Himself, who quoted him and referred to him as “Daniel the prophet.”ĭid you know there are more than 350 Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament, and thirteen of those are found in the book of Daniel? Written centuries before the birth and life of Jesus Christ, these prophecies offer us a renewed passion and resolve to live boldly for God today, knowing that we are alive at a special time in history. In Matthew 24:15, Daniel received an endorsement from Jesus Long before the destruction of the temple in A.D. Proof is the fact that the book was known to exist and was accepted by Jews Tried to suggest it’s a fraud, written after the prophesied events occurred.īut there is considerable evidence to support Daniel’s authenticity. His book is so accurate and so specific that critics have Messiah, and the cruelty of Antiochus Epiphanes that prompted the Maccabean Generals who divided Greece after Alexander’s death, Israel’s rejection of the
His visions anticipated the reign of Alexander the Great, the four Rise and fall of four successive empires, beginning with Babylon (Daniel 7:1-8,ġ5-28). Rome also was a small city-state, and Persia was emerging on the world stage.įrom this vantage point, Daniel accurately predicted the Newly formed Greek city-states were squabbling with each other over land. At that time, Babylon was the world’s greatest superpower, having conquered the Assyrian capital of Nineveh around 612 B.C. We should study the book of Daniel to understand its prophetic accuracy.ĭaniel lived in the fifth century B.C.