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What is the “abomination that causes desolation” spoken of by Daniel and Jesus?

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Reference to the ‘abomination of desolation’ occurs in Daniel 8:13; 9:27, Matthew 24:15, and Mark 13:14. In the two New Testament texts, the reader is advised to refer to Daniel’s reference to the ‘abomination’, in order to understand its meaning. Due to this advice, many people believe that the ‘abomination of desolation’ has the same […]

How old was Belshazzar when he died?

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Neither the Bible nor external texts give any date of birth for Belshazzar or indication of age so we can only speculate. His grandmother, Adad-Guppi, was born 649 BC and lived 98 years (according the Haran Inscription). This being the case we expect his father, Nabonidus, to have been 60+ when he took the throne […]

What is Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Dan. 2 about?

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Nebuchadnezzar’s dream involves a statue of a man made from different materials (Dan. 2:31-33). A stone then hits the statue, destroys it, turns into a mountain, and fills the earth (Dan. 2:34-35). Like lots of other prophecies, these aren’t literal things; rather the items represent other things. In this prophecy Daniel tells us (Dan. 2:36-45) […]

Where was Daniel during the furnace episode?

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In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar set up an enormous image of gold and decreed that everyone should bow down to it. Daniel’s friends — Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego — refused to do so, and so were thrown into a fiery furnace which miraculously did not harm them. Many people have wondered where Daniel was during […]

Who spent the night with lions?

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That was the prophet Daniel. The full story is in Daniel 6. Daniel was cast into a den of lions because he refused to stop praying to his God. The last part of the story is given below. Daniel 6:16-24 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. […]