Alastair Roberts on Daniel 6

Are we troubled by lions in our life or work?

Brent is joined again by Dr Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss Daniel chapter 6. 

• (0:40) Who was Darius the Mede?
• (4:10) The Empire Statue;
• (5:54) What happens in chapter 6.  An internal coup.
• (8:00) Darius and the set-up;
• (11:46) The importance of writing good laws.  Do we really control our laws?
• (14:00) The symbolism of lions;
• (14:52) More numbers – 70, 7 and 62;
• (15:43) Darius’s men as lion like;
• (16:00) Daniel’s chamber and the lion’s den;
• (17:20) Darius and Daniel as new Adam’s;
• (19:30) Another Passover event;
• (20:41) Who is the angel?
• (20:57) Daniel as a type of Christ;
• (24:18) Daniel carries Darius through a kind of death and resurrection experience;
• (25:30) Darius’s response to God;
• (26:20) Preacher’s application?

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.theopolisinstitute.com

www.alastairadversaria.com

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