The Book of Daniel 6:19-24

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* Daniel survives the lion’s den. The people who contrived to send him there do not.
* Side trail to discuss “Bel and the Dragon”

The Book of Daniel 6:15-18

+ Daniel is tossed into the den of hungry lions.

+ Daniel / Christ typology

+ The plot to have Daniel thrown into a pit of lions commences

+ Babylon has fallen and Daniel is part of a cadre of people – mostly Babylonian – set to rule over the territory.

+ Who is “Darius the Mede”? (There is a scholarly debate over this.)

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* Daniel announces to the Babylonian king that his empire will imminently fall to the Medes and Persians.

* Side trail discussion regarding the currently relevant “curse of eight years.”

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Belshazzar calls Daniel to interpret the writing on the wall.

+ The Babylonians see the writing on the wall, and finally remember to send for Daniel.

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“He saw the writing on the wall.”

*The hand appears before the King of Babylon and writes onto the plaster of the wall of the King’s palace.

* Includes discussion of how Belshazzar’s presence in the text is an argument for the Book of Daniel’s historicity.

*Includes a long side trails regarding cognate names associated with Satan, due to use of “Bel” and “Marduk” in ancient Babylon.

+ The restoration of King Nebuchadnezzar