:Daniel interprets
writing on the wall as predicting the fall of Babylon to Medo-Persia, which is then
fulfilled.
Ch. 6:As punishment for
praying to God, Daniel is thrown into a lion’s den, but God miraculously saves
him.
Ch. 7:Daniel has a
vision of four beasts, representing Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome,
with emphasis on a king from Rome who would persecute Christians—Domitian (who
is also the subject of Revelation).
Ch. 8:Daniel has a
vision of a ram and a goat, representing Medo-Persia and Greece, with emphasis on a king from the Syrian
branch of Greece
who would persecute Jews—Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
Ch 9:Daniel prays
and then is told of the coming Messiah and the destruction of Jerusalem
by Rome in 70
A.D.
Ch. 10:Daniel is given a
glimpse into the lives of the guardian angels of Persia,
Greece,
and the Jews.
Ch 11:Daniel is told
of events to come in the kingdom
of Greece, emphasizing
again Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
Ch. 12:In the last chapter of Daniel, Daniel is told
to seal up the book for a while (in contrast to the last chapter of Revelation,
where John is told not to seal up the
book).
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