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The Imagery of Daniel 2

These
Head Babylon
Last
Days
of Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (605–539 BC)
Breast & Arms Medo-Persia
of Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (539–331 BC)
Belly & Thighs Greece
of Brass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (331–168 BC)
Legs Rome
of Iron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (168 BC – AD 476)
Will There Soon Be
27. What will God’s kingdom do to the kingdoms of men? Stone Kingdom of God One World Government?
Daniel 2:44 “___________________________________ ” 1. Why does God tell us His plans in advance?
Chapter 8: Ram . . . . . . . . . . Medo-Persia
Goat . . . . . . . . . . . . Greece John 14:29 “____________________________________ ”
28. What represented God’s kingdom in Nebuchadnezzar’s Four Horns . . . . Greek Divisions
dream? Little Horn . . . . . . . . . . Rome 2. Who is one prophet Jesus said we ought to understand?
Daniel 2:45 “___________________________________ ”
Matthew 24:15 “_ _______________________________ ”
29. What did Daniel say about the certainty of the dream Read Daniel 2:1-30. Then find answers to these questions.
and its interpretation? In the light of God’s Word . . . Yes No
Daniel 2:45 “____________________________________ _ I understand that in the Bible God has accurately r r 3. Why was King Nebuchadnezzar troubled?
foretold world events long before they are to happen.
______________________________________________ ” Daniel 2:3 “____________________________________ ”
I desire to understand the prophecies God has given r r
for our time.
4. What did he ask the wise men to show him?
Additional comments:
“The king answered unto Daniel 2:6 “____________________________________ ”
Daniel, and said, Of a truth
5. Who had given him this dream?
it is, that your God is a God
Daniel 2:28 “___________________________________ ”
of gods, and a Lord of kings,
and a revealer of secrets.”
Daniel 2:47.
Name: _____________________________________________
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6. What was the dream to reveal? 14. What animal smote the ram? 21. From its point of origin, what directions did this
Daniel 2:29 “___________________________________ ” Daniel 8:5-7 “_ _________________________________ ” kingdom spread?
Daniel 8:9 “_____________________________________ _
Read verses 31-35. Then find answers to these questions. 15. What nation does this goat represent which would ______________________________________________ ”
conquer Medo-Persia?
7. What did Nebuchadnezzar see in his dream? Rome, coming from the west, gained control of Egypt,
Daniel 8:21 “___________________________________ ”
Daniel 2:31 “___________________________________ ” Syria, and Palestine.
16. Like the others, how extensively would this third 22. According to Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, this fourth
8. Of what was the image made? kingdom rule? kingdom would be as strong as what metal?
Daniel 2:32 His head: “_______________________ ”_ Daniel 2:39 “___________________________________ ” Daniel 2:40 “___________________________________ ”
His breast and arms: “______________ ”_
His belly and thighs: “______________ ”_ 17. When the first king of Greece fell, the kingdom would 23. What would then happen to this kingdom?
be divided into how many parts?
Daniel 2:33 His legs: “_______________________ ”_ Daniel 2:41 “___________________________________ ”
Daniel 8:8, 21, 22 “______________________________ ”
His feet: “_ ______________________ ”
The Roman Empire, the last to rule the world, was ab-
The great horn between the goat’s eyes represented Al- sorbed by Germanic tribes which divided up the territory and
9. What did Daniel tell the king the image’s head exander the Great, who died at a young age without arrang-
represented? eventually became the modern nations of Europe.
ing for a successor to rule the conquered kingdom. True to
Daniel 2:36-38 “_ _______________________________ ” prophecy, the territory was divided into four smaller king- 24. How does the prophecy describe the attempts of later
doms, and remained divided until superseded by the next kings to unite themselves?
10. What nation did Nebuchadnezzar represent? world empire. Daniel 2:42, 43 “________________________________ ”
Daniel 1:1 “____________________________________ ” 18. What then came forth?
25. What prophetic statement has prevented modern kings
Daniel 8:9 “____________________________________ ” from uniting under one world government?
11. According to the interpretation, what would arise after
Nebuchadnezzar’s golden kingdom? Daniel 2:43 “___________________________________ ”
19. What kind of king was represented by this little horn?
Daniel 2:39 “___________________________________ ”
Daniel 8:23 “___________________________________ ” Time and again since the fall of Rome men have attempted
12. When Babylon did fall, what two nations, symbolized to unite the world under a single government. But the Word
After Greece, the fourth and final nation to rule the world of God has declared that it cannot be done, and according to
by the image’s silver breast and arms, shared world was the Roman empire.
rulership? that decree all attempts have failed.
Daniel 5:28 “___________________________________ ” 20. The ram was “great” (v.4), the goat was “very great” 26. When will God set up His eternal kingdom?
(v.8). How did the little horn compare with them?
Daniel 2:44 “___________________________________ ”
13. By what animal is Medo-Persia symbolized in Daniel 8:9 “____________________________________ ”
Chapter 8?
Daniel 8:3, 4, 20 “_______________________________ ”

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