Beth wants us to develop вЂњalarms for BabylonвЂ™s charms.вЂќ Throughout the first part of the study, she stresses the parallels between our current culture and BabylonвЂ™s culture. The goal of this study is to be able to live in an extravagant and excessive culture without being poisoned by it. My last post on Daniel is a quick summary of all chapters. Section 2 is chapters 7-12, which are primarily apocalyptic, dealing with the end times. Section 1 is chapters 1-6, which primarily deal with Babylonian captivity. BethвЂ™s вЂњDanielвЂќ study is divided into 12 weeks, one week per chapter. IвЂ™ve emitted most of my personal thoughts and reflections from these notes. It was a long study, and took a lot of my time, so IвЂ™m going to count it towards one of my books for the year. Since I learned so much, and thought it was so valuable, I want to type up my notes for quick and easy future reference. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.ДЄnd the king communed with them and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.ДЄnd in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.ДЄnd Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.I completed the Biblical вЂњDanielвЂќ study by Beth Moore, and I thought it was fantastic. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink and gave them pulse.ДЄs for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.ДЄnd at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.ДЄnd the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah, of Shadrach and to Mishael, of Meshach and to Azariah, of Abednego.Д«ut Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.ДЄnd the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.ДЄnd the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes Д¬hildren in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.ДЄnd the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

The book of daniel chapter 1