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A classic place where all these themes come together is in chapter 7, called Jeremiah’s temple sermon. Israelites are coming to worship their God in the Jerusalem temple as if everything is fine. Outside the temple, however, they are worshiping other gods, even adopting the horrifying Canaanite practice of child sacrifice.
iv. The Babylonian Empire dominated in Daniel’s day. One might have guessed — especially in the reign of Belshazzar — that the next empire would be the Medo-Persian Empire. But how could Daniel know that the next world empire would be like a leopard in its rise and prominence, and that it would be divided into four parts?
- A. Babylon Conquered, Israel and Judah Restored.
- B. Babylon Fallen, Israel pardoned.
- C. Babylon Broken, Israel Redeemed.
1. (Jeremiah 50:1-3) The conquest of Babylon and the humiliation of her idols. The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. “Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim — do not conceal it— Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her...
1. (Jeremiah 50:8-10) Fleeing from Babylon under attack. “Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the flocks. For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be...
1. (Jeremiah 50:21-27) Babylon’s slaughter. “Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste and utterly destroy them,” says the LORD, “And do according to all that I have commanded you. A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction. How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and b...
One is refers to the world empire of John’s day: Rome The other has not yet come refers to the one world empire to come: a revival of the Roman Empire b. When he comes, he must continue a short time: This seventh will quickly be taken over by an eighth — and will become the state of the Antichrist (Revelation 17:11). i.
The Medes, though conquered, continued to be honored in the new empire and were many times referenced together with the Persians (Esther 1:2 - 3, Daniel 5:28, 6:12, 8:20). This is why the ancient Persian empire is often referred to as the Medo-Persian Empire. 20. Daniel 1:21 states that the writer continued to the first year of Cyrus.
A people shall come from the north: Babylon’s end would come from the Medes and Persians, roughly from their north. Since much of this prophecy speaks not only of that soon conquest but an ultimate destruction of Babylon (Revelation 17-18), their destruction will also in some way come from the north. b.
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The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet: “Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.’ “For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which ...
