Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

The major profit 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 span the entire 70-year period of Babylonian captivity, and he

was one of the people deported.

He handled his circumstance as 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 apocalyptic prophecies, so this is sometimes referred to

as the apocalypse of the Old Testament.

What does that word mean anyway?

The Greek word apocalypsis 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 plan for the future.

A lot of what God reveals to him is revealed in dreams and visions.

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