Lesson 23

Defeated and far from their homes, the people of God languished in their exile while in awe at the power of their enemies. Into their despair God sent the prophet Daniel and his companions. The stories and visions in the book of Daniel reminded the exiles that it was not Babylon, but God, who raises up and puts down kings and kingdoms. God had not abandoned or forgotten them, but rather He was still full of mercy and power. Daniel’s encouraging message was that the future of the Israelites was in the hands of God and not the Babylonians’. In this lecture, Dr. Sproul explains the meaning and purpose of the book of Daniel.