He made the most of the exile, successfully exalting God by his character and service. There he spent the remainder of a long life (85 years or more). As a teenager, possibly about 15 years old, Daniel was kidnaped from his noble family in Judah and deported to Babylon to be brainwashed into Babylonian culture for the task of assisting in dealing with the imported Jews. Several verses indicate that the writer is Daniel ( 8:15, 27 9:2 10:2, 7 12:4, 5), whose name means “God is my Judge.” He wrote in the autobiographical first person from 7:2 on, and is to be distinguished from the other 3 Daniel’s of the OT (cf. What Revelation is to the NT prophetically and apocalyptically, Daniel is to the OT. Daniel was God’s mouthpiece to the Gentile and Jewish world, declaring God’s current and future plans. Nine of the 12 chapters relate revelation through dreams/visions. Daniel bridges the entire 70 years of the Babylonian captivity (ca. According to Hebrew custom, the title is drawn from the prophet who throughout the book received revelations from God.
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