Understanding Daniel and Revelation's Predictions
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This workbook uses the Truth Carriers Learning Method (6 Rs) to help you understand and remember what you learn.
What Is Prophecy? Biblical prophecy is when Yahuah tells His prophets about things that will happen in the future. The amazing thing is - many of these predictions have already come true in history!
What You Will Learn:
Sacred Names Used: Yahuah (YHWH), Elohim, Yahusha HaMashiach
Target Audience: Youth (Ages 12-17)
Study Time: 6-8 hours for complete workbook
In Daniel chapter 2, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had a troubling dream. Yahuah showed Daniel the meaning - it was a prediction of FOUR world empires that would rule, one after another!
| Body Part | Metal | Empire | When? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head | Gold | BABYLON | 605-539 BC |
| Chest & Arms | Silver | MEDO-PERSIA | 539-331 BC |
| Belly & Thighs | Bronze | GREECE | 331-146 BC |
| Legs | Iron | ROME | 146 BC-476 AD |
| Feet & Toes | Iron & Clay | DIVIDED EUROPE | 476 AD-Today |
Every single empire rose and fell EXACTLY as predicted! Babylon was conquered by Persia. Persia was conquered by Greece. Greece was conquered by Rome. And Rome fell apart into the divided nations of Europe - which have NEVER been reunited, just as prophecy said: "They shall not cleave one to another" (Daniel 2:43).
1. The head of gold represents .
2. The silver chest and arms represent .
3. The bronze belly represents .
4. Daniel 8 specifically names Medo-Persia and Greece.
5. Napoleon successfully reunited Europe.
6. The iron legs represent the Roman Empire.
7. How does seeing prophecy fulfilled exactly in history affect your trust in Scripture?
"And in the days of these kings shall the Elohim of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed."
Close this workbook. Write the four empires in order with their metals.
Explain Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the four empires to someone.
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Bible prophecy uses a special calendar that's different from ours today. Understanding this is the key to unlocking prophetic timing!
How do we know this? Genesis 7-8 tells us that the Flood lasted from the 17th day of the 2nd month to the 17th day of the 7th month. That's exactly 5 months. The text also says the waters prevailed for 150 days.
In Bible prophecy, when talking about kingdoms and time periods, 1 day = 1 year. The Bible itself tells us this:
1. The prophetic calendar uses days per year.
2. In the day-for-year principle, one day equals one .
3. The Flood lasted days, which was 5 months.
4. The prophetic calendar has 365 days like our modern calendar.
5. Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6 both teach the day-for-year principle.
6. "1,260 days" in prophecy means 1,260 actual years.
7. Why do you think Yahuah gave us these clues to understanding prophetic time?
"I have appointed thee each day for a year."
Close this workbook. Write how we know the prophetic year is 360 days.
Explain the day-for-year principle to someone.
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One of the most important time prophecies appears SEVEN times in Scripture. That's how we know it's important!
In 538 AD, a religious power gained political authority in Europe. In 1798 AD - exactly 1,260 years later - Napoleon's general captured the Pope and took him prisoner. The religious power received a "deadly wound" just as Revelation 13 predicted!
1. The 1,260 day prophecy starts in AD.
2. Adding 1,260 years brings us to AD.
3. This prophecy appears times in Scripture.
4. "Time, times, and half a time" equals 1,260 days.
5. The 1,260 years ended with Napoleon's general capturing the Pope.
6. This prophecy appears only once in the Bible.
7. Why do you think this time period is repeated seven times in Scripture?
"And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."
Close this workbook. Write the 1,260 year calculation (time + times + half a time).
Explain the 1,260 years prophecy and its fulfillment to someone.
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Daniel 9 contains one of the most amazing prophecies in the Bible - it predicted EXACTLY when the Messiah would come!
The prophecy starts from "the commandment to restore Jerusalem." This happened in 457 BC when King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the decree to rebuild Jerusalem (Ezra 7).
1. 70 weeks equals years.
2. The decree to rebuild Jerusalem was given in BC.
3. Adding 483 years from 457 BC brings us to AD.
4. The 70 weeks prophecy predicted when the Messiah would come.
5. 69 weeks (483 years) brings us to the year of Yahusha's baptism.
6. This prophecy was written AFTER Yahusha was born.
7. How does this fulfilled prophecy affect what you believe about Yahusha being the Messiah?
"From the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks."
Close this workbook. Write the 70 weeks calculation and when it was fulfilled.
Explain how Daniel predicted the exact year of Messiah's coming.
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The Protestant Reformers - Luther, Calvin, Knox, Wesley and others - all studied Bible prophecy carefully. What did they believe?
Historicism is the belief that Daniel and Revelation describe a continuous timeline of history from ancient times to the Second Coming of Yahusha. This was the view of ALL the Protestant Reformers.
Today, most churches no longer teach historicism. Instead, they teach:
1. is the view that prophecy is fulfilled continuously through history.
2. Martin was one of the main Protestant Reformers.
3. places all prophecy in the future.
4. All Protestant Reformers taught the historicist view of prophecy.
5. Futurism was developed by the Protestant Reformers.
6. The historicist view says prophecy is being fulfilled through history.
7. Why do you think it matters which view of prophecy we follow?
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place."
Close this workbook. Write what historicism is and who taught it.
Explain what the Protestant Reformers believed about prophecy.
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Let's review everything we've learned and see the big picture!
| Prophecy | Start | End | What Happened? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 Weeks (483 years) | 457 BC | 27 AD | Yahusha's baptism |
| 1,260 Years | 538 AD | 1798 AD | Religious power's supremacy ended |
1. The 70 weeks prophecy proved Yahusha was the .
2. Daniel predicted world empires.
3. Prophecy is given so we can Yahuah's Word.
4. Bible prophecy can be verified by checking history.
5. Daniel's prophecies were written AFTER the events happened.
6. Fulfilled prophecy strengthens our faith in Scripture.
7. How has studying prophecy changed your view of the Bible? What will you do with this knowledge?
"Surely the Sovereign Yahuah does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets."
Close this workbook. List the main prophecies we studied and their fulfillments.
Share what you've learned about prophecy with someone who hasn't studied it.
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Review at these intervals for maximum retention:
| Lesson | Done | D1 | D3 | D7 | D21 | D60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Four World Empires | ||||||
| 2. Prophetic Calendar | ||||||
| 3. The 1,260 Years | ||||||
| 4. The 70 Weeks | ||||||
| 5. The Reformers | ||||||
| 6. Summary |
Answers for fill-in-the-blank and true/false questions. Discussion questions will vary.
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. Babylon 2. Medo-Persia 3. Greece
True/False: 4. TRUE 5. FALSE (he failed) 6. TRUE
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. 360 2. year 3. 150
True/False: 4. FALSE (360 days) 5. TRUE 6. TRUE
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. 538 2. 1798 3. seven (7)
True/False: 4. TRUE 5. TRUE 6. FALSE (7 times)
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. 490 2. 457 3. 27
True/False: 4. TRUE 5. TRUE 6. FALSE (500+ years before)
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. Historicism 2. Luther 3. Futurism
True/False: 4. TRUE 5. FALSE (Counter-Reformation) 6. TRUE
Fill-in-the-Blank: 1. Messiah 2. four (4) 3. trust
True/False: 4. TRUE 5. FALSE (before) 6. TRUE
"We have also a more sure word of prophecy." - 2 Peter 1:19