... were carried into exile, where Ezekiel ministered to them. The land was left desolate. The Babylonian captivity lasted seventy years. Some of the people taken captive during this time were Daniel (Belteshazzar), Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshack), and Azariah (Abednego). They were told to eat royal food and wine but refused so as not to defile themselves ... . Daniel told the guard, "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the ... furnace, and when they came out Nebuchadnezzar said, ...

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... to Judaism worship. Antiochus IV was not well known or powerful until he begins conquering other cities. The information of Antiochus IV conquest can be found in (The Book of Daniel) which states that "Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who started small, grew in power, conquered Palestine and ultimately committed great atrocities against his subjects the Jews. With initial control over Syria, Antiochus ... seized the priesthood, Jason made the Jews conform to the Greek way of life.54 Hellenism reached a high point with the introduction of foreign customs." http://www.csg.net/eschatology/Daniel-8....

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... types: an ideal king, a Davidic ruler, a branch of an Aaronic priest, a teacher of righteousness, an eschatological prophet, a son of God, a son of man.30These titles according to Richard Hess and Daniel Carroll are similar to ones attributed Jesus in the gospels; it is also similar to ones in Hebrews' presentation of Jesus as high priest as earlier stated; it is also ... ...

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