Bible Study #91 The Writings Series-Daniel-Part 2 (Bible Study With John Ogwyn)

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We are continuing in the book of Daniel. I
want to come back a little bit to some material
that we have touched on a little earlier. We are
going to have a chance to pick up a few details
that we had skimmed over.
Daniel is organized in terms of subject matter.
As you go through the book, it does not strictly
follow chronological development. You will
notice that many of the chapters in Daniel are
dated in terms of when the prophecy came. One
of the things that you note is that Daniel dates
some of the chapters later on in the book as
having been received at times earlier than some
of the previous chapters. Now there are reasons
for that.
He starts out and sort of follows the
chronological order up to chapter 3. Chapters 4
and 5 are interesting because they are many
years apart. Many of the events recorded in
chapters 6 through 12 certainly occurred prior
to some of what is here in chapter 5. Daniel 4
and 5 are back to back, not because they
chronologically follow one another, but because
there is a point that God is making in terms of
the lesson. Chapter 4 records a lesson that
Nebuchadnezzar learned.
Daniel 4:17, this lesson centered around the fact
that, as it is brought out, “‘“…in order that the
living may know that the Most High rules in the
kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will,
and sets over it the lowest of men.”’”
In Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar had this vision of
this great gigantic tree that was cut down and
severed, but it was not uprooted. The stump was..." Read More!!