1. Welcome to 12:13! Need to talk with your friend?
Before or after class is OK, but not during class.
Need to use the bathroom?
Ask one of the parent volunteers.
Need to borrow a pen?
Loan the parent volunteers a shoe and they will loan you a pen!

2. The Greatest Story Ever Told
How To Read And Understand THE PROPHETS
(Daniel, Part 3)

3. How To Exegete The Prophets
Get help! (Commentaries, dictionaries, etc.)
Understand the history of the time
Big Picture (Israel in Exile, Babylonian Empire)
Fine Detail (Nebuchadnezzar)
Learn how to read poetry
Realize that their future may be our past
Daniel 8, Alexander the Great (323 BC)

6. Trivial Pursuit (Art & Culture)
What English actor, poet and playwright was born in Stratford-on-Avon?
What’s the name of the Redskin Chief’s daughter in Never Never Land?
What date is Boxing Day observed on?
Who tells stories about Brer Rabbit?

7. King over all: four men in the fiery furnace
Bow down to the image!
The accusation
Nebuchadnezzar’s threat
Ready to die for truth
Into the flames
No God like our Lord!

8. KING OVER ALL: DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN
A conspiracy
Caught in the act of prayer
Thrown to the lions
Not a scratch
A taste of their own medicine

9. TREMBLE & FEAR!
“I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.” (Daniel 6:26)

10. Starting Point 1/18/09 and forward
podium
12 chairs
12 chairs
12 chairs
Table for water/OJ
table
Table for coffee
Starting Point 1/18/09 and forward