God’s people were in exile and were anxious, looking for hope. With that came the opportunity to put their confidence in the God who would reveal to them an eternal kingdom, one that they would tell the world about. “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever…” (Dan. 2:44).