Title: Faith Amidst the Fray! (5)
Series: Daniel-Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God
Author: Tim Badal
Text: Daniel 6
We have been in a series in this book that was written 600 years before the coming of Jesus Christ, written by Daniel in a time and place when God's people were in exile. Because of God's judgment, they were enslaved in a foreign land, having to live a very different life than in their homeland. As a result, they were challenged to find ways to live out their faith amidst the pagan practices going on all around them.
In these five chapters, we have seen how Daniel and some of his friends lived faithfully amidst the fray. In other words, they stood the test of time, they stood when they were in the minority and they were faithful to their God even though the nation they were in worshiped a multitude of gods, bringing great pressure and fear. They have demonstrated to us that we also can live a faithful Christian life amidst the difficulties we encounter today.
In Daniel 6 we come to what is one of the most well known and beloved stories in the Old Testament: Daniel in the lion's den. We'll read it in a moment, but just to give you a broad view of what's going on, Daniel is now an old man, and he has proved since being a teenager that he has been a faithful man, not only to God, but to the people he is serving. Because of this, he has been elevated in different kingdoms, under different kings, to higher places of authority. Now he finds himself under a new king.
If you remember last week, we saw the demise of the Babylonian empire, situated in what is now modern-day Iraq. The king had thrown a great feast at an unusual moment, when his capital city was under siege by the invading Medo-Persian army. Why would a king throw a party at that time? Because he had great confidence in his defense. The capital city of Babylon was defended by a 90-foot wall and a moat around the city that was about 50 feet deep. It would be impossible ...
Series: Daniel-Kingdoms, Chaos and the Sovereignty of God
Author: Tim Badal
Text: Daniel 6
We have been in a series in this book that was written 600 years before the coming of Jesus Christ, written by Daniel in a time and place when God's people were in exile. Because of God's judgment, they were enslaved in a foreign land, having to live a very different life than in their homeland. As a result, they were challenged to find ways to live out their faith amidst the pagan practices going on all around them.
In these five chapters, we have seen how Daniel and some of his friends lived faithfully amidst the fray. In other words, they stood the test of time, they stood when they were in the minority and they were faithful to their God even though the nation they were in worshiped a multitude of gods, bringing great pressure and fear. They have demonstrated to us that we also can live a faithful Christian life amidst the difficulties we encounter today.
In Daniel 6 we come to what is one of the most well known and beloved stories in the Old Testament: Daniel in the lion's den. We'll read it in a moment, but just to give you a broad view of what's going on, Daniel is now an old man, and he has proved since being a teenager that he has been a faithful man, not only to God, but to the people he is serving. Because of this, he has been elevated in different kingdoms, under different kings, to higher places of authority. Now he finds himself under a new king.
If you remember last week, we saw the demise of the Babylonian empire, situated in what is now modern-day Iraq. The king had thrown a great feast at an unusual moment, when his capital city was under siege by the invading Medo-Persian army. Why would a king throw a party at that time? Because he had great confidence in his defense. The capital city of Babylon was defended by a 90-foot wall and a moat around the city that was about 50 feet deep. It would be impossible ...
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