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Dr. ROBERT DUNCAN CULVER
TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL
SEPTEMBER 1972
Editor’s Note
In order to make the notes more readable to the reader, we have taken the liberty in this edition of Dr. Culver’s notes to revise the outline numbering scheme and relocated many of the references and comments that are in the text body to footnotes.
Expository and Explanatory Lectures on the Book of Daniel - INTRODUCTION
Table of Contents
I. Chapter 1: The
Historical Background
A. Introduction
B. Circumstances
Providing the Setting of the Story and of the Book (1-5)
1. The Time
2. The Providence of God
3. The Transportation of
Temple Vessels
4. The Transportation of
Daniel and His Friends
5. The Training of Daniel and
His Friends for Court Service at Babylon
C. Events Placing the
Author in the Position He Holds Throughout the Book (5-20)
1. The Crisis of Right Living
(5)
2. The Decision for Right
Living (8)
3. Procedures for Right
Living—The Elements of Moral Heroism (8b-14)
4. The Rewards of Right
Living (15-21)
D. Conclusion
II. Chapter 2:
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
A. Introduction
B. The Reception of the
Dream (2:1)
C. The Test by Use of
the Dream (2-6)
D. The Revelation of the
Dream (2:7-23)
1. The Failure of the Wise
Men (2:7-12)
2. The Success of Daniel
(2:13-23)
E. The Telling of the
Dream (2:24-35)
F. The Interpretation
of the Dream (2:36b-45)
1. The head of gold (2:37,
38)
2. The belly and thighs of
brass (2:39a)
3. The Belly and Thighs
(Aramaic, buttocks) of Brass (2:39b)
4. The Legs of Iron and Feet
of Iron and Clay (2:40-43)
5. The Stone Which Smites the
Image and Becomes a Great Mountain (2:44, 45 cf. 34, 35)
G. The Rewards for
Interpretation of the Dream (2:46-49)
III.
CHAPTER 3: Three Heroes in a Fiery Furnace
A. Introduction
B. The Opposition to
Faith (3:1, 8)
C. The Temptation of
Faith (3:2-15)
1. Temptation to Perversion
of their Faith
2. To Compromise of their
Faith
3. To Concealment of Their
Faith
D. The Demonstration of Faith
(3:16-18)
E. The Salvation
Wrought Through Faith (3:19-30)
1. By faith they were loosed
from their bonds.
2. By faith they were
protected from all harm.
3. By faith they were
confronted in trial.
4. By faith God was
glorified.
5. By faith God's servants
were rewarded.
IV.
Chapter 4: The Dream of a High Tree
A. Introduction
B. Introductory Matters
(4:1-9)
1. Salutation of a State
Paper (4:1-3)
2. Circumstances at Court
Leading up to the Proclamation (4: 4-9)
C. Narration of the
Dream (vv. 10 - 18)
1. The tree
2. The Watcher
3. The Decree
4. The Authority and Intent
of the Decree
5. The King’s Appeal
D. Interpretation of the
Dream (4:19-27)
1. An Ominous Hint
2. Interpretation of the Tree
3. Interpretation of the
Watcher
4. Interpretation of the
Decree
5. The Advice of Daniel (v.
27)
E. Fulfillment of the
Dream (vv. 28 - 33)
F. Conclusion;
Restoration of the King (4:34-37)
V. CHAPTER FIVE: Belshazzar’s
Feast
A. Introduction
B. Pleasure, the
Pursuit of Belshazzar’s Feast (5:1-4)
1. It was sinfully sensual
2. It was unrestrained
3. It was sacrilegious
4. It was stupid
C. A Portent, Gods
Contribution to Belshazzar2s Feast (5:5, 6)
1. The sign came suddenly—"in
the same hour."
2. The sign was mysterious
3. It was ruthless
4. It was terrifying
D. Perplexity, the Effect of
this Visitation at Belshazzar’s Feast (5:7-9)
E. Pronouncement of
Doom, Daniel's Contribution to Belshazzar's Feast (5:10-29)
1. The queen-mother's visit
and suggestion (5:10-12)
2. The Entrance of Daniel
(5:13-16)
3. The Message of Daniel
(5:17-24)
4. Interpretation of the
Handwriting by Daniel (5:25-28)
F. The End of the Feast
of Belshazzar (5:30, 31)
VI.
CHAPTER SIX: Daniel in the Lion’s Den
A. Introduction
B. The Position of
Daniel (6:1-3)
C. The Plot against
Daniel (6:4-9)
D. The Prayer of Daniel
(6:10, 11)
1. Daniel's prayer was
courageous
2. Daniel's prayer was truly
pious
3. Daniel's prayer was
according to the word of God
E. The Success of the
Plot against Daniel (6:11-17)
1. They plotted against him
2. They portrayed him as a
traitor
3. The plot involved the king
4. Daniel’s death was their
goal
F. God's Answer to
Daniel's Prayer (6:17-28)
1. If he prayed for the king
2. If he prayed for himself
3. If he prayed for God’s
glory
VII.
CHAPTER SEVEN:Four Beasts, the Ancient of Days, and the Son of Man
A. Introduction
B. The Historical
Setting (7:1)
C. The Details of
Daniel's Visions (7:2-14, 21, 22)
1. The first beast
2. The second beast
3. The third boast
4. The fourth beast
5. The Ancient of Days and
the Son of Man
6. The War of the "little
horn" with the "saints"
D. The Method of interpreting
Daniel's Visions (7:15, 16)
E. Details of
Interpretation of Daniel's Visions (7:17-20, 23-27)
1. The lesser emphasis: the
four beasts in relation to God's kingdom
2. The greater emphasis: the
final form of the fourth beast in relation to the kingdom of God.
3. The end of the vision
F. Conclusion
VIII. Chapter
Eight: A Ram, a Goat, and a Little Horn
A. Introduction
B. The Historical
Introduction (8:1)
C. The Visions (8:2-14)
1. The scene of his visions
(8:2)
2. The vision of a ram (8:3,
4)
3. The Vision of the he goat
(8:5)
4. The victory of the he goat
over the ram (8:7)
5. The vision of the final
growth and division of the "notable" horn's dominion (8:8)
6. The vision of the "little
horn" and his conflict with Israel (8:9-14)
7. Gabriel, the revealing
angel (8:15-16)
8. The effect of the vision
on Daniel (8:17, 18)
9. The scope of the prophecy
(8:19)
10. Medo-Persia,
Greece, Alexander, and his successors (8:20-22)
11. "…the
king of fierce countenance" (8:23-26)
D. The Historical Conclusion
(8:27)
IX.
Chapter 9: The Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
A. Introduction
B. The Historical
Setting of the Prophecy (9:1, 2)
C. The Exemplary Prayer
of the Prophet (9:3-19)
D. The Angelic Messenger of
the Prophecy (9:20-23)
E. The Great Prophecy
of the Seventy Weeks (9:24-27)
1. The Special Character of
the Seventy Weeks
2. The First 69 of the Weeks
3. The Hiatus between 69th
and 70th Week
4. The Seventieth Week
X. Chapter 10: A Vision
of God
A. Introduction
B. The Circumstances of
the Revelation (10:1-4)
C. The Description of
the Revelation and of its effect (10:5-9)
D. The Strengthening of the
Prophet to Receive a Message (10:10-12, 15-19)
E. The Conflicts of the
Angelic Messenger (10:13, 20, 21)
F. Prophecy of the
Immediate Future of Israel in Relation to the Nations (11:1-35)
1. Prophecy of the Medes and
Persians (11:1, 2)
2. Prophecy of the Greeks and
of Alexander (11:3, 4)
3. Prophecy concerning Syria
and Egypt (11:5-35)
XI.
Chapter 11: A Summary of Old Testament Eschatology
A. Introduction
B. Prophecy Concerning
the Future "Willful King" (11:36-45)
C. Prophecy Concerning
the Great Tribulation of Israel (12:1)
D. Prophecy Concerning the
Final Reward of the Righteous (12:3)
E. Final Prophecies and
Instructions (12:4-13)
1. The disposition of the
book
2. Lord: How long?
3. What shall the end be
like?
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