Detailed Table of Contents — Decoding Daniel
Introduction — The Book That Had to Be Unsealed
This second edition began as a revision of a book I had already written. It became something else. I did not merely correct dates, expand …
Appendix C — Chronology, Historical Evidence and Testable Conclusions (DD)
This appendix places the historical and prophetic chronology of Decoding Daniel on one visible line. It distinguishes dates stated or securely anchored by the historical …
Appendix B — Mekorah Textual Reconstructions (DD)
This appendix gathers the textual reconstructions used throughout the revised edition of Decoding Daniel. It does not present every historical interpretation, every symbolic identification, or …
Appendix A — Method, Terminology, and Levels of Certainty (DD)
This appendix explains how the revised edition of Decoding Daniel distinguishes the received text from the prophetic and historical account preserved within it, how it identifies possible …
Chapter 1 — The King’s Table, the Ordinary Man, and the Mind Babylon Could Not Own
Part I — Captivity, Formation, and the King’s Table Daniel 1 is usually read as the story of a special diet that produced superior health, …
Chapter 2 — The Image, the Stone, and the End of Human Rule
Part I — The Dream and Its Meaning Daniel 2 begins where the restored first chapter ends. God has given Daniel understanding in visions and …
Chapter 3 — The Golden Image, the Fiery Furnace, and the Freedom of Conscience
Part I — The Golden Image and the Freedom of Conscience Daniel 3 is not an isolated religious tale placed after the dream of the …
Chapter 4 — The King Who Refused to Be Human: Mythology, Madness, and the Return to Reality
Part I — Relearn to Be Human Nebuchadnezzar’s crisis did not begin when he started eating grass and living outside human society. It began when …
Chapter 5 — The Night Babylon Falls: Belshazzar, the Writing on the Wall, and the Prophet Babylon Erased
Part I — The Night Babylon Falls Babylon did not choose the Persian army, the defeat at Opis, or the historical fact that its imperial …
Chapter 6 — A Lifetime in Captivity: Daniel, the Lions’ Den, and the Prophet No Empire Could Replace
Part I — The Life of an Authentic Prophet The most familiar images of Daniel in the lions’ den usually show a young man standing …
Chapter 7 — The Four Beasts, the Little Horn, and the Son of Man
Daniel 7 returns to the same succession of empires first shown in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, but it changes the point of view completely. In Daniel 2, …