Xavier Babista - Beyond Kings And Kingdoms: Outlasting Kings and Empires

What does it look like to serve God while being caught in the middle of major political upheavals of your time? This chapter is so much more than the lions’ den. With the fall of the Babylonian empire, the political landscape around Daniel changed again. This time, the Medo-Persians ruled and Daniel was appointed as one of the top three officials next to the king. Again and again we see how the fear of the Lord makes a lot of difference in the halls of world powers. The fact that Daniel served under four kings (Daniel 6:28) in two major empires should not be lost to us: faithfulness to Yahweh accomplishes great things in the world. Most importantly, Daniel’s work under Cyrus paved the way for the return of the exiles to the Promised Land (cf. Daniel 6:28; Ezra 5:13; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1).