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2. The Greatest Story Ever Told
How To Read And Understand THE PROPHETS
(Daniel, Part 5/Ch. 6)

3. 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!

4. KING OVER ALL: NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S HUMILIATION
The dream
The interpretation
The boast
The judgment
The confession
The restoration

5. KING OVER ALL: HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
Belshazzar’s feast
Blasphemy
Fear the fingers!
Witless wise men
Daniel’s verdict
“That very night…”

6. KING OVER ALL: DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN

7. Distinguished and Despised (6:1-9)
One of the three presidents
An excellent spirit was in him
King planned set him over the whole kingdom
Other leaders were jealous and tried to find some dirt on Daniel
He was faithful and no error of fault was found within him
Passed an unchangeable law

8. Trivial Pursuit What is Canada's most prevalent goose?
What was the largest city in the U.S. when the first census was taken in 1790?
What snack food did a University of South Florida engineering professor spend six years studying the crunch of?

9. Disciplined and Dumped (6:10-18)
New law didn’t change his prayer habit a bit – he continued to pray to his God three times a day.
Accused- Remember that law you signed?
King was distressed- set his mind to deliver Daniel
As he threw him into the lion’s den, King Darius said he hoped Daniel’s god could deliver him
Stone placed over the mouth of the den
Deeply troubled and unable to help Daniel

10. Trivial Pursuit
What sport causes 18,000 facial injuries each year in U.S. kids aged 5 to 14?
What’s the fastest swimming marine mammal?
How many minor league homeruns did Babe Ruth hit?

11. Delivered (6:19-28)
The purpose was not for God to save Daniel from trials but through trials
1 Peter 1:6-7
Daniel was delivered because…..
He was found blameless before God
He trusted in his God
Accusers cast into the den and judged

12. Another Found Blameless
There was another who was despised and rejected
Another who was convicted on trumped up charges,
Another who was left behind a sealed den, on the dawn of that morning was discovered to be alive.

13. Delivered for our sake
We can be found blameless before our God because of Christ righteousness
We receive this righteousness through trusting in our God and the work that Jesus accomplished on our behalf
Hebrews 12

14. FORESHADOWING
Verdict delivered on all believers on the final judgment day
All those in Adam will be declared guilty and will share their fate of destruction
All those who are in Christ will be found NOT guilty and will share in Christ glory and exaltation

15. 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)

16. Starting Point 2010 and forward
14 chairs
table
podium
Table for water/OJ
table
Table for coffee/food
Starting Point 2010 and forward