Daniel Outlines #1

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ESV Study Bible Outline – Daniel

I. Daniel and the Three Friends at the Babylonian Court (1:1-6:28)

• Prologue (1:1-21)
  1. Daniel and his friends taken into exile (1:1-7)
  2. Daniel and his friends remain undefiled (1:8-16)
  3. Daniel and his friends promoted and preserved (1:17-21)
• Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a great statue (2:1-49)
  1. The dream and Nebuchadnezzar's threat (2:1-13)
  2. Daniel's response and prayer (2:14-24)
  3. Daniel interprets the dream (2:25-45)
  4. Nebuchadnezzar promotes Daniel (2:46-49)
• Nebuchadnezzar builds a great statue (3:1-30)
  1. The nations worship Nebuchadnezzar's statue (3:1-7)
  2. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego preserved in the fiery furnace (3:8-29)
  3. Nebuchadnezzar promotes Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (3:30)
• Nebuchadnezzar's dream of a toppled tree (4:1-37)
  1. Nebuchadnezzar's dream and its interpretation (4:1-27)
  2. Nebuchadnezzar's humbling (4:28-33)
  3. Nebuchadnezzar's exaltation (4:34-37)
• Belshazzar's feast (5:1-31)
  1. An idolatrous feast (5:1-4)
  2. An unreadable message (5:5-9)
  3. A forgotten interpreter (5:10-12)
  4. A message of judgment (5:13-31)
• The lion's den (6:1-28)
  1. Daniel promoted (6:1-3)
  2. The administrators plot to remove Daniel (6:4-15)
  3. Daniel preserved in the lion's den (6:16-24)
  4. Darius acknowledges the power of Daniel's God (6:25-27)
  5. Daniel preserved until the end of the exile (6:28)

II. The Visions of Daniel (7:1-12:13)

• The vision of the four great beasts and the heavenly court (7:1-28)
  1. The four great beasts (7:1-8)
  2. The Ancient of Days judges the beasts (7:9-12)
  3. The coming of the Son of Man (7:13-14)
  4. The interpretation of the vision (7:15-27)
  5. Daniel's response (7:28)
• The vision of the ram, the goat, and the little horn (8:1-27)
  1. The vision of the ram and the goat (8:1-14)
  2. The interpretation of the vision (8:15-26)
  3. Daniel's response (8:27)
• Daniel's prayer and its answer (9:1-27)
  1. Daniel's prayer concerning the 70 years (9:1-19)
  2. Gabriel's answer: 70 sevens before the promised redemption (9:20-27)
• Daniel's vision of the final conflict (10:1-12:13)
  1. A heavenly messenger brings news of heavenly conflict (10:1-11:1)
  2. A detailed vision of future earthly conflicts among nations (11:2-45)
  3. The promise of resurrection to glory or shame (12:1-4)
  4. How long until the end? (12:5-13)