Today, I am reading and commenting on  Daniel 1-2.

My lovely wife married me 22 years ago on the 23rd of this month.  So I am going to wish her Happy Anniversary every day from now until then.

Happy Anniversary, Darling!

We often focus on Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.  However, today I am going to look at a few other things about that.  The first thing I would like to note is that Nebuchadnezzar’s request that his wise men interpret his dream without him telling them what the dream was suggests that Nebuchadnezzar had become skeptical of the mystical powers his wise men claimed.  When Daniel comes before the king, he denies having any mystical power and credits his interpretation entirely to God.  My understanding of what Daniel said was that anyone who put their faith in God could request what God had given Daniel and have an equal chance with Daniel of receiving the answer.  In considering this we should look at what Daniel did when he realized the danger he, and his friends, were in because of Nebuchadnezzar’s skepticism regarding his wise men.  Daniel went to his friends and asked them to pray, pleading with God for mercy.  Daniel himself then spent the night in prayer until God revealed the answer to him.  At that point Daniel thanked and praised God.  Additionally, when Daniel appeared before Nebuchadnezzar, he insisted that the credit for the interpretation belonged to God, not to himself.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.