| Subject: Book of Daniel | Level: Graduate |
| Topic: Beasts and Horn of Daniel 8 | Date: January 31, 2017 |
| Major Strategy : Group Jigsaw | Duration 15 minutes |
Materials:
Jigsaw pieces for 10 students
3 items in one set
Instructional Objectives:
By the end of the class, students will be able to
1. List the two beasts and the horn of Daniel 8.
2. Describe each of the beasts and the horn of Daniel 8.
3. Analyze the activities of each of the beasts and horn of Daniel 8.
4. Share among each other the chronological order of the activities of the beasts and horn.
Introduction:
We have been studying the book of Daniel. There have been several prophetic dreams in this book. So far, we have discussed the Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in chapter 2 and 4 and Daniel’s dream in chapter 7. In Daniel’s perspective, these are events that is going to happen in the future while in our perspective these happened in the past and some will be fulfilled in the future. Today, we will be examining another important prophecy which is primarily focused on the events that concerns God’s people from the past up to the present.
Presentation:
| Teacher’s Activity | Students’ Activity |
| 1. Forms Base Groups with student’s grouped into three. Gives each group a Jigsaw Set. | Be in a Base Group. Each student receives a paper from a Jigsaw Set. |
| 2. Let students read their items silently. | Read items silently. |
| 3. Instructs those with the same item to assemble to form an Expert Group. | Students with the same item forms an Expert Group. They will discuss their material to become experts. |
| 4. Moves around observing students. | Students discuss their materials in the Expert Group. |
| 5. Call back the Expert Groups to the Base Group. | Students go back to their Base Group. |
| 6. Instructs the students to discuss the their material in their Base Group. | Each student discusses their material in their Base Group. |
| 7. Moves around observing students. | Students discuss their materials in the Expert Group. |
| 8. Asks questions about the description and activities of the beasts and horn of Daniel 8. | Answer the questions on the description and activities of the beasts and horn of Daniel 8. |
Assignments:
1. List the two beasts and horn of Daniel.
2. Describe the beasts and the horn.
3. How are these beasts and related to the image in Daniel 2 and the beasts in Daniel 7?
Reflections:
1. Doing the Jigsaw for this topic has helped me understand more about the beasts and the horn. What is important is the activity of the Little Horn should be understood clearly because it will affect the understanding of the succeeding verses, 8:13-14.
Jigsaw Material:
The Beasts and Horn of Daniel 8
Ram
Location:
– stands beside the river
Description:
– has two horns
– horns are high
– one horn is higher than the other
– shorter horn grows higher than the other
Activity:
– pushes westward, northward, and southward
– no beast could stand against it
– none could rescue from its power
– it does as it pleases and becomes great
Male Goat
Description:
– has a prominent horn
Activities:
– comes from the west
– crosses the whole earth without touching the ground
– fought with the ram with two horns charging at it in great rage
–
broke the two horns of the ram
– the ram powerless against it
– cast the ram down to the ground and trampled on it
– no one was able to rescue the ram against the male goat
– the male goat became very great and strong
– but the large horn was broken
– in place of the large horn, four prominent horns grew towards the four winds of heaven
Little Horn
Description:
– comes out of one of the four prominent horns of the male goat
– started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and to the Beautiful Land
Activities:
– started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and to the Beautiful Land
– it continues to grow reaching the host of the heavens
– throws down some of the host and the stars to fall to the earth and trampling upon them
– it sets itself up as the great commander of the army of the Lord
– takes away the continual burnt offering and throws down His sanctuary
– because of transgression, the host and the continual burn offering was given to it
– truth was cast down to the ground
– it prospered in everything it did
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