UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

The jealous leaders plot Daniel’s downfall by tricking King Darius into making a law that would conflict with Daniel’s faith. Daniel knew the law was designed to destroy him, but determined to obey God rather than man. The King Darius was grieved that the law trapped Daniel, bought couldn’t change the result. But Darius knew that there was One Who could solve this seeming unsolvable problem – Daniel’s God!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Chapter 6 opens with the Babylonian empire now past and replaced by the Medo-Persian empire (the head of gold replaces by the chest/arms of silver, as Chapter 2 dream predicted). God has moved Danile back into a position of high executive power in the Babylonian province of the new empire, positioned to assist in the return of God people to Judah following the famous edict of Cyrus that would be issued later in this first year of the empire. Daniel is showing great effectiveness in his new role and jealous leader are plotting to destroy him.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

It is now 23 years after the death of King Nebuchadnezzar and the once mighty empire has fallen on hard days and the Medo-Persian armies under leadership of King Cyrus are surrounding the walls of Babylon. King Belshazzar is rebuked by God using the “finger of God” to write the words “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Parsin” on the wall. Daniel is called to help and he does help by reminding the King of the lessons King Nebuchadnezzar had to learn the hard, and rebukes Belshazzar for ignoring these lessons. The “words” are a message of judgment and the time to repent is past, which parallels the reality for everyone who dies without repenting and believing in the Gospel!

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is taken from the Book of Galatians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

The 5^th chapter of Daniel opens some 23 years after the death of King Nebuchadnezzar. The once mighty empire has fallen on hard days and the Medo-Persian armies under leadership of King Cyrus are surrounding the walls of Babylon. The final King of Babylon, Belshazzar, provides a party for all his gathered leaders, a party that degenerates quickly into a drunken chaos. At this point God intervenes and rebukes the King using the “finger of God” to write some words on the wall. The king is scared to death and yells for the Magi (less Daniel) to provide an answer to the event at the party. But none can help him make sense of it! So the Queen Mother advises the King to call for Daniel, the former head of the Magi, to interpret the writing and the King listens and calls for Daniel to help.

The Angel’s message and the shepherds’ faith

The Lamb of God is born in the manger in the stable!

God acting on the national, regional, and personal level in birth of Christ.