David Journal

Tag: Daniel

  • The rule of law

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    Darius made a foolish law—not thinking of the potential consequences. Daniel knew the consequences if his actions in disobeying that law. He didn’t discover because it was foolish, he did so because being faithful to God was not important than avoiding the consequences of breaking the law. What is instructive here is that Darius kept…

  • Year two

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    I never realized before that Daniel interpreting the dream of Nebuchadnezzar to place in only the second year of his captivity. It occurs to me that Nebuchadnezzar might have conceived of his great statue because if the dream Daniel had interpreted for him—seeing as Daniel had told him the golden head of the statue was…

  • Purify the sons of Levi

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    I wonder about the Lord purifying the sons of Levi. Part of me thinks He has begun that process and another part feels like that is something he will do openly after he comes. As I think about it, and considering what I know of devout modern Jews, I believe the process has started but…

  • The central figure of prophecy

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    Yesterday only scratched the surface of the best of sources prophesying of Christ.

  • The Millennial Reign

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    Who could hear of the millennial reign of Christ and not desire to experience such peace and justice?

  • Jesus the Messiah

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    I love the verse that Christ used to announce himself as the Messiah – that he was sent to preach glad things and deliverance to the captive.

  • Stretched thin

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    I have no reserves to deal gracefully when kids (Isaac, Enoch, Alyssa primarily) push too hard against my directions or rules. Even without those kinds of hiccups I rush from one thing to the next. After sacrament meeting I went to the special teachers class but had to leave early in time to get to…

  • Trials in Babylon

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    Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bold when they were first brought to be prepared for the king’s house that they refused the king’s meat. Thereafter they were promoted above their fellows. Later all but Daniel were accused of revising to bow down to the golden image of Nebuchadnezzar. I figured that either Daniel was…

  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

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    We know that these three were friends of Daniel although we can only speculate on whether their friendship predated their time in the king’s household refusing the king’s meat. While Daniel was clearly a leader among them they all rose to prominence so that others in power felt threatened by them and plotted against them.…

  • Daniel

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    I’m surprised at how little the Bible Dictionary had to say about Daniel. As a youth he was asking those captured by the Babylonians and one of those selected to be raised in the royal household. Even as a youth he was bold enough to defy the kings instructions in order to live as he…