Daniel 1: 8 Daniel made up his mind to eat and drink only what God had approved for his people to eat. And he asked the king’s chief official for permission not to eat the food and wine served in the royal palace. 9 God had made the official friendly and kind to Daniel. 10 But the man still told …
Daniel 1: 5 As part of their assimilation into Babylonian court life, the king offered them a daily portion of food and wine from his own table. They were to be educated for three years before serving in the king’s court… 8 Although the king ate only the finest Babylonian fare, Daniel was determined not to violate God’s law and defile …
Proverbs 22: 6 Dedicate your children to God and point them in the way that they should go, and the values they’ve learned from you will be with them for life.[1] Yesterday we looked at the importance of faith training. Daniel and his friends would have been trained in the faith of the Jewish people as …
Daniel and his friends, as young men, would have been trained in the royal court of Judah and would have been taught the Jewish laws. They also would have been taught the prophecies of Isaiah, who lived 100 years prior and Jeremiah, who was a contemporary. When they were being trained, they had no idea …
It is 605 BC and the disobedience of the country of Judah has consequences. Israel had made an alliance with Egypt, even though they were to depend on God. Isaiah 31:1What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of …