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foreign I have waited for you to lead us out of Babylon before I was just a boy when I came here the generation which offended you passed away and now their children's children Young to see a home they have never you have spoken through your Prophet Jeremiah when 70 years pleated for Babylon I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise and bring you back to this land my heart grows with excitement not now that time has come an old man who comes unbidden is often a fool unless often come as assassins perhaps a foolish assassin forgive us my king do you know whom you address he's the king of Babylon ruler of the four quarters of the Earth in the old Persian tongue he has seized by might of arms the birthright which would otherwise have been denied him he is Cyrus the Great Lewis who are you old man I am Daniel of the tribal Benjamin made captive nearly seven years ago I never could miss her my king I've heard this man he served Arya as well after he captured the city in your name it is said he spent a night in the Lion's Den the beasts would not touch him is this true it is oh I know who you are now tell me why you're here I seek to tell you a story a tale of Four Kings one great one foolish one who has been deceived and one who is destined to be regarded as wise for all the angels of the world to come stories from your imagination no okay for I will speak only the truth and if you would not wish to hear it you must bid me speak nothing come it will give us entertainment while we eat please okay my king we're expected in Babylon this evening the palace will be there in the morning as you wish I cannot okay my king the Hebrews eat and drink only their own food which is prepared according to the rituals to do otherwise even from the hand of the king is to defile themselves you promised me a tale for in fact I delayed my journey to the lesson I will hear them now the first king I will speak of is Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon when I was just a boy he threw down the Assyrian Empire my people's ancient nemesis but the destruction of Israel's enemies brought us no relief because in the third year of Nebuchadnezzar's Reign he turned his gaze upon Jerusalem and besieged it and the Lord delivered the King of Judea into his hand along with all of his officers Nobles and administrators be the Exiles arrived in Babylon Nebuchadnezzar ordered ashbinaz as Chief Nick select some of these rights from the royal family and ability young men without any physical defect and showing aptitude for every kind of learning one of whom was myself oh Lord Jerusalem has sinned greatly like a widow is she once great among the Nations I Queen among the people has become a slave that her children captive before the foe my eyes overflow with tears for you Lord are righteous yet we rebelled against your command foreign oh Lord comfort me and my brothers and restore our spirit I miss Jerusalem as do I I feel that we shall never see her again have faith my brothers I have only begun my studies but here the Prophet Jeremiah son of hilkiah has written that We Shall Serve the king of Babylon for 70 years 70 years is a long time as punishment for our sins and even if we were to survive it we would be very old very old indeed you are summoned for your meal why would they only take 10 000 of us and leave the rest of our people behind yes look at who they've taken the scholars the princes our military leaders and our families it's the Babylonian wave conquest and take away the leaders and the rest can easily be governed they've changed our names hoping we'll forget our God in our clothes so we'll look like them they've changed everything about us we need to make each other a promise never to become like them my brothers such a promise is worthless for we are but men what we need to promise is to always love our God and be obedient to him and in so doing what we become on the outside will not matter said it here Lord Stewart please allow me to ask what is this meat where is it from and and how was it slaughtered the cattle are from the king's herd they are flattened along the river and strangled before the altars of mardu before their flesh is carried to the kitchens the swine are from the king's pins they are fed on Choice food and it is rumored the king's executioner laces their feet with the entrails of his victims so that the king's chosen May feast and grow strong on the Flesh of his enemies it is considered the greatest of Delicacies some perhaps but not to us we are forbidden to eat it for the almighty has commanded us the pig is unclean you are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses nor can we eat anything sacrificed to Gods other than our own but the king cannot he will not change the customs of his Hall to fit your wishes you must know this and we will not ask him to but you must eat I have been charged with your well-being if you are seen to be wasting away I'm afraid of what my Lord the king will do he will have my head and we would not wish it so therefore put your servants to the test for 10 days give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink then compare our appearance to that of the other young men who eat the Royal food 10 days 10 days and if after that your appearance is found wanting and we will do as you wish your request was polite I'm rather surprised it was honored I have no doubt Lord favorably dispose his heart to you I will request by the end of ten days my companions and I looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who ate the Royal full and so the chief eunuch allowed us to continue refusing the wine and choice Fair and we remained undefiled period of our instruction went by quickly during those many years we were living in a foreign land speaking of foreign language and living under a foreign King despite this our hearts belonged only to God and at the end of that time my companions and I were presented before Nebuchadnezzar himself the king's execution or ariak will be in the chamber if you are found unworthy you will be executed on the spot and so will I Lord King I present you the princes of Judah preserved by the right hand of your mercy and tutored by the left hand of your wisdom they are come before you now for judgment as to their training they are beltashazar Shadrach Meshach and Abednego who am I you are Nebuchadnezzar sun and heir of Nabu palasa king of Babylon you have destroyed and innovate the mighty seat of Assyria and taken from her hand the scepter of Nations you are the commander of commanders and King of Kings from the rising of the sun unto its setting in the western sea and beneath Heaven there is none more powerful than thee you come forth why should I allow you sons of my former enemies to serve in my court because you have spared the lives of our people who were delivered into your hand and because the word of the Prophet Jeremiah has come unto us saying this is what the Lord God Almighty the god of Israel says to all those carried into Exile from Jerusalem to Babylon build houses and settle down plant Gardens and eat what they produce marry and have sons and daughters also seek the prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile pray to the Lord for it for if it prospers you too will prosper this is good so now even your God commands you to serve me I have no need of lap dogs would you dare to tell me the truth even if you knew it would displease me Lord King it must be so I will speak only the truth and when you would not hear it you must ask me nothing I pronounce them Worthy have their names be written in the book of the wise Nebuchadnezzar's questioning showed wisdom former enemy can be a good counselor if they can be trusted and the wise King is capable of choosing whom to trust well are you not recess formerly king of Lydia and once the richest man in the world whose name alone signified riches almost Beyond comprehending I am he trusting the words of the Oracle Adelphi I went to war with Cyrus and was defeated Cyrus pardon me and my family I am eternally grateful worthy councilor's rare indeed as Nebuchadnezzar came to learn at a time when his Babylonian counselors his Magi sorceress diviners magicians and astrologers were unable to help him no what is it my king foreign [Music] your wisest subjects have arrived command and it is done I've had a dream that troubles me I need to know what it means the king tell your servants your dream and we will interpret it for you no what need I have wise men who are not wise men astrologers who read nothing in the Stars magicians who perform children's tricks Sorcerers who Divine nothing except what I tell them no it is enough for the king to dream his dreams it is up to you to discern and interpret them but my Lord if only you would tell us your dream we could interpret it as we have always done always I know you're trying to gain time or trick me into revealing what I've seen either way I'll have none of it but there's no man on Earth who can do what King asks that no King ever asked such a thing before only the gods could know these things and when we ask they don't answer well I suggest you try and get them to answer or beg that they endow you with the necessary skills to Divine it on your own but as I am King I swear interpretation you will all be made shorter by the height of your heads you may withdraw now Lord Is it true it is why has the king issued such a harsh decree why don't you come along with me and ask him yourself Lord King what Delta shazara requests an audience speak O King live forever I have heard your decree and I understand that I shall fall beneath the blade if your dream is not made known and interpreted I ask only for more time that I might withdraw for a while my friends and I to pray to our God and see if he might not make the dream known to us the time is fixed and cannot be altered sentences to be carried out at sunrise you may withdraw so long as you return at dawn as your fate and that of the others is one in the same and when you return be sure to bring your companions with you shall I send Gods along my king no no if he says he'll pray he'll pray not flee that much at least I'm sure even if we would have flew the city the whole world would have been against us not that it mattered I had given my word and intended to keep it I would pray and hope that the answer came prepare to bind the prisoners once the sun rises there could be no delay bring forth oh King live forever O King do not execute these men I beg you belt Isuzu your death is upon you as well unless you know my dream and can interpret it I am and I will praise be to the god of my fathers forever and ever he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the Discerning he reveals deep and hidden things and has made plain all that you have asked for he has shown me the vision of the king then speak as you lay upon your bed O King you looked and there before you stood a large statue awesome in its appearance the head of the statue was made of pure gold its chest and arms of silver its belly and thighs of bronze its legs of iron its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay as you were watching a rock was cut out but not by human hands it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them then the iron the clay the bronze the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces at the same time and the wind swept them away Without a Trace but the Rock that struck the statue became a mountain and filled the whole Earth you have done what I was told was impossible this mystery has been revealed to me not because I am wiser than other men but because God wishes you to understand the meaning of your dream you know my dream as if you dreamed it yourself what does it mean You O King are the king of kings the god of Heaven has given you dominion and power and might and Glory in your hands he has placed mankind he has made you ruler over the nation for you are the head of pure gold after you another kingdom will rise inferior to yours next a third Kingdom one of bronze will rule over the whole Earth finally there will be a fourth Kingdom strong as iron for iron breaks and smashes things to Pieces but just as you saw that the feet and Toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron so this people will be a mixture and not remain United any more than iron mixes with clay and in the time of those kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed it will crush those kingdoms and bring them to an end but will itself endure forever the almighty has shown the king what will take place in the future the dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy I am the head of gold yes oh King you are the head of pure gold surely your God is the god of God the ruler of Kings and the revealer of mysteries let this man be paid honor and present him with incense thus the king made me ruler of the entire province of Babylon and at my request made Shadrach meshek administrators King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold 90 feet high all were commanded to fall down and worship and all did as commanded except for three a moment of your precious time as your dutiful servants we know the law that when the horn sounds we all Bow Down and Worship your image but these Jews whom you have set over the Affairs of the province of Babylon pay no attention to you O King none they neither worship your gods or serve the image of gold you have created nothing is this true you refuse to worship my statue O King we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter really then you shall be thrown into the furnace and no God will save you from my hand if we are thrown into the Blazing furnace Our God will defend us from it and if he does not we want you to know O King that we will not serve your gods or worship the statue enough dare to defy me a furnace preheated Sevenfold bind them and cast them into the fire there were three thrown into the fire certainly oh King but now I see four fourth the fourth looks like an angel of God fire has not harmed your bodies not a hair is singed your rose there's not even the smell of the fire on you foreign who sent his angel to rescue his servant you trusted in him you defied my commands you were willing to give up your lives rather than serve any but your own God therefore I decree any who speaks ill of the god of Shadrach Meshach Abednego will be cut into little pieces and his house turned to Rubble for no other God can save in this way and Through Time all was well until Nebuchadnezzar's asleep was troubled yet by another dream this seems like Nebuchadnezzar's life was Rife with dreams and prophecies much like my own has been before I was born my grandfather as dear Jesus was troubled by a dream where a flood beginning near his throne was overflowing the whole Earth when he went to his astrologers in his diviners for an interpretation they told him that his grandson was destined to one day usurp him so he sent his daughter mundane in Exile and when his son was born to her he conspired to have it stolen and exposed on a Hilltop to die but a Shepherd whose wife had recently given birth to a stillborn child persuaded her husband to trade her dead infant for the living and the shepherd raised the boy has his own the king upon being presented with the dead infant repented of his crime he didn't learn until 10 years later that the boy was actually alive at which time he pardoned the boy and restored him to his rightful parents and for a Time the matter was forgotten until one day years later when you marched into your grandfather's City at the head of your troops and seized the Throne of Medea taking the old man captive and the prophecy was proven true all the steel G's he knew of the prophecy but he was powerless to overcome it as all men are powerless to prevent their fate prophesizing be true listen then as I tell of the prophetic vision that led to Nebuchadnezzar's Madness for when he dreamed that great dream his enchant is Sorcerers and astrologers were once again unable to interpret the vision when I was asleep I had a dream which made me afraid the images I saw terrified me beltices are I looked and saw before me tree in the middle of the land tree grew strong and Tall its top touched the sky and it was visible to the ends of the Earth leaves they were beautiful fruit was abundant the beasts of the field took shelter under it the birds of the air lived in its branches and from it every creature was fed then I looked again and I saw a messenger coming down from heaven and he cried out aloud cut down the tree trim off its branches strip its leaves scatter its fruit let the beasts flee from under it and the birds fly from its branches but let the stump and its roots Bound in iron and Brass remain in the ground in the grass of the field Let It Be drenched by the Dew from heaven let it live with the animals of the earth and let its mind be changed from that of a man to the mind of an animal this is the dream that I had what does it mean [Music] my Lord if only the dream applied to your enemies and its meaning to your adversaries the tree which you saw which grew large and strong with its top touching the sky You O King are that tree you have become great and strong your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky and your Dominion extends to the distant parts of the Earth but you saw a messenger a holy one coming down from heaven saying cut down the tree and destroy it but leave the stump bound with iron and bronze in the grass of the field while its roots remain in the ground let him be drenched with the Dew of Heaven let him live like wild animals this is the interpretation no King and this is the decree that the most high has issued against my Lord the king you will be driven away from people and live with the wild animals you will eat grass like cattle until you acknowledge that the most high is Sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that the most high rules therefore be pleased to accept my advice renounce your sins by doing what is right and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed seek the Lord while he may be found Maybe at your Prosperity will continue but the memory of Kings is often short and 12 months later when the King was walking on the roof of the Royal Palace of Babylon in all the world is there anything like this no my king my Great Wall which mountain like cannot be moved I've made with mortar and brick it's foundations I've placed upon the very bosom of the underworld it's top I've raised Mountain High is this not the great Babylon that I have built as my Royal Palace with my mighty power for the glory of my Majesty his words were still on his lips when a voice came down from heaven nebuchadnezzarize for your arrogance and your failure to give glory to the most high your Authority is stripped from you you go down your mind shall be reduced to that of an animal and you will wander the land knowledge the glory of God as above your own immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest of those below heaven he sought to make himself as great as he who rules above heaven and the Lord would not have it because he insisted on being more than he was made he became less than he was made because he aspired to be more than a man he became less than a man he became like the wild beasts how did he survive alone in the Wilds even in his insanity neither the lion nor the bear Disturbed him though he wandered alone and unarmed and slept naked in the places where they found their food because it had been prophesized that one day he would honor the most high for seven years he reigns the wildlands of Babylon it was not until the full time of his Exile was completed that he turned his eyes toward heaven and declared all right oh no oh God your breath rise Nebuchadnezzar please Dominion isn't a total Dominion before him all the people of the Earth are regarded as nothing he may do as he pleases with the powers of Heaven and all the people of the Earth and no one no one may say him name no one may say him name listening beware your place for I am not as I was let it be recorded that I Nebuchadnezzar do praise exalt and glorify the King Of Heaven because everything he does is right and all his ways are just and those who walk in Pride he is able to Humble [Music] and so Nebuchadnezzar returned to his throne but eventually he was gathered to his fathers in a series of new kings came to the throne an unlasting more than a short time you're about to tell about the downfall of Babylon are you not I am well at last we come to the part of the tale where I have some knowledge to share although I had conquered from east to west Babylon was the last to resist me and I dreaded at Siege of babylon's wealth it allowed her to lay in enough grain to last for years in our Towers walls and Gates were so formidable that even untrained men could defend them with ease walls too high to scale power pits wide enough for chariots to patrol them and a river-fed moat to cross before even getting there it was enough to freeze the heart of even an old Soldier such as I am then one night as I lay on the ground courting sleep that would not come a thought came to me from once it came I do not know like some spirit of God whispered into my ear [Music] but the river Euphrates flowed down to Babylon raised above its natural level hemmed in by dams and dikes but if dams were open full and the dikes were broken the river which ran straight through the Heart of the City would fall to nothing an army poised and ready to strike could March into the city on its dry riverbed underneath the gates designed to repel ships when the river was at its normal level and I suddenly realized I've been given a key to defeat the mighty Babylon it was as though in all the world throughout all of history I was the only one that had the thought all it required was the right moment to act a night when every man in Babylon from the least the king himself would drink himself ill in honor of their gods who would not would worthless idols and could not protect them listen no dream and I will tell of the second king of my story belshazzar king of Babylon both foolish and wicked of equal measure thank you enough we still have our three-fold walls with their battlements and within our granaries we have great enough to endure seed of 10 years our Watchmen have seen the Persians digging my Lord they seem quite concerned about this my king yes yes they will look to build a sea against the city but first they must build a Causeway across the moat that alone will take months in the meantime let us fish and toast Marduk the patron God Babylon cups taste and I will not have it so bring me the golden vessels from the Temple of Jerusalem but my king Is it wise to use the vessels my king he's come are considered sacred they not my perhaps in Jerusalem by that pathetic desert deity of Judah but here they are spoiled for our gods and they would have to use them as icy fit bring them yes you see these vessels in Jerusalem they were used for the worship of their God now instead of the blood of bulls and Rams let them flow with foaming wine for I am not a Devourer of blood I am a Devourer of drink and choice Fair to Marduk the god of our City murder and to our Idols of gold and silver bronze and iron wood and Stone partake of our pleasures and protect our city whoever reads this and tells me what it means shall be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck and be made third highest ruler in the Kingdom all the king's wise men came in but they could not interpret the inscription or till the king what it meant so Mao Shazam became even more terrifying but Judean once told Nebuchadnezzar your forefather of his dreams he succeeded when everyone else had failed this man Daniel whom the king called belteshazar he could tell you what this writing means does he still live he does bring him to me quickly but do not harm him shall soon learn if this Hebrew can do as you say nothing it would seem is too sacred not to be profaned under the influence of wine how can I be a service I know are you Daniel one of the Exiles my father brought back from Judah and he I am told you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems if you can read the writing on that wall you will be clothed in purple have a chain of gold placed around your neck and be made third highest ruler in the Kingdom long ago I told your forefather as I would speak to him only the truth and that if he rather not hear it you should ask me nothing perhaps it would be better if you asked me nothing no it is unseemly for a king to be baffled by a message in his own Hall no human hand has scribed it no other tongue can interpret it tell me what it means be it for good or real okay the most high God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar greatness and Glory but when his heart became arrogant he was deposed from his throne his glory until he acknowledged but the most high is Sovereign over the kingdoms of men even though you knew all this you should have appealed to him instead you set yourself up against the Lord of Heaven you had the goddess of his Temple brought to you and praised the gods of bronze and iron wood and stone instead of him these vessels were made for the service of the most high and you have used them pour wine for your hearts would you humble your mighty by desecrating his possessions would you mind him the captive and beat him like a slave would you pluck out ouch eyes and have him beg for straps of food beneath your table this you would do if you this is his answer to you the Lord God will strike you down like an enemy for he has Biden his Angel to unsheet his sword these then are the words he has written my name has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end tickle you have been weighed in the scales and found wanting your kingdom is divided and given to the middies and Potions this very night your life will be demanded of you and before the sun rises your flesh will grow cold thus saith the Lord your line is ended your rule is over your kingship is there nothing to be done no in your arrogance you have doomed not only yourself but your house your line your inheritance your city and your kingdom choose now where you will spend your last few hours but knowing your fate who now will love me who now will fear you will the least of your slaves comfort you or will they desert you seeking to avoid the Fate which is yours let it be as I have commanded that this man be clothed in purple a chain of gold placed around his neck [Music] okay I am King belshazzar the Babylonian behind me same word to Cyrus the city's taken in his name as he is commanded I shall assume the crown do you know who stands before you you are Darius the meet Persian uncle and father-in-law to Silas who has my stratagem take in this city by right of Conquest you are now a king yes and you're an official Babylon why should I not kill you it is true I serve them in the days of Nebuchadnezzar whom I serve truly and well but her latter Kings I did not serve until tonight how is this possible there's a reward we're letting embellish as I know that you were about to take the city who told you if we had trade on our ranks it was revealed to me by my God who sent his Angel described the writing on that war it is true you read the inscription and revealed the message he told the king that he would die this very night though brought here as an exile in my youth by birth I am a Hebrew from the kingdom of Judea and I serve the god of my forefathers the most high reveals to me what he sees fit you might believe your God revealed my coming to you if I was to lie would this be the lie I would choose who else could have revealed your deepest Secret and known ahead of time that you would succeed or known with certainty that you would slay belshazzar and how could you have done so if the Lord had not decreed or is it not by the hand of the most high that both victories and disasters come I would have you put this gift to Divination in my service but how do I know I could trust you Hebrew I will speak to you honestly my king and when you would not heal the truth you must ask me nothing so be it I see by your Insignia you were made third in all of Babylon that is not the Persian way but below me I have three administrators all of equal rank yet I shall name you one of the three what are the other counselors slay them if they were loyal to the former Master they're no good to me if they were disloyal to him then they will be disloyal to me ah Darius he's twice my uncle by Blood and marriage and served me well as co-counsel to my Empire has it pleased Darius to appoint 120 say traps to rule throughout the kingdom with administrators above them one of whom was me but before long I so distinguished myself that Darius planned to set me over the whole Kingdom which would cause great Envy among the others yes okay so they called the meeting in secret plan for my destruction are we safe did anyone see you no why are we meeting so far from the city do you think it would be wise for this meeting to be overheard by anyone are you sure you won't follow it I'm not unless whatever is following has wings means our demise when C is in charge you'll be looking into everything we do yes we should eliminate him how hunting accident he doesn't hunt a sudden illness or a drowning I would believe it maybe we can ensnare him how there is no corruption in him nor any negligence he is as diligent as he is skillful there must be some way right he claims he's so effective because three times a day his heart inclines to the city of God there's a spirit of excellence in him in every test he has proven faithful no one is that honest from the contrary I had a man tried to bribe him once and a very generous bribe at that he would have no part of it such a man is dangerous how long before he learns that we've been generous with ourselves and cover the deaths with false accounts we'll never be able to find any basis for charges against him unless it has something to do with that God of his that invisible God of his no altars no shrines no Idols laying claim to every good thing yet somehow not responsible for the bad I've seen him praying before his window on his knees facing Jerusalem morning noon and night always the same as we need to make him stop he won't do it then perhaps we need to make sure he continues you say there is nothing anyone can do to stop his prayers oh nothing what if the penalty for this devotion of his was death if we could forbid his prayers for an entire month under penalty of immediate execution don't be ridiculous I'll just stop praying oh he won't I know him he can't keep himself from praying to that God of his for one day let alone a month I still don't see how it'll ever work the king knows that Daniel and his people pray continuously and only to one God which is why we need to disguise our purpose more fitting testimony to your honesty it could not have been made had there been any infidelity in your record it would have discovered indeed they could find nothing I miss in my work he's a willfully Norful negligence or lack of care so they tried to trip me up with my prayers but since worship of the most time was not prohibited by the laws of the realm they had to conceal their purpose like poison and a cup of honeymoon okay it has come to our attention that there are those among your subjects who still cling to the old gods of Babylon in the hopes that their line of Kings May yet be restored and have not submitted to your rule who are they and I may bring them before me and Destroy them it is not that simple of a matter to detect them O King for they are devious and work to hide their trees in his thoughts and if you come before me without a plan for discovering them we would dare not do so okay indeed we have labored to construct a plan whereby the Loyalty of all may be tested then speak of it oh King you were to issue an edict that none in Babylon nor anywhere in the Empire may pray to anyone be to God or ma'am to you for a period of 30 days but what if the gods of Persia my servant obey well you alone O King would be free to pray to them and offer them sacrifice you would stand as a priest before all the peoples and in this way ingratiate yourself to the gods themselves because for an entire month all of their worship would come from you thus their worship will continue through you and the old gods of Babylon will be starved for worship lessening their power how would you enforce such an edict no one would be allowed to go before any altar or Shrine for the entire period except for you and anyone found violating the decree would be thrown into the lion's den Force Sundown on the very day of the offense in this way that reason would be discovered and eliminated in a single stroke I approve your plan I Darius command to be made so in anticipation of your approval O King we have taken the liberty of drafting the eating and bringing it along well done bring it here that I may fix my seal let all the world hear and obey so Darius found no need to consider it further Darius had a great deal of experience as a soldier but very little as a ruler until Babylon fell one sign the order could not be changed let every order be upheld for the law cannot be countermanded and the laws cannot contradict themselves letting shall all be fixed unchangeable for the king cannot air and once a law is written even the king himself cannot change it such is the normal Persian dry already you have to fight his law you made your choice he chose your God over your king take him away O King it is my sad duty to inform you that someone has already defied your decree bring them to me bring forth the prisoner Daniel he is one of the Exiles from Judah he pays no attention to you O King or to the decree you have put in writing he still prays three times a day what sort of foolishness is this Daniel's my chief advisor no one is above the law yes sadly O King no one is above the law bring forth the tablet is this not the edict from the King signed with your own seal let it be known that for the next 30 days anyone who prays to any God or man other than Darius the king shall be thrown into the Lion's Den on the same day the offense is discovered by my hand and seal Darius the king ruler of the medes and Persians pull my counselors together we will begin the trial okay live forever I'm guilty knowing the King's Command I have disobeyed it the king of immutable and once of it cannot be changed I shall command my wise men to make every effort to search up some reason the law may be found unenforceable I do not think they will find one let them serve you King but only for a short time because your own law commands that sentence be carried out the day of the offense already the Shadows are starting to grow longer and you have only until sunset Darius was angry with himself while allowing himself to be fooled seeing that their purpose was not for his honor and Glory but rather for my destruction and so Darius had the law book searched to discover if there might be some legal way to spare my life it is as I expected why didn't I consult you before passing that a cursed law now I'm forced to abide by my own decree a king who will not enforce his own laws cannot be a king your enemies know this and use it to their advantage do not grievo King or most high does not want you to deliver me if it grants me Deliverance will be by his own hand not yours it is a privilege he reserves unto himself and now it is time walking that I may not break your laws a second time I will walk with you Daniel one last time as you wish your king for those who are scheme to bring about my death I will say only this my forefather Abraham came from this land and the most high said unto him I will make you into a great nation I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse may have surely cursed me and may yet live to reap the fruits of that curse [Music] of wine from the king's own hand drink it is blessed to your Gods not mine Not So Daniel I've gone to your people and asked for wine which was blessed by them in the cup I have ordinal libation unless just your friendship my king goodbye my friend if we will but perhaps not goodbye we have yet to see what the dawn will bring hero is real Lord our God the Lord is one he is angry with us it will fade by tomorrow morning Daniel will be a distant memory and the King will need us again foreign no no take it away all of it tonight I honor Daniel in silence fasting believe me and you my soul takes Refuge designs surrounded by ravenous beasts teeth are spear s tongues are sharp as swords I call upon your name O Lord from the depths of the pigs hear my queen come near you see do not fear oh Lord take up my face redeem my life foreign [Laughter] plan my friend toast to the Lions who show no partiality to a Hebrew over any other man [Laughter] [Music] foreign at all times his praise be ever on my lips those the Lord will act for no good thing o righteous man may have many troubles but the Lord rescues him from them all you have rescued me from the mouth of lions and I will declare your name to my brothers in the congregation I will praise you out of my way Daniel servant of the Living God has your God been able to save you oh King live forever my God has sent his angel and he shut the mouth of the Lions they have not hurt me because I was found innocent in his sight come forth foreign behold there is no sign of wound on him for he is trusted in his God surely your God is above all men trouble you and the Lion's Den you were in his hand how much must the man pay if he steals another man's treasure with his hands perhaps but what if that man who was robbed is the king and the treasurer's prized possession is there any penalty less than death which we'll do if so speak now and let me considerate but okay he is a Hebrew why should you put such trust in him this Hebrew is the greatest treasure I possess he speaks to his God and more importantly as God speaks to him you've deceived me as your purpose fashioned my own words as a snare above my feet knowing my eat it could not be reversed but the Living God the god of Daniel has delivered him out of my hand stays they have hungered today they shall feed [Music] please thank you fools did you not think I would punish you I have spread a net for my feet I was bowed down in distress they have dug a pit in my past but they are falling into it themselves I Darius issued a creek that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the god of Daniel for he is the Living God and he endures forever his kingdom will not be destroyed his Dominion will never end he rescues and he saves he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the Earth he has rescued Daniel from the power of the Lions and so I serve Darius throughout his reign however my heart still longed to see Jerusalem for 70 years I had waited and I knew our time was near God for your Prophet Jeremiah when 70 years or completed for Babylon I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise and bring you back to this land my heart grows with excitement not now that time has come and so your journey has led you here you've spoken of three kings Nebuchadnezzar the mighty belches are the foolish Darius who was deceived who is this fourth King it is he of whom these Scrolls speak it is one chosen by the most high perform Great and Mighty Deeds before he was ever knitted in his mother's womb he is there no King The Words which were written more than 150 years ago for these are the words of the prophet Isaiah son of um from the East I summon a ravenous bird of prey from a far-off land to fulfill my purpose what I have said I will bring about what I have planned that will I do a bird of Prayer the Lord's chosen will carry out his purpose against Babylon his arm will be against the Babylonians he pursues them unscathed by a path true I'm all the regions of the Euphrates or further Westward until I came in conquest and yet you chased your enemies uninjured they had no power to Rally you were not led into ambush and you were safe as far as you chose to pursue them were you not true this is what the Lord says to his anointed Cyrus whose right hand I take hold of Cyrus it mentions me my name it does to Cyrus whose right hand I take hold of do missions before him and to strip Kings of their armor to open doors before him so that Gates will not be shut I will go before you and will level the mountain I will break down Gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron I will give you the treasures of Darkness riches stored in secret places so that you may know that I am the Lord God of Israel who summons you my name and when you captured Babylon their Treasures were the richest in the world were they not open yet they were and Chris's will testify yes quite the most magnificent oh King if I may please continue Cyrus for the sake of Jacob my servant of Israel My Chosen I summon you by name and give you a place of honor though you do not acknowledge me I am the Lord I will strengthen you though you have not acknowledged me so that from the rising of the Sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none beside me I am the Lord there is no honor and do you understand that the most high has the power to raise up Kings throw them down yes I do I profess it and like you all King like a polished Arrow hidden in the quiver of the almighty carefully preserved for its day of use yes I was to explain my unlikely birth or my survival or successes how else might it be explained all my life I had always thought of myself as favored by my gods is it possible that I've been favored by yours you have answered your own question oh King for nearly two centuries the message in this scroll has a weeded your coming this is what the Lord says I am the Lord who has made all things who alone stretched out the heavens who spread out the Earth by myself who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense who says of Jerusalem it shall be inhabited of the towns of Judea they shall be built and of their ruins I will restore them who says of Cyrus he is my shepherd and I will accomplish all that I please he will save Jerusalem let it be rebuilt and of the temple Let its foundation relay even calls me a shepherd I who was saved by a shepherd's hand and I was raised in a shepherd's house that's I who refer to myself as a shepherd of my who else could have known this or his prophet 70 years are over my king 70 years since I was taken from the land of my birth Babylon has been punished you have punished her Only One Thing Remains for you to free her okay the words of the Scrolls are in a tongue foreign to us should we not at least confirm them no old friend have you heard nothing do you rock recognize the truth when you hear it or do you suppose this Daniel has spent a lifetime arranging events in the hopes of one day deceiving me your God has called me a shepherd and so to your people I shall be to rescue them from wolves and tyrants to gather them gently and to relieve them from bondage and provide for their return and so say I Cyrus King of the Persians let Jerusalem be rebuilt the Lord God Of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the Earth and as a pointed for me to build a temple in Jerusalem in Judea any one of his people among you may his God be with you let him go to Jerusalem in Judea and build a temple of the Lord the god of Israel and all my years I had never known Envy that day I came closer to tasting it than I ever have for I would never see the temple I so yearn to see however my heart was joyous as my brothers and sisters departed on their journey home while I remained in Babylon awaiting the day when I too would be gathered to my ancestors and remember me also all I show Mercy according to your great love [Music]

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Published: Fri Feb 03 2023