True Faith
605- 537BC
Bible Reference: Daniel, Hebrews 11:33
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- Daniel was taken captive as a youth from Israel to Babylon and given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar.
- In an attempt to retrain and to indoctrinate the best of the Jewish people, he was taught the language and culture of the Babylonians, trained in the college of magicians, and given food from the king’s table.
- Daniel, along with his friends, chose to stay true to their God, refusing the attempts of the Babylonians through only eating vegetables, and as a result, they grew in stature and were promoted.
- He surpassed the wisdom and the stature of the Babylonian magicians and was able to give Nebuchadnezzar a proper interpretation when no one else could, and he and his friends achieved a higher civic office.
- He continued to interpret dreams for Nebuchadnezzar, including a vision of the king’s humiliation and restoration.
- After Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel occupied a lesser position and moved into obscurity, seeing visions of future events and kingdoms that were troubling.
- The Babylonians took sacred cups from the Jewish temple and used them as dishware, and God supernaturally wrote a phrase on a wall that Daniel was called out of retirement by King Belshazzar to interpret.
- His interpretation was that the Babylonians would be defeated by the Medes and the Persians which came true the same night.
- Under the Medes and the Persian rule, king Darius promoted Daniel to be one of three administrators to his government leaders and was in line to be set over the whole kingdom.
- The other administrators became jealous and schemed against Daniel by making it illegal to pray to any god other than the king.
- Daniel refused to stop praying to the one true God and as a result, was thrown into a den of lions.
- God supernaturally shut the mouths of the lions and spared him on account of his faith.
- Daniel’s enemies were thrown into the den of lions along with their families and consumed instantly, and Daniel was raised to the highest post of honor.
- In the third year of Cyrus, Daniel saw one final vision where he was informed of minute details of the future of the nation and their redemption through Christ.
- He lived to see his people restored to their own land, although he was unable to return due to his advanced age.
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