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The Book of Daniel

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 3.

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The Book of Daniel.

By M. B. Lichtenstein

After my convictions of the first advent of the Messiah, as being fulfilled in Christ Jesus, according to true chronology in the prophecy of Daniel in connection with history, my mind was led to search for a reasonable excuse for my Hebrew brethren for their dark state, in denying God's promises, (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7:14; 9:5, 6; Jer. 31:30–34; Dan. 9:24–27, as being already accomplished. And hope for fulfillment of things which had not been promised.
Daniel, upon whom we look in the true light of prophecy as the main pillar upon whose prophecy we base the science of times; a prophet of God according to the testimony of the angel Gabriel, the Hebrews do not exactly regard as such. The division of the books in the Hebrew Bible will show in part that the Hebrews do not look upon Daniel as a prophet with as much reverence, even, as upon the prophet Obadiah; because of his not living in the solitude. The Hebrew Bible is divided thus:—
TORAH [law], which includes the five books of Moses. NEVEIIM [the books of the prophets], which are Joshua, Judges, 1st and 2d Samuel, 1st and 2d Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. And KETHUBIM [hagiographa], which includes the rest of the Old Testament. Thus we see that the book of Daniel is not classified among the prophecies of God, but rather among the lives of the saints, equal with the book of Esther. But what a sad mistake this will prove to them when they will look upon Him whom they have pierced, and find out that the paschal lamb, which the Israelites celebrated in Egypt, which was a type of the antitype, has also been predicted by the prophet Daniel, in the cutting off of the Messiah, the true Paschal Lamb, after the sixty-nine weeks, which was fulfilled in the crucifixion of our dear Redeemer, Jesus Christ. May the Lord open their eyes and enlighten their minds, is my earnest prayer.
M. B. LICHTENSTEIN.
Battle Creek, Mich.