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Teaching from Daniel can easily veer in two equally unhelpful directions: moralism and speculative intrigue. Ronald Pierce steers us away from the distractions and moves us toward the main point of Daniel: God’s sovereign control over people, rulers, and history, even while his people endure suffering. God does not abandon his faithful servants. He holds the wicked accountable, and his kingdom...

Big Idea God is able and willing, through his Spirit, to gift and sustain those who honor him over years of faithful service. See the unit on 5:1–9 for a discussion of the larger context, structure, and comparisons of this chapter, as well as a comparison of chapters 4 and 5. Against this backdrop, the second pericope in this chapter draws from chapters 1, 2, and 4, in which Daniel’s God-given abilities and administrative
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