A Critical Analysis of Selected Issues in the Book of Daniel: Implications for Contemporary Christianity
Isaac Justice Osei & Isaac Boaheng 
Issue: Vol.4 No.13 Article 4 pp.1453-1460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20234135 | Published online 8th December, 2023
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The book of Daniel is one of the frequently-quoted books when it comes to issues regarding resilience in one’s faith. The setting of the book and the events surrounding Daniel’s life in Babylon have many lessons for contemporary Christians. The purpose of this article was to bring out certain features and issues in the book of Daniel to present to readers relevant aspects of the context within which the book was written and to consequently equip them to successfully interpret and apply the message of Prophet Daniel. The paper is a literature-based research that gathered data from books and commentaries on Daniel and analyzed them critically to make meaning of the biblical book. One of the key findings was that God sovereignly guards his people and makes them have victory over evil. This study aimed at arousing interest in biblical scholarship on prophetic literature, especially the Book of Daniel. The paper encouraged contemporary believers to be resilient in their faith as they live in a world full of evil deeds. In times of difficult circumstances, Daniel persisted in not hesitating or giving up his faith to follow the patterns of the evil world; rather, he placed God above all things, and succeeded in his endeavours.
Keywords: Daniel, God, Christianity, Old Testament
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Isaac Justice Osei is a minister of the Methodist Church Ghana serving Dixcove Circuit of the Sekondi Diocese. Osei holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Trinity Theological Seminary and has research interests in Biblical Studies, African Christianity and Systematic Theology.
Isaac Boaheng holds a PhD in Theology from the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is a Senior Lecturer in Theology and Christian Ethics at the Christian Service University College, Ghana, and a Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical and Religion Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa. He is a minister of the Methodist Church Ghana.
Osei, Isaac Justice & Boaheng, Isaac. “A Critical Analysis of Issues in the Book of Daniel: Implications for Contemporary Christianity.” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 4, no.13 (2023): 1461-1471. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20234135
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