In Chapter 5, I explore the relationships that both Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar may have had with their fathers. I’ll use this discussion to consider the kind of relationship we have or (or had) with our earthly fathers.
What images and thoughts do you associate with the word “Babylon?” For many, the name conjures images of idolatry, evil, and authoritarianism. It is the absence of personal freedom and the presence of a dictator’s rule of absolute authority. That is the world Daniel, whose name the Babylonians changed to Belteshazzar, was forced to live in. To survive, he had to live by faith, not cower in fear as they expected Daniel to do.