All Too Familiar Politics!
Based on Daniel Chapter 6
After the Medes and Persians took over Babylon, Daniel quickly rose to the highest position in the kingdom, except for the king. This really upset the other leaders and inspired their jealousy, and they became obsessed with finding a way to destroy Daniel! Eventually, they gave up trying to find “dirt” on Daniel and decided to get to him by appealing to the King’s sinful sense of pride! They convinced the King to pass a law that would cause everyone to worship the King as a god!
Daniel, of course, kept worshipping the only real God in his usual way! And, of course, these jealous rulers brought Daniel’s disobedience of the new law to the King’s attention! The King was “forced” to punish Daniel by putting him in the den of lions. God sent an angel to keep Daniel safe from the lions. And the King set Daniel free the following day!
But it didn’t end there! The King was so upset because those jealous leaders had purposely deceived him and put his most valued servant’s life at risk! The King decided to test the lions further by putting those deceptive leaders into the same lion’s den. This time, the lions instantly attacked and devoured all of them!
