![]() Genesis isn’t “front and center” in Daniel, but it underlies Daniel’s theology so much that it’s impossible to understand the book without that foundation. Only the one true God could give the prophetic dream and interpretation and fulfill it, showing he is greater than the Babylonian king, his false gods, and the astrologers that functioned within that pagan system. ![]() ![]() When Daniel was able to tell Nebuchadnezzar his dream and the interpretation (Daniel 2), that was because God, who gave the dream in the first place, gave Daniel both the details of the dream and the interpretation. The reason God can give accurate prophecies through the prophets is that he is the Creator who determines the course of history before it happens. He is free to miraculously overturn death sentences, to give revelation to the king that could only be interpreted by God’s servants, and to judge the king himself when he became too prideful. The Jews in that time had to make hard decisions regarding their continued obedience and loyalty to their God, and the ways in which that loyalty was rewarded prove that even though God’s people were being judged for a season, God himself is greater than the pagan empire and its gods. In the book of Daniel, the people of God were in exile under a pagan king who worshipped a false god.
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