One of the most famous books of the Old Testament is the book of Daniel. At the same time, the book of the Prophet is also one of the most “controversial” writings today. However, the attacks on the accumulation of prophecies are understandable. They are very unpleasant for the person being addressed.
One of the most important books in the Bible for our time is the book of Daniel. Written by an Old Testament prophet. The Bible, the Word of God, is not only the most printed book in the world, but also one of the “most controversial works.” A label that can, however, also be fair and just, because if even a handful of critical minds have something to complain about, then something can also be described as “controversial”. Furthermore, this predicate has long since degenerated into a fighting term to defame inconvenient contemporaries.
Daniel’s prophecies are too revealing
Perhaps the most attacked book in the Bible is the book of Daniel. Anyone who reads all the chapters of the book and compares the content with what happened in the past and the events of the present will probably have recognized both the motive and the camp of the perpetrators of the attacks. The prophecies given by God to Daniel are on the one hand very revealing, but on the other hand very unpleasant for those against whom Daniel’s predictions strongly warn.
Multiple approaches to attacks
Daniel, along with many other residents of Jerusalem, was kidnapped to Babel as a young man around 17 years old by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. Since then, Daniel has lived in the Babylonian capital, was also a subject of the last king Belshazzar, experienced the fall of Babylon, the takeover of power by the Medo-Persians and their king Cyrus. Daniel lived in the 7th century B.C. and during that time he wrote down everything God told him to do.
The attacks of the “scientific Bible critics” began as early as the 2nd century AD and have not abated to this day. There was more than one approach to declaring the book of Daniel unbelievable.
Daniel lived much later
Daniel’s time simply moved into the future
The most “popular” attempt is to move the period in which the book was written to the second century BC. King Antiochus IV Epiphanes also reigned during this period. He ruled between 175 and 164 BC The supposed reason is that many events described in the book of Daniel apply to this time. The idea behind this conscious shift in the course of the story is simple.
This means that Daniel’s descriptions were no longer predictions, but rather retold events that had already taken place. The aspect of credible prophecy would then be taken care of (Daniel 7 and 8).
But with such a historical offset, these “biblical scholars” were left with the problem of further predictions of Daniel that took place after the time of the Maccabees. These include, in particular, the arrival of the Messiah to the exact year (Daniel 9) and the destruction of the city of Jerusalem.
Daniel did not write the book alone
As with the book of Moses, some “biblical scholars” also assumed that the book of Daniel was not one author who wrote all this down. The basic text of the book of Daniel was written in two different languages. One part in Hebrew and another part in Aramaic. However, is this compelling evidence for two different authors? This means that all other writings that were written in two languages would automatically require more than one author.
The claim that the book of Daniel must have been written by at least two authors can easily be undermined. Daniel Hebrew corresponds to the Hebrew of the book of Ezekiel. Daniel and Ezekiel lived at the same time. Linguists know that the Aramaic portion of the Book of Daniel corresponds to the 7th century BC.
Daniel’s descriptions are unhistorical
Daniel’s stories explained as fantasy
Another approach to declare the book of Daniel unreliable is the thesis of historical deviations. This “science” was only able to last temporarily. After all, research and discoveries outside the gospel continued. In the middle of the 19th century, archaeologists discovered ancient writings that confirmed the Babylonian king Belshazzar, who had previously been considered unbelievable. True to the motto: “What has not been discovered cannot have existed,” the “Bible critics” pushed Daniel’s report into the realm of fantasy. Archeology now knows that there was a Belshazzar.
Jesus Christ was referring to Daniel
Anyone who, for whatever reason, declares the entire Old Testament, and thus also the book of Daniel, obsolete because of the “New Covenant” (Info) is bound to stumble upon verse 15 in Matthew 24 at some point in the New Testament. Jesus Christ himself asked:
“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)“.
At the time of Jesus Christ there was no distinction between the Old and New Testaments. But would He encourage the study of the writings of an impostor and a history falsifier? Jesus Christ knew the book of Daniel very well, for He Himself used announcements written in Daniel. Matthew 21:44:
“And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.”
Jesus Christ was clearly referring to the final destroyed image in Daniel 2. Daniel 2:45:
“Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.“
Daniel’s long-distance vision went far away
Daniel also knew of the coming of the Savior at the end of time and described the scene in Daniel 7:13:
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.“
Who should know better than Jesus Christ Himself. He described His coming at the end of time Himself, Matthew 24:30:
“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.“
Daniel’s denial would also have to affect Ezekiel
Daniel’s prophecy will be fully fulfilled in detail
Anyone who considers Daniel to be a made-up story in his time must necessarily accept this also applies to the prophet Ezekiel. If Ezekiel actually lived in the 7th century and Daniel in the 2nd century, then the critics would have to explain the Daniel mentioned in the book of Ezekiel. This would only have appeared on the world stage around 500 years later. In addition, God certainly would not place a deceitful Daniel as a shining example along with Job and Noah. Ezekiel 14:14:
“Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.“
The motive for attacks is clear
Such a “biblical critical” view on the part of science, as applied to the book of Daniel, is exemplary and just an example. Fully capable, if not intended, of these attacks are the degradation of the gospel as a collection of made-up stories from an ancient time. It is understandable that such efforts were intensified in the book of Daniel.
The prophecies in this book concern not only times past, but especially the present and the near future. The book of Daniel is, among other things, a key to understanding the book of Revelation. The predictions of the prophet Daniel not only describe the current course of history, but also identify the greatest opponent of the Word of God in our present day (Info).
Information about the book of Daniel and its contents
Build us structure from book of Daniel – here
The 70th anniversary week and announcement of Jesus Christ Daniel 9 – here
The prophecy in Daniel 11 is almost completely fulfilled – here
The prophecies in Daniel 7, 8 and 12 – here
Daniel and Revelation complement each other – here
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