The complation of Book of Danial 25

Thursday, August 17, 2006

dragon were destroyed, they began to question the king’s religion, thinking he had converted to Judaism. The people then threatened the king asking him to hand Daniel over to them or they would kill him and his household. The king handed Daniel over to them; they then threw him into a den containing seven lions, which had been given nothing, so that they would devour Daniel. Daniel was in the den for six days but the Lord did not forsake him. lIe sent an angel carrying Habkkuk with food. On the seveuth day, the king went to the den expecting Daniel to be devoured by lions, but was overwhelmed to find him alive and having believed in the true living God as a result ordered that those who plotted against Daniel be thrown in the lion’s den.
Contemplations on the story of the dragon:
“Now in that place there was a great dragon, which the Babylonians revered. The king said to Daniel, “You can not deny that this is a living god, so worship hint” (23, 24)
After Be) was destroyed the devil was found yet another way to deceive the Babylonians. The devil also knowing that the Babylonians desired a strong and powerful god so he sent them the dragon. There has been an old and long relationship between dragons and the devil. This is clearly mentioned in Revelations (Rev. 12:3,7, 20:2).
The dragons were created on the fifth day of creation (Gen. 1:21). A dragon does not refer to a specific animal but a group of animals, that is the reptiles.
“Then Daniel took pitch, fat and hair and boiled them together and made cakes, which he fed to the dragon. The dragon ate them and burst open. Then Daniel said, “See what you have been worshipping!” When the Babylonians heard about it, they were indignant and conspired against the king saying, “The king has beconie a Jew, he has destroyed Bel, and killed the dragon and slaughtered the priests.” (27,28).
As God was with Joseph, He was also with Daniel and guided him to cook this mix which killed the dragon. Daniel conquered the devil three times, through Bel, the priests and the dragon.
The deviL then became restless and began to manipulate the hearts of the people, so they conspired to kill Daniel.
“Going to the king, they said, “Hand Daniel over to us, or else we will kill you and your household.” The king saw that they were pressing them hard, and under compulsion be handed Daniel over to them.” (29,30)
The conspiracy against Daniel was similar to that which occurred against Christ. Cyrus’ stand is very similar to that of Herod at the time of Christ’s crucifixion. Both leaders believed in the innocence of the two victims but