Download Audio Part 5 Belshazzar’s Dinner—and His Doom (Chapter 5 verses 1-31) Daniel chapter 5 verses 1-4 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar […]
Download Audio PART FOUR The King’s Boast and His Madness (Chapter 4 verses 1-37) Daniel chapter 4 verses 24-27 “This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree the Most High has issued against my lord the king: You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; […]
Download Audio PART FOUR The King’s Boast and His Madness (Chapter 4 verses 1-37) A basic message of this book is that Israel’s God is superior to the idols of heathen nations. Chapter 4 emphasizes this same truth. The God of Israel is the God of the whole universe, and even heathen nations and […]
Download Audio PART THREE The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace (Chapter 3 verses 1-30) Daniel chapter 3 verses 19-23 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his […]
Download Audio PART THREE The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace (Chapter 3 verses 1-30) Chapter 3 verses 1-3 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, […]
Download Audio PART TWO Four Passing Empires and a New Everlasting Kingdom (Chapter 2 verses 1-49) Daniel Chapter 2 verses 24-26 Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon. Take me to the […]
Download Audio PART TWO Four Passing Empires and a New Everlasting Kingdom (Chapter 2 verses 1-49) Commentary One of the factors that make reading the book of Daniel so interesting but often so puzzling is that Daniel’s prophecy is frequently expressed in pictures and symbols. (We think, for example, of the animals mentioned in […]
Download Audio PART ONE God’s Man in the King’s Court (Chapter 1 Verses 1-21) Daniel chapter 1 verses 17-20 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. At the end of the time set by […]
Download Audio PART ONE God’s Man in the King’s Court (Chapter 1 Verses 1-21) Daniel chapter 1 verses 1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along […]
Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The People’s Bible – Daniel by John C. Jeske, published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1985. Introduction to Daniel Historical background The book of Daniel was written on the historical background of the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people. To appreciate what this […]