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- Connect chapter 5 with 6 o Belshazzar judged by God o Darius takes over the kingdom of Babylon
The Medes and Persian empire now rule
• To facilitate the new empire King Darius’ strategy for ruling involved large scale delegation o 6:1-2, “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.”
120 men ruling the entire huge empire
They report to 3 presidents
• The goal is to make sure taxes are paid and matters in the kingdom don’t slip through the cracks (suffer no loss) o Daniel is one of these three presidents
• But Daniel distinguishes himself …show more content…
There plan is to find a way to put Daniel in a spot where he has to choose between God’s law and the law of the Mede’s and the persians o V6-8 shows us what their plan was
“6 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! 7 All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce aninjunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be …show more content…
• They coming to the king, firstly with a lie, that they represent all the presidents of the land- but Daniel is not with them
• They also pretend to be in contact with all the officials (satraps), obviously this is just to impress the
- Connect chapter 5 with 6 o Belshazzar judged by God o Darius takes over the kingdom of Babylon
The Medes and Persian empire now rule
• To facilitate the new empire King Darius’ strategy for ruling involved large scale delegation o 6:1-2, “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.”
120 men ruling the entire huge empire
They report to 3 presidents
• The goal is to make sure taxes are paid and matters in the kingdom don’t slip through the cracks (suffer no loss) o Daniel is one of these three presidents
• But Daniel distinguishes himself …show more content…
There plan is to find a way to put Daniel in a spot where he has to choose between God’s law and the law of the Mede’s and the persians o V6-8 shows us what their plan was
“6 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement[a] to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! 7 All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce aninjunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be …show more content…
• They coming to the king, firstly with a lie, that they represent all the presidents of the land- but Daniel is not with them
• They also pretend to be in contact with all the officials (satraps), obviously this is just to impress the