Daniel Prospered in the Reign of Darius - Daniel 6:28

In the book of Daniel, Daniel shared how he prayed to God even though a law was made that no one was to pray to any god or man for thirty days, and for this reason he was “cast into the den of lions” and when Daniel was rescued from the power of the lions, King Darius made a decree, “that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions”, and in chapter six and verse twenty-eight of his book Daniel shared how he, “prospered in the reign of Darius” where we read,

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

The verse reads, “So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, …” Daniel began with the words, “so this Daniel prospered” or “therefore, wherefore and on this account Daniel whose name means ‘God is my judge’ became successful” “in the reign” which means “within the royal rule and kingly authority” “of Darius” or “belonging to Darius who was known as Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC)”. Daniel shared how he became successful and promoted within he they royal rule of “Darius” the Mede.

The verse goes on to say, “… and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.” Daniel continued with the words, “and in the reign” or “and within the royal rule and kingly authority” “of Cyrus” which means “belonging to Cyrus whose name means possess you the furnace who was the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem” “the Persian” whose name means “pure or splendid and was an inhabitant of Persia”. Daniel shared how he was also successful within the royal rule of “Cyrus” who was from “Persia”. 

When we think through the words in this verse, we learn through Daniel how he was successful under the leadership of both “Darius and Cyrus” who ruled over the Medo-Persian empire. God established Daniel within this kingdom even though he was a foreigner to them, and He is able to set up anyone He chooses for His purpose and will. God desires to use us in His Kingdom, and when we yield to His Son Jesus who died on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was raised from the dead after three days, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and put His Holy Spirit within us who will guide us into all truth and empower us to perform the positions of authority he gives us according to His choosing. 

Next time we begin a new chapter and see Daniel say, “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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