Relevant Verse: Daniel 6

Theme: Being in the world but not of the world

Leading Question: How can believers be in the world but not of the world?

Daniel 6 recounts the attempt of jealous officials in the court of Darius to eliminate Daniel. He is sentenced to be thrown to the lions but survives because of God’s intervention. The many parallels with the story from Daniel 3 are intriguing. Similarities in vocabulary are as follows:

The list of officials (3:2, 3 and 6:7)

The Jews “pay no heed to you” (3:12 and 6:13)

“I make a decree” (3:29 and 6:26)

Similarities in ...