{"id":1872,"date":"2022-07-06T07:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:49:27","slug":"lesson-3-daniel-1-4-nebuchadnezzar-king-of-babylon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/06\/lesson-3-daniel-1-4-nebuchadnezzar-king-of-babylon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 3: Daniel 1-4 Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Key Verse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.<\/strong>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Matthew 10:16
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Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Read\nthe Key Verse. What do you think would happen to a sheep that was sent into the\nmidst of a bunch of wolves (i.e.: \nchased, surrounded, killed, eaten, etc.). In this lesson, we will learn\nof four young men who were taken from their own people to live among an enemy\nnation who did not know God. We will learn how they were wise (as serpents \u2013 serpents<\/strong> means \u201cthe emblem of wisdom or cunning<\/em>\u201d) and harmless (harmless<\/strong>\nmeans \u201cwithout any mixture of deceit or\nany defiling material<\/em>\u201d) as\ndoves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis: <\/strong>In this\nlesson, we will learn to understand that we are a witness to this lost\ngeneration \u2013 just as Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were a life\nchanging witness to Nebuchadnezzar \u2013 for he was saved because of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>The\nbook of Daniel contains some of the more familiar events in the Bible. Most\npeople have probably heard these \u201cstories\u201d often. We will recognize that these\nare not just \u201cstories\u201d and, we will begin to understand them even better.\nFirst, we will consider their place in history. Daniel lived during the lives\nof the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Daniel and his three friends were most\nlikely taken during the first siege of Nebuchadnezzar when many nobles and\nprinces were taken captive (Daniel was of the kingly lineage of Judah).\nRemember that God allowed Babylon\nto come up against Jerusalem\nbecause of the condition of the Israelites \u2013 especially during the reign of\ntheir last four kings (for they had predominately forsaken God for idol\nworship).        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lesson, we learn of four particular young men who\nwere carried captive into the enemy king\u2019s household: Daniel, Shadrach,\nMeshach, and Abednego. We find that they chose to obey God rather than the\nking, and God blessed them for that choice. They became rulers in the enemy\nland. The familiar events we will learn about today: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Daniel and his three friends refuse to\neat the king\u2019s meat, but they are found wiser than all of the wise men in Babylon.\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Nebuchadnezzar had a troubling dream that\nhe could not remember. Although none of the wise men of Babylon\ncould tell him the dream or the meaning, Daniel prayed with his friends and God\nrevealed to Daniel the dream and the meaning of that dream. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. When King Nebuchadnezzar erected a\nninety-foot statue, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow and were\ncast into the fiery furnace. When Jesus was in the fire with these three,\nNebuchadnezzar again acknowledged God was real. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Nebuchadnezzar had another dream, and\nDaniel warned him to repent of his sins. Instead, Nebuchadnezzar lived as a\nwild animal for seven years. Nevertheless, when he acknowledged God as the most\nHigh God, he was finally saved \u2013 all because of the witness of these four men.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Y2Q4 – Lesson 3 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Y2Q4 – Lesson 3 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you are teaching this to younger children, the following is a craft idea to help them remember this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    We used stickers to help us remember that God took care of them in the fiery furnace.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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    Key Verse Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.     \u2014Matthew 10:16 Key Verse Thought: Read the Key Verse. What do you think would happen to a sheep that was sent into the midst of a bunch of wolves (i.e.:  chased, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946],"tags":[63,737,952,951,753],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-two-quarter-four","tag-daniel","tag-lesson-3","tag-nebuchadnezzar","tag-quarter-4","tag-year-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2216,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}