Daniel 1: Faithful in Babylon
Daniel and his friends are taken captive and resolve not to defile themselves — and God honors their faithfulness.
Verse-by-verse teaching · Calvary Chapel, 1993
Walk through the book of Daniel chapter by chapter with Pastor Chuck Smith — faithful living in a hostile culture, and God’s sovereign rule over the kingdoms of the world.
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Daniel and his friends are taken captive and resolve not to defile themselves — and God honors their faithfulness.
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of gold, silver, bronze and iron, and the stone that becomes a kingdom that will never end.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refuse to bow — and a fourth man walks with them in the fire.
Nebuchadnezzar’s pride brings him low until he learns that the Most High rules the kingdoms of men.
Belshazzar’s feast, the hand that writes, and a kingdom weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Daniel keeps praying despite the king’s decree, and God shuts the lions’ mouths.
Daniel’s vision of four kingdoms, the Ancient of Days, and one like a son of man given everlasting dominion.
A vision of Medo-Persia and Greece, and a proud king who rises against the people of God.
Daniel confesses his people’s sin, and Gabriel reveals the seventy weeks and the coming Anointed One.
A heavenly messenger strengthens Daniel and pulls back the curtain on the spiritual battle behind nations.
A detailed prophecy of the kingdoms after Persia, fulfilled in history, pointing toward a final willful king.
Deliverance for God’s people, the resurrection of the dead, and the wise who shine like the stars forever.
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