![]() And interprets the handwriting on the wall.Today’s session introduces our protagonist and most vital supporting actor. When Belteshazzar comes face to face with Belshazzar. But I took note of it when I got to Chapter 5 of his story. I couldn’t find any controvertible proof of that, in fact, being the case. The one that provided the foundation for my Treasures of Darkness study. The one that Isaiah calls “Treasures of Darkness”. And it seems to imply that Daniel was watching over the Hebrews’ treasure while they were in captivity. ![]() It refers to the man put in charge of the treasure that belongs to those who are in difficulties. But another, more interesting tidbit caught my eye when I was looking up the definition of Daniel’s new name: lord of the straitened’s treasure The most literal meaning? Bel’s Prince. Or the prince whom Bel favors, with Bel being the title of the chief Babylonian god. And there’s a handful of different translations or explanations for the name. It also happened in 2 Kings – when Mattaniah was renamed to Zedekiah.ĭaniel, which means God Is My Judge, became Belteshazzar. There seemed to be a precedent for it in Scripture – this idea of being renamed by the King whom you serve. And after being hand-picked by a representative of the King, they were each given a new name. (An interesting tidbit that accounts for the fact that the book of Daniel is written in both Hebrew and Aramaic). And learn the language and literature of their foreign forced-home. And forced to live in Babylon.ĭaniel happened to be hand-picked by the head of the King’s palace personnel, among a handful of other young men, to serve in the palace. When he was taken 900 miles away from his home with the rest of his people. And Daniel’s life and ministry bridge the entire 70-year gap, beginning at the age of 16. ![]() A captivity that would last (as prophesied by Jeremiah) for seven decades. In the beginning of the book, we find ourselves in the very beginning of Israel’s Babylonian captivity. Because there are two men in this story with practically identical names. I describe the full system in my How to Study Scripture e-guide.)īefore we start digging into the words that grabbed my heart yesterday morning, we need to back up a little bit. (Did you know that I have a color-coded notes system in my Bible? Blue stands for pastors, speakers, teachers, and commentaries. It’s 12 video-driven sessions, the notes of which are written in my Bible in blue ink throughout the margins of the book. If you would like to really pick apart the book of Daniel piece-by-piece, I highly recommend Beth Moore’s study. And when I did, the rabbit trail waiting for me was a fast-paced maze of interwoven truth that hop-scotched across the entire Bible. But there were some things that piqued my interest. A journey that has taken over 10 years to complete, and has yielded so many pages of handwritten notes that the three-ring binder they are contained in is about to burst. I’m in the middle of reading through the book as I near the end of my Search the Scriptures journey. And prophecies so specific and historical that it makes your brain hurt.
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