DANIEL WAS THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING DARIUS REIGN AND THE OTHER GOVERMENTAL OFFICIALS WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THEY TRICKED THE KING TO SIGN A DECREE THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED ANYONE TO BE PUT TO DEATH IF HE WAS CAUGHT WORSHIPPING ANY GOD.
THE KING CARED ABOUT DANIEL BUT HE SIGNED THE DECREE WITHOUT REALIZING WHAT HE DID. THE DECREE COULD NOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE KING SIGNED IT.
THESE EVIL GOVERMENTAL OFFICIALS MADE SURE THAT THEY LET THE KING KNOW THAT DANIEL WAS WORSHIPPING HIS GOD THREE TIMES A DAY.
THE KING LOST HIS SLEEP OVER THIS MATTER BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT DANIEL TO BE PUT TO DEATH.
LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE CHAPTER.
Daniel 6:16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, "Thy God Whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee."
GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN. HE IS NOT ONLY GOING TO DELIVER HIM BUT HE WILL PUNISH HIS ADVERSARIES.
6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
THE KING WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD AMONG HIS PEOPLE IF HE DIDN'T GO AHEAD WITH THE DECREE.
6:18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him, and his sleep went from him.
SHOWING THE LONGSTANDING AFFECTION WHICH DARIUS HAD FOR DANIEL.
THERE WERE NO PARTIES FOR HIM.
6:19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God Whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions ?"
6:21 Then said Daniel unto the king, "O king, live forever.
6:22 My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocensy (PURITY) was found in me: and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
DANIEL KNEW THAT GOD WAS GOING TO RESCUE HIM.
6:23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him (ANOTHER PROOF OF THE LONGSTANDING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN DARIUS AND DANIEL), and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
DANIEL HAD THE SEAL OF GOD IN HIS FOREHEAD.
6:24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
GOD AVENGES HIS OWN.
6:25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; "Peace be multiplied unto you."
A TYPE OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER.
6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear (RESPECT) before the God of Daniel: for He is the living God, and stedfast forever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end.
6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and He worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, Who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions."
BEFORE YOU RESCUE SOMEONE THEY MUST BE IN DANGER. GOD RESCUED HIM FROM THAT DANGER.
6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
CYRUS WAS THE SON OF DARIUS THE MEDE. HE IS THE YOUNG DARIUS, HIS FATHER BEING THE OLD.
GOD NAMED CYRUS BEFORE HE WAS EVEN BORN.
GOD BLESS
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