...The Book of Daniel takes a special place within the books of the Bible. The book not only tells the story of Daniel, but it also contains a prophetic vision of the future revealed to Daniel in his dreams and visions. According to many commentators it also presents a broad outline of the world history revealed through the visions and dreams. The text of the Book of Daniel contains numerous references to rulers and kings. To understand who they were is crucial in order to interpret the Book of Daniel and evaluate its historical veracity. Whether the descriptions and characteristics of those rulers can be verified remains a debated issue in the biblical exegesis. As it follows from the text of the book, Daniel was a Jewish man who was taken captive in Jerusalem by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. Following the Babylonian invasion, the entire Jewish nation was taken to Babylon and the Jerusalem temple was destroyed by the invaders. The much lamented captivity in Babylon is described in many parts of the Bible, for example in the famous Psalm 137 beginning with the words “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.” Daniel, along with some other Jewish young “men without physical defect, and handsome," was taken to the court of the king to study the Babylonian wisdom, language and literature (Daniel 1:4 New International Version). God gave Daniel and his companions “knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand...
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...DANIEL- COMING KINGDOMS Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish, handsome and skilful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to serve in the king's palace, and to teach them the letters and language of the Chaldeans. The king assigned them a daily portion of the rich food which the king ate, and of the wine which he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego. (Daniel 1:3-7 RSV) Daniel, from the Hebrew word meaning God is my Judge, is one of the major prophets of the Old Testament (see Old Testament Fact File), and of the New Testament (see New Testament Fact File) since much of the prophecy given to him corresponds to that given to the apostle John in the Book of Revelation, and for our time now - Jesus Christ Himself specifically referred to events recorded in The Book of Daniel (Matthew 24:15) that would occur just prior to The Return Of Jesus Christ. Daniel was of royal lineage (Daniel 1:3), probably born in or near Jerusalem about 622 B.C. during the reign of Josiah (see Kings of Israel and Judah). In the...
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...Daniel Defoe I chose to write about and present the great writer Daniel Defoe. My interest for Defoe comes from his well-known novel, Robinson Crusoe which is a book read by most people and even has a TV-program inspired by the book. My curiosity for the background of the novel was the main reason why I chose to work with Defoe. Daniel Defoe, born Daniel Foe, was born in London somewhere between 1659 and 1661 and was the son of the butcher, James Foe. In his early years Defoe had a great desire to travel. In order to satisfy this desire he has to devote 35 years of his life to a business in socks. He travelled a lot and took part of many great adventures. But then his life turned, a difficult bankruptcy led him to start writing. At the same time he changed his name to Defoe. In 1697 he released An Essay upon Projects, a work that showed Defoe's practical orientation and his belief that Englishmen living conditions could be improved by such as better roads, health care and child care. Defoe became involved in political debate and got the opportunity to show his great talent as a journalist, satirist and poet. During the years 1704-13 Defoe worked as an editor of the political magazine The Review and practically continued the remaining of his life in journalism. When Defoe was around 60 years old he began to write the work that made him into a portal figure in the realist novel's history. In 1719-22 he published Robinson Crusoe, a fictional story inspired by reports of the...
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...Book of Daniel A paper submitted to Dr. Michael Heiser In partial fulfillment of the requirements For completion of the course OBST 520 Old Testament Orientation II Lynchburg, Virginia March 2, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………….……………………………………………………………..3 BACKGROUND AND MESSAGE….…….……………….…...……………………………….3 PROBLEM #1……………………………………………………..……………………………...4 PROBLEM #2……...…………………………………………………..………………………...5 PROBLEM #3………………………………………………………………….…...……………5 PROBLEM #4…………...…………………………………………..……………...……………6 PROBLEM #5……………………………………………………………..………..……………7 APPLICATION……………………………………………………………………..……………9 CONCLUSION………………..………….………………………………………...…………..10 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………..……….………………………………………...…………… INTRODUCTION: The book of Daniel has been questioned based on some perceived historical problems that would make the current dating of the book inaccurate. Such historical problems would challenge the validity of the message of Daniel. Throughout this research paper, we will take a look at the five historical problems in the book of Daniel. We will carefully examine each of these problems in hopes of uncovering the truth. There are two major questions to be answered in this paper. Are the historical problems actually problems or just misunderstandings and do these affect the message we received from the book of Daniel? BACKGROUND AND MESSAGE: It is important to know the background and message of the book of Daniel, or...
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...UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Antichrist of Daniel Eleven Submitted to Dr. Alvin Thompson, Ph. D in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of OBST 520 Old Testament Orientation II by Milton Rogers April 29, 2015 Table of Contents Intoduction………………………………………………………………….. page 1 Controversy of Author and Date…………………………………………….page 2 Piety and Faith of Daniel…………………………………………………….page 5 Prophecies Fulfilled………………………………………………………….page 6 Antiochus IV………………………………………………………………...Page 7 Antichrist…………………………………………………………………… page 8 Summary………………………………………………………………………page 9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….page 11 Bibliography …………………………………………………………………..page 12 You have no page numbers showing. See the sample paper and Turabian for correct formatting. introduction Daniel, a contemporary of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, went into captivity to Babylon in 605B.C. when he was around fifteen years old. Jeremiah warned that the Lord would was sending the Babylonians to punish Judah. In 605 B.C. , Nebuchadnezzar led the Babylonian army to victory over the Eygptians at Carchemish, establishing control over Syria and northern Israel. Then he marched south and took some exiles including Daniel.1 “The Book of Daniel is not only one of the most intriguing works in the Bible, but it...
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...The book of Daniel can serve illustrate God’s persistent sympathy, protection, and deliverance to those who are righteous in his ways. Daniel whom is a one of the four young men that are captured after Babylonia conquered Jerusalem, and taken into Babylon to serve the king becomes prominent character in that kingdom while remaining loyal to God. While he is persecuted and sentenced many times, he proves to the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar, and his proceeding Kings (Belshazzar, and Darius), that Gods reign and power is more powerful and long lasting than that of any King. Due to his sentencing by the Kings and deliverance by God, the Kings grow to become sympathetic of him and believers and promoters of Gods supremacy. God demonstrates his deliverance and protection towards the men multiple times throughout the book. From the beginning of the story, Daniel and his friends demonstrate their reluctance to become docile to the King’s laws as they continued to follow God’s decrees and ways....
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...is unstable and heavy beginning with the head. (606-539 B.C) b) This statue in Daniel’s interpretation is followed by a chest with arms of silver which represent the Medo-Persian noted as a “dual empire”. (539-331 B.C.) c) The third kingdom is preceded by the belly and its thighs of bronze which represent the Grecian Empire. (331-323 B.C.) d) Another kingdom which follows is the Empire of Rome which signifies the legs of iron in Daniels’ dream as he interprets the dream of Nebuchadnezzar. It also has it feet and toes partly baked clay and partly of iron, which represents a divided kingdom It is important to note that beginning with the head of gold to the legs made of iron and feet and toes partly baked of clay and iron are deteriorating in fineness, but do increase in strength. There is division in these kingdoms which represent the two legs (eastern and western empires) and these are once again divided into kingdoms which represent the ten kingdoms that the Stone strikes (Second Coming of Christ). In chapter 7 of Daniel has another dream which is given to him of four world empires. a) The lion had wings of an eagle, yet its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it. This represents the Empire of Babylon. b) The second Empire was the Medo-Persia which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides (had more strength on one side than the other), and it...
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...Seventy Weeks of Daniel BIBL 450 Liberty University On-Line Dean Jaynes 02/08/2015 Daniel 9: 24-28 contains what many consider to be the most important prophetic scriptures in the entire bible. This passage details the prophetic chronology of Israel from the time of Daniel until the second coming of Christ. Much of Daniel’s vision of the seventy weeks can be seen in both historical and biblical events such as the rebuilding of the city of Jerusalem by decree of Artaxerxes I in 445 B. C. (Miller 1994). the triumphant entry of Jesus on the 8th of Nisan (Strong 1995), and the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 AD. It is interesting to note there is a gap in Daniel’s prophecy between the sixty-ninth and seventieth weeks. When Jesus read from the scroll in Luke 4 he only read part of the scripture “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lords favor” (Isaiah 61: 1-2a NASB) and he stopped. The remainder of that scripture declares a day of vengeance of God. By not completing the scripture Jesus was saying part of the prophecy is fulfilled in your presence today and part is yet to come. The seventieth week will resume with the revealing of the Antichrist and continue until the return of Christ at his second coming. Daniel 9:24 gives us the complete prophecy...
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...Daniel, a captive from Judah, seemingly no one special. And yet, today most people know about him. Why was he chosen by God and given this special wisdom? What made him different from the rest of the captives? Though in exile, he rose to the position of an advisor to the king of the most powerful nation. His influence was so great that years latter, after the first king he served had died and his grandson was on the throne, he was remembered and called upon when trouble arose. Though he went through many trials, he never panicked. What gave him this sense of peace? Daniel had a faith that was grounded strongly in God. In order to withstand the trials that he and his friends went through in Babylon, they needed to have a faith that was already...
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...Daniel Foe, or as he changed his name to Defoe later in his life was a man who lived an interesting life. He was a merchant, a spy, and then an author. Defoe spent much of his life involved with political matters. His life and everything he did was for either politics or for personal gain by looking like he knew what he was doing. Defoe’s life is an interesting tale of a man who tried to look like he fit in, and looked the part perfectly. Defoe’s life will be analyzed in four parts his early life, his adult life, his worldview, and his accomplishments. Daniel Defoe’s early life was spent having very interesting events around himself for him to witness. The first was the Great Plague of London in 1655, then the next year his parent’s house and two others in his neighborhood survived the Great Fire of London, and the next year the Dutch attacked London again. When he was 10 he was being taught at Reverend James Fisher’s boarding school in Dorking Surrey. When Defoe was 14 he attended the dissenting academy in Newington Green in London. Defoe’s early life was interesting, and set him up to have an interesting personality and view of the world. Defoe’s adult life is where his life’s story gets interesting, and shows how well his skills of fitting into a situation...
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...If you had the chance to increase your intelligence would you? In the science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie Gordon had the opportunity to have an Artificial Intelligence surgery (A.I.). Charlie was better off having the surgery because he got to help out many people in the science field, he also got to experience the real world and he got to feel all his emotions that have been trapped before. One positive thing that happened after the surgery is Charlie got to experience the real world with an advanced mindset. He got to see his real friends and he was able to experience interactions with other people outside the lab. “You’re like a giant sponge now, soaking things in. Facts, figures, general knowledge.”(Keyes...
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...Daniel Keyes's science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” is about a boy named charlie gordon who was chosen to be involved in an experimental surgery that was said to triple his intelligence. the reason that he was selected for this is because he has an extremely low IQ level. although he faces many hardships throughout the story, he is determined to succeed. That is why I think that the theme of the story is that if you put your mind to something, you can accomplish anything. First, at the beginning of the story, charlie is just an average person with an immense desire to become smart. He was going to school after work every night and his teacher, Mrs. Kinnian said that he is one of the most hard working students in her class. In the story when charlie first takes the Rorschach test, the tester asks...
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...Ryan Martinez Professor Brouillette English 68 16 May 2013 To get respect you have to earn it Big Fish is a novel written by Daniel Wallace in 1998. A young man named William Bloom is losing his father, Edward Bloom, to cancer. Edward Bloom and his son Will share an alienated relationship .Edward has always worked as a traveling salesman, requiring extensive absences from home, which left Will, as a child, feeling neglected. The novel is a collection of stories about his father’s life told by William. William hopes to learn more about his father and himself by putting together the stories he’s collected over the years. Part one is about Edwards’s youth. In part two Edward is an adult and leaves his city of Ashland to go on an adventure. Throughout the novel, Edward gains respect from those around him through his acts of heroism. First and foremost, William tells a story about when Edward is asked by his town to ward off of an evil creature that has destroyed crops and killed animals. Bloom realizes though that the creature was only a man, a very large man living in a very small town. The man’s name was Karl. Edward finds Karl in a cave. He confronts Karl and shows heroism when he says “Eat me, I am the first sacrifice” (Wallace 67). This is heroic because he was willing to die just for the benefit of others. Karl tells Edward that he doesn’t want to eat anybody and only wants food. Edward taught Karl how to farm and Karl never caused any trouble again. Edward saves...
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...Daniel Webster, a Representative from New Hampshire and a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; conceived in Salisbury, N.H., January 18, 1782; went to locale schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; moved on from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1801; foremost of a foundation at Fryeburg, Maine, in 1802; concentrated on law; admitted to the bar in 1805 and started hone in Boscawen, close Salisbury, N.H.; moved to Portsmouth, N.H., in 1807 and proceeded with the act of law; chose as a Federalist from New Hampshire to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); was not a contender for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth Congress; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1816; accomplished national notoriety...
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...Daniel Boone was a hardworking and persistent frontiersman. Not only did he help drive back the furious Indians, but through his exploration he caused a much larger amount of settlers to settle in the areas that he explored. Boone did amazing things throughout his entire lifetime including his early and later life. He made made major differences that still come into effect today. Researching about Daniel Boone has helped me realize how difficult life could be in the 1700’s and the early 1800’s. Born on November 2, 1734, Daniel Boone was the sixth of the eleven children that his mother, Rebecca, and father, Squire, had together. Daniel was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania where he began helping his family weave (his father was a weaver by...
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