Question

This character is told that those who wait 1,335 days will be blessed after being asked to seal a scroll until the “times of the end.” A horn with human eyes appears before this (10[1])character in a vision in which four winds churn up four beasts from the sea. This character learns that there will be seven and (10[1])sixty-two (-5[1])“sevens” before a foreign king establishes (10[2])the “abomination of desolation.” (10[1])This character, (10[1])who only consumes vegetables and water for 10 days, becomes governor after explaining that four successive kingdoms are represented by a head of gold, chest of silver, belly of bronze, and feet of iron and clay on a statue. Three companions of this man who emerge unharmed from a furnace are named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. For 10 points, what biblical man interprets the writing on the wall at Belshazzar’s feast? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Daniel [or Belteshazzar; reject “Belshazzar”]
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