Discussion on Daniel's resilience and prophetic visions (Part 3)

Be taken away. And then that night, King Belshazzar is killed and the Persians conquer Babylon. On to chapter six. We now have King Darius, the Persian king. He organizes leaders, helps oversee the kingdom. He makes Daniel one of his three presidents. Daniel becomes even more favored than the other leaders, which starts to spark some jealousy amongst all the other presidents and princes. And so these other leaders want to conspire against Daniel, but they can't find anything wrong with him. So they decide to come up with a trick. They trick King Darius into making a decree that since he's so important, no one should worship any other God for 30 days or else they'll be thrown into a den of lions. Of course Daniel continues to pray to God, the God of Israel, and the men turn him over to the king for breaking the decree. And King Darius is heartbroken, but he must carry out the punishment. The king though, is confident that Daniel's God will deliver him. So he puts Daniel in the lion's den and then he fasts and he prays all night for his friend Daniel. In the morning, King Darius is thrilled to find Daniel still alive. And Daniel reports that an angel was sent to shut the lions mouths. Darius then realizes what a trick he fell for and punishes the men who tried to set Daniel up and sends out another decree that says Daniel's God is the true and living. Go. We end with chapter seven which goes into a prophecy that Daniel shares. In this dream you're going to see that he describes four beasts which each represent a kingdom that will rise and fall. And he also mentions the Ancient of Days, who we know from modern Revelation in Doctrine Covenant Section 27, Verse 11 if you want to check it out. The Ancient of Days refers to Adam, so keep that in mind as you read chapter seven. So Daniel sees this vision, four great beasts rising from the sea, but then they fall, so it's four.