150429 Revelation Lesson 3 Connecting the Books of Daniel and Revelation




REVELATION 
Victory in Jesus    LESSON 3 (April 29)   Connecting the Books of Daniel and
Revelation     BACKGROUND:   ·
In a variety of significant ways, Daniel and Revelation are Old and
New Testament counterparts.  o  The book of Daniel is proof that God can
reveal history in profound ways before it occurs: he did so in two dreams of
King Nebuchadnezzar that Daniel interpreted and four visions given to Daniel
personally.  o  The crowning message throughout all six
visions is that God rules the kingdoms of men and is sovereign over the
world. Though Babylon was a powerful world empire, Nebuchadnezzar was told
that it would not stand forever. Neither would the successive kingdoms of men
endure: the Medo-Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman Empires. The only
enduring kingdom would be God’s, a kingdom that would be established in the
days of the Roman Empire.  ·  Daniel not only foretold the establishment
of God’s kingdom, but also prophesied how Satan would use the Roman Empire in
an effort to oppose God’s kingdom. Revelation affirms the fact that God’s
kingdom “shall stand forever” (Dan 2:44) as “the saints of the Most High
shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and
ever”(Dan 7:18, 22, 27).  MAJOR THREADS
CONNECTING THE BOOKS OF DANIEL