Daniel delivered from the den of Lions. Daniel 6:16-28
“The Lord’s Messenger”
HISTORICAL SECTION, Daniel 1-6
6. Daniel Delivered from the Den of Lions, Dan_6:1-28
DANIEL DELIVERED FROM THE DEN OF LIONS
Then the king gave a command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you constantly serve, rescue you Himself!” [Psa_34:7, Psa_34:19; Psa_37:39-40; Psa_50:15]
A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed concerning Daniel.
Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.
Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurried to the den of lions.
When he had come near the den, he called out to Daniel with a troubled voice. The king said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever!
My God has sent His angel and has shut the mouths of the lions so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also before you, O king, I have committed no crime.” [2Ti_4:17]
Then the king was greatly pleased and ordered that Daniel be taken out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in and relied on and trusted in his God.
The king then gave a command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions, they, their children and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language who were living in all the land: “May peace abound to you!
Dan 6:26 I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel, For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
He rescues and saves and performs signs and wonders In heaven and on earth– He who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
So this [man] Daniel prospered and enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
“PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SAKE”
The plot was an atrocious one, but it hurt its perpetrators more than the victim of their vindictive hatred, Dan_6:24. They dug a pit into which they fell themselves. They thought to flatter the king, and secure Daniel’s fall; but their stratagems were like the mines laid at the mouth of a harbor, which are more perilous to those who set them than to others. Still God sends His angels to shut the lions’ mouths, that they may not hurt His people, strongly conscious of uprightness before God and man. It is not necessary to suppose that Daniel saw the angel any more than we behold the horses and chariots in the mountains around us. Dare to believe that the ministering angels, though unseen, engirdle you and intercept the blows and plots of your adversaries. Walk before God in righteousness and peace, and be sure that you are immortal till your work is done. That a heathen king should publish such a proclamation is a glimpse into the divine wisdom that can make His mighty power known by the strangest circumstances.
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