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Daniel's book
Who was Darius the Mede?
In contrast to the opinion of Jehovah's Witnesses, Daniel was not a contemporary witness at the court of Persian rulers. His historical knowledge is poor. For example, he confuses "Darius the Mede" (Darius I) with Cyrus II. Daniel's book, chapter 6, [...]
Telling Details
Chapters 3–6 in Daniel's book were already written in the period 539–331 BC. They are legends to strengthen the Jews' faith in Yahweh. Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel's book has little in common with the historical Nebuchadnezzar.
The 70 ‘Weeks’
The 70 weeks in Daniel's book (9:24) is a correction of the 70 years in the Jeremiah book (25:11). The interpretation of Daniel's book, chapter 9, by Jehovah's Witnesses is completely wrong.
God’s kingdom
God's kingdom is announced in the Bible for antiquity, not modern times. All opposite statements made by Jehovah's Witnesses are incorrect. For a heavenly kingdom, established in 1914, they don't provide any credible evidence.
The 7 Times
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that in 1914, a heavenly government was established by God. They derive this year from Daniel's book (4:16,32). However, such an interpretation of the "7 times" does not follow from the Bible. In addition, Jehovah's Witnesses falsify history [...]
The Wicked Little Horn
Jehovah's Witnesses interpret the "little horn" in Daniel's visions (Daniel 7; Daniel 8) as "Anglo-American world power" ("7th world power"), Satan, who covers the world with war and terror and persecutes Jehovah's Witnesses. In 1914, they claim, Jehovah established a heavenly [...]
The Two Kings Change Identities
Jehovah's Witnesses claim that chapter 11 of Daniel's book contains a message for millennia to come. They say that there had been announced a millennia-long mutation of the "king of the north" and the "king of the south" (Daniel 11:40). These [...]
The Disgusting Thing
Daniel's book, chapter 11, reports on the desecration of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem. There, the Seleucid ruler Antiochus Epiphanes let set up a Zeus Altar (= "abomination that makes desolate", Daniel 11:31) in the year 168 BC to make Jewish [...]