Displeasure with self

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Our text for study is Daniel 6:14: “Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him.” The king mentioned in this verse is Darius of the Persian Empire. Darius thought to elevate Daniel over the whole kingdom. (Daniel 6:1-3) Other evil men sought to prevent Daniel from receiving this position by having the king to pass a law forbidding anyone from petitioning any god or man for thirty days other than Darius himself. The penalty for breaking this law would be death. (Daniel 6:4-9) Daniel, who prayed to God three times a day, was caught praying by these evil men who demanded his death. (Daniel 6:10-13)

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