Daniel

Category
People (Religion)
Begin
-620
End
-538
Region
Middle East
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
Daniel was carried off to Babylon in 605 BC. He was freed in 639 when the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by Cyrus the Great. [Wikipedia: Daniel (biblical figure)] See "Artaxerxes I." 24:15 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand):" (King James Bible, Matthew). "In the eighth chapter of the Book of Daniel, verse thirteen, it is said: 'Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?' Then he answered (v. 14): 'Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed"; (v. 17) "But he said unto me ... at the time of the end shall be the vision.' That is to say, how long will this misfortune, this ruin, this abasement and degradation last? meaning, when will be the dawn of the Manifestation? Then he answered, 'Two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.' Briefly, the purport of this passage is that he appoints two thousand three hundred years, for in the text of the Bible each day is a year. Then from the date of the issuing of the edict of Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem until the day of the birth of Christ there are 456 years, and from the birth of Christ until the day of the manifestation of the Báb there are 1844 years. When you add 456 years to this number it makes 2300 years. That is to say, the fulfillment of the vision of Daniel took place in the year A.D. 1844, and this is the year of the Bab's manifestation according to the actual text of the Book of Daniel. [Some Answered Questions, p. 41]