Daniel
Daniel (606-534 B.C.) "Dani El" (My Judge is God)
Daniel was taken captive during Nebuchadnezzar's first attack on Jerusalem in
607 B.C., he became a chief minister at the royal court in Babylon. God used
him mightily through dreams and interpretation of visions.
In the third year of Cyrus (conqueror of Babylon, and founder of the Persian
Empire) Daniel had a series of visions through which God revealed to the
minutest details the future concerning the Jews as well as the ultimate fate of each
world governing empire from his own day on through to the second coming of
Christ. He specifically mentions Babylon, and then Mede-Persia, and then Greece, and
the fourth being the most powerful, was the Roman empire.
Some of the famous miracles of the Bible are found in Daniel such as The Fiery
Furnace, The Handwriting on the Wall, and Daniel in the Lion's Den.
Daniel was a man of incredible character and his book is considered one of the
most important prophetic books of the Old Testament. Some of the topics
mentioned are: the antichrist, the great tribulation, the second coming of Christ,
the resurrection and the judgements. Probably the most important passages in
Daniel are in chapter 9 which deal with the exact time of the death of the Messiah.
After 7 + 62 (69) weeks (seven year periods) the Messiah would be "cut off"
which is a clear prediction of His death.
Daniel also saw a vision of the Messiah in chapter 7 as the "Son of Man"
coming with the clouds of heaven:
Dan 7:13-14
"I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man,
coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought
Him near before Him. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which
shall not be destroyed.
The History of Rome -
Part One 743 - 136 B.C.
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