FBC Worship Service September 30, 2001

Date: September 30, 2001 Series: Daniel: Revealer of Mysteries Speaker: Steve Hixon	Supplemental Material Daniel: Lesson 7 Study Guide

Things to Come
Daniel’s Prophetic Dreams & Visions
Daniel 7-9

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This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.”
Jeremiah 29:10

CHAPTER 7
dream

CHAPTER 8
vision

CHAPTER 9
Scripture, prayer & angel

The Seventy “weeks” of Daniel 9

7 X 7
49 years 62 X 7
434 years ?? years 3 1/2 years 3 1/2 years

Rebuilding
of the
Temple Jesus’
Triumphal
Entry Present Church Age Tribulation Great
Tribulation

Who is the Anti-Christ?
The OT gives evidence of a belief in a hostile person or power who in the end time will bring an attack against God's people--an attack that will be crushed by the Lord or his Messiah (Ps 2; Ezek 38-39; Zech 12-14). The Book of Daniel provides vivid descriptions of the Antichrist that are echoed in the New Testament (cf. 2 Thess 2:4 with Dan 11:36-37; and cf. Rev 13:1-8 with Dan 7:8, 20-21; 8:24; 11:28, 30).
Paul gives us a very full description of the working of Antichrist, "the man of lawlessness" (2 Thess 2:1-12). He will oppose and exalt himself above God, actually sitting in the temple and claiming to be God.
The beast of Revelation 17:8 recalls the horned beast of Daniel 7-8. For a period of three and one-half years he rules over the earth and is finally destroyed by the Lord in a great battle. With his defeat the contest of good and evil comes to its final decision.
(from the NIV Bible Dictionary)

7 X 7 49 years	62 X 7 434 years	?? years	3 1/2 years	3 1/2 years
Rebuilding of the Temple	Jesus’ Triumphal Entry	Present Church Age	Tribulation	Great Tribulation