What do critics claim about who wrote the book of Daniel?
Critics claim the book of Daniel was written by an imposter long after the events it describes had already happened, rather than by Daniel, the young Jewish captive in Babylon, writing before those events occurred. The scoffers ridicule it and reject Daniel's authorship.
Les teaches that the scoffers like to ridicule the book of Daniel, claiming it was written by an imposter long after the events had happened rather than by this young Jew writing before they happened. He recalls that several years ago someone in his class asked if he was aware of that, and he said of course he was. The follow-up question was whether he could give proof that they are wrong and that those who understand Scripture are right. Immediately one verse came to mind, even though they were in Daniel, and he suggests flipping back to Matthew 24.