{"id":21231,"date":"2018-10-02T02:55:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T08:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblica.ca\/?p=21231"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:31:15","slug":"7-facts-about-the-book-of-daniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblica.ca\/fr\/news\/7-facts-about-the-book-of-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"7 faits fascinants qui changeront la fa\u00e7on dont vous lisez le livre de Daniel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21231\" class=\"elementor elementor-21231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ee511d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ee511d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cea76f\" data-id=\"7cea76f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a0658 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6a0658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblica.com\/articles\/category\/discover-truth\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Discover Truth<\/span><\/em><\/a>, by Biblica staff, October 2, 2018<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7b930f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7b930f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aae4f21\" data-id=\"aae4f21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd795f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd795f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you grew up in church, you probably cut your teeth (so to speak) on stories of Daniel in the lions\u2019 den. You may also have heard about Daniel\u2019s friends, Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego, who faced a similar\u2014ahem\u2014degree of persecution. (Okay, we\u2019ll stop now.) But wait! There\u2019s so much more! Read on to discover seven things about Daniel we think you\u2019ll find fascinating!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3fd855 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3fd855\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97b9cca\" data-id=\"97b9cca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f87a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55f87a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">1. Daniel had two, maybe three, names.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add9ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add9ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Daniel\u2019s parents chose a Hebrew name for their son meaning \u201cGod is my judge,\u201d testifying of their faith in the one, true God. But when Daniel was a young man\u2014around 13 or 14\u2014Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and Daniel and many others were taken into captivity.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">In short order, Daniel\u2019s name was changed by his captors, most likely in an attempt to erase the connection to Daniel\u2019s Hebrew heritage and to the true God to whom his name referred. Daniel explains, in Daniel 1:6, that his new name became Belteshazzar.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The Babylonians also changed the names of three of Daniel\u2019s friends who were captured. The young men had been named by their parents Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (their names meaning \u201cJehovah is Gracious,\u201d \u201cWho Belongs to God,\u201d and \u201cJehovah Helps\u201d). According to Daniel, in Babylon these three young men were given the names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 1:6).<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The four Babylonian names described by Daniel seem to refer to the false gods worshipped by the Babylonians, but there appear to be a few extra letters or slight misspellings. Some folks theorize that young men were actually given the names \u201cBelshazzar,\u201d \u201cShaduku,\u201d \u201cMeshaku\u201d and \u201cAbednebo\u201d to honor Babylonian pagan deities Bel, Marduk, Aku, and Nebo\u2014but that Daniel changed the spelling slightly to remove direct references to the Babylonian gods.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">In addition, the young men were put through an intense re-education process for three years, during which time they were taught the language, literature, and culture of the Babylonians before entering the king\u2019s service.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">In other words, every possible effort was made to make them forget the God of their people, and embrace Babylonian\u2019s pagan culture. Instead, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah remained true to Jehovah throughout their years in Babylon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1fb10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a1fb10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9817006\" data-id=\"9817006\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de72d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de72d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">2.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"white-space: normal\">Daniel may have been famous for doing this for other people, but he needed help doing it for himself.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1da4b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1da4b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Even as a young man, Daniel had a knack for understanding visions and dreams (Daniel 1:17). A few years later, when Daniel had an opportunity to interpret a troubling dream of King Nebuchadnezzar, he enlisted the prayer support of the three Jewish friends who had been taken with him into captivity.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The result? In a stunning display of God\u2019s power, Daniel told the King the details and meaning of his dream (Daniel 2:27). In fact, he continued to interpret crazy, disturbing dreams for the King (Daniel 4:24) and his son (Daniel 5:24-30).<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">But when Daniel has his own intriguing vision in Daniel 7: 1-14, he doesn\u2019t know what it means, so he asks someone else to interpret his vision for him. Granted, it\u2019s someone\u00a0<em>in<\/em>\u00a0his vision\u2014perhaps an angel\u2014so we have a situation of Daniel\u2019s vision interpreting itself (not quite an\u00a0<em>Inceptionesque<\/em>\u00a0twist, but certainly intriguing!), which we think qualifies as Daniel getting help and not doing it himself. We think.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a05561 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a05561\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0eda8bc\" data-id=\"0eda8bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6aad70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6aad70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">3. Daniel lived at the same time as another influential guy (someone you might associate with cookies)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c4005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5c4005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">While Daniel was serving in Babylon, Confucius was growing up in a region that today is known as Qufu, China. (Babylon, by the way, was located about 60 miles from present-day Bagdad, Iraq). That puts these two famous, historical men about 4000 miles from each other during the years BC 550-538.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Confucius, as you probably know, was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher. He\u2019s known for his teachings about morality, virtues, and society, and after his death a book was written containing many of his wise thoughts and sayings. (Maybe this is why we associate him with the pithy sayings in Fortune Cookies, even though the cookies were actually invented in California in the early 1900\u2019s.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3b27e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3b27e5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-208df1d\" data-id=\"208df1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdc25f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fdc25f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">4. Daniel maintained a vibrant faith in God despite living and working in an ungodly culture surrounded by unbelievers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e537a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e537a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">Believe it or not, Daniel was eventually made the\u00a0<em>chief<\/em>\u00a0of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners (Daniel 5:11). He was in charge of all these men (Daniel 2:48), which sounds like they were not just his colleagues, they may actually have answered to him. Did they share his faith in God? Of course not. They looked to other things for their false power, and were involved in practices that were forbidden by God (Leviticus 19:26).<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">What does it take to live uncompromisingly for God in a Godless environment? From the time Daniel arrived in Babylon, the pressure was on to be indoctrinated into the Babylonian culture.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">And yet despite all the brainwashing, these four men stayed true to the faith of their fathers, living and working (and even thriving) in that culture without letting it undermine their relationship with God (just like we are challenged to do today!).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0939d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0939d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6437d1e\" data-id=\"6437d1e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e78f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09e78f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">5. Daniel is written in two languages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-414f1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"414f1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The book of Daniel is written in Hebrew\u2014except for most of chapter\u00a02 and all of chapters 3-7. These passages are written in Aramaic.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">The languages are closely related, indeed, but why the shift? Theories vary, but a lot of folks think that the portions of the book of Daniel intended specifically for Jews were written in Hebrew, while portions with a broader message to the nations were written in the language used across that world for diplomacy and commerce, which was Aramaic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-42e3fe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42e3fe1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ba5188\" data-id=\"0ba5188\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff1af2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dff1af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">6. Daniel served under four different kings.<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f64aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f64aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Babylon\u2019s King Nebuchadnezzar ransacked Jerusalem and, in the process, took many of the Children of Israel to Babylon in captivity. When Nebuchadnezzar died, his son Belshazzar became King. He was followed by kings Darius and Cyrus. We know that Daniel remained in Babylon through the first year of the reign of King Cyrus (Daniel 1:21).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a5803b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a5803b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-59f1640\" data-id=\"59f1640\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f4952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3f4952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"white-space: normal\">7. Daniel was in his eighties when he was thrown into the lions\u2019 den.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1652adf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1652adf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">You may have seen drawings of Daniel as a strapping young man looking peaceful in the midst of pacing, hungry lions. The reality is that Daniel is estimated to have been in his early eighties when this event happened. He was also, by that point, so respected by his superiors that King Cyrus was planning to put Daniel in charge of the entire Kingdom.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">That is, until jealous peers tricked the King into passing an irrevocable degree that landed Daniel in the lions\u2019 den, much to the King\u2019s chagrin. No one seemed happier than the remorseful King when he rushed to the mouth of the lions\u2019 den at dawn and discovered that Daniel was alive and unhurt.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">By the way, shortly after this event, King Cyrus allowed the Jews that Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon in captivity to return home to Jerusalem, instructing them to rebuild the temple of the God of Israel that Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed. Cyrus also returned more than 5000 priceless articles\u2014including gold and silver dishes, pans, and bowls\u2014that Nebuchadnezzar had stolen from the temple in Jerusalem 70 years earlier. He even financed the whole thing, giving them whatever they needed\u2014including bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings; as well as wheat and oil and wine to sustain them\u2014until the job was done (Ezra 1:1-4).<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">In essence, King Cyrus did everything he could to undo the destruction that had been wrought upon the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">\u25a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;\">So what do you think? Did you learn anything new? Have you always imagined Daniel as a young man in the lions\u2019 den, or did you already know that he wasn\u2019t exactly a spring chicken when the lions passed him over for dinner? Do you think God used Cyrus\u2019s respect for Daniel to help move his heart to let the Israelites leave captivity and go home?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c337d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c337d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out, background-color 0.3s ease-in-out, border-color 0.3s ease-in-out, opacity 0.3s ease-in-out, visibility 0.3s ease-in-out, box-shadow 0.3s ease-in-out; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"\/fr\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voudriez-vous vous joindre \u00e0 nous pour que J\u00e9sus-Christ puisse transformer la vie de plus de gens dans le monde\u2009? Devenez partenaire de Biblica aujourd\u2019hui.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0Discover Truth, by Biblica staff, October 2, 2018 If you grew up in church, you probably cut your teeth (so to speak) on stories of Daniel in the lions\u2019 den. You may also have heard about Daniel\u2019s friends, Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego, who faced a similar\u2014ahem\u2014degree of persecution. (Okay, we\u2019ll stop now.) But wait! 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