Daniel's Two Kingdoms, Part 3

DANIEL'S TWO KINGDOMS, PART 3
TEXT: Daniel 2:1-45; Dan. 7:1-28

I. DANIEL, THE MAN.

II. DANIEL'S MESSAGE FOR THE TIMES CLOSE AT HAND. Nebuchadnezzar's great tree (ch. 4); the handwriting on Belshazzar's wall (ch. 5); Daniel's visions of the ram and the goat (ch. 8), and of the kings of the North and South (ch. 11).

III. DANIEL'S GREAT MESSIANIC PROPHECIES.
A. Nebuchadnezzar's First Dream: the Great Image (ch. 2).

1. "Behold, a great image."

2. Four earthly kingdoms.
   -Head of Gold.
   -Chest and arms of silver.
   -Belly and thighs of bronze.
   -Feet of iron mixed with clay.

3. The stone cut without hands.

B. Daniel's Vision of the Four Beasts (ch. 7).

1. "And four great beasts came up out of the sea."
   -The lion: Babylon.
   -The bear: Media-Persia.
   -The leopard: Greece.
   -The fourth beast: Rome and her ten nations.

2. The Ancient of Days and the Son of Man.