Daniel: Proof

Daniel was so accurate in his prophecies that many claimed that he either was fictitious or he really lived after the time in which was recorded in the Bible. What I read in Brock's secular history book proves to me that Daniel was indeed living and active during the time of Cyrus the Great (who seems to be called Darius in the Bible).

However, scholars continue to try and poke holes in the Book of Daniel. One argument was that King Belshazzar, Babylon's ruler in Daniel 5, was never mentioned anywhere else in history. In the late nineteenth century, evidence came to light that accounted for not only Belshazzar's existance, but he was both the son and co-regent with Nabonidus. Nabonidus, who was king the the time, was absent 10 out of his 17 year reign. Therefore, Belshazzar excersized kingly authority while Nabonidus was out. Hence the reason Belshazzar offered Daniel the 3rd highest position in Babylon (Daniel 5:7). Belshazzar was the second highest.

There is a lot of years between the time of Daniel and the late 19th century. Why do you think the Lord decided to wait that long to prove the historicity of this portion of the Scriptures? We don't always know His ways, but one thing we can know for sure. He is Truth. He's the author of Truth. Any hole that man can poke in His Word is only because of our ignorance or because the evidence to that piece of the puzzle has not been found yet!