The Beginning of Daniel and A Very Brief History

I am heading into the book of Daniel. I feel that Father Yahweh is leading me to help others prepare spiritually for the coming years ahead through the prophecy of Daniel and Revelation. Ultimately, I eventually will migrate to the book of Revelation but have always heard that the book of Daniel should be studied before Revelation. 

The reason for my interest in end time prophecy at this time (Eschatology), is because it's my belief that our Government will start regulating the internet soon. Not to long after they control what people are looking at on the internet our government will start shutting down Christian websites, which they are starting to do now. They are also promoting the religion of Islam over all other religions. The foothold of Islam in this country at this rate will eventually lead to the prophecy of saints being beheaded as in the passage of Revelation 20:4, but more on that another time.

 History has proven that what our Government controls they will ultimately destroy, just like they do with all the other governmental agencies and programs, so we can expect internet regulation to not be any different. I encourage all to think of one government program that actually works. Feel free to comment if anyone thinks they know of any.

Anyway back to Daniel...

The name Daniel not only is the first name of one of the men that I write to in my prison writing ministry, but is also the title of this particular book of prophecy and history which is the most provable book of the Bible. It has also been proven that Daniel had to have been an eyewitness to the accounts he wrote about and also what was written about had to have been written from outside of the time frame from which it was authored, so the information had to have come directly from God.
There is no other religious book in the world that can make this claim. The book of Daniel is about both history and prophecy. Prophecy that not only has come true, or will come true, and proves the Bible is the inerrant word of the Father and shows that the Father never changes. The setting of this book is at the beginning of the fall of the Nation of Judah to the Babylonians.

This is what the fall of Judah looked like as the Nation of Judah was taken captive by Babylon. Of course I was not there to see it fall. I will however just as you, most likely witness the fall of the American Empire in much a similar fashion within our lifetimes. This is promised to us in Deut 28 and Lev 26.

Now for a very brief history of the time of Daniel...

Some people think history is boring. Not that I want to be boring but there are some things people should know about this history before actually getting into the reading the book of Daniel. Here goes...

The beginning of Daniel actually starts before the first Chapter of this book. It actually starts in the Shinar Plateau, the same place where the story of the Tower of Babel takes place. At that particular time the land of Babel/Babylon was a vassal state of Assyria. The founding of this new Neo-Babel/Babylonian empire was by a man called Nebopolassar from the Chaldean tribe of the region. Nebopolassar had a son who was a great conquering General in his army by the name of Nebuchadnezzar. When Nebuchadnezzar was away on a military campaign he learned of his father passing away which made him King of Babel/Babylon in 605 B.C.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

The regional power was tipped to the Babylonians when the Assyrians were defeated at the Battle of Carchemish, located in modern day Syria. Carchemish was the old Hittite capital located on the Euphrates river in Assyria; Jeremiah46:2 and 2 Chronicles 35:20. Carchemish is also the triggering event that made possible for the Ten Tribes of Israel to escape from under the yoke of the Assyrian captivity.

The last reigning “good king” of Judah was Josiah. Josiah ruled during the time of Jeremiah the prophet. Josiah was killed by the Pharaoh Necho at the battle of Megiddo; 2 Kings 22,23.

The next king of Judah was king Jehoahaz which happened to be the son of king Josiah. Jehoahaz only reigned for 3 months because Pharoah Necho of Egypt heard of Josiah's son Jehoahaz reigning in Judah and had him kidnapped and taken into Egypt where he was never heard from again. At the same time Pharoah Necho put his half-brother Eliakim in charge of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim of course was an evil king that did nothing good for Judah and happen to be ruling when Daniel went to Babylon. Jehoiakim being evil is what you would expect when a person (stranger) has ties to Africa (Egypt) and rules over Israelites as the Bible promises; Deut 28:43. This is the exact same situation we have in our White House today. 

King Nebuchadnezzar heard of Jehoiakim ruling Judah and came against him and put him in fetters (chains) to take him to Babylon; 2 Chron 36:6. Although Jehoiakim was in fetters, the bible does not specifically say that he was actually taken to Babylon. In fact in 2 Kings 24:6 the Bible states that Jehoiakim slept with his fathers which means he was buried with them. Some people believe that Jehoiakim reached an agreement with Nebuchadnezzar to set him free, and if that is true then that could be the reason why 10,000 of the best of Judah were taken captive to Babylon including Daniel in Jehoiakim's stead. 

The next two ruling Kings of Judah were Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. Zedekiah was Jehoiakims uncle. Zedekiah was the last ruling king of Judah and is famous for having his eyes put out after seeing his children killed in front of him; prophesied in Ezekiel 12:13 and fulfilled in Jeremiah 39:6-7. In the end, king Nebuchadnezzar ended up driving Pharaoh Necho out of Asia and Egypt was never again able to engage in war outside of their borders.

My source of information above came from the book; “The Kings of Judah and Israel” By Christopher Knapp. 

I pray all will have a blessed day and keep the Messiah first in all they do!