Read Today's Passage
Daniel is now in his third reign of oppression over Israel. And once again, he is found blameless before the King and other men. Yet their jealousy consumes them and they find a way to get him out of the picture.
I think what strikes me the most from this passage is not that Daniel survives the lion's den. Or that the others wanted him dead. I think what catches me the most is that after Daniel is removed from the land, Darius has the others thrown in the den with THEIR FAMILIES as well, and then issues a decree throughout the land that everyone is to fear and reverence God, 24 hours after he has decreed that everyone must worship him. This is God at work, taking a proud man down to his lowest and humbling him, and through that beginning a new work in the people this man oversees. This seems to be why Daniel did not fight back, but worked within the governmental structure when Israel was invaded.
Could I do that?
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