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Date Posted: 20:07:44 11/23/09 Mon
Daniel 6:11-17 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
The trap was set and now the trap is sprung. "These men" who assembled included the power of the government. In verse 7 of this chapter we see included "All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains". A major conspiracy against Daniel has been executed and the king has been tricked into being an accomplice in the demise of Daniel. There was no doubt in the minds of these men as to whether they would find the evidence they desired. They knew enough about Daniel's devotion to his God that they could be 100% confident in finding Daniel in prayer at the precise time they assembled to witness his crime. Armed with the evidence they all went before the king and demanded he execute the judgment demanded by the law which could not be changed.
The king doesn't give answer right away but labors for the rest of the day to find a way to get around the law he had been tricked into instituting and which would demand the death of Daniel. At sundown the conspirators gather again before the king to demand the law be satisfied. At the last the king commands Daniel be brought before him and the sentence is carried out. As Daniel was about to be forced into the den of the lions the king in a voice of compassion and resignation tells Daniel; "Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee." Into the den Daniel went and a stone was placed over the "tomb" and a seal was placed on the stone to insure the integrity of the den so that Daniel could not be delivered by anyone.
Can you imagine the thoughts that were in Daniel's mind as he knelt in prayer knowing his prayer would be his undoing according the law that had been signed. Daniel was willing to die rather than turn away from his God but you know he was not looking forward to what he was facing. Picture if you will Jesus praying in the Garden before his betrayal. Jesus desired deliverance but would not be deterred from doing His Father's will. Daniels fellow presidents and government leaders betrayed him to king Darius just as Jesus' fellow companion betrayed him to the the power of Israel. The law demanded death for Daniel just as the law of God demanded death to Adam and Jesus was to be the last Adam (1 Cor. 15:45). Daniel did nothing to deserve death nor did Jesus. Darius labored to find away around the law and if typology holds true God the Father labored to find a way around the law to spare His Son. There was no way to satisfy the law that Darius had decreed other than the casting of Daniel into the den of lions. There was no other way to satisfy the law of God than for the death of a man to pay for the demands of the decree of God which was death for sin.
Also in the passage we see the hope. Darius declared that God would deliver Daniel even though the sentence of death was to be carried out. God had already worked out the deliverance of Jesus although the death sentence was to be carried out. Jesus had foretold of his coming resurrection. In both instances the demands of the law were satisfied and in both instances victory was to be found for the ones on whom the sentence was carried out. Daniel was place in a pit in the earth and Jesus was placed in "pit" which was a borrowed tomb. Both "pits" were sealed with a signet which only could be opened by the one who sealed it. In the case of Daniel both the signet of the king and the signet of the lords was applied so that neither the king nor the lords could open the pit.
Daniel went into the presence of lions and so did our Lord albeit the lions Jesus faced were spiritual in nature. The "roaring lion" (1 Peter 5:8) was relishing his victory just as the presidents were at the casting of Daniel. We read in Psalm 35:15-17 a prophetic passage on the death of Jesus. "But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions." Also in Psalm 57:4 we read: " My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword."
The purpose was not changed concerning Daniel nor was the purpose changed concerning the penalty and payment for sin. The law was satisfied in both instances and thus was truth of Psalm 30:5 bourne out: "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."
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