I find
that Daniel is quite replete on “dearly beloved” references, i.e. Dan. 9:23;
10:11, 19. Well, perhaps 'replete' is rather an exaggeration. But I am glad to
have this phrase brought to my notice. For, doesn't our dear Father-Mother say
that of each of us. He-She is well-pleased with us all. I look forward to
coming to the context of those references.
Chapter
2: Daniel's prayer came to him in verse – Dan. 2:20-23. This was the prayer in which God would reveal to him the king's dream – the dream, not just the
interpretation. Not unreasonably, the wise men had said that this was not
possible. The king had commanded that all the wise men, including Daniel and
his friends, were to be killed.
Daniel's
prayer was answered. He proved that “with God all things are possible” and as
the prayer states, “He (God) reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is
in the darkness, And light dwelleth with him” (Verse 22).
The
dream and the interpretation tell of the coming history of this region (with its toppling of kings), and it might well be related to the present time when we
consider verse 44: And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set
up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left
to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and
it shall stand forever". Not just
in Babylon but in all the world.
Daniel
and his friends were greatly promoted, e.g. Daniel became “chief administrator
over all the wise men of Babylon.”
Joyce Voysey
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