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 This last stanza says this,

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 I will boast ever only in the Lord my God,

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 is to glory by God and to be satisfied with Him forever.

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 And so for those of us who are believers,

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 those of us who call ourselves followers of Christ,

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 this really is the objective.

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 The objective that our life is lived to the glory of God.

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 And so what happens is,

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 if God's glory is our objective,

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 regardless of what happens to us,

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 then we consider it to be good.

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 As we've been working our way through the book of Daniel,

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 we find ourselves this morning in Daniel chapter 6.

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 And I would encourage you to open up your Bibles,

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 if you would please, to Daniel 6.

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 If you're using the pew Bibles, that's on page 743.

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 We continue to follow this story in the life of Daniel,

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 and we're kind of coming to the end of this narrative section in Daniel,

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 and we're going to be wrapping up this study, this series,

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 next week as we finish Daniel chapter 6.

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 But this morning what we're going to find

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 is that Daniel wears this truth,

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 that he boasts ever only in the Lord.

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 And because of that,

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 whatever happens to Daniel,

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 Daniel sees as good.

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 Whether he's in positions of authority,

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 positions of title,

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 positions of prominence,

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 positions of influence,

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 or whether he's in the background.

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 Daniel is convinced in his heart

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 that whatever God decides for him

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 is good for him

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 because he's living for the sake of God's glory.

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 We come to this last chapter

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 in the narrative sections of Daniel,

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 and we find another transition,

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 a major shift has taken place

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 where up until this point,

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 Babylon, the empire of Babylon,

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 has really been in the front,

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 has been in the forefront of our attention.

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 And now all of a sudden,

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 this massive shift has taken place,

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 and another kingdom will come,

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 and another king will take the throne.

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 Cyrus is now on the scene.

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 This media Persian empire will come into view.

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 And we'll continue to see that

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 while kingdoms come and go,

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 somehow God's servant

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 as a representative of the eternal kingdom of God

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 will remain.

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 We're going to see this lasting quality

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 of the kingdom of God that is present.

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 Daniel, we saw it promoted

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 under the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar.

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 In Daniel chapter 2, 48, it says,

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 he was given to be ruler

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 over the whole province of Babylon

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 and chief prefect

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 over all the wise men of Babylon.

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 Then Daniel kind of fades into the background,

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 and for 23 years,

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 he's kind of anonymous,

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 and then Belshazzar finally needs

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 some help in his desperate time

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 of interpreting a writing on the wall.

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 Daniel is called up,

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 and for the next couple of hours,

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 he's promoted to be number three

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 in the Media Persian Empire,

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 third ruler in the kingdom.

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 Now, here we are in Daniel chapter 6.

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 He's promoted again.

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 We're going to find that he will be

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 the chief civil official

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 over the entire kingdom,

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 the entire empire of Media Persia.

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 What was Daniel's secret to success?

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 What in the world did Daniel do?

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 What was his strategy

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 to keep finding himself

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 at the very top of the list

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 of officials who are just under the king,

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 providing this authority

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 and oversight over the entire region,

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 over the entire empire?

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 How does he keep finding himself

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 in these places?

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 Well, if you were to follow

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 the strategy of culture,

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 we would find ourselves,

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 and Daniel would find himself

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 looking out for number one,

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 that he would do whatever it would take

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 to get himself into positions of authority,

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 whatever it takes to get ahead.

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 You have to care about yourself.

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 The ends justify the means.

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 You've heard the phrases,

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 it's a dog-eat-dog world,

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 or nice guys finish last,

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 or if you want something,

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 then you've got to go for it.

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 That's what our culture would say.

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 But this isn't the practice

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 that we find so infused

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 into Daniel's normal way of living.

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 Rather, it's the spirit of this age,

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 the spirit of this world

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 that is captured in a poem

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 that you may be familiar with

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 called Invictus

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 that was written by

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 William Ernest Henley

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 who lived in the late 1800s.

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 And he's writing this poem

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 as one who's experienced

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 great adversity in his life,

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 and he speaks in this final stanza

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 about standing before the judgment seat

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 in heaven,

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 this straight and narrow gate,

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 the book of life is read,

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 and listen to what he says

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 in this final stanza

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 of this poem Invictus.

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 It matters not how straight the gate,

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 how charged with punishments the scroll.

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 I am the master of my fate.

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 I am the captain of my soul.

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 The future is yours for the taking.

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 Just grab it by the horns

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 and you can have it.

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 It's a truth that our,

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 or it's one of those things

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 that our culture would like us to believe,

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 and perhaps a strategy

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 that many of us have even employed

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 in our own practices

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 throughout life

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 and seeking to get and gain attention

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 and promotion

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 in the various places we find ourselves.

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 Daniel seems to be unconcerned

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 about power,

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 position,

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 or title,

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 or prominence.

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 Daniel seems to be completely engaged

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 and secure

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 in God's plan for his life.

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 He's trusting in God

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 and we see this flourishing

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 of excellence,

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 of character in Daniel.

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 Daniel is so committed to God

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 and he rests in the fact

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 that God will instrumentally

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 put Daniel at the right place

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 in the right time.

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 This is the theme

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 that consistently we see

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 throughout the scripture.

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 This is the way for success

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 of the leaders

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 who follow after God.

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 Humility and faithfulness

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 is the key to usefulness.

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 Humility and faithfulness

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 is the key to usefulness.

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 Remember Abraham.

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 It's said of Abraham

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 in Deuteronomy chapter 7,

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 I didn't choose him

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 because he was the greatest

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 of all the peoples.

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 I chose him

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 because he was the fewest.

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 I chose him

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 to allow my glory

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 to shine

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 through his weakness.

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 And Joseph,

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 who was sold into slavery

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 and then rose

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 within the ranks

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 of Potiphar's house

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 and then he's thrown

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 into prison

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 and he rises

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 within the ranks

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 of that prison cell

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 and then he's elevated

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 to be the second

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 in charge

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 of all of Egypt.

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 Moses,

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 who,

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 when he takes

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 the reins

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 and he pushes through

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 and he seeks

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 to have his own way,

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 well,

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 what happens to Moses?

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 Well,

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 he gets kicked out of Egypt.

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 He gets sent into Midian.

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 He's in the backside

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 of a desert

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 in isolation

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 until finally,

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 after 40 years,

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 the lesson has been

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 cemented in his heart.

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 this lesson of humility,

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 this lesson of needing

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 to be faithful to God

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 and then finally,

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 God can put him

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 to work in usefulness

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 to lead his people

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 out of Egypt.

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 How about David,

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 the shepherd boy,

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 who is the last

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 among even his brothers

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 of being chosen,

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 forgotten,

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 but growing in humility

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 and faith.

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 Then we turn

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 to the New Testament

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 and we see

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 John the Baptist,

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 the man who was clothed

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 in camel's hair,

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 ate locusts

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 and wild honey

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 and was out

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 in the wilderness,

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 isolated,

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 alone.

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 How about Mary?

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 How can we forget

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 God's servant,

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 Mary?

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 Humble servant

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 who is faithful

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 to the Lord.

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 Do to me

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 as what seems good

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 in your sight,

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 she says

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 to the angel Gabriel.

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 Or the apostles

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 who are uneducated men,

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 part of the riffraff

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 of society,

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 chosen by Christ

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 to be useful for him.

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 We see this theme

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 in 2 Timothy 2,

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 verses 20 and 21,

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 where Paul writes

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 to Timothy and says,

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 Now in a great house

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 there are not only

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 vessels of gold

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 and silver,

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 but also of wood

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 and clay,

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 some for honorable use,

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 some for dishonorable.

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 Therefore,

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 if anyone cleanses

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 himself

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 from what is dishonorable,

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 he will be a vessel

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 for honorable use,

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 set apart as holy,

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 useful to the master

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 of the house,

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 ready for every good work.

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 You see that?

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 In order to be useful,

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 in order for God

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 to put you into work,

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 in order for God

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 to call you up

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 and to place you

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 into his service,

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 there needs to be

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 this quality

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 of obedience

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 and righteousness

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 and purity

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 of heart,

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 at least pursuing

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 that as a pattern

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 of your life,

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 a desire to put off

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 what is dishonorable,

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 to put on what is honorable

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 before God

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 and then,

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 when you are ready

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 for every good work,

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 you can guarantee

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 that God will put you

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 to work.

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 Do we trust in God

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 to put us

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 in the right place

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 at the right time?

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 or are we the master

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 of our fate,

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 the captain

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 of our soul?

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 What will it be?

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 As we've looked

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 at the story of Daniel,

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 we've seen a man

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 who is so committed

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 to dwelling in submission

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 to God

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 and faithfulness to him

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 and trusting

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 in God's providence

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 to put him

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 in the right place

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 at the right time.

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 This morning,

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 we turn to Daniel chapter 6

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 and we have

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 this transitional statement

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 at the end

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 of Daniel chapter 5

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 where we find

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 that very night,

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 Belshazzar,

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 the Chaldean king,

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 was killed

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 and Darius the Mede

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 received the kingdom

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 being about 62 years old.

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 Records from history

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 would indicate

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 that Cyrus the Great

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 would invade

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 the empire of Babylon

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 and achieve a major victory

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 on October 10,

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 539 B.C.

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 A victory in the city

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 of Sippar.

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 Two days later,

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 his commander

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 would ride into Babylon

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 on October 12

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 and would take the city

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 without a fight.

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 This would happen

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 because the armies

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 of Persia

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 would divert

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 the Euphrates River

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 and would be able

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 to walk under

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 the walls of the city

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 and take the city

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 without a fight

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 while all the generals

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 were partying

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 with the king

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 and blowing their minds

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 in drunkenness.

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 The armies of Persia

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 would walk

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 under the walls

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 and without even a fight

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 would take the city.

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 The Nabonidus Chronicle

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 would help us understand

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 that on October 29,

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 Cyrus the Great himself

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 would march

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 into the city

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 and he would be met

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 by a group

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 of individual citizens

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 of Babylon

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 who would actually

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 celebrate his arrival

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 and receive him

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 as their king.

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 The clear message

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 throughout the book

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 of Daniel

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 is that God

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 raises up rulers

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 and puts rulers down.

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 Nebuchadnezzar himself

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 will say in Daniel

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 35,

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 he says,

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 all the inhabitants

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 of the earth

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 are accounted

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 as nothing.

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 He does according

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 to his will

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 among the hosts

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 of heaven

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 and among the inhabitants

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 of the earth

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 and none can stay

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 his hand

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 or say to him,

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 what have you done?

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 God is the one

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 as we see

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 throughout this book.

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 God is the one

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 who raises up leaders

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 and who puts them down.

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 You can't chalk it up

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 to Cyrus' military genius.

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 You can't chalk it up

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 to the foolishness

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 of Belshazzar.

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 You can chalk it up

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 to the sovereignty

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 of God

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 and speaking his plan

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 into place

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 and then working it through.

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 After all,

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 it was God

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 who 60 years earlier

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 had given a dream

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 to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 This dream

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 of this image,

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 this head of gold,

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 these shoulders

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 of silver

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 that represented

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 the media Persian empire.

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 God himself

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 had declared

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 60 years before

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 exactly what would happen

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 on this night,

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 October 12th,

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 539 B.C.

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 And then

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 150 years

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 before this occasion,

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 God would actually

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 name Cyrus

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 as his servant

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 in Isaiah chapter 44

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 verse 28.

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 it says,

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 who says of Cyrus,

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 he is my shepherd.

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 He shall fulfill

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 all my purposes,

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 saying of Jerusalem,

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 she shall be built

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 and of the temple

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 your foundation

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 shall be laid.

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 150 years

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 before Cyrus

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 would even emerge

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 onto the scene,

00:14:15.939 --> 00:14:16.639
 before Cyrus'

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 great,

00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:17.639
 great,

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 great,

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 great grandpa

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 would be in his prime,

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 God himself

00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.860
 would name Cyrus

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 through his prophet Isaiah

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 and said,

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 he will be

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 the one.

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 And he will be the one

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 not only to emerge

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 as king,

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 but he will be the one

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 to send

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 the exiles home

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 and be instrumental

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 in allowing them

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 to build the temple.

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 Again,

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 God did that.

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 We find in the next chapter,

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 Isaiah 45 verse 1,

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 thus says the Lord

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 to his anointed,

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 to Cyrus,

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 whose right hand

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 I have grasped

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 to subdue nations

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 before him

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 and to loose

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 the belts of kings

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 to open doors

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 before him

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 that gates may not

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 be closed.

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 And then in verse 4

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 it goes on,

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 for the sake

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 of my servant Jacob

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 and Israel

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 my chosen,

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 I call you by name.

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 I name you

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 though you do not know me.

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 I am the Lord

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 and there is no other.

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 Besides me

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 there is no God.

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 I equip you

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 though you do not know me

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 that people may know

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 from the rising of the sun

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 and from the west

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 that there is none beside me.

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 I am the Lord

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 and there is no other.

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 There is no other

00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:31.820
 explanation

00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.960
 for the fact

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:33.740
 that Isaiah

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 was able to name

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:37.060
 this distant king

00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:38.340
 who by the way

00:15:38.340 --> 00:15:39.940
 the media Persian empire

00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.919
 wasn't even

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:42.240
 in the works

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.060
 at that point.

00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.360
 Here God

00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.560
 names Cyrus

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 and says exactly

00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:48.200
 what he will do

00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:50.399
 through his reign

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.180
 in allowing the people

00:15:52.180 --> 00:15:52.580
 of Israel

00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.659
 to come and return

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:55.159
 back to Israel

00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.299
 and be instrumental

00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:58.440
 in establishing

00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:59.960
 their tabernacle,

00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:00.639
 their temple.

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.080
 God is the one

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.960
 who raises up kings

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:04.139
 and puts them down.

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.899
 God is the one

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:06.980
 who raises up

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.600
 his servants

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.179
 and uses them

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 and puts them in place.

00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.519
 He uses them

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.139
 instrumentally

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.879
 to accomplish

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.960
 his purposes.

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 Do we trust

00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:18.460
 in the sovereignty

00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.279
 of God?

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:23.779
 God is the one

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 who is the one

00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:29.319
 who is in the driver's

00:16:29.319 --> 00:16:30.100
 seat of history.

00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:31.059
 He is the one

00:16:31.059 --> 00:16:31.839
 who is the captain

00:16:31.839 --> 00:16:33.159
 of this history

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:33.860
 ship

00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:34.740
 as it were.

00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:36.799
 He is the one

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.279
 who will use

00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:38.159
 his servant Daniel

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.299
 instrumentally

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.480
 time and time again

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.659
 to point

00:16:42.659 --> 00:16:43.600
 to his glory

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.379
 to point

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.079
 to his power.

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.620
 So if you're there

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:46.899
 with me

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.740
 in Daniel chapter 6

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.980
 let me read for you

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.840
 the first three verses.

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.060
 We're going to begin

00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:52.120
 to see throughout

00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.340
 our lesson this morning

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.480
 throughout this passage

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.639
 that it is God

00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:56.799
 who exalts Daniel.

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.039
 It is God

00:16:58.039 --> 00:16:59.539
 who is the working

00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:01.279
 force behind

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.000
 Daniel's promotion.

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.079
 Daniel chapter 1

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:05.960
 verse 1

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.440
 says this.

00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:07.099
 6 verse 1

00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.640
 says this.

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 It pleased Darius

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:10.120
 to set over the kingdom

00:17:10.120 --> 00:17:12.039
 120 satraps

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.220
 to be throughout

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.920
 the whole kingdom

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 and over them

00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:16.799
 three high officials

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.720
 of whom Daniel

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.240
 was one

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:20.039
 to whom these satraps

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.759
 should give account

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.819
 so the king

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.460
 might suffer

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.240
 no loss.

00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:24.659
 Then this Daniel

00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:26.039
 became distinguished

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:27.299
 above all the other

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.899
 high officials

00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:28.799
 and satraps

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.859
 because an excellent

00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:30.899
 spirit was in him

00:17:30.899 --> 00:17:32.419
 and the king

00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:33.859
 planned to set him

00:17:33.859 --> 00:17:35.139
 over the whole

00:17:35.139 --> 00:17:35.639
 kingdom.

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.539
 God is the one

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:38.440
 who exalts

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.079
 Daniel.

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.960
 And this first point

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.740
 this morning is

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.960
 it's not dependent

00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.899
 on Daniel's

00:17:44.899 --> 00:17:45.440
 connections.

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.640
 connections.

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.340
 Daniel isn't

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:47.940
 networking.

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:49.340
 Daniel doesn't

00:17:49.340 --> 00:17:50.019
 have a linked

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.740
 in account.

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.039
 Daniel isn't

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.039
 trying to pull

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.860
 his connections

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:55.360
 or pull the strings

00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:56.279
 in some way.

00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.600
 Daniel is so

00:17:57.600 --> 00:17:58.840
 committed to the

00:17:58.840 --> 00:18:00.019
 timing of God

00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:01.000
 and God putting

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.920
 him into place

00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:03.920
 that Daniel is

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:05.880
 completely secure

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:07.460
 in God's plan

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.180
 for his life.

00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:11.120
 Daniel is trusting

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:12.660
 in God to put him

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.519
 in the right place.

00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:15.259
 And Daniel's role

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:16.019
 in the Babylonian

00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:16.940
 empire could have

00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.680
 actually been a

00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:18.900
 liability in the

00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:19.619
 sense that because

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.980
 he had connections

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:22.160
 and had loyalty

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.799
 to the empire

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 of Babylon

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 he could have

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.200
 been a threat.

00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:28.039
 But even in

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.980
 the face of that

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 it is Daniel

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.279
 that we'll see

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.099
 through our passage

00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:33.259
 that gets promoted

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.480
 into this place.

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.519
 Darius seeks to

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.440
 establish his rule

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.519
 over this new

00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:39.839
 kingdom.

00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.980
 and he establishes

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.619
 it through these

00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.839
 120 satraps.

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.359
 A satrap is kind

00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:46.099
 of like a governor

00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.879
 who is able to

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:49.099
 wield considerable

00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.899
 amount of power.

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:52.220
 During the Babylonian

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.159
 rule satraps

00:18:53.159 --> 00:18:54.279
 we've seen them

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.539
 before in the

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.159
 book of Daniel

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:57.259
 but satraps

00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.519
 under Nebuchadnezzar's

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.419
 rule had kind

00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.819
 of a dual

00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.500
 responsibility

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:01.359
 of overseeing

00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.179
 not only the

00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:02.899
 civilian life

00:19:02.899 --> 00:19:03.399
 but also

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.539
 military affairs.

00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:05.939
 But under

00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:06.819
 Persian rule

00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.639
 and especially

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:09.360
 under King Cyrus'

00:19:09.800 --> 00:19:10.800
 power

00:19:10.800 --> 00:19:13.220
 the authority

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:13.940
 of satraps

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.400
 was kind of

00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:15.040
 narrowed

00:19:15.040 --> 00:19:15.800
 to focus

00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:16.480
 on civilian

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.080
 affairs.

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.500
 And these

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.980
 satraps

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.360
 were set

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.759
 over the

00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.060
 kingdom

00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:22.840
 to be

00:19:22.840 --> 00:19:23.259
 throughout

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.860
 the entire

00:19:23.860 --> 00:19:24.200
 kingdom

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.640
 we see

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.600
 in verse 1.

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.200
 About 50

00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.220
 years later

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.140
 during the

00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.040
 media Persian

00:19:30.040 --> 00:19:30.400
 empire

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:30.880
 we read

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.480
 in the book

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.080
 of Esther

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:33.360
 chapter 1

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:34.000
 verse 1

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.860
 now in the

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.100
 days of Ahasuerus

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 the Ahasuerus

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:37.859
 who reigned

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.519
 from India

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.519
 to Ethiopia

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 over 127

00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:42.240
 provinces.

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 This is the

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:44.480
 same kingdom

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 that we're

00:19:44.919 --> 00:19:45.859
 speaking about

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.579
 only now

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.240
 that 50

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.759
 years have

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.399
 transpired

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:49.899
 there's more

00:19:49.899 --> 00:19:51.059
 land in

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.579
 control.

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.539
 But at the

00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.659
 height of

00:19:53.659 --> 00:19:54.000
 the media

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.919
 Persian empire

00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:57.539
 2.1

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.399
 million

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.639
 square miles

00:19:59.639 --> 00:20:00.119
 were within

00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.579
 their domain.

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:02.119
 2.1

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.059
 million

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:03.959
 square miles.

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 This graphic

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.240
 will show you

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.720
 it stretched

00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.079
 from the

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.539
 Balkans

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.240
 in Egypt

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.660
 west

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:09.160
 to the

00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:10.039
 Indus

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.420
 valley.

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.579
 It included

00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.340
 West Asia

00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.039
 and parts

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.640
 of Africa.

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.380
 At its

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.840
 peak

00:20:14.840 --> 00:20:15.759
 the media

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.259
 Persian

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.039
 empire

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.779
 oversaw

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.640
 44%

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.319
 of the

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.819
 world's

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.400
 population.

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.420
 Almost

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.660
 50%

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.180
 of the

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.640
 world's

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.220
 population

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.140
 were under

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:28.000
 the control

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.819
 of the media

00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.140
 Persian

00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.480
 empire.

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.720
 These

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.160
 provinces

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:32.740
 which were

00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:33.360
 127

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:34.140
 during

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.759
 Ahasuerus'

00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.140
 reign

00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:36.120
 and likely

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:36.620
 around

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.480
 120

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.340
 during

00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:38.820
 Cyrus'

00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.400
 reign

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.160
 would

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.620
 exercise

00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.340
 authority

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:43.019
 over these

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.800
 either small

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.960
 like countries

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.660
 or regions

00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.720
 or large

00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.400
 states.

00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.820
 These high

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.340
 officials

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:50.580
 which were

00:20:50.580 --> 00:20:51.640
 also designated

00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.100
 kind of

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:52.860
 governors

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.940
 or presidents

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.320
 three of

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.660
 them would

00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:56.100
 oversee

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:56.960
 these

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.800
 satraps.

00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.380
 And the

00:20:59.380 --> 00:20:59.960
 purpose of

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.779
 this administrative

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.420
 structure is

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:01.940
 found for us

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.220
 in verse

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.500
 2.

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.160
 Notice

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.100
 so that

00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:04.680
 the king

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.759
 might suffer

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.579
 no loss.

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.680
 This will

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.120
 be important

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.600
 for us

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.420
 next week.

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.720
 So that

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.200
 the king

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:11.160
 might suffer

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.220
 no loss.

00:21:12.779 --> 00:21:13.340
 Essentially

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:14.660
 might suffer

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.160
 no loss

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.340
 in relationship

00:21:16.340 --> 00:21:17.519
 to revenue

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.519
 but also

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.380
 civilian affairs

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.279
 and civil

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:20.819
 obedience

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.960
 and showing

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:23.220
 concern for

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.620
 the welfare

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.360
 of the people.

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.039
 Whatever

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.799
 leadership

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.539
 needed to be

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.279
 exercised

00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:27.819
 in this

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.860
 vast empire

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.099
 in a civilian

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.799
 kind of

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.199
 way

00:21:31.199 --> 00:21:33.000
 these

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.199
 presidents

00:21:34.199 --> 00:21:35.019
 or governors

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.779
 or officials

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.539
 or satraps

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.299
 were in

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.979
 charge

00:21:37.979 --> 00:21:39.019
 of ensuring

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.079
 the peace

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.819
 and stability

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.639
 of this

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:41.979
 empire.

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.699
 The Persian

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.179
 kingdom was

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.579
 known for

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.240
 its humanitarian

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.119
 face.

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.259
 History would

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.959
 even suggest

00:21:47.959 --> 00:21:48.240
 that the

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.779
 people of

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.119
 Babylon

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:49.759
 actually

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.679
 celebrated

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.759
 the coming

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.699
 of Cyrus

00:21:52.699 --> 00:21:53.159
 the Great

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:53.859
 and proclaimed

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.199
 himself

00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:56.039
 king

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.399
 of Babylon.

00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.940
 Cyrus

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.579
 Cylinder

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:00.740
 portrays

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.539
 the victorious

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.799
 Cyrus

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.980
 as pleasing

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.440
 the Babylonian

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.720
 god

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.240
 Marduk

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.200
 and it

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.799
 deliberately

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.399
 shows

00:22:08.399 --> 00:22:08.980
 Cyrus

00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.819
 that he

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.379
 improved

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:10.940
 the lives

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.180
 of the

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.639
 citizens.

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.720
 He

00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.899
 repatriated

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.579
 displaced

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.079
 people

00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.379
 meaning

00:22:15.379 --> 00:22:16.119
 those who

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:16.379
 had been

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.960
 transported

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.399
 from other

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:17.819
 countries

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.779
 he sent

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.379
 them back

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:22.760
 and he

00:22:22.760 --> 00:22:23.020
 restored

00:22:23.020 --> 00:22:23.620
 the temples

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.720
 in cult

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.340
 sanctuaries.

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.200
 King Cyrus

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:28.660
 was a notable

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.240
 ruler

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.700
 a well-celebrated

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.040
 ruler.

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.820
 We see

00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:34.060
 Daniel rising

00:22:34.060 --> 00:22:34.500
 to power

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.220
 not because

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.760
 of his

00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:36.180
 connections

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.860
 but we

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.240
 find in

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.720
 verse 3

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.280
 it was

00:22:38.280 --> 00:22:38.940
 because

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.340
 of Daniel's

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:40.940
 distinctive

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.480
 character

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.820
 his distinctive

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:42.840
!

00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.380
 character is

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:43.780
 what we see

00:22:43.780 --> 00:22:44.100
 here in

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.500
 verse 3

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.880
 notice

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:59.700
 So how

00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.160
 does Daniel

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.900
 keep finding

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.800
 his way

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.480
 to the top?

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.880
 Not because

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.500
 of positioning

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.060
 himself for

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.560
 success

00:23:05.560 --> 00:23:06.920
 not because

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.940
 of compromising

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:09.120
 his convictions

00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:11.100
 not because

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.520
 of

00:23:11.520 --> 00:23:12.940
 convincing

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.220
 resume

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.839
 or pulling

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.180
 the right

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.660
 strings

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.319
 in his

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.940
 network

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:19.140
 or selling

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.559
 out his

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.120
 opponents

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:22.180
 Daniel was

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.640
 one who

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.460
 was aligned

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.220
 to his

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.500
 God

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.920
 we see

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.140
 this

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.720
 distinctive

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.240
 character

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.140
 an excellent

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.779
 spirit

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.220
 was in

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.339
 him

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.799
 it was

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.339
 clear

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.299
 that Daniel

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.940
 was different

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.360
 from the

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.779
 others

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.400
 because

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.000
 Daniel's

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.559
 humility

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.620
 and

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.680
 faithfulness

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.779
 positioned

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.240
 him for

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.860
 usefulness

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:40.920
 his humility

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.299
 his faithfulness

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.339
 positioned him

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:44.419
 for usefulness

00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.819
 Daniel had a

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.159
 posture

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.019
 of service

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.639
 you've heard

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.079
 the phrase

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.799
 nice guys

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.679
 finish last

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:51.119
 well they

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.639
 haven't met

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.220
 Daniel

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.759
 Daniel was

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.279
 distinguished

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.879
 this is a

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:56.240
 word in

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:57.959
 the Aramaic

00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:59.079
 that describes

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.220
 the intensive

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.639
 reflexive

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.980
 aspect of

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.859
 this condition

00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:04.500
 this character

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.199
 meaning

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.939
 this was

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.659
 something that

00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:07.779
 Daniel strove

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.299
 hard at

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.819
 this was

00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.399
 something that

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.959
 he worked

00:24:09.959 --> 00:24:10.639
 very hard

00:24:10.639 --> 00:24:11.379
 to refine

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.259
 his character

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.000
 he was

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.180
 introspective

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.859
 in growing

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:16.379
 in relationship

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.900
 to God

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.400
 his character

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.779
 to being

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.359
 refined

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.660
 this word

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.099
 distinguished

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.539
 is having

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.119
 a reputation

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.819
 of excellence

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.079
 it's to be

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.559
 preferred

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.740
 it's to show

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.460
 oneself

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.140
 prominent

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.480
 Daniel

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.920
 distinguished

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.299
 himself

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.740
 among the

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.019
 others

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.619
 because of

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:32.839
 his

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.720
 exceptional

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.619
 qualities

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:36.240
 his spirit

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.000
 or his

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.500
 good attitude

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.160
 his abilities

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.420
 he was

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:39.900
 obviously

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.519
 in touch

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:41.220
 with the

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.519
 gods

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.819
 and of

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.099
 course

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.700
 in touch

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:42.980
 with

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.740
 the

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:43.879
 God

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.000
 of

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.259
 heaven

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.720
 God

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.000
 put him

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.180
 right

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.519
 where

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.039
 he

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.359
 wanted

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.180
 and Darius

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.539
 would

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.940
 recognize

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:50.259
 this

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.680
 everything

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.759
 that

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.359
 Daniel

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.980
 does

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:54.059
 in managing

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:55.139
 this business

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.759
 or managing

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.819
 this empire

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.700
 these responsibilities

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.500
 that he has

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.259
 demonstrates

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.940
 one of

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.420
 skill

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.839
 Daniel's

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.619
 work ethic

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.940
 is unmatched

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.940
 the efficiency

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.000
 of his team

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.819
 the way

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.440
 he conducts

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.119
 his business

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.900
 the decisions

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.640
 that he makes

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.700
 his effectiveness

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.740
 the unified

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.840
 spirit of those

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.720
 that he's working

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.259
 with

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.040
 his attention

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.780
 to detail

00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:16.660
 his genuine

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.780
 concern for people

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:19.080
 his understanding

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:20.100
 his recall

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.140
 of conversations

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:22.220
 his ability

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.200
 to know policies

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.960
 and how to get

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.560
 things done

00:25:24.560 --> 00:25:25.600
 all the things

00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:26.040
 that you would

00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.600
 expect

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.580
 in a manager

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.519
 of a major

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.060
 business

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:30.019
 Daniel brought

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.680
 to the table

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.960
 in excess

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:33.920
 Daniel was

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.540
 skilled

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.240
 in every way

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.380
 even

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.519
 at age

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.160
 80

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.059
 85

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.500
 Daniel

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.160
 was mentally

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.640
 sharp

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.019
 he seemed

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.319
 to have

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.900
 endless

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.680
 energy

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.900
 an ability

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.500
 to manage

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.200
 large amounts

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.620
 of data

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.259
 to gain

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.799
 the respect

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.740
 of brilliant

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.700
 and sophisticated

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.640
 leaders

00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:53.259
 he made

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.920
 decisions

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.819
 definitively

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.680
 he was able

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.059
 to stir

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.640
 the confidence

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.380
 of his team

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.460
 to be seen

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.819
 as a

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.660
 people's

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.279
 man

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.620
 Daniel

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:01.980
 has gone

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.440
 the distance

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.180
 because of

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.839
 his character

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.079
 in pursuing

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.839
 the things

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.639
 of the Lord

00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:08.240
 and Daniel

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:09.139
 became distinguished

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.099
 above all the

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:11.019
 other high officials

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.740
 because

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.079
 an excellent

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.659
 spirit

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.500
 was in him

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:16.679
 understand this

00:26:16.679 --> 00:26:18.220
 it was Daniel's

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.779
 character

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.879
 that positioned

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.319
 him

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.519
 for this

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.079
 role of

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.459
 leadership

00:26:22.459 --> 00:26:24.159
 God

00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:25.000
 put him

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.659
 into place

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.339
 because he

00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.619
 saw in Daniel

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.439
 one

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:29.299
 who loved

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.559
 him

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.379
 who obeyed

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.579
 him

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.000
 who was

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.399
 faithful

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.779
 so God

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.599
 in the one

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.059
 who can

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.740
 raise up

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.059
 leaders

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.519
 and put

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.000
 them down

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.299
 instrumentally

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.919
 puts Daniel

00:26:37.919 --> 00:26:38.639
 in his place

00:26:38.639 --> 00:26:39.980
 in this place

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.359
 of a leadership

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.159
 and position

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.899
 of influence

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.079
 so the king

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.699
 planned to set

00:26:44.699 --> 00:26:45.059
 him over

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.619
 all the kingdom

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.299
 we see

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:46.659
 in verse

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:47.219
 three

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:50.099
 now

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.179
 when God

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:51.579
 puts

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.539
 his man

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.079
 in place

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.159
 we often

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.639
 find

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.199
 there are

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.659
 enemies

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.359
 that come

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:56.839
 to seek

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:58.019
 to destroy

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.839
 God's

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.240
 plans

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.359
 and we

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.659
 turn to

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.240
 verse four

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.779
 that's exactly

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.279
 where we find

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.240
 God's enemies

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.139
 plot

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:05.079
 to destroy

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.660
 Daniel

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:07.059
 God's enemies

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.079
 plot to destroy

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.440
 Daniel

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.859
 notice in verse

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.160
 four

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.660
 then the high

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.099
 officials

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.599
 and sat

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:12.960
 traps

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.879
 sought to

00:27:13.879 --> 00:27:14.180
 find a

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.440
 ground

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.119
 for complaint

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.460
 against

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.839
 Daniel

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.819
 with regard

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.240
 to the

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.579
 kingdom

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.599
 but they

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.299
 could find

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.039
 no ground

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.740
 for complaint

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.440
 or any

00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.799
 fault

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:23.099
 because he

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.660
 was faithful

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:25.139
 and no error

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.539
 or fault

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.000
 was found

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.399
 in him

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.519
 then these

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.139
 men said

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:29.119
 we shall

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.579
 not find

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.359
 any ground

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.960
 for complaint

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.840
 against Daniel

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:33.420
 against this

00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.759
 Daniel

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.720
 unless we

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.380
 find it

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.420
 in connection

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.559
 with the law

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.180
 of his God

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.660
 this word

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.740
 sought to find

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.519
 is again

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.319
 intensive

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.019
 in action

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.660
 and it

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.400
 conveys this

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.980
 ongoing

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.720
 strategy

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.740
 of seeking

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.660
 to uncover

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.819
 whatever they

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.400
 can to

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.500
 expose Daniel

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.660
 as one

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:51.900
 who is

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.420
 unfit

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.960
 for this

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.420
 position

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:56.759
 for us

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.299
 who are

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.819
 now living

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.799
 in this

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.419
 in an

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.700
 election

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.259
 year

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.599
 we can

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.220
 understand

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.680
 a little

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.019
 bit

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.519
 about

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.779
 this

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.319
 tactic

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.559
 for the

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:05.940
 candidates

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.299
 who are

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.599
 running

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.299
 everything

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.720
 is scrutinized

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.240
 in order

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.659
 to find

00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:10.079
 a way

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.960
 to discredit

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:12.019
 to undermine

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.220
 to expose

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.940
 to call

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.639
 into question

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.539
 so that

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.299
 every word

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.319
 every decision

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:18.639
 every conversation

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.919
 every interaction

00:28:19.919 --> 00:28:20.859
 with others

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.000
 every judgment

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.240
 every result

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.079
 of leadership

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.899
 every suspicion

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.899
 of integrity

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.839
 is called

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.559
 into question

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.740
 did he take

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.240
 a bribe

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.119
 did he change

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.859
 his position

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:34.639
 has his life

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.539
 included any

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.359
 indiscretion

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.159
 has he broken

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.639
 or twisted

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.359
 any of the

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.779
 rules

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:41.319
 no doubt

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.279
 no stone

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.199
 was uncovered

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:45.220
 to explore

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.279
 and investigate

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.960
 Daniel's life

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:49.119
 records

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.460
 that were

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.839
 checked

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:51.259
 interactions

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.419
 were evaluated

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.600
 and for 120

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.440
 governors

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.940
 who had

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.880
 unrestricted

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.320
 access

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.240
 to all

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.539
 of the

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.960
 paperwork

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.120
 you can bet

00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.940
 they checked

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.519
 it all

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.279
 and yet

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.740
 the result

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.039
 is no ground

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.160
 for complaint

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.120
 was found

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.640
 in Daniel

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.360
 no fault

00:29:08.360 --> 00:29:09.440
 because

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.800
 he was faithful

00:29:10.800 --> 00:29:12.360
 and again

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.800
 this word

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.160
 faithful

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:13.960
 is a word

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.700
 that's in

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.039
 this continuous

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.039
 action

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.259
 of Daniel

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.880
 who is

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.779
 demonstrating

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.700
 a character

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.500
 of life

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.920
 that is so

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.339
 committed

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.940
 and faithful

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.579
 no error

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.839
 or fault

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.619
 was found

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.019
 in him

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.519
 here he is

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.359
 at age 90

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.920
 we begun

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.400
 to see

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.700
 Daniel

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.240
 at the beginning

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.980
 of this book

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.960
 as a young

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.460
 teenager

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.099
 and through

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.700
 the course

00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.460
 of his life

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.380
 the integrity

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.299
 has demonstrated

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.220
 a commitment

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.759
 to God

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.740
 at every

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:43.259
 stage of life

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.140
 and here he is

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.980
 towards the end

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.299
 here he is

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.339
 towards the finish

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.720
 line

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.480
 as it were

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.240
 and the

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.660
 legacy of his

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.160
 life has

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.680
 demonstrated

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.320
 a commitment

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.920
 to God

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.060
 in every

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.480
 course

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:57.980
 so that in

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.360
 Daniel chapter

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.000
 6 5

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.640
 they say

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.100
 we shall

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.800
 not find

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.519
 any ground

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.320
 for complaint

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.920
 unless

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.400
 we find it

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.960
 in connection

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:07.060
 with the law

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.840
 of his God

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:09.660
 Daniel's

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.279
 humility

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.140
 and faithfulness

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.460
 established him

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.060
 or set him

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:15.000
 up for usefulness

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.860
 and now here

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:17.259
 it begins

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.819
 to preserve

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.099
 him

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:20.599
 the defamation

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.240
 the shame

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.019
 that they sought

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.959
 to bring on

00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:23.359
 Daniel

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.779
 was preserved

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.439
 because of

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.939
 integrity

00:30:25.939 --> 00:30:27.079
 because of a

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.479
 commitment

00:30:27.479 --> 00:30:28.319
 to follow

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.000
 after the Lord

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.359
 so faithful

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.059
 he was

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.819
 as an official

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:33.259
 so dependable

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.279
 so precise

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.139
 so skilled

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:36.039
 so thorough

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.819
 and yet so

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.359
 committed

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.179
 and devoted

00:30:38.179 --> 00:30:38.899
 to worship

00:30:38.899 --> 00:30:40.519
 and trust

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.079
 and obedience

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.639
 to God

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.920
 the only way

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.180
 they're going

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.520
 to ruin

00:30:44.520 --> 00:30:45.020
 Daniel

00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.860
 is to bring

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.440
 him down

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.980
 in relation

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.120
 to his

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.060
 consistent

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:50.020
 faithful

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.759
 example

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.440
 in following

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.840
 after

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.580
 the God

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.940
 of heaven

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:55.060
 so we find

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.400
 in verses

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.960
 69

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.720
 their manipulative

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.400
 decree

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.400
 we find

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.560
 their plan

00:31:00.560 --> 00:31:01.580
 is now coming

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.060
 to fruition

00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.520
 notice

00:31:02.520 --> 00:31:03.480
 then these

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.020
 high officials

00:31:04.020 --> 00:31:04.800
 and satraps

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.640
 came by

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.160
 agreement

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:07.360
 to the king

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:08.160
 and said to him

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.700
 oh king

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:09.040
 Darius

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.620
 live forever

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:11.060
 all the high

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.740
 officials of the

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.019
 kingdom

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.259
 the prefects

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:13.980
 and the satraps

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.579
 the counselors

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.339
 and the governors

00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:16.339
 are agreed

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.940
 that the king

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.679
 should establish

00:31:17.679 --> 00:31:18.279
 an ordinance

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.440
 and enforce

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.159
 an injunction

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:21.039
 that whoever

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.399
 makes petition

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:23.679
 to any god

00:31:23.679 --> 00:31:24.220
 or man

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.919
 for 30 days

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.720
 except to you

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.279
 oh king

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.599
 shall be cast

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.359
 into the den

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.039
 of lions

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:30.639
 now oh king

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.879
 establish the injunction

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:33.639
 and sign the document

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.759
 so that it cannot

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.559
 be changed

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.659
 according to the law

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.299
 of the Medes

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.299
 and the Persians

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.700
 which cannot be

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.440
 revoked

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.059
 therefore king

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.660
 Darius

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.700
 signed the document

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:45.039
 and the injunction

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.559
 right there

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:47.080
 at the beginning

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.940
 they came

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.620
 by agreement

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.820
 this Aramaic

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.660
 word agreement

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.420
 is actually

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.820
 a word

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.519
 that means

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.320
 to tumult

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:54.080
 or to be

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:55.059
 tumultuous

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.000
 or to be

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.720
 thronging

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.539
 and essentially

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.380
 it provides

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.120
 this idea

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.700
 that they're

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.799
 coming as a mob

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:02.140
 they're amped up

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.019
 they're agitated

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.900
 you can tell

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.660
 they are

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.920
 really revved up

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.820
 about this

00:32:06.820 --> 00:32:07.539
 injunction

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.079
 and they're

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.759
 coming

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.859
 by agreement

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.420
 to try

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.879
 to take

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.659
 Daniel down

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:13.839
 they make

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.240
 this

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.379
 they offer

00:32:15.379 --> 00:32:15.839
 this

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:18.339
 decree

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:19.240
 or this

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.839
 suggestion

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.279
 that

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.379
 for the next

00:32:21.379 --> 00:32:22.000
 30 days

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.599
 anyone who

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.359
 makes a petition

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.420
 to any other

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:24.879
 god

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:26.220
 should suffer

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.039
 some consequences

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.399
 this word

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:29.339
 to make a request

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:30.480
 really alludes

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.480
 to what a priest

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.960
 would do

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.879
 and kind of

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.799
 being a mediator

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.539
 as it were

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.200
 for worship

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.500
 so across

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.960
 the kingdom

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.720
 the idea

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.279
 would be

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.180
 that anyone

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:41.019
 whatever god

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.860
 that they are

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:42.519
 worshiping

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.600
 would come

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:44.340
 and present

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.740
 to Cyrus

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.519
 or to Darius

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.920
 here

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.900
 would present

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.259
 kind of

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.059
 their petitions

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.080
 before him

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.519
 and he would

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:52.059
 act as a mediator

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.799
 to their gods

00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.220
 one commentator

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.940
 says thus

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.640
 Darius

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.120
 was not

00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.900
 proclaiming

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.400
 himself

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:59.319
 to be god

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.460
 during this

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.240
 30 day period

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:02.340
 but was acting

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:03.180
 as a mediator

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.860
 for the gods

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.819
 of all the nations

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.539
 subject

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.259
 to him

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:08.099
 as a means

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:09.819
 of proving

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.740
 loyalty

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.399
 in this

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:12.079
 transition

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.679
 of power

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.720
 it was a logical

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.480
 step to take

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.779
 much like what

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.639
 Nebuchadnezzar did

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:17.439
 at the very beginning

00:33:17.439 --> 00:33:18.079
 of his reign

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.980
 in setting up

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.759
 the golden image

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.619
 and kind of

00:33:20.619 --> 00:33:21.579
 asking

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.740
 all of the

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.279
 officials

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.159
 of the land

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.599
 to come

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.439
 and to pledge

00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:26.139
 their allegiance

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:27.000
 their loyalty

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.220
 in this show

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.960
 of worship

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.740
 there before

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.359
 the image

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:33.240
 so these men

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.879
 come before

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.299
 the king

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:35.619
 they act

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:35.919
 as this

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:36.460
 representative

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.960
 body

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.579
 it kind of

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.960
 brings

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.000
 some force

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:40.119
 this collective

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.700
 opinion

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.359
 as it were

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:43.220
 they're appealing

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.859
 to his sense

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.359
 of leadership

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.919
 of course

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.619
 it made sense

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.200
 nationally

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.700
 for him

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.339
 to do this

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.220
 they also

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.559
 appealed

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.259
 to his pride

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.399
 it made sense

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:51.779
 to him

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.399
 personally

00:33:52.399 --> 00:33:53.859
 kind of

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.299
 buttered him

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.480
 up

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.099
 as it were

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.059
 and they

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.440
 carefully

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.139
 set a brief

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.519
 window

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.259
 which makes

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.700
 it seem

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.580
 as a reasonable

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.380
 request

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:02.019
 it convinced

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.279
 him

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.860
 that the

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.840
 consequences

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.259
 should be

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.660
 severe

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:04.880
 that

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.580
 whoever

00:34:05.580 --> 00:34:06.200
 breaks

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:07.480
 this law

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.179
 this decree

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.720
 would be

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:09.039
 cast

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.360
 into the

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.940
 lion's den

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:11.199
 and finally

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.800
 they cement

00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:12.340
 it with

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.539
 this document

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.260
 this recommendation

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.400
 for an

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.220
 unbreakable

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:16.659
 ordinance

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.480
 or a decree

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:19.320
 and it seems

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.780
 that they come

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.179
 prepared

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.099
 notice verse 8

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:22.339
 now oh king

00:34:22.339 --> 00:34:23.239
 establish this

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.679
 injunction

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.779
 and sign

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.440
 the document

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.539
 so that it

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.920
 cannot be

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.380
 changed

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.739
 it seems

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.099
 as though

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.599
 the document

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:29.900
 had been

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.139
 written

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.920
 it seems

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.380
 as though

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.339
 they came

00:34:32.339 --> 00:34:32.839
 prepared

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.699
 they're ready

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.539
 for this

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.039
 immediate

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.940
 response

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.460
 this knee-jerk

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.039
 response

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.739
 from the king

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:40.119
 all the paperwork

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.799
 is ready

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.860
 and the king

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.460
 before he knew

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.119
 it signs

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.360
 this decree

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:46.059
 now how

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.719
 will Daniel

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.400
 respond

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.819
 how will

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.659
 Daniel's

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.679
 character

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.519
 his submission

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.719
 and faithfulness

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.179
 to God

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.839
 how will

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:56.299
 it play out

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:57.339
 well we see

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:57.940
 that in verses

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.739
 10 to 13

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.599
 where we see

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.619
 God's servant

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.279
 in action

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.159
 now in the

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.879
 remaining parts

00:35:02.879 --> 00:35:03.480
 of our

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.619
 of our text

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.000
 actually moving

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.119
 to verse 16

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:09.099
 notice verse 10

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.799
 it says this

00:35:09.799 --> 00:35:10.819
 when Daniel

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.319
 knew

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:12.619
 that the document

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.579
 had been signed

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.059
 he went to his

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.539
 house

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.539
 where he had

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.399
 windows in his

00:35:17.399 --> 00:35:18.019
 upper chamber

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.779
 open towards

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.279
 Jerusalem

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.720
 he got down

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.440
 on his knees

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.080
 three times

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.540
 a day

00:35:22.540 --> 00:35:23.620
 and prayed

00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:24.300
 and gave

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:24.920
 thanks

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.920
 before his

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.280
 God

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:27.380
 as he had

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.740
 done

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.600
 previously

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:29.840
 Daniel

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.560
 is a man

00:35:30.560 --> 00:35:31.120
 of action

00:35:31.120 --> 00:35:32.220
 Daniel

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:32.800
 heard

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.600
 and prayed

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:33.960
 here in

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.420
 verse 10

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.500
 a man

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.019
 of action

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.940
 who heard

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.500
 and prayed

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.880
 Daniel

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.480
 is one

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.300
 who seems

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.980
 to always

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.460
 know

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.440
 the right

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.100
 thing

00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.700
 to do

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.400
 next

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.800
 he is

00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:46.019
 one

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.380
 who is

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.680
 driven

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.160
 by this

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.440
 sense

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:48.039
 of conviction

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.899
 there seems

00:35:48.899 --> 00:35:49.179
 to be

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:49.980
 this certainty

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.819
 there seems

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.099
 to be

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.199
 this decisiveness

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:53.059
 he always

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.839
 seems to be

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.739
 clear headed

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.659
 and exactly

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.099
 know

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.059
 what's next

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.480
 the document

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.039
 is signed

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.759
 and it seems

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.819
 without hesitation

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.639
 Daniel

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.299
 is on his

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.659
 way

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.879
 this impulse

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.879
 of his

00:36:04.879 --> 00:36:05.519
 life

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.319
 in going

00:36:06.319 --> 00:36:06.739
 home

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.279
 to pray

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:08.779
 this was

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.519
 not

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.339
 an act

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:11.259
 of defiance

00:36:11.259 --> 00:36:12.599
 this was

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.339
 not a

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.899
 statement

00:36:13.899 --> 00:36:14.719
 of civil

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.599
 disobedience

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.960
 this was

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.500
 not a

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.880
 show

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.039
 of protest

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.559
 notice

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.500
 this is

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.779
 something

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.159
 that he

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.619
 had done

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.239
 previously

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:21.839
 this is

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.159
 something

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.420
 that had

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:22.880
 been built

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.480
 in to

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.880
 the rhythm

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.199
 of his

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.519
 life

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.659
 this expression

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.980
 of constant

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.440
 worship

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.420
 before the

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.719
 Lord

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:30.400
 this custom

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.000
 of turning

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.000
 to God

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.539
 in prayer

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.880
 turning his

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.819
 face towards

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.460
 Jerusalem

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.900
 as Solomon

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.539
 during the

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:37.980
 dedication

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.239
 of the

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.519
 temple

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.639
 had encouraged

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:40.659
 those who

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.480
 were experiencing

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.139
 discipline

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.119
 repeatedly

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.839
 he says

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.420
 Solomon

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.159
 throughout his

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.559
 prayer

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:46.420
 in 2nd

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.440
 Chronicles

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.980
 chapter 6

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.239
 he says

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.880
 when they

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.400
 come and

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.000
 pray towards

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.719
 this place

00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:52.099
 then hear

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.759
 from your

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:53.259
 dwelling

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:54.380
 and maintain

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:55.320
 their cause

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.579
 Daniel

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.400
 faithfully

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.059
 praying

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.659
 towards

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.219
 Jerusalem

00:36:59.219 --> 00:37:01.460
 doing this

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.039
 three times

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.299
 a day

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:03.139
 likely doing

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.699
 it during

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.619
 the third

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.860
 and sixth

00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.420
 hours

00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:06.779
 and the

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.059
 ninth

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.500
 hour

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.539
 praying

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.119
 during the

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.659
 morning and

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:10.000
 evening

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.699
 sacrifices

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:11.039
 and then

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.420
 praying

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:12.619
 during the

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.039
 midday

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.119
 as David

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.659
 does in

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.420
 Psalm

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.000
 55

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.099
 verse 17

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.559
 it says

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:17.980
 evening

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.119
 and morning

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.840
 and noon

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.579
 I utter

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.240
 my complaint

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.920
 and moan

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.639
 and he

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:23.119
 hears

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.180
 my voice

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:25.619
 but notice

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.460
 how Daniel

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.000
 begins

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:27.860
 this prayer

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.400
 notice what

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.940
 it says

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:30.119
 towards the

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.480
 end of verse

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.680
 10

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.039
 he got

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.619
 down on

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.340
 his knees

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.220
 three times

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.659
 a day

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.820
 and prayed

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.800
 and gave

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.680
 thanks

00:37:36.680 --> 00:37:37.700
 before

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.639
 his God

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:40.380
 Daniel's

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.360
 prayer

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.720
 was punctuated

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.279
 by

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:43.619
 thanks

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:43.839
 giving

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:45.839
 unlike

00:37:45.839 --> 00:37:46.219
 many

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.859
 of our

00:37:46.859 --> 00:37:47.259
 prayers

00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.279
 unlike

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.759
 many

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:49.179
 of my

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.639
 prayers

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.599
 in this

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.959
 moment

00:37:50.959 --> 00:37:51.619
 of crisis

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.599
 in when

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:53.199
 things are

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.859
 getting hot

00:37:53.859 --> 00:37:54.579
 when

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.239
 desperation

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.059
 is beginning

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:56.859
 to press

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.219
 in

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.739
 and the

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.199
 pressures

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.980
 of life

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.619
 are coming

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.239
 our

00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:01.059
 normal

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.759
 response

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:01.939
 is

00:38:01.939 --> 00:38:02.219
 Lord

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.799
 help

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.659
 take away

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:03.959
 this

00:38:03.959 --> 00:38:04.519
 problem

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.379
 help me

00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.699
 in my

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.119
 time of

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.480
 distress

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.239
 but what

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.459
 does

00:38:07.459 --> 00:38:08.279
 Daniel do

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:09.160
 he turns

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:10.000
 to God

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.480
 in prayer

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.100
 he knows

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:11.880
 exactly

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.760
 what is

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.060
 going

00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:13.600
 down

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.519
 and instead

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.440
 of

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.680
 praying

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.440
 this away

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.120
 Daniel

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:19.140
 gives

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.960
 thanks

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:21.300
 God I

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.700
 thank you

00:38:21.700 --> 00:38:23.140
 I thank you

00:38:23.140 --> 00:38:23.460
 for this

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.860
 situation

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.140
 I don't

00:38:24.140 --> 00:38:24.400
 know what

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:24.840
 he says

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:25.700
 I'm just

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:26.720
 speculating

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:28.340
 I imagine

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.780
 that given

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.340
 what we see

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:29.680
 in Daniel

00:38:29.680 --> 00:38:30.300
 chapter 9

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:32.060
 Daniel again

00:38:32.060 --> 00:38:33.000
 through the

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:34.220
 60 years

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:34.740
 of public

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.140
 ministry

00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:35.660
 and seeing

00:38:35.660 --> 00:38:36.019
 God's

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:36.519
 faithfulness

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:36.940
 here he is

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.280
 again

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.500
 God thank

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.900
 you for

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.160
 another

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.660
 opportunity

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:41.100
 to show

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:42.120
 this new

00:38:42.120 --> 00:38:42.480
 kingdom

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.400
 that you

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.019
 are dependable

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.300
 thank you

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.940
 God for

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.480
 the chance

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.740
 that I

00:38:46.740 --> 00:38:47.100
 have

00:38:47.100 --> 00:38:48.080
 again to

00:38:48.080 --> 00:38:48.720
 refine my

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.100
 character

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.440
 and to

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:49.900
 trust you

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:50.360
 through hard

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:50.760
 things

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.000
 this expression

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:53.180
 in heart

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:54.300
 of thanksgiving

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:55.220
 not what you'd

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:56.160
 expect from an

00:38:56.160 --> 00:38:57.000
 ordinary person

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.080
 but what we find

00:38:58.080 --> 00:38:58.820
 consistently

00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.800
 in the life

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:00.300
 of Daniel

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.840
 who had

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.680
 given himself

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:04.260
 to a spirit

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.940
 that was

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.380
 growing

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.740
 in grace

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.359
 growing

00:39:07.359 --> 00:39:08.219
 in God

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:09.539
 in verses

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.579
 11 to 13

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.619
 we find that

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.179
 Daniel is

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.719
 discovered

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:13.679
 and accused

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.679
 discovered

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.199
 and accused

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.479
 notice

00:39:15.479 --> 00:39:16.739
 then these

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.419
 men came

00:39:17.419 --> 00:39:18.139
 by agreement

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:19.079
 and found

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.579
 Daniel

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:20.799
 making petition

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:21.979
 and plea

00:39:21.979 --> 00:39:22.659
 before his

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.000
 God

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.459
 now just

00:39:23.459 --> 00:39:24.199
 pause for a

00:39:24.199 --> 00:39:24.459
 moment

00:39:24.459 --> 00:39:25.259
 okay

00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:26.919
 now imagine

00:39:26.919 --> 00:39:27.719
 for a moment

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.279
 now these

00:39:28.279 --> 00:39:29.839
 really dignified

00:39:29.839 --> 00:39:30.899
 officials

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.599
 who are

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.519
 overseeing

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.459
 this entire

00:39:33.459 --> 00:39:34.039
 empire

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:35.219
 here they

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.659
 are

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.360
 hiding

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.779
 in the

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.139
 corners

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:38.079
 and following

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.519
 Daniel

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.960
 I'm just

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.500
 guessing

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.400
 and they're

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.739
 following

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.279
 after him

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.659
 and then

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.159
 they catch

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.480
 him in

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:42.960
 the act

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:45.259
 the glee

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:46.279
 that must

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:46.759
 have been

00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.219
 on their

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.619
 hearts

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.639
 and then in

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.099
 verse 12

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.579
 then they

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.199
 came near

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:51.019
 and said

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.420
 before the

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:51.599
 king

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:51.980
 concerning

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.179
 the

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:52.559
 injunction

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.119
 O king

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.079
 did you

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.779
 not sign

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.400
 an injunction

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:56.099
 that anyone

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.860
 who makes

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.319
 petition

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.099
 to any

00:39:58.099 --> 00:39:58.480
 God or

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:58.699
 man

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:58.980
 within

00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.319
 thirty

00:39:59.319 --> 00:39:59.699
 days

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.219
 except to

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.539
 you

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.159
 O king

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.960
 shall be

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.500
 cast into

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.860
 the den of

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.259
 lions

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:04.640
 the king

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.140
 answered and

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.360
 said

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.780
 the thing

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:06.280
 stands

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.720
 fast

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.760
 according to

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.000
 the law

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.180
 of the

00:40:08.180 --> 00:40:08.340
 Medes

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.880
 and Persians

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.380
 which cannot

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.620
 be revoked

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:11.760
 then they

00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.360
 answered and

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.800
 said before

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:13.180
 the king

00:40:13.180 --> 00:40:13.620
 Daniel

00:40:13.620 --> 00:40:14.680
 who is one

00:40:14.680 --> 00:40:14.880
 of the

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:15.360
 exiles

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:15.660
 from

00:40:15.660 --> 00:40:15.980
 Judah

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:17.000
 he pays

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.640
 no attention

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:18.040
 to you

00:40:18.040 --> 00:40:18.480
 O king

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.220
 or

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:20.200
 to the

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.660
 injunction

00:40:20.660 --> 00:40:20.940
 that you

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.380
 have signed

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.920
 but makes

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.620
 his petition

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.820
 three times

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.880
 a day

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:28.020
 Daniel's

00:40:28.020 --> 00:40:29.040
 discovered

00:40:29.040 --> 00:40:29.600
 and accused

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:31.120
 and the

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:31.940
 accusation

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.720
 that these

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.679
 satraps

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:34.319
 will bring

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:34.779
 against

00:40:34.779 --> 00:40:35.179
 Daniel

00:40:35.179 --> 00:40:35.899
 is to

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.279
 seek to

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:36.659
 discredit

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.059
 him as

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.339
 much as

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:37.779
 they can

00:40:37.779 --> 00:40:38.519
 notice

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:38.879
 there in

00:40:38.879 --> 00:40:39.539
 verse 13

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.759
 Daniel

00:40:40.759 --> 00:40:41.079
 is one

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.239
 of the

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:41.619
 exiles

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.039
 he's not

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.379
 one of

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:42.659
 us

00:40:42.659 --> 00:40:43.939
 he's not

00:40:43.939 --> 00:40:44.419
 loyal to

00:40:44.419 --> 00:40:44.799
 us

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.980
 he doesn't

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.959
 care about

00:40:46.959 --> 00:40:47.559
 this

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.079
 kingdom

00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.480
 so

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:51.079
 that's

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.759
 why you

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.219
 should call

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.959
 his character

00:40:52.959 --> 00:40:53.559
 into question

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.859
 he pays

00:40:54.859 --> 00:40:55.439
 no attention

00:40:55.439 --> 00:40:55.859
 to you

00:40:55.859 --> 00:40:56.219
 king

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.339
 he doesn't

00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:57.879
 care about

00:40:57.879 --> 00:40:58.559
 this edict

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.039
 that you

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.339
 have put

00:40:59.339 --> 00:40:59.779
 together

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:01.500
 or

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.199
 the

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.579
 injunction

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:02.860
 that you

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:02.980
 have

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.319
 signed

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:04.360
 he gives

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.880
 no regard

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.239
 to you

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:05.739
 and as a

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.079
 matter of

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:06.319
 fact

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:07.059
 we come

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.579
 to know

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.239
 although we've

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:08.699
 just caught

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.480
 him once

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:10.519
 during this

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.819
 day

00:41:10.819 --> 00:41:11.420
 we come

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.159
 to understand

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.659
 that he

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:13.500
 makes petitions

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.400
 three times

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.819
 a day

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:16.019
 in defiance

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.440
 of you

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:18.480
 these

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.460
 officials

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.460
 go to

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:20.920
 spy on

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.199
 Daniel

00:41:21.199 --> 00:41:21.679
 and then

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:22.400
 do whatever

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.960
 they can

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.000
 to discredit

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:25.199
 God's

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.739
 servant

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:27.159
 Daniel

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.559
 was like

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.099
 clockwork

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:29.480
 and no doubt

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:29.840
 they were

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.299
 tracking him

00:41:30.299 --> 00:41:30.579
 down

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.920
 and his

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.319
 devotion

00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:33.239
 to God

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:34.819
 was personal

00:41:34.819 --> 00:41:36.119
 not flamboyant

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.819
 but obvious

00:41:37.819 --> 00:41:38.340
 if you knew

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.840
 where to look

00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:40.360
 undoubtedly

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.940
 this was better

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.319
 than these

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:42.960
 officials could

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.400
 imagine

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.980
 the injunction

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:45.639
 or decree

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.299
 gets signed

00:41:46.299 --> 00:41:46.840
 in the morning

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.719
 likely

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.559
 Daniel goes

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:49.139
 home at

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.440
 noon

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.159
 once he

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.699
 hears that

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.139
 the decree

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:51.460
 has been

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.779
 signed

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.319
 he goes

00:41:52.319 --> 00:41:52.639
 home

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:53.079
 at noon

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.900
 he prays

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.159
 as he's

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:55.000
 always done

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.559
 he gets

00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:55.920
 caught

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.259
 in the

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:56.539
 act

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.099
 the

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.960
 presentation

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.900
 the accusation

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.599
 gets presented

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.159
 before the

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.460
 king

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.360
 and before

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:02.059
 the

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.920
 afternoon

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.340
 even

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.119
 expires

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.480
 Daniel

00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.420
 has played

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.740
 into their

00:42:06.740 --> 00:42:07.139
 hands

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.940
 everything

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:09.639
 was unfolding

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.380
 exactly

00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:11.420
 as they

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.000
 had dreamed

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:13.599
 but of course

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.039
 God was

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.380
 sovereign

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:15.099
 over all

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.500
 of this

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.980
 and God

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.659
 was using

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.800
 Daniel's

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.920
 faithfulness

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:19.639
 and his

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.139
 submission

00:42:20.139 --> 00:42:20.720
 to him

00:42:20.720 --> 00:42:21.840
 to position

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.300
 him

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.579
 for usefulness

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.539
 we would

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.099
 not have

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.579
 the second

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.019
 half

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.739
 of Daniel

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:27.559
 chapter 6

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.119
 if it were

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.759
 not for

00:42:28.759 --> 00:42:29.579
 the character

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.800
 of Daniel

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.759
 in following

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:32.440
 after his

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.719
 God

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.980
 his faithfulness

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.699
 to do

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.000
 what God

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.559
 had instructed

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.019
 now we

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.239
 see the

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.599
 response

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:38.800
 of the

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.059
 king

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:40.460
 Darius

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:41.360
 we find

00:42:41.360 --> 00:42:41.679
 in verses

00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:42.199
 14 to

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.619
 16

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:43.980
 is distressed

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:45.300
 and unsuccessful

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:46.719
 distressed

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.380
 and unsuccessful

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.880
 notice

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.880
 then the

00:42:48.880 --> 00:42:49.119
 king

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:49.440
 when he

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:49.800
 heard these

00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:50.079
 words

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.539
 was much

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:51.000
 distressed

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.360
 and set

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:51.860
 his mind

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.659
 to deliver

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.039
 Daniel

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.139
 he labored

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.440
 till the

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.780
 sun went

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.019
 down

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.539
 to rescue

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.900
 him

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.980
 then these

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.480
 men came

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.980
 by agreement

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.280
 to the

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.500
 king

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:58.800
 and said

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.000
 to the

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.160
 king

00:42:59.160 --> 00:42:59.539
 no

00:42:59.539 --> 00:42:59.860
 oh

00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.220
 king

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.840
 that is

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.280
 the law

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.639
 the Medes

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:01.840
 and the

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.200
 Persians

00:43:02.200 --> 00:43:02.559
 that no

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.039
 injunction

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.740
 or ordinance

00:43:03.740 --> 00:43:04.240
 that the

00:43:04.240 --> 00:43:04.380
 king

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:05.180
 establishes

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.539
 can be

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.000
 changed

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.220
 then the

00:43:07.220 --> 00:43:07.420
 king

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:07.880
 commanded

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.500
 and Daniel

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.300
 was brought

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:09.900
 and cast

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:10.340
 into the

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.900
 den of lions

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:12.180
 the king

00:43:12.180 --> 00:43:12.539
 declared

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.000
 to Daniel

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.539
 may

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.260
 your

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.760
 God

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.780
 whom you

00:43:15.780 --> 00:43:16.059
 serve

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.639
 continually

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.539
 deliver

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.840
 you

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:19.220
 the king

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.599
 who's

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.139
 distressed

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:21.539
 and

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.200
 unsuccessful

00:43:22.200 --> 00:43:23.980
 it's

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.300
 telling

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.080
 in the

00:43:25.080 --> 00:43:25.680
 parts

00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:26.080
 of this

00:43:26.080 --> 00:43:26.440
 narrative

00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.920
 here in

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:27.640
 verse 14

00:43:27.640 --> 00:43:28.560
 as you

00:43:28.560 --> 00:43:28.880
 look at

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.280
 this word

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.100
 to be

00:43:30.100 --> 00:43:30.760
 distressed

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:31.940
 it's a

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.300
 word that

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:32.760
 means to

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.360
 be bad

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.880
 to be

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.780
 displeased

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:35.360
 to be

00:43:35.360 --> 00:43:36.080
 frustrated

00:43:36.080 --> 00:43:37.360
 and then

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.019
 he labored

00:43:38.019 --> 00:43:38.460
 which is

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:38.880
 this word

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:39.620
 he set

00:43:39.620 --> 00:43:40.460
 his heart

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:42.660
 to help

00:43:42.660 --> 00:43:43.280
 Daniel

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.240
 the king

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:46.060
 is emotionally

00:43:46.060 --> 00:43:46.960
 involved

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:48.160
 in this

00:43:48.160 --> 00:43:49.340
 in this

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:50.480
 liberation

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:51.180
 at least

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:51.700
 venture

00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:54.519
 however long

00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.200
 months

00:43:55.200 --> 00:43:55.740
 perhaps

00:43:55.740 --> 00:43:56.860
 not even a

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.100
 year

00:43:57.100 --> 00:43:57.680
 has gone

00:43:57.680 --> 00:43:58.080
 by

00:43:58.080 --> 00:43:59.120
 as Darius

00:43:59.120 --> 00:43:59.560
 is this

00:43:59.560 --> 00:44:00.540
 king over

00:44:00.540 --> 00:44:00.940
 Babylon

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:02.320
 and the

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.740
 connection

00:44:02.740 --> 00:44:03.400
 that Daniel

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.100
 has with

00:44:04.100 --> 00:44:04.519
 the king

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:06.019
 is so

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.600
 close

00:44:06.600 --> 00:44:07.060
 is so

00:44:07.060 --> 00:44:07.560
 intimate

00:44:07.560 --> 00:44:08.220
 that the

00:44:08.220 --> 00:44:09.380
 king

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:10.540
 this king

00:44:10.540 --> 00:44:10.980
 over the

00:44:10.980 --> 00:44:11.240
 media

00:44:11.240 --> 00:44:11.720
 Persian

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.220
 empire

00:44:12.219 --> 00:44:13.539
 is emotionally

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.379
 involved

00:44:14.379 --> 00:44:15.480
 and distraught

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:15.879
 over the

00:44:15.879 --> 00:44:16.219
 affairs

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.519
 that have

00:44:16.519 --> 00:44:16.699
 just

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.039
 happened

00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:18.879
 and then

00:44:18.879 --> 00:44:19.259
 this word

00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:19.779
 to deliver

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.939
 he sought

00:44:20.939 --> 00:44:21.739
 to deliver

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.199
 Daniel

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:23.279
 will be

00:44:23.279 --> 00:44:23.799
 important to

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.199
 us as we

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.779
 move to

00:44:24.779 --> 00:44:25.139
 the next

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.919
 part of

00:44:25.919 --> 00:44:26.759
 our section

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.579
 of chapter

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.119
 six

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.239
 because what

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:30.379
 Darius

00:44:30.379 --> 00:44:31.139
 could not

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:31.899
 achieve

00:44:31.899 --> 00:44:32.859
 God will

00:44:32.859 --> 00:44:34.379
 because God

00:44:34.379 --> 00:44:34.980
 is the one

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.299
 who can

00:44:35.299 --> 00:44:35.699
 save

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:37.459
 the king

00:44:37.459 --> 00:44:38.000
 in all his

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.399
 power

00:44:38.399 --> 00:44:39.559
 the king

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:40.239
 as the one

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:40.759
 who is over

00:44:40.759 --> 00:44:41.339
 the known

00:44:41.339 --> 00:44:41.619
 world

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:42.319
 is unable

00:44:42.319 --> 00:44:44.099
 to step

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:44.440
 in

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:45.019
 and to

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.299
 deliver

00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:45.940
 but God

00:44:45.940 --> 00:44:46.239
 will

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:46.839
 deliver

00:44:46.839 --> 00:44:47.139
 as we'll

00:44:47.139 --> 00:44:47.420
 see

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.139
 in the

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.440
 next

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:49.199
 section

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.940
 so when you

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.259
 look at the

00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.559
 life of

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:53.759
 Daniel

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.239
 we come

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:55.019
 to appreciate

00:44:55.019 --> 00:44:56.380
 the significance

00:44:56.380 --> 00:44:57.400
 of a life

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.940
 of one

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.380
 who is

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:58.900
 committed

00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:00.259
 to following

00:45:00.259 --> 00:45:00.839
 after God

00:45:00.839 --> 00:45:02.239
 one who

00:45:02.239 --> 00:45:03.059
 has chosen

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.659
 to humble

00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:04.139
 himself

00:45:04.139 --> 00:45:04.839
 before the

00:45:04.839 --> 00:45:05.079
 Lord

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.759
 one who

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:06.359
 has chosen

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:07.359
 to faithfully

00:45:07.359 --> 00:45:08.440
 grow in

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:08.859
 obedience

00:45:08.859 --> 00:45:09.359
 to him

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:10.420
 his convictions

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.880
 have driven

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:12.640
 him to

00:45:12.640 --> 00:45:13.579
 faithfulness

00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:15.019
 and as a result

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.460
 God has

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.579
 employed him

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.640
 in usefulness

00:45:17.640 --> 00:45:20.840
 I'm reminded

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.120
 of the

00:45:21.120 --> 00:45:21.740
 apostle Paul

00:45:21.740 --> 00:45:22.820
 he says

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.180
 to work

00:45:23.180 --> 00:45:23.640
 heartily

00:45:23.640 --> 00:45:25.059
 as to the

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.220
 Lord

00:45:25.220 --> 00:45:25.500
 and not

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:25.840
 to men

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:27.240
 in our

00:45:27.240 --> 00:45:27.599
 working

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:28.039
 is there

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.559
 a striving

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:29.760
 or in

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.400
 our working

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:31.079
 is there

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:32.180
 a pleasing

00:45:32.180 --> 00:45:33.039
 a desire

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.980
 to please

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.360
 the Lord

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:34.940
 and to trust

00:45:34.940 --> 00:45:35.280
 him

00:45:35.280 --> 00:45:36.120
 to place

00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:36.560
 us

00:45:36.560 --> 00:45:37.519
 in the

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.100
 positions

00:45:38.100 --> 00:45:39.160
 in the

00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:39.400
 places

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:40.040
 of influence

00:45:40.040 --> 00:45:41.260
 that God

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:42.360
 desires

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:43.400
 for us

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:44.760
 to serve

00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:46.360
 even for

00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:47.080
 the students

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:47.780
 you students

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:49.060
 in jockeying

00:45:49.060 --> 00:45:49.920
 for position

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:51.220
 on your teams

00:45:51.220 --> 00:45:52.100
 or trying to

00:45:52.100 --> 00:45:52.780
 have your way

00:45:52.780 --> 00:45:53.380
 in the play

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:54.680
 or the music

00:45:54.680 --> 00:45:56.640
 the band

00:45:56.640 --> 00:45:58.060
 whatever it is

00:45:58.060 --> 00:46:00.019
 is our desire

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:01.500
 as people

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:02.220
 to trust

00:46:02.220 --> 00:46:02.780
 the Lord

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:03.900
 in the

00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:04.180
 places

00:46:04.180 --> 00:46:04.660
 that he

00:46:04.660 --> 00:46:05.640
 would

00:46:05.640 --> 00:46:06.360
 instrumentally

00:46:06.360 --> 00:46:06.940
 put us

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.180
 in

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:08.260
 may God

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:08.840
 help us

00:46:08.840 --> 00:46:09.660
 like Daniel

00:46:09.660 --> 00:46:10.900
 to trust

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:11.120
 him

00:46:11.120 --> 00:46:11.560
 and to do

00:46:11.560 --> 00:46:12.100
 what Paul

00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:12.540
 says

00:46:12.540 --> 00:46:13.640
 in 1 Corinthians

00:46:13.640 --> 00:46:14.040
 15

00:46:14.040 --> 00:46:14.660
 where he says

00:46:14.660 --> 00:46:16.080
 be steadfast

00:46:16.080 --> 00:46:17.240
 immovable

00:46:17.240 --> 00:46:18.940
 always abounding

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.360
 in the work

00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.660
 of the Lord

00:46:19.660 --> 00:46:20.100
 knowing

00:46:20.100 --> 00:46:20.680
 that your

00:46:20.680 --> 00:46:21.000
 labor

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:21.780
 is not

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:22.220
 in vain

00:46:22.220 --> 00:46:22.860
 in the Lord

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.360
 may the Lord

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:23.920
 help us

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:25.000
 to labor

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.420
 for him

00:46:25.420 --> 00:46:26.980
 not to be

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.220
 not to be

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:29.340
 the master

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:29.900
 of our fate

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.480
 or the captain

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.960
 of our soul

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:33.079
 but to trust

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:33.920
 in the true

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.559
 captain

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:36.599
 over all the earth

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:37.440
 over the universe

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.240
 trusting him

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:39.420
 to put us

00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:39.880
 in the places

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.519
 where he desires

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:40.980
 us to be

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.760
 Lord we pray

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.159
 that you'd help

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:43.500
 us to be

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:43.820
 faithful

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:46.300
 I pray that you'd

00:46:46.300 --> 00:46:46.639
 help us

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.199
 like Daniel

00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:48.559
 to be willing

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.139
 to be in the

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.480
 forefront

00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:50.960
 or to be willing

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:51.380
 to be in the

00:46:51.380 --> 00:46:51.840
 background

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:53.440
 wherever you

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.199
 desire us

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.960
 to serve

00:46:54.960 --> 00:46:55.659
 God may our

00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:56.280
 heart be

00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:57.240
 to serve

00:46:57.240 --> 00:46:58.000
 faithfully

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:59.000
 to serve

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.559
 with all our

00:46:59.559 --> 00:46:59.900
 heart

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:01.440
 to be steadfast

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.900
 in it

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:02.679
 knowing that

00:47:02.679 --> 00:47:03.179
 our labor

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:03.740
 is not

00:47:03.740 --> 00:47:04.200
 in vain

00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:05.059
 in the Lord

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:06.220
 so God

00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:06.840
 go before us

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.320
 this week

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.880
 help us

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:10.700
 to faithfully

00:47:10.700 --> 00:47:11.460
 follow your

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:11.820
 steps

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:13.440
 and to

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:14.139
 consistently

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:15.039
 work out

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:16.700
 our salvation

00:47:16.700 --> 00:47:17.179
 with fear

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.619
 and trembling

00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:18.940
 for this God

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:19.340
 who works

00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:19.840
 in us

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:20.860
 both to will

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.280
 and to do

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.800
 according to

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:22.300
 his purposes

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:23.500
 may we follow

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:24.539
 after you

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:26.220
 in Jesus name

00:47:26.220 --> 00:47:26.740
 amen