![]() We believe the biblical account is true, but some question the dating.īecause of the many intricate components of the prophecy in Daniel 11, some scholars have suggested that the book of Daniel was written several hundred years later, during the 160s B.C., after these events had already transpired. This was the third year of Cyrus (Daniel 10:1) and was after the event the angel mentioned to Daniel that happened in the first year of Darius (Daniel 11:1 around 539 B.C.). The years Daniel mentions put this prophecy around 535 B.C. What would happen to the people of God both in Daniel’s time and in the future was of great interest to him, as by then 42,360 Jews had returned to Jerusalem following a decree by Cyrus allowing them to go back to their homeland ( Ezra 2:64). The angel that came to help Daniel understand the vision told him that its focus was on “what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come” (Daniel 10:14). Now God was going to reveal to Daniel some amazing details about major world powers, beginning with the Medo-Persian Empire and continuing through the time of the end just prior to Christ’s second coming. Through Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams ( Daniel 2:1) and through Daniel’s vision of four beasts (Daniel 7), God had already revealed that there would be four world-ruling empires followed by the Kingdom of God. The message was true, but the appointed time was long and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision” (Daniel 10:1).Īccording to The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, the third year of Cyrus was “535/534, in all probability just a few years before Daniel’s death” (comment on Daniel 10:1). It begins: “In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. This introduction is quite extensive-all of Daniel 10. The introduction to the prophecy of Daniel 11 is given in the preceding chapter.
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