DATE OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL FULL
The book of Daniel is also a most popular book for the students of eschatology ( studies relating to the end-times), and rightly so as the last 5 chapters are dedicated to the ‘End Days’ and full of allegory and visual stimuli as to just when it will all occur, and what we can expect to happen.The Jews are living in exile in Babylon, some time in the sixth century BC. We have Daniel and his friends appointed as leaders over a nation that enslaved them, the escape from the fiery furnace and the escape from the lions’ den, perhaps the most well-known of the stories, as well as Nebuchadnezzar’s 7 year long madness! This is a complex, and at the same time exciting, book.
This book follows the visions and ministry of Daniel after he has been deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He is the fourth man in the fiery furnace (Ch.3:25)
He is the stone that smashes the kingdoms, and the everlasting kingdom (Ch.2:34, 44) “….For He is the living God and enduring forever,Īnd His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,Īnd His dominion will be forever.” (Ch.6:26) The king answered Daniel and said, “ Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery.” (Ch.2:47) (Ch.1:17)Īs for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm. The stories of the lions den and the fiery furnace, perhaps as well known as Jonah and the giant fish in the book of Jonah.įor students of escatology or ‘end times’ study, Daniel is of especial importance as he refers to the run-up to the end of days and the coming conflict at Meggido – what we refer to as the battle of Armageddon.ĭaniel (Belteshaz-zar) Hananiah Mishael Azariah Nebuchadnezzar Darius Gabriel.Īs for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams. The Prophet Daniel was one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, and possibly one of the most influencial of all the Bible Prophets.