commentary on Daniel, Jim Edlin writes that the narrative content invites readers to live within a larger story than their own. It gives them a glimpse of the broad sweep of human history and the cosmic proportions of God’s intentions. In light of certainties about the final outcome of this world, this book challenges believers to risk radical faith in God within the context of a hostile world.2 The book of Daniel includes government leaders, kings, and political edicts. The four young men in the