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Hope in the Midst of a Hostile World: The Gospel according to Daniel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Like Daniel and the Israelite exiles in Babylon, we too are strangers and exiles in this world. We too are waiting for the coming of the Son of Man, who has received the kingdom from the Ancient of Days, to establish his kingdom on earth. Schwab demonstrates how believers living among unbelievers, and as citizens of countries with increasingly hostile governments, have opportunity to reveal...

this wisdom was put into service in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. The relationship between Daniel and Babylonian wisdom is a complex one. On the one hand, the book of Daniel is more or less friendly to foreigners. It shows Nebuchadnezzar commending the Most High God to the whole world in 4:1–3. Daniel seems to have had a heartfelt concern for the king (4:19). Darius (6:14) made every effort to save Daniel, and was so distressed at Daniel’s predicament that he could not sleep. This friendly attitude
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