DANIEL’S FAITH AND GOD’S REIGN
Daniel 2:1 – 4:34
Key Verse 3:18
* Daniel and His friends proclaim God to the king (2:1 – 3:30)
- What demand did Nebuchadnezzar make of the wise men of Babylon regarding his dream? (2:1-13) How did Daniel respond and interpreted the king’s dream and testify to his faith? (2:14-45; Mt 7:7,8) What sovereign plan did God reveal to Nebuchadnezzar through the stone that crushed the statue? (1Pet 2:6,7; 1Pet 2:4,5,9; 1Pet 4:13) What was Nebuchadnezzar’s reaction to Daniel’s interpretation of the dream?
- What temptations and dangers did Daniel and his three friends face again? (3:1-15) How did Daniel and his three friends testify to their faith? (3:16-18; Ex 15:2; Heb 11:36-38) What miraculous protection of God did they experience even in the midst of the blazing furnace? (Psalm 91) What did the faith of Daniel and his friends testify to and how did Nebuchadnezzar respond to their faith?
* Nebuchadnezzar acknowledges Sovereign God (4:1 – 34)
- Why did God give Nebuchadnezzar another dream and what did he dream this time? (1-18) What was the meaning of his second dream according to Daniel’s interpretation? (19-23) What spiritual advice did Daniel give him? (24-27)
- Why did the king exalt himself? (28-33) When was the training for Nebuchadnezzar finished? (34-37) What can we learn here of Nebuchadnezzar’s pride, his repentance, and of his testimony? Who is the sovereign Lord for the history of the rise and fall of a man or a nation? Why is the work of one-to-one Bible study so important?