Calvary Crete
Nikeas 24 (actual blue street sign states Nikomidias)
Tsesmes 74100, Crete, Greece
Directions from the West:
Travel East past Rethymno heading towards Irakleio: After you pass Misiria, look for the exit which will have a small blue & yellow Lidl sign. Turn right at this exit, then right again (basically you will be making a u-turn off the national road to get up to the side street), at the top turn left. The church is about 100 meters on your left. We share the building with the Romanian Church of God.
Directions from the East:
Travel west towards Rethymno: Take the exit to Platanes. At the stop sign turn left. Then at the next intersection turn left (following the Lidl sign). Follow that road and you will come into Tsesmes. The church is located on the left about 100 meters into Tsesmes. We share the building with the Romanian Church of God.
This summary of the book of Daniel provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Daniel.
The book implies that Daniel was its author in several passages, such as 9:2; 10:2. That Jesus concurred is clear from his reference to " the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel" (Mt 24:15; see note there), quoting 9:27 (see note there); 11:31; 12:11. The book was probably completed c. 530 b.c., shortly after Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, captured the city of Babylon in 539.
The widely held view that the book of Daniel is largely fictional rests mainly on the modern philosophical assumption that long-range predictive prophecy is impossible. Therefore all fulfilled predictions in Daniel, it is claimed, had to have been composed no earlier than the Maccabean period (second century b.c.), after the fulfillments had taken place. But objective evidence excludes this hypothesis on several counts:
Objective evidence, therefore, appears to exclude the late-date hypothesis and indicates that there is insufficient reason to deny Daniel's authorship.
The theological theme of the book is summarized in 4:17; 5:21: "The Most High (God) is sovereign over the kingdoms of men." Daniel's visions always show God as triumphant (7:11,26-27;8:25;9:27). The climax of his sovereign rule is described in Revelation: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ [i.e., Messiah, 'Anointed One'], and he will reign for ever and ever" (rev 11:15;da 2:44;7:27;s).
The book is made up primarily of historical narrative (found mainly in chs. 1 - 6) and apocalyptic ("revelatory") material (found mainly in chs. 7 - 12). The latter may be defined as symbolic, visionary, prophetic literature, usually composed during oppressive conditions and being chiefly eschatological in theological content. Apocalyptic literature is primarily a literature of encouragement to the people of God (see Introduction to Zechariah: Literary Form and Themes; see also Introduction to Revelation: Literary Form). For the symbolic use of numbers in apocalyptic literature see Introduction to Revelation: Distinctive Feature.
