Relevant Verses: Daniel 2, 3, 4, 6

Leading Question: Daniel lived a long time ago. What can he tell us about preparing for the End Time?

In Isaiah 44 to 48, the prophet mocks those foolish and stupid people who craft an idol with their own hands and then bow down to worship it. The sarcasm in 44:9-20 is particularly biting. But this mocking of dead idols contrasts with the heavenly court idea and the concept of national deities as discussed in the first lesson of the quarter. In that world, no one laughs at the other gods, for they are ...