Daniel
    The book of Daniel is very important. Here God shows us how to interpret the symbolic language He has inspired in much of the Scripture. In chapters 2 and 8, we are shown the king's dream and then the symbols are explained. Some feel that we really don't know what the symbols mean except in very general terms. Others take them to be allegorical and open to any kind of lesson they wish to draw. By carefully reading Daniel, we find that neither is God's intention. This does not mean that it is wrong to draw on a situation in a prophetic book for a special lesson without claiming that this was the author's original intention in writing. We discuss the reliability of this book more in connection with chapter 5 da0500.

1	Better lifestyle, better worship
2	The metallic image, an outline of the future
3	The image the king set up
4	Nebuchadnezzar's insanity and testimony
5	Belshazzar's party at the fall of the nation
6	The lions
7	Four beasts and judgment
8	Horn power against prince, stars. host, and sanctuary
9	Daniel's prayer; 70 weeks probation for his people
10	The long days experienced
11a	Conflict between kings, a detailed prediction, to v35
11b	End time events with historical representatives
12	Time of trouble, time of the end, and time periods
ET	End times in perspective, a letter
D-p	Chart of prophecy parallels in the whole book
ev	Chart comaparing appearances of the evil (horn) power
chi	Chart showing the literary structure of chapters 10-12

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