Daniel Devotionals
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- Daniel 1: Exile Under God's Hand
Daniel begins with a defeat. Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem, and vessels from God's house are carried off to the treasury of a foreign god (1:1-2). But the chapter is careful…
- Daniel 2: The Kingdom No Hand Built
Nebuchadnezzar demands that his wise men tell him both his dream and its meaning, and when they cannot, he orders them all killed (2:5, 2:12). Daniel asks for time and urges his…
- Daniel 3: Not Alone in the Fire
Nebuchadnezzar sets up a golden statue and commands every nation to bow or be thrown into the furnace (3:4-6). Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will not. When the furious king asks…
- Daniel 4: Humbled and Restored
In a testimony sent to every nation, Nebuchadnezzar tells how he dreamed of a great tree cut down to a stump, and how Daniel said the tree was the king himself. He would be driven…
- Daniel 5: When Knowing Is Not Enough
Belshazzar throws a feast for a thousand nobles and, with the wine flowing, sends for the gold and silver vessels taken from God's temple in Jerusalem. They drink from them while…
- Daniel 6: A King Who Could Not Save
Daniel's rivals can find no corruption in him, so they target his faithfulness to his God (6:4-5). They persuade King Darius to sign a law that for thirty days no one may pray to…
- Daniel 7: The Throne Above the Beasts
In Daniel's vision, the winds churn up the great sea, and four terrifying beasts climb out of it, the last with iron teeth that devour and trample whatever is left (7:2-7). Then a…
- Daniel 8: Evil Has a Limit
Daniel sees a ram with two horns charging in every direction until a goat with one great horn comes from the west and tramples it (8:3-7). Gabriel explains that these stand for…
- Daniel 9: Asking on Mercy Alone
Daniel reads in Jeremiah that Jerusalem's desolation will last seventy years (9:2), and responds not by calculating but by praying. With fasting and sackcloth, he confesses that…
- Daniel 10: Strength for the Trembling
Daniel spends three weeks mourning and fasting, and then, beside the Tigris, he sees a man dressed in linen, shining with overwhelming glory (10:2-6). The men with Daniel run and…
- Daniel 11: The Appointed Time Holds
Daniel 11 is crowded with detail. Kings of the North and the South rise and fall, form alliances and break them, marry off daughters, win battles, and lose everything (11:2-20).…
- Daniel 12: Rest, Then Rise
Daniel's last vision reaches the end of history. There will be a time of distress unlike any before it, but everyone whose name is written in the book will be delivered (12:1).…