Daniel, Chapter 2: Part 4
The next eight verses of Daniel Chapter 2 are a conversation between the King and the Chaldeans…or we could say the natural mind is thinking. He has his thoughts and thoughts from the demons...
This is the beginning of a series of articles where each person, place or thing in the book of Daniel represents something allegorically in the human soul and spirit. It shows that in the beginning of the book, the natural mind (Nebuchadnezzar) dominates the spiritual mind (Daniel) but with maturity in the believer’s life, the relationship is reversed.
The next eight verses of Daniel Chapter 2 are a conversation between the King and the Chaldeans…or we could say the natural mind is thinking. He has his thoughts and thoughts from the demons...
We have established that the natural mind is searching to find his true identity. He does not know the answers to the questions, Am I valuable…Does my life count for anything? Verse three tells...
Verse two in Daniel chapter two sheds more light on our identity dilemma. When we don’t know who are in Christ and are searching for identity, we call on others around us to tell...
In chapter one of Daniel we saw the relationship between the natural mind (Nebuchadnezzar) and the spiritual mind (Daniel). We learned how the spiritual mind matures, what it believes and how it relates with...
In the book of Daniel, four kings are spoken of as ruling over the realm of Babylon, the Medes and Persians. The four kings are Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Cyrus and Belshazzar. Three of these kings,...
Dan 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. To me this is a very exciting...
Dan 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank : therefore he requested of the...
Daniel 1:6,7 – Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and...
Dan 1:5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand...
As the world around us plunges ever deeper into insanity and bondage to Satan, we are going to need God’s Word more than ever. To my thinking, we are not far away from our...
Dan 1:2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house...
Dan 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. If you know much at all about Old Testament history,...
(This post begins with encouragement as to why we need go beyond just reading the Bible to doing deep spiritual studies and ends with my brief outline of my spiritual revelation of the book...
This study of Daniel is based on viewing the entire book from an inward perspective. Each person, place or thing in the story has a counterpart within us, and when we examine it from...