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Isaiah’s Amazing Cyrus Prophecy — “The Gates Shall Not Be Shut”
In Isaiah 44-45, written around 700 BC, Isaiah the prophet, writing as he was moved by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:21), named the Persian emperor who would come to power and conquer Babylon more than 150 years later. I’ve … Continue reading
A Clay Cylinder — and Skepticism and Apologetics
Norman Porteous, Daniel: A Commentary (1965), on Daniel 5:31. “Darius is almost certainly a figment of the writer’s imagination.” Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Darius, skepticism
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s Prophecy
The Bible in the British Museum Yesterday, I wrote about how this clay cylinder (and its cuneiform inscription) show Daniel’s historical accuracy (A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History). Today, I’d like to look at what it means for Daniel’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Greek Empire, Persian Empire, prophecy
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A Clay Cylinder — and Daniel’s History
By 450 B.C., there are no records of Belshazzar. No one remembers him. Herodotus didn’t know anything about him. He exists only in old buried stuff. And in the Bible…. Continue reading
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Tagged Belshazzar, Biblical archaeology, Daniel, Nabonidus
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Thy Word is Truth
We need truth, and God’s Word gives it. True because He is true, it sets us free and sets us right. Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, Belshazzar, Bible, chewing cud, inerrancy, Inspiration, rabbit, Scripture, Truth
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