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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Dan',1,'1-');">Daniel 1</a></h2>
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<a onclick="return mV('Dan',1,1);">1</a>] Who gave them into Neb's hand?</p>
<p class="cmn">Shinar = Babylon (7X).</p>
<p class="cmn">Eunuchs = Officer. Potiphar was "Eunuch"; Master of Palace Servants; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',37,36);">Gen 37:36</a>.</p>
<p class="cmn">No blemish; top grade; teachable; 3 yr post-Graduate school. Babylon: sciences; astronomy; 360 degrees; 60 secs/ min; 60 minutes/hour; etc. 360-day year. (For more on Stonehenge; Great Pyramid, and the Planet Mars, see <i>Monuments: Sacred or Profane.</i> For more on the Zodiac, the Hebrew Mazzeroth, see <i>Signs in the Heavens</i>.)</p>
<p><b>Children of Judah</b></p>
<p class="cmn">Hebrew names:</p>
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Daniel; "God is my Judge"<br>
Hananiah: "Beloved of the Lord"<br>
Mishel: "Who is as God"<br>
Azariah: "The Lord is My Help"<br>
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<p class="cmn">Babylonian names:</p>
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Beltashazzar: "Prince of Bel"<br>
Shadrach: "Illumined by the Sun God"<br>
Mishech: "Who is like unto the Moon God"<br>
Abednego: "Servant of Nego, a shining fire"<br>
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<p><b>Dare to Be a Daniel</b></p>
<p class="cmn">Peer pressure among teenagers; non-kosher kitchen. What would YOU do? Nothing? Change everyone?
"Purposed in his heart"; our most important stewardship.</p>
<p class="cmn">Officer's fear was justified. Nebuchadnezzar known to put out eyes (after killing progeny);
<a onclick="return mV('Jer',39,6,7);">Jer 39:6-7</a>; make their houses into dung hills; roasted officers over a fire, etc. <a onclick="return mV('Jer',29,22);">Jer 29:22</a>.)</p>
<p class="hangIndent"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',1,12);">12</a>] 10 days: 10 always a test, measurement, testimony. Not "vegetarian": not violating dietary laws; sacrificed to idols. King's food. Not prisoner's ration. Elite corps; His diet; wine, etc. <a onclick="return mV('Lev',11,'1-47');">Lev 11:1-47</a> (<a onclick="return mV('Lev',11,'44');">44</a>); <a onclick="return mV('Lev',17,'10-14');">Lev 17:10-14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Cr',8,'11-13');">1Cr 8:11-13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Act',10,'12-15');">Act 10:12-15</a>. Withdrawal; not confrontational.</p>
<p class="cmn">"Knelt about the time of evening oblation." Temple in ruin 200 miles away; demonstrates Daniel's <i>heart.</i> In the most pagan of empires: kept himself blameless before the Lord.</p>
<p class="hangIndent"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',1,20);">20</a>] Judges give them a "10." Upstaging just beginning. Competition was not trivial.</p>
<p class="hangIndent"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',1,21);">21</a>] Forecast: Cyrus the Persian. Daniel endured beyond all present. Every episode also prophetic for you and I.</p>
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