Pondering Daniel Chapter 10

Here is the Bible study material I sent to my small group for next week. We're actually going to  spend two weeks on this. Maybe there is something here for you.

Our passage is Daniel Chapter 10:1 – 11:4. However, please read chapters 10 – 12 because this is all one passage – remember, chapter divisions and verses were not part of either the ancient Hebrew (OT) or Greek (NT) manuscripts.

What do you see in this passage?

Is there any similarity between this passage and Daniel Chapter 9?

Compare Daniel 10:7 with Acts 9:7; 22:9; 26:12 – 13.

Compare the overall scope of Daniel 10 – 12 with Ephesians 6:10 – 17.

Here is another passage to ponder – Genesis 15:16 (in its context); how does this thought relate to our Daniel passage?

Considering the entire book of Daniel – if you were going to talk about it to someone who had never read it, if you were going to give a presentation to an elementary Sunday school class, what would you say? What would be your main points? What is the thrust of the book?

In light of Daniel – how are we living our lives? How does it affect the way we think about current events? Are we living lives of intercession? Are we seeing beyond the “visible” (2 Corinthians 4:16 – 18; Hebrews 11:10, 16, 27))?

Regarding Daniel 12:3 – are we engaged in bringing others to Christ? Is this our way of life? If so, what does it look like? If not, what do we need to do today?