Alastair Roberts on Daniel 3
May 11, 2022
Brent talks to Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States.
How is Nebuchadnezzar’s worship a parody of God’s Temple worship and who is the fourth man?
- (0:26) The conflict of Empires in Daniel;
- (4:10) What happens in chapter 3;
- (5:50) Nebuchadnezzar’s image and what it represents
- (8:17) Nebuchadnezzar’s confusion between God’s reign and human rule;
- (9:19) Nebuchadnezzar’s religious worship a parody of God’s Temple worship;
- (10:15) Humour and satire in Daniel 3;
- (11:50) The role of music in the chapter;
- (15:00) Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and the Levites in the Old Testament system;
- (18:15) Numbers in the text – 7;
- (19:45) Who is the fourth man?
- (22:45) Who is the Angel of the Lord?
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