Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

The Major prophet Daniel lived through some of the most well-known Old Testament

stories and wrote some of the most perplexing Old Testament prophecies.

Before we talk about his book, let's talk about him as a person.

Daniel's life and ministry spanned the entire 70-year period of Babylonian

captivity and he was one of the people deported.

He handled his circumstances well though, really well.

He was a man of prayer, faith, courage, and integrity.

And Ezekiel, another major prophet who lived during the same time period had only good things to say about him.

As for his book, the first half is filled with the stories we know and love, and it's referred to as

hope literature. The back half of the book is filled with and it's referred to as Hope Literature.

The back half of the book is filled with apocalyptic prophecies,

so this is sometimes referred to as the Apocalypse of the Old Testament.

What does that word mean anyway?

The Greek word apocalypseis is where we get our English word,

Revelation.

So the Book of Revelation in the New Testament

is actually named Apocalypse.

We associate that word with destruction and war, but its original meaning is quite

different. It means to reveal or to unveil things previously unknown, hence revelation.

And that's exactly what Daniel is doing in these

apocalyptic prophecies. He reveals to us what God has revealed to him about God's

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