What is the book of Daniel's prophecy about?
Daniel's prophecy is about Gentile empires as they contact the nation of Israel. It is centered on Israel but includes Gentile empires that included Israel in their conquest, covering the period when Jerusalem was besieged, the temple destroyed, and Jews taken captive to Babylon.
Les teaches that the book of Daniel is a prophecy dealing with the Gentile empires as they have contact with the nation of Israel. Prophecy is always centered on Israel, but it will include those Gentile empires that included Israel in their conquest. This means Daniel's prophecy focuses on how Gentile powers relate to and impact Israel. The historical setting is that Nebuchadnezzar besieged and overran Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and took the Jews captive, with Daniel and his friends being young lads, probably early teenagers. Les also addresses scoffers who claim an imposter wrote Daniel long after the fact, arguing that the book's mixed Aramaic and Hebrew is not a problem. Les explains it is a point of inspirational truth: Daniel, a young Hebrew captive in Babylon, learned Aramaic through the king's instruction preparing him and other sharp young Jewish men for government service, just as a teenager sent to Russia would learn Russian.