Breaking the Seal
Daniel 6:14-24 - New International
Version (NIV)
14 When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was
determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him,
“Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no
decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him
into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you
serve continually, rescue you!”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the
king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles,
so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. 18 Then
the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and
without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the
lions’ den. 20 When he came near the den, he called to
Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God,
whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”
21 Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! 22 My
God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have
not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever
done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”
23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the
den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him,
because he had trusted in his God.
24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were
brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and
children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions
overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Who “was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until
sundown to save him” (verse 14)?
What did the “law of the Medes and Persians”
say (verse 15)?
Who told Daniel, when he was thrown into the
lions’ den “may your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you” (verse
16)?
How was the stone that was placed at the mouth
of the den sealed (verse 17)?
What did the king do “at the first light of
dawn” (verse 19)?
How did Daniel answer the king’s question, “Daniel,
servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able
to rescue you from the lions” (verses 20, 21, and 22)?
Why was “no wound” found on Daniel (verse
23)?
What happened to the “men who had falsely
accused Daniel” (verse 24)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans
unsuccessfully place limits on God?
Matthew 21:1-11 – New International Version (NIV)
1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to
Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying
to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a
donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If
anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send
them right away.”
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the
prophet:
5 “Say to Daughter Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They
brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to
sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on
the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the
road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that
followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and
asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from
Nazareth in Galilee.”
What
were the two disciples to do (verses 1 and 2)?
How
were they to respond if “anyone says anything to you”
(verse 3)?
Why
did this take place (verse 4)?
What
did the disciples do (verses 6 and 7)?
Why did they place their cloaks “on
them” (verse 7)?
Who “spread their cloaks on the road,
while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road” (verse
8)?
In
your opinion, what does “Hosanna” mean (verse 9)?
What
did the city ask (verse 10)?
How
did the crowds answer the city’s question (verse 11)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully
place limits on God?
In
your opinion, how is Daniel being thrown into the lions’ den in Daniel 6:14-24 similar
to Jesus entering Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11?
Matthew
27:57-66 –
New International Version (NIV)
57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named
Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going
to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to
him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he
had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the
tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
were sitting there opposite the tomb.
62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and
the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63 “Sir,” they said, “we
remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I
will rise again.’ 64 So give the order for the tomb to be
made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal
the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This
last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure
as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure
by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
What had Joseph, the rich man from Arimathea, become
(verse 57)?
Who did Joseph ask for Jesus’ body (verse 58)?
What did Joseph do with the body (verses 59
and 60)?
Who was sitting “opposite the tomb”
(verse 61)?
Who
went to Pilate on the day after Preparation Day (verse 62)?
What
did they say that the “deceiver” had said (verse 63)?
What
order did they ask for (verse 64)?
How
did Pilate respond to their request (verse 65)?
What
did they do (verse 66)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about how humans unsuccessfully
place limits on God?
In your
opinion, how is the sealing of the stone over the mouth of the lions’ den in
Daniel 6:14-24 like the sealing of the stone in front of Jesus’s tomb in
Matthew 27:57-66?
In your opinion, how are the crowd welcoming Jesus
into Jerusalem in Matthew 21:1-11 and Joseph of Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-66
similar?
1 John 5:1-11 – New International
Version (NIV)
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his
child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the
children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In
fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not
burdensome, 4 for everyone born of
God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the
world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the
world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did
not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who
testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there
are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water
and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept
human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the
testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever
believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not
believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed
the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is
the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not
have the Son of God does not have life.
Who
is “born of God” (verse 1)?
How
do we know that we “love the children of God” (verse 2)?
What
is “love for God” (verse 3)?
What
is “the victory that has overcome the world” (verse 4)?
“Who
is it that overcomes the world” (verse 5)?
Who
is the truth that testifies to Jesus Christ (verse 6)?
What
three testify in agreement (verses 7 and 8)?
Whose
testimony is greater than human testimony (verse 9)?
Who
makes God “out to be a liar” (verse 10)?
What
is the testimony (verse 11)?
Who
has life (verse 12)?
Who
does not have life (verse 12)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, how does Daniel in Daniel
6:14-24 provide an example of the statement in 1 John 5:1-11’s that “this is
the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith”?
In
your opinion, what is the difference between the way the “large crowd” in
Matthew 21:1-11 perceived Jesus and the way that 1 John 5:1-11 describes Jesus?
In your opinion, how is Joseph of
Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-66 an example of what 1 John 5:1-11 means when it
talks about attaining a victory that “overcomes the world”?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Daniel, Matthew, Matthew, and 1 John teach
us about the choice for the world or for God?
In your opinion, how can we overcome the world today?
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