Daniel and his friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have been deported from Jerusalem to Babylon. They have been trained to work in the royal court there. Even the attempted brainwashing during the training has not deterred their faith in the true God. Daniel has a job in the palace while his friends have jobs in …
God has given Daniel the meaning of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. First, Daniel thanked and praised God for the answer and then he prepared to tell the king. Daniel 2: 24 Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the …
Daniel and his friends, under threat of death, prayed for an interpretation of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. And God answered! Did Daniel immediately run and tell the king so his death sentence would be lifted? No, first Daniel stops to praise God for the answer. Daniel 2:19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a …
As we learned yesterday, Daniel bargained with King Nebuchadnezzar for a stay of execution. This would give him time to attempt to interpret the dream the king would not tell. At this point, Daniel knows that only God can save them. Daniel now depends are something that would have been learned back in Judah in …
King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and wanted his advisors to interpret it without knowing what the dream was. The advisors couldn’t do it. Daniel 2:12 The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed. 13 And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and …
In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream but either can’t remember it or doesn’t trust his advisers enough to reveal it. Dream interpretation was something regularly done at that time even in the pagan countries. Babylon even had manual of dream interpretation which has been found in archeological digs. The kings’ advisors ask for …
Our church has a tradition at Easter, the pastor will announce, “He is risen!” And the congregation will respond “He is risen, indeed!” In the middle of this pandemic and “safer at home” this tradition won’t happen this year, BUT Christ is still risen! Our inability to gather doesn’t change the fact. Christ came as …
The year is 605 B.C. and Babylon has begun its domination of Jerusalem and Judah. God is using Nebuchadnezzar as a tool of judgment. (Jer. 27:6) God’s people had rebelled and He was giving them a big timeout. Daniel, who was part of the royal court, was deported to Babylon. There he was trained to …
In Daniel chapter one, we see Daniel and his friends were in exile in Babylon and trained to be like the Babylonians. Daniel has decided in his heart that no matter what, he will not defile himself or his God. He remained faithful in tough circumstances. Even though he was young, he acted in a …
Daniel and his friends had ended up in a foreign land in exile. They had not been responsible for the political and religious policies that had caused this to happen, but they were suffering the consequences. We, today, might look at this situation and say: “Where was God? Why didn’t He protect Daniel from this …