

After the sixty-two ’sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: ‘What have you done?’”ĭaniel 9:25-27, “Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ’sevens,' and sixty-two ’sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."ĭaniel 4:34-35, “His dominion is an eternal dominion his kingdom endures from generation to generation.

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.”ĭaniel 2:31, “You looked, O king, and there before you stood a large statue - an enormous, dazzling statue, awesome in appearance.”ĭaniel 3:17-18, “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. The Book of Daniel records the actions, prophecies, and visions of the Prophet Daniel.ĭaniel 1:19-20, “The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah so they entered the king’s service. Daniel served in the royal court of Nebuchadnezzar and several rulers who followed Nebuchadnezzar. In 605 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had conquered Judah and deported many of its inhabitants to Babylon – Daniel included. The Book of Daniel was likely written between 540 and 530 B.C.
