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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