Saturday, July 28, 2018

Bible Marginalia- Enduring Forever

Bible Marginalia -#297
Daniel 6
Landed right in the middle of the Daniel story.
Wish I could start at the beginning 
of a chapter but that doesn't seem to always happen.
Sometimes I like to see how the story ends
 and then go back to the beginning.
Daniel is accused of maligning the King's decree
 about worship and obedience.
It goes downhill from there.
Then Daniel is kept safe, the King finds him alive,
 and the King is "exceedingly glad."
Then the news is bad for Daniel's accusers.
 The malicious accusers, their children,
 and their wives
 are cast into the den of lions.
Think sometimes this part of the story
 is left out  of the Sunday School lessons.
v.24 "And before they reached 
the bottom of the den,
 the lions overpowered them
 and broke all their bones in pieces."
Next King Darius has something 
to say about Daniel's God.
 This is really a pretty amazing document
 of communication that King Darius 
writes after finding Daniel alive in the lion's den.
He writes this decree to all the peoples, nations,
 and languages that dwell in all the earth.
Even with all the technology in today's world,
 I can't imagine our own President 
attempting such a feat.
He outlines the basic truths
 as he has witnessed.
A basic outline format seemed to make
 the most sense for these points.
People are to tremble in fear and awe
 before this God of Daniel
because:
1. He is the living God.
2. His Kingdom shall never be destroyed.
3. His dominion shall be to the end.
4. He delivers and rescues.
5. He works signs and wonders.
6. He saved Daniel form the power of the lions.
All this is enduring forever 
in heaven and on earth.

That is a pretty amazing decree 
even in this day and age.
And we are right now caught up in the
 endures forever part of the timeline.
Quite a bit of reassurance right there.
Our God is down-right mighty and powerful-
on both sides of the lion's den.

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