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Ezekiel and Daniel: Babylonian Crisis

  1. Lesson One
    Ezekiel's Prophetic Word (Ezekiel 1–24)
    19 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Ezekiel: Israel's Shame and Restoration (Ezekiel 25–39)
    22 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Ezekiel's Distinctive Message (Ezekiel 40–48)
    24 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Daniel: Dreams and Prophecies (Daniel 1–3, 9–12)
    18 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Daniel: Kings and Kingdoms (Daniel 4–8)
    18 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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The story of Daniel and the lions’ den clearly foreshadows the passion of Jesus in the Gospels. In fact, we might replace Daniel’s name with Jesus’ in the summary we just read, along with the citations, and have an accurate description of the gospel account:

Jesus, who was righteous, was accused by those jealous of him on a trumped-up charge (Matthew 27:18). Pilate recognized the injustice of Jesus’ condemnation and sought to deliver him (Matthew 27:15-19). Nevertheless, Jesus was condemned, given over to death; then placed in a pit with a stone laid on the opening and sealed by Pilate (Matthew 27:66). At daybreak those who lamented the way Jesus was treated came and found that his God had delivered him.

Of course Jesus’ story has a lot more to it than Daniel’s, but the parallels we find in the two stories provide one more echo in the Old Testament of the coming Messiah. Daniel’s figurative emergence from death foreshadows the resurrection of Jesus when the stone is rolled away.

Source: James M. Hamilton, Jr., With the Clouds of Heaven, 2014, p. 191.