Daniel 6
Thank you for continuing
this journey of The Gospel Project® for
Kids. Sunday’s Bible account takes place after the Persians defeated King
Belshazzar and Darius was made king. By this time, Daniel was an old man,
probably in his early 80s. Daniel served the new king as one of the three
leading supervisors in the kingdom.
Daniel was very good at
his job. So good, in fact, that King Darius planned to put him in charge of the
entire kingdom. The other supervisors and satraps beneath them were jealous;
they tried to catch Daniel doing something wrong so they could complain to the
king. But Daniel was trustworthy, and they couldn’t find any negligence or
corruption in him. They also knew Daniel was devoted to the one true God. If
they couldn’t catch Daniel breaking a law, they would convince the king to make
a law that Daniel would break.
Under their malevolent
persuasion, King Darius passed a law that no one could pray to anyone but him.
Daniel continued to pray to God, and the jealous officials turned him in. The
king stayed up all night trying to find a legal loophole, but the law couldn’t
be undone. (Daniel 6:15) Daniel was thrown into the lions’ den, but God shut
the lions’ mouths. Daniel wasn’t hurt. His accusers received the very
punishment they sought for Daniel.
Daniel trusted the Lord to
save him; he knew he didn’t stand a chance fighting off the lions in his own
strength. God showed His power to rescue Daniel from the lions, but Daniel was
just a small part of a much bigger story. We all have sinned and deserve
punishment far worse than a lions’ den: eternal separation from God, in hell.
God ultimately rescued us from this much bigger problem—sin and death—through
His Son, Jesus.
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